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THE COMING WAVE(An Interview With Mother Abigail) I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you…” Bob Dylan 2006While researching the New Media, I became fascinated with the development of the “Flu Blog”. It seemed to represent – not only the direction – but the form and structure of the changing media in the Internet Age. My original thesis was to write a series of articles detailing, as thoroughly as possible, the creation of the “Flu Blog” – from inception to mainstream assimilation. However, as often happens in war and creativity,...

We wrote here about the Environmental Protection Agency's scuttling of a report by one of its own scientists that says human activity has little or nothing to do with climate change. The Obama administration, the scientist's boss explained, "has decided to move forward on endangerment"--i.e., to make the false finding that CO2 emissions endanger human health and well-being--and therefore "your comments" can only have a "negative impact on our office."

coverage given to now-departing Governor Sarah Palin, talks with Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton about Palin’s decision to resign. John has the closest vantage point of anyone in the media, and has spent the most time with Palin. He explains that the move isn’t about 2012 at all, or really even any future run at elective office. John argues that Palin is playing long ball. Click on the image to listen:

Freep this poll on Lou Dobbs http://www.loudobbs.com/

Health Reform: A Senate health care bill will force Americans to buy health insurance whether they want it or not. Where the extra doctors to treat them will come from is anybody's guess...Debby Smith, the uninsured cancer patient hugged by President Obama, is also a Democratic operative. She is a member of Organizing For America, a group that is a project of the Democratic National Committee, and Smith was invited to the event by the White House itself...Acknowledging that many are uninsured because they choose to be, a Senate version of medical reform imposes fines of $1,000 for uninsured people...

Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, recently wrote an ode to Keynesian deficit spending as a method for curing severe recessions. Yet a simple glance at the big picture shows that the Keynesian story makes no sense. Romer on the "Mistakes of 1937" Romer worries that President Obama will cave in to political pressures, and cut stimulus efforts before the economy has sufficiently healed. She alleges that this was the same mistake Roosevelt made after his initial (apparent) success in battling the Depression: [T]he recovery in the four years after Franklin Roosevelt took office...

Outgoing Gov. Palin to interview with Fox News Tuesday morning. Developing...

Here's the simple explaination, Joe Biden, the gaffe master that he is, forgot that President of the United States was a radical who is absolutely no friend of Israel... this correction is Obama, not the State Dept.... Biden's words from yesterday here:

TheInternational Space Station is making a series of flyovers over North America for the next week or so. Durations of sightings can be almost 15 minutes in some cases with magnitudes of up to -4 or so (which is easily visible during daylight)! If the clouds break here, I'll be looking tonight!

Teen charged with assault in alleged pit bull attacks By CASEY MCNERTHNEY SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF A 16-year-old girl who deputies say used a pit bull as a weapon in an attack on two women in SeaTac last month was charged Monday with two counts of third-degree assault and being in a minor in possession of liquor. If convicted, the sentence range is up to 90 days in detention with up to 450 hours of community service and up the three years probation. "Because of the seriousness of the case, the King County Prosecutor's Office intends to seek an exceptional sentence above...

Reasons to expect more from her in the future By Tony Blankley Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Professional politicians and political journalists don't waste energy on political corpses. They reserve their energy -- positive or negative -- for viable politicians. Thus, an intriguing part of the Sarah Palin phenomenon is the intensity of response to her every word and move -- from both Republican and Democratic Party professionals and from the conventional media. The negative but sustained passion being expressed by the professional Washington political class against her tends to belie its almost unanimous assertion that she is washed up. I...

Global Update The vaccine against tuberculosis that is routinely given to 75 percent of the world’s infants is too risky to give to those born infected with the AIDS virus, says a new study published by the World Health Organization. It recommended that vaccination be delayed until babies can be tested. The Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, known as BCG, protects children well against deadly tuberculous meningitis, though it does less well against the lung form. It has been in use since 1921, and children in many countries — though not the United States, which never adopted it — bear its characteristic...

Most of us have read about Muslims rioting in numerous European countries. When the riots were over, Muslims who were in them were basically free to go about their business. Not in China. China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots By WILLIAM FOREMAN URUMQI, China – Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.

House minority staff report that the Akaka Bill, HR2314 Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, is scheduled to be "marked up" by the US House Committee on Natural Resources Thursday, July 9th at 10AM....

Here’s the latest on California’s chronic-turned-chaotic budget crisis. Not much to report. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held an event this morning with some country district attorneys promoting his idea to crack down on potential fraud in the now massive, and heavily unionized, in-home health service program. He says it can save hundreds of millions, public employee unions and Democrats say no, with legislative leaders saying they’re open to some reforms, but after the budget. Not unlike a previous pledge by another set of Democratic legislative leaders to get change the redistricting system. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass boycotted this morning’s Big 5...

The deaths mark a grave failure of the system. Under Article 27 of the Iranian Constitution, corresponding to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent covenants, "public gatherings and marches may be freely held, provided arms are not carried and that they are not detrimental to the fundamental principles of Islam."

Health Benefits of Flax Seed Flax Fights Cholesterol The consumption of flaxseed is associated with a reduction in total cholesterol, including the LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. Study after study has shown a positive response to eating ground flax seed daily. Eating low fat foods, increasing your exercise, limiting the salt, sugar and eating flax seed daily are a few ways that you can win the battle against high cholesterol.Flax Fights Diabetes Nutritionists are instructing their diabetic patients to eat flax daily. It has been discovered that the omega-3 fat and high fiber in flax may play a role in...

STOCKHOLM__Sweden's Riksbank cut interest rates to a fresh record low on Thursday and offered banks 100 billion crowns ($13.2 billion) to boost lending as it strives to reverse the country's worst recession since the 1940s. The central bank lowered its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.25 percent in a surprise move, putting official rates at their lowest since records began in 1907, and said it expected rates to remain at that level until late 2010. "The deposit rates are actually negative now. In some sense they are creating a money machine for banks. You can lend all...

(Washington, D.C., July 6, 2009) -- As I traveled throughout the U.S. on my recent book tour, I kept running into people who would ask me, "Where is Steve Forbes? The economy is melting down. We need his economic expertise right now." I couldn't agree more. Steve's message in the 1990s of free market ways to create hope, growth and opportunity at home and abroad may have seemed too bold to the GOP establishment at the time. But it's desperately needed today. His plan to scrap the corrupting federal tax code - "We need to take the tax code and...

Senate to vote tomorrow on cap & trade. Fill the Gallery all day long. Write email. Make calls.