A lawyer filed Michael Jackson's will -- written seven years ago -- with the Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning, a court official said. Full story from CNN.

Billy Mays was about to film a bunch of commercials for Taco Bell -- this according to a radio host (Schnitt) who talked to the pitchman a few hours before he died. Full Story from TMZ

 

Video from Schnitt's morning show - Billy Mays Orders Food From A McDonald's Drive Thru

Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Full Story from Entertainment Tonight

Image of Michael Jackson's Body 'under cover' from TMZ.

 

Some blogs are claiming this is Maria. If this is Maria, then IT WAS NOT worth it...

Here is another possible Maria. This Photo and other shots are from NewsBizarre

Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television's campy "Charlie's Angels" and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation's favorite pinup, died today at 62, according to Reuters. Full Story from the LA Times

Iran's revolution has now run through a full cycle. A gruesomely captivating video of a young woman — laid out on a Tehran street after apparently being shot, blood pouring from her mouth and then across her face — swept Twitter, Facebook and other websites this weekend. The woman rapidly became a symbol of Iran's escalating crisis. Full Story from Time | Video from Gawker

Faking the support. Attendance levels being used as a proxy for support for the government. Full Story and live blogging from Huffington Post

Girl claims she fell asleep while getting a tattoo... and awoke to 'this nightmare. Full Story from the Daily Mail

When the state sponsored rally isn't as big as the anti-Ahmadinejad ones you can alway fake it. Full Story from Boing Boing

Mir Hossein Mousavi (C) raises his arms as he appears at an opposition demonstration in Tehran on June 15, 2009, for the first time since an election that has divided Iran.

Twitter feeds providing coverage and photos from Iran: http://twitter.com/StopAhmadi | http://twitter.com/Mirriaam | http://twitter.com/persiankiwi | http://twitter.com/parhamdoustdar | http://twitter.com/IranUltimatum | http://twitter.com/Bahram81 | http://twitter.com/azarnoush | http://twitter.com/jadi | http://twitter.com/hamednz | http://twitter.com/IranElection09 | http://twitter.com/madyar

Details of Holocaust museum shooting emerge as James von Brunn charged with murder. Full Story from the National Post

Michelle Obama's Abbey outfit: stacked like a wedding cake – but nice colours. Full Story from the Times Online

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national held at Guantanamo Bay since September 2006. Ghailani faces 286 separate criminal charges stemming from his alleged role in the Aug. 7, 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, including conspiring with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to kill Americans, and a separate charges of murder for each of the 224 people killed embassy bombings.

The Thai tabloid published leaked photos of the crime scene on their front page. The outrageous photo shows Carradine hanging from a support bar in the closet of his hotel suite with his hands and genitals tied. Full Story from the Post Chronicle

Did NBC's Brian Williams bow before President Obama?

Brazilian naval ships and commercial vessels in the Atlantic Ocean are on their way to an area off the coast of Brazil where debris, possibly from a missing Air France plane that disappeared Sunday, was spotted this morning. Full Story from ABC News

 

[WSJ] - Debris Is Confirmed as Air France Plane

An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris lost contact with air traffic controllers over the Atlantic Ocean, an Air France official said Monday. Brazil immediately began a search mission off its northeastern coast. Full Story from the Washington Post

A reporter for a Georgia-based newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday. Full Story from NBC

 

Schnitt's vacation to S. Korea in 2008 gave him the chance to snap some photos from across the DMZ. [Photos]

Three photos of North Korea from Schnitt's vacation to South Korea and Japan.

An entrance to one of the discovered North Korean invasion tunnels.

 

 

North Korean soldier at Panmunjeom staring at Schnitt while he snaps the photo.

 

 

Ahh, beautiful North Korea!!! The North Korean flag sits atop a tower intentionally built to fly higher than the South Korean flag.

"Court of appeals is where policy is made." Video of Sotomayor's comments at Duke in 2005

Arkansas college student Kris Allen won the eighth season of "American Idol" on Wednesday. Full Story from Reuters

President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. Full Story from Flickr

The cost of the frivolous flight was about $60,000 an hour and that was just for the presidential aircraft. That doesn't include the cost of the two F-16s that came along. Full Story from CBS

[Video] - Flyover cost over $300K, leads to resignation

[ABC] - WH Military Affairs Director Resigns in Wake of Air Force One Flyover

The "24" star appeared to take the law into his own hands (or head) early Tuesday morning when he allegedly head-butted fashion designer Jack McCollough outside a New York City nightclub. Sutherland is expect to turn himself into the police. Full Story from ABC News

 

Video - Kiefer is a pirate

 

The nation’s first face transplant recipient, she’s stepped forward to show the rest of the world what she looks like now. Photos and Full Story from MSNBC and WTOL

 

The career of a 39-year-old priest and media personality in Miami came crashing down today, after photos published in a Spanish-language magazine allegedly captured him having a romantic interlude with a woman on the beach. Full Story from Hispanic Business

 

In the first photo, a woman who appears to be Carrie Prejean wears pink panties and looks over her shoulder while holding her breasts. Full Story from Jezebel

A map depicting confirmed and suspected cases of swine flu (A/H1N1), with source attributions and links to original language sources, translations, report date, and current known statuses. Interactive updated map from Google

Engine icon signifies increased emissions.

Philip is a beautiful man inside and out. He is intelligent, loyal, and the best fiance a woman could ask for. He would not hurt a fly!" Full Story from The Examiner

Schnitt yesterday joked that he hoped that the Tea Party Protesters weren't delivering their teabags in a Ryder truck.

