Sploid is closed. A short message on the tabloid news site says: Sploid is closed, and its domain and content archive are for sale.Serious buyers should contact [email protected]. Sploid came upon the scene being described as a serious challenger to The You Know Who Report (that pioneering site that has lots of up-to-the-minute news links but if you link to one of its original … [Read more...] about Internet Shocker: Sploid Is Gone

Some readers have asked about the relative scarcity of posts from TMV himself. Yes, yours truly is posting less and this will continue until the second week in September (and then for several groups of days when he's out of state). This is due to a performing schedule that has meant driving 250 to 350 miles a day almost every day of the week since June. The only time TMV can … [Read more...] about TMV’s Own Snail-Paced Posting Will Continue Thru Early Sept

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Hillary Offers to Housesit for Bush Would Water Plants, Read Presidential Briefings in Oval Office Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said today that she was "just trying to be helpful" when she offered to housesit for President Bush at the White House for the remainder of August. Sen. Clinton, who was immediately criticized by … [Read more...] about This Just In!

Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideas which set this nation apart.   -Judge Anna Diggs Taylor Exactly what I have been arguing ever since the passage of the unintentionally ironically named USA PATRIOT Act. … [Read more...] about Quote of the day

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports: Sen. Orrin Hatch, who continuously decries the bitter partisanship in Washington, implied this week that Democratic success in November's election could result in terrorist attacks on America. Hatch was quoted in Tuesday's Tooele Transcript Bulletin as saying Middle East terrorists are "waiting for the Democrats here to take control, let … [Read more...] about Another GOPer Suggests Democrats Are Terrorist Enablers

MSNBC Breaking News: U.S. federal judge rules warrantless wiretapping unconstitutional. AP via Washington Post: NSA Wiretapping Ruled Illegal … [Read more...] about Warrantless Wiretapping Ruled Unconstitutional

Well, think again:In the U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Katherine Harris has been touting key political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers. The problem is, some of them never endorsed her. Several members of the U.S. House called the Harris campaign to complain Wednesday after the St. Petersburg Times notified them of the endorsements listed on Harris' Web site. Minutes … [Read more...] about Did You Think Katherine Harris Couldn’t Sink Any Further?

The JonBenet Ramsey murder case, the tragic tale of the murder of a childhood beauty pageant queen that fueled reams of accusatory tabloid news stories and perhaps months of radio and television broadcast time, is now seemingly over. The accused killer has confessed, said he loved the 6-year-old girl he admitted to killing and that her death was an accident:An American man … [Read more...] about Ramsey Case Suspect Confesses Saying He “Loved” Her

Once again it appears that what is emerging could be a bit less than what was originally trumpeted — and questions are being raised about this incident. … [Read more...] about Questions Emerge About The UK Airlines Terrorism Plot

It sounds like Joe Lieberman's independent campaign for re-election to his Senate seat is heading into rocky political waters: top Democrats are beginning to become concerned about his message, according to The Hill:A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic primary last … [Read more...] about Joe Lieberman Arousing Top Democratic Party Backlash? (UPDATED)

THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:FAA Bans People From Flights 'Zero Tolerance for People,' Chertoff Says In a move aimed at further tightening airport security, the Federal Aviation Administration announced today that it would ban all people from flights leaving or entering the United States, effective immediately. The FAA, which has in the past banned … [Read more...] about This Just In!

It now appears as if President George Bush's poll ratings are stalled — either staying the same, or heading south more than they're heading north. The latest Zogby poll won't spark high-fives at the White House:President Bush’s job approval rating dipped two points in the last three weeks, despite the foiling of an airline terror plot and the adoption of a cease–fire … [Read more...] about Poll: Bush Ratings Down Despite Terrorism And Lieberman Stories

...at Moderately Thinking. We get emails from readers all the time wanting to know about other moderate and centrist sites. We usually wait a while before we do a Take A Peek on a new site — but this one looks highly promising and truly deserves to be launched with reader sampling. At the top of the site Moderately Thinking proclaims:It is said that "truth" is … [Read more...] about Take A Peek….

JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 murder may be solved with today's arrest in Thailand. … [Read more...] about Arrest Made in Poor Dead Kid Case

This is called making matters worse (and destroying your chances of a national GOP nomination because you are damaged good):What does Macaca really mean? Three Virginia Republicans confirmed to the Hotline that several Allen campaign aides and advisers are telling allies that the word was a made-up, off-the-cuff neologism that these aides occasionally used to refer to tracker … [Read more...] about Allen’s Campaign Continues Suicide By Mouth

I have been reading the Christian Science Monitor's ongoing series by Jill Carroll and friends about her experiences as a captive in Iraq (HOSTAGE - The Jill Carroll Story). Today, there is also an article about how several of the kidnappings (and some murders) were carried out by the same group (or closely-related groups) of Sunni terrorists. Evidence points to one ring for … [Read more...] about CS Monitor – Iraq Kidnappings Connected

It's starting to happen, and this time from a very unlikely source. Find out who here. … [Read more...] about Right-Wing Adopts “Iraq is Vietnam” Meme?

I asked the $87+ billion question yesterday and now M. Takhallus of Sideways Mencken has a few ideas of what we might be able to do in Iraq. However, as expected, none of them are pretty, and it appears as if only one of them is truly feasible. I don't think I have to tell you which option that is. Personally, the only idea that makes sense for me is listed as number 3 on his … [Read more...] about Iraq Option(s)

I know...it seems like a trick question, but it's most certainly not. Find out my reason for asking it here. … [Read more...] about Has The White House Endorsed Ned Lamont?

They're being banned at some law firms, too... … [Read more...] about Liquid Gels Aren’t Only Being Banned On Airlines