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Political talk radio is taking it in the teeth in Minnesota's twin cities — but is that just an isolated case, the post-election listernship blues or an indicator that larger listener preference shifts may be in the works? Note this Star Tribune story:Locally, conservative-talk icon Rush Limbaugh's show has lost 43 percent of its audience among 25- to 54-year-olds in the … [Read more...] about Political Talk Shows Declining In Twin Cities: A Harbinger?

Iraqi president Jalal Talabani's PUK is suggesting that the Kurds may drop the demand that eventual independence be addressed in the constitution, something that's opposed by both Shi'ite and Sunni lawmakers. The Shi'a want some sort of handle on Kurdish oil wealth, depending on where Kirkuk ends up falling. Eventual independence would also destabilize the region and make Iran … [Read more...] about Kurds May Drop Secession Demands

...looking at pornography can make you go blind (temporarily). No mention about that hairy-palms thing, though... … [Read more...] about One of the old-wive’s tales is true…

...and all the nutjobs and moonbats are out in force. … [Read more...] about It’s full moon time…

MSNBC reports that intelligence officials are predicting a huge attack by insurgent/terrorists next week involving suicide bombings, coordinated attacks, rockets and mortars — all timed to concide with the expected drafting of an Iraqi constitution:According to the officials, terrorists would launch as many as 20 simultaneous suicide bombings, mostly in Baghdad. The plans … [Read more...] about Iraqi Insurgents May Be Planning Massive Attack

What are the things you should do — and shouldn't do? Simon World tells you here...and gives you a great, detailed, link filled bibliography. MUST READING AND MUST FILING. … [Read more...] about How To Be A Blogger

And it comes, in the form of a long and thoughtful post, fittingly from Mark In Mexico. … [Read more...] about The Last Word On Mexico

John Kerry's latest salvo delivered to state legislators in Washington state contains the seeds of an underlying dilemma for Democrats:Sen. John F. Kerry told state legislators Friday the Democratic Party doesn't need to undergo an extreme makeover, saying "the last thing America needs is a second Republican Party." After blistering Republicans on everything from Iraq to … [Read more...] about Kerry Blasts GOP And Says Democratic Party Doesn’t Need Much Change

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Senator Frist is demonstrating that he has no core beliefs beyond those that might get him nominated as the Republican candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 elections. It would be pitiful, if it were not so disgusting... … [Read more...] about What a maroon…

Recent developments in carbon nanotubes indicate that there may be a new technological revolution soon, one that may have effects as far ranging as those of microelectronics in the past decade. Something to keep in mind while the political sound and fury rages. … [Read more...] about Another entry in the “non-political” bin

NEWS FLASH: John Roberts was a conservative 20 years ago! I am shocked, SHOCKED to discover this... … [Read more...] about NEWS FLASH (Irony intended…)

From the trenches of the lowest of lowbrow pop culture: Stop the presses. Sean Combs -- formerly known as Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, and "that guy next to J-Lo -- announced on The Today Show, that hard-hitting communicator of all the news that's pointless and banal, that henceforth he'd like to be known as... Diddy. Surely the whole story is a Sign of the Apocalypse. … [Read more...] about Behold the era of Diddy

So, is he really dead this time?:Saudi security forces have killed a man in Medina they said was the leader of al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula, an interior ministry official told CNN. The man identified as Saleh Al Oufi was on a Saudi list of 26 most wanted people. The Saudis have since issued a new list with 36 names, but Oufi's death on Thursday would leave one person on the … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda Leader in Saudi Arabia Killed

The national verbal boxing match over the war in Iraq seems only to have just begun. Now we see in one corner, Vice President Dick Cheney (often the more bluntly-spoken voicebox for President George Bush). And in the other corner — now in a corner in Los Angeles, CA far away from the vacationing GWB due to her mother suffering a stroke — the Iraq war's growing … [Read more...] about National Boxing Match Over Iraq War Grows

Child abductions almost always end in tragedy, where a kid disappears, there aren't witnesses, and if they were witnesses no one stepped foward or didn't know enough to do something to stop it. But once in a while you do see a WONDEFUL STORY LIKE THIS. … [Read more...] about An Attempted Child Abduction With A Happy Ending

Moscow is certainly whoring itself out recently, as evidenced by the final paragraph in this Taipei Times article (via DTR):Next month, Russian and Indian troops will also hold their first joint maneuvers against potential threats by militants on land and sea in Rajasthan in northwestern India and in the Indian Ocean.Pakistan test fires a cruise missile without warning India … [Read more...] about Russia and India So Happy Together

It's The Mother Of All Historical Days for Israel as thousands of news reports are pumped out containing dramatic details such as this from the Guardian:Israeli forces dragged hundreds of religious Jews from synagogues in the Gaza settlements yesterday as hardline opponents of Israel's withdrawal from the territory made a last stand. Commandos backed by water cannon stormed … [Read more...] about Is Hamas Gaining Strength?

You KNEW it had to happen, and Reuters is reporting it: a diaper has sparked a bomb alert.BERLIN (Reuters) - An "electronic nappy" used to monitor wetness sparked a bomb alert in a German post office when it arrived in a parcel ticking suspiciously, police in the southwestern city of Heilbronn said Thursday. "They suspected it was a bomb so they put the package into an empty … [Read more...] about So Was The Diaper Loaded?