"I already have a GPS unit but I'll be dammed if I'm not throwing it out because the guys at Mio have come up with a Knight Rider branded GPS unit with voice prompts by the one and only... KITT William Daniels." picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

"...But that was five whole months ago, when George Bush was urging enactment of a law with retroactive immunity and a lessening of FISA protections. Now that Barack Obama supports a law that does the same thing -- and now that Obama justifies that support by claiming that this bill is necessary to keep us Safe from the Terrorists -- everything has changed." picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Democratic Representative James Fagan... railing against Jessica's Law...

"I'm going to make sure that the rest of their [a rape victim] life is ruined. That when they're 8 years old they throw up; when they're 12 years old, they won't sleep. When they're 19 years old they'll have nightmares and they'll never have a relationship with anybody." picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Neil Entwistle sat stone-faced and impassive this morning as he was given the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his wife and infant daughter in their Hopkinton home.

(This was the guy, a few months ago, who hopped a flight back to London, after 'discovering' his wife and child were murdered...) picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his majority opinion. picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

"Too bad, because an otherwise fascinating story about the scramble to build a counterterror apparatus after 9/11, the merits of coercive vs. non-coercive interrogation, and the stings that nailed Abu Zubaydah and KSM is going to be submerged in a debate over their decision to publish the lead interrogator’s name against his wishes and those of CIA chief Michael Hayden." picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

"According to data... coverage of Iraq has been “massively scaled back this year.” Almost halfway into 2008, the 3 newscasts have shown 181 weekday minutes of Iraq coverage, compared with 1,157 minutes for all of 2007."

So is this (a) bias, (b) evidence the public has lost interest, (c) sign things are going better over there, (d) all of the above, (e) none of the above? picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

"Yesterday I posted a story from CBS News: Quake n’ Bake: Global Warming Causes More Energetic Earthquakes?

"This drew a lot of attention because of the total lack of verifiable science associated with it. I posted some graphs of USGS data showing that the opposite was true, that recent earthquake energy was actually less that in the early 1900’s..." picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer dated to the beginning of the American Football League in 1960, has died. He was 77.

I believe that makes three... all TV people. picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Oh, man. One little joke about Barack Obama and that Middle Eastern fellow with the rhyming name, and her inbox is piled high with squawky offended e-mail. It’s enough to make Jeanne Moos (CNN) wish she were back interviewing three-legged pantyhose or even two-headed turtles. picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

STEVEN TYLER checked himself into a rehab facility earlier this month after a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy (to correct long-time foot injuries resulting from his trademark athletic performance onstage).

So he's in rehab, for physical therapy? Does that seem strange to anyone else? Eh, I love Aero enough to pretend like that makes sense. picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

"Democratic strategist Bob Beckel appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and dropped a bombshell. Beckel says he believes a “shoe will drop” as early as tomorrow, and that it involves Michelle Obama."

Some have speculated that this might be a reason for Clinton to stay a little longer... picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Aim and click to release the ball. Clear all the red pegs.

Simple, but fun game... to help waste your time. picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Barack Obama is resigning a 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Breaking News...
Good idea... or bad idea? What say you? picked by ImNotBlue 4 months ago

Sen. Barack Obama sought Thursday night to extinguish a burgeoning controversy over another Chicago minister who supports him, denouncing the comments of a Catholic priest who said “a whole lot of white people [are] crying” because a black man was within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

A foreign policy expert consulted by presidential hopeful Barack Obama has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of "McCarthyism" in its attitude towards critics of Israel. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

"Dell was found guilty on Tuesday of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection practices in a case brought by the New York attorney general."

I hate Dell... and this story made me so happy, I pee-d a little picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Obama said: "I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps,"

Problem: (1) Obama has no uncle, (2) The Russians liberated Auschwitz, not the Americans.

Result: Shouting bloggers. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

...A group calling itself "Clinton Supporters Count Too" ...stands ready to boycott the Democratic Party if Clinton doesn't win the nomination, and will work against superdelegates who support Obama over Clinton as a means of registering their displeasure with the party. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson surveys this landscape with unease. A college that champions diversity, he believes, must think beyond courses in gay literature, Chicano studies and feminist theory. “We should also talk about intellectual diversity,” he says. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Before he had the number one cable news program, Bill O'Reilly hosted "Inside Edition." In this clip, O'Reilly gets a bit frustrated with the teleprompter not working. Hilarity ensues. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

According to attendees, Mr. (Chris) Matthews heaped praise upon Mr. Obama during his talk. So much so that during the Q&A, he was asked by an audience member if MSNBC officially backed the Illinois Senator. "Well, it's not official," Mr. Matthews replied in a burst of candor. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Over the past several months, watching how the Obama and Clinton campaigns react to Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos has been every bit as fascinating as the "strategery" itself.

Where he (Obama) might have chosen to ignore Rush's Operation Chaos effort, he instead legitimized and even promoted the talk titan's strategy. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Drugs including cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and methamphetamines were confiscated in the sting, which came as the result of a months-long undercover operation...

In addition to large quantities of narcotics, money and weapons were also seized from sellers and buyers in the bust. picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago