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Instapundit, PJ Media Down, 18:30 EST. Have not found any info. Anyone hear what is up?

"In this video, Larry Wilmore reads from his new book ‘I’d Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts’. He points out about fifteen reasons why he thinks Jesus is black.

Hugh Hewitt posted a link to this. I have alternately had chills, a tear in my eye with this one. It is a great song,extremely well done by the kid. "I’ve got thirty rounds of justice in my magazine. I back it up with a Navy F-18. The business end on an Apache Is trouble like you ain't seen. I’m the one who answers when freedom rings" http://www.amaze.fm/artist/Perry/when-freedom-rings/ This has to become huge. I do not see how it can miss. Another Hannity theme,for sure.

REAGAN: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

If you think the causes of the financial crisis are complicated, just wait until we start trading carbon "To the layers of confusion that now exist in our financial markets we are about to add another, as opaque and volatile as the others, and as unhinged from the real world — a carbon currency. President-elect Barack Obama wants it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants it and their European counterparts, to some extent, already have it."

No mandate for Obama, no lopsided Congress NO REALIGNMENT | No mandate for Obama, no lopsided Congress WASHINGTON -- The national election Tuesday was not only historic for the election of the first African-American president in the nation's history but also for how little the avalanche of Democratic votes changed the political alignment in Congress.

Excerpt,his close: Many will find the glee of the statist left over the next few days and weeks hard to endure, but to be honest I have been walking around with a grin all day. Finally the era of gradualism is over and the masks are going to come off. The USA has voted for statism and it is going to get exactly what it voted for at a juncture in history where it will very quickly be impossible to hide the cost of those votes. Obama is not the start of a new era, he is the death knell...

Here’s an interesting article with lots of detail on the Turkish radical Islamic creationist Harun Yahya (real name: Adnan Oktar), who has joined forces with US creationist groups like the Institute for Creation Research, to promote their Dark Ages anti-science agenda around the world: Muslim creationist preaches Islam and awaits Christ. ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Harun Yahya is one of the most widely distributed authors in the Muslim world. He may also be among the most widely criticized Muslim authors in the Western world. His glossy books and DVDs on religion and science sell in Islamic bookshops around the globe. He...

Note From AOL: Our weekly survey was restarted again on Friday, June 27 at 11AM ET. We will be launching a new version of this poll shortly that includes third-party presidential candidates.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Lindsay Lohan reached a plea deal Thursday on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges that calls for her to spend one day in jail, serve 10 days of community service and complete a drug treatment program.

http://www.studentsforgravel.com/Colbert050207.mov This must be seen to be appreciated. I was not able to locate the vid on the Comedy central site, so have included the link from Students for Gravel. Basically, Gravel says war is bad, gets people killed, so lets have gays fight it, because they fight better. Posted for the laughs, and knowing that Mike will be around to haunt the Big D in the next debata,as CNN has relented and agreed to included him. A little more incoherence should prove helpful. I credit Colbert for revealing Gravel very quickly, basically handed him the rope.

Hil & Bam gear up for battle over Jewish vote BY MICHAEL McAULIFF DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Fresh off their battle for the hearts of black Americans, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are about to go head to head for Jewish votes. The leaders for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 plan dueling receptions Monday when an influential pro-Israeli lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, holds its major Washington policy conference. The competing receptions are one more sign of the intensifying scrum between Clinton and Obama over key Democratic interest groups, highlighted Sunday by near-simultaneous civil...

The Season of Bad Laws, Part 3: Banning MP3 Streaming April 26, 2006 The Washington Post reports that Senators Feinstein (D-Cal.) and Graham (R-S.C.) have introduced S. 2644, dubbed the PERFORM Act, that is aimed at punishing satellite radio for offering its subscribers devices capable of recording off the air. Buried in the bill, however, is a provision that would effectively require music webcasters to use DRM-laden streaming formats, rather than the MP3 streaming format used by Live365, Shoutcast, and many smaller webcasters (like Santa Monica's KCRW and Seattle's KEXP). The streaming radio stations included in iTunes also rely on...

Apple has long boasted of its culture of innovation, and how this led to such products as the original Mac and the iPod. However, it turns out that, at least in the case of the iPod, Apple had a hidden ally: the US government. During a speech at Tuskegee University, President (and iPod user) George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod." While we have to gratefully acknowledge the efforts...

Correct Solution of the Current Port Problem Create National/Private (Both?) American Port Authority Details to be hashed: Mandatory Category: 1) American citizenship 2) English Speaking Existing Workforce, with X amount of time in is Grandfathered(limits),langauage, security and Citizenship. Existing non Citizens have X amount of time to become English Speaking American. Strict by the numbers security/clerance,top to bottom. NO SNAFUs, No Business as Usual. ***** Maybe: Run as for profit Fed Agency?

Pain Ray, Sonic Blaster, Laser Dazzler - All in One http://www.defensetech.org/images/ADS_big.jpg For a while, now, I've been hearing about the Defense Department's plans to outfit a fighting vehicle with a pain ray, a sonic blaster, and a laser dazzler, too. I never figured they'd actually send the thing to Iraq, though. Project Sheriff, I assumed, would just be the military equivalent of a concept car -- a chance to see if some whiz-bang gear really worked together. But the Pentagon may wind up deploying this straight-outta-sci-fi jalopy, after all. The Army just got the OK to spend $31.3 million on...

BUY DANISH [Michael Ledeen] The wonderful Judith Klinghoffer has it right: we must all support Denmark against the intimidation of the crazy muslim fundamentalists. And it's one of those times when we can do well by doing good: Eat Danish! Wear Danish! Danish furniture is the coolest! Here's what Judith says in response to the Muslim boycott of Denmark, all because a Danish newspaper dared to publish a cartoon that was, in Muslim eyes, insufficiently respectful of the Prophet: The Muslim countries have chosen to pressure liberal little Denmark in order to teach the media and governments which stand by...

Paraplegic breakthrough using adult stem cells Apparent major breakthrough with patient paralyzed 19 years Posted: September 28, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com In an apparent major breakthrough, scientists in Korea report using umbilical cord blood stem cells to restore feeling and mobility to a spinal-cord injury patient. The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cythotherapy, centered on a woman who had been a paraplegic 19 years due to an accident. After an infusion of umbilical cord blood stem cells, stunning results were recorded: "The patient could move her hips and feel her hip skin on day 15 after...

iPod Nano owners in screen scratch trauma Front panel scratches 'insanely easily' By Charles Arthur Published Friday 23rd September 2005 13:20 GMT People slavering to get Apple's "impossibly small" iPod Nano into their sticky hands may want to pause a moment: those ahead of them in the queue have discovered that it's also unbelievably easy to scratch the screen, nixing its photo-displaying abilities. Apple's discussion forums are already host to a 188-post thread on the topic, where people have spotted that the plastic used for the screen and front of the product is as sensitive as a Kate Moss sponsor....

War and Empire: the Debate -- On-Demand Webcast Victor Davis Hanson v. Arianna Huffington: Is America an Empire? If so, are we an empire of good intentions ... or of reckless might? Where do we go from here? (Video)