The capture of a Greek-owned and Togo-flagged ship is a clear sign the sea gangs have not been deterred by two raids in recent days by U.S. and French special forces that killed five pirates. Full Story from Reuters

 

Bowing isn't just for Saudi Kings anymore. Obama bows to little kids during the Easter egg roll and even Bo his new dog.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick was photographed entering Downing Street carrying a secret briefing note on which details of the undercover operation - codenamed Pathway - could be seen. The document, headed SECRET, set out the strategy for smashing an alleged cell based in the North West which was thought to be plotting an attack in Britain. Full Story from the UK Telegraph

What appears to be a Turkish news report about President Obama, with an anchor in blackface, has hit youtube. If you have more information about this or can translate it, please send Schnitt an email.

Full Video on YouTube | Atlas Shrugs is also investigating | Scoop This now has the story

Schnitt Phone Lines: Listener, Brandon, translates and explains the Turkish blackface news report. Here is the audio of that call.

• Obama assassination plot foiled in Turkey? Update: Hoax?
• Official: Man freed amid Obama murder 'hoax'
• Iraq shoe thrower's sentence cut to one year
• Troops in Baghdad Cheer President Obama's Surprise Visit
• Bombshell: Iran nuke plan revealed in NYC indictment
• Iranian nuke plot vaporized in the city: NY banks unwittingly aided in material transfers, says DA
• [NY Times] - Editorial Diplomacy on the Sidelines
• Obama’s missile-defense dodge alienates Lieberman
• US may cede to Iran’s nuclear ambition
• Obama, Officials May OK Iran's Nuclear Program
• Saudis also dismayed by Obama's seeming tolerance of nuclear Iran
• Two dead and many injured as gunman opens fire
• President Obama to Europe: Sorry About the Bush Years*
• Payback is a...
• Is it a rickshaw or a car? GM sees PUMA in the future
• GM, Segway "PUMA" Vehicle Unveiled
• Canadian student pilot Adam Dylan Leon stole plane, crossed U.S. border in suicide attempt
• Ted Stevens' charges dismissed as judge excoriates prosecutors
• [NY Times] - Judge Orders Investigation of Stevens Prosecutors
• Franken attorney: ‘I think we are done’

Is This The Change We Can Believe In?

• Saudis Report Plot To Assassinate Obama
• 'Syrian man arrested for plot to assassinate Obama in Turkey'
• North Korea's rocket didn't reach orbit, but Kim's in another world
• [WSJ] - The Song of Kim Jong Il
• [Audio] - North Korean Song - Ode to General Kim Il Sung
• [Audio] - Dear Leader Kim Jong Il The Great Brilliant Commander
• Defiant North Koreans launch rocket over Japan
• NoKo missile, UN Security Council both duds
• President Obama, are you ready? Here's the test Vice President Joe Biden warned us all about
• [Video] - Obama urges strong world response to North Koreas missile launch in a Prague address
• [Video] - Obama promotes nuclear-free world
• Gates proposes deep weapons cuts
• [WSJ] - Officials Scoff At Taliban Binghamton Responsibility Claim
• In last month, mass shootings claim 53 lives By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
• [Audio] - Ferrari + Tracks + Oncoming Train = Crazy 911 Call
• Texting while Driving gets California Woman 6 Years in Prison
• Body believed to be of missing Miami-Dade boater found; daughter still missing
• Officials believe Miami boater's body was found
• Soros sees "lasting slowdown"
• 57% Want Military Response to North Korea Missile Launch

Schnitt Show Exclusive: Walgreens Yanks Obama Chia Heads Off Shelves

[AUDIO] - Schnitt Show Exclusive - Walgreens Pulling the Obama Chia
Schnitt received calls from listeners informing the show that Walgreens has Obama Chia heads in stock, but they are refusing to sell them. Schnitt reached out to Walgreens Corp. offices for the full story.

Immigration Center Shooting Rampage
The shooter, described by local media as a young, Asian male, blocked the back door of the building with his car, then stormed in firing a high-powered gun. Several people were taken hostage. Full Story from Fox News

• Binghamton Rampage Leaves 13 Dead, 26 Wounded
• AP reports shooter is dead: Governor confirms fatalities in Binghamton shooting
• The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
• Walgreens Chia Pet Chia Obama Special Edition, Determined Pose
• Chia Obama (Photo) Has Arrived
• Congress passes $3.5 trillion budget in the dark
• $3.55 trillion budgets pass on Capitol Hill
• [WSJ] - Obama's Domestic Agenda Gains Clarity
• Cap and trade gets big pushback in Senate
• Jiverly Voong aka Linh Phat Voong
• Megahed found not guilty
• Some Obama promises get punted
• Levi Johnston reveals on 'Tyra Banks' show that Sarah Palin knew he and Bristol were having sex

Blago Indicto!

Is Obama Actually Bowing?

Nigerian Money Scam Turns Deadly
The tables were turned with deadly consequences on two African immigrants trying to run a Nigerian "black money" scam on a New York man. Police say the men were killed in retaliation by the victim of the fraud and have identified the suspect as the cousin of NFL player Jonathan Vilma. Full Story from ABC News
Schnitt's 2008 Korean Summer Vacation Photos
Various pictures from Schnitt's vacation to South Korea and Japan. [Photos]

• NK Begins Fueling Rocket for Launch: CNN
• [2003] - Inside the mind of Kim Jong-il
• [2005] - Kim Jong Il’s Love Affairs Cause Many Scapegoats
• N. Korea Threatens to Retaliate With 'Thunderbolt of Fire'
• Blagojevich at Disney resort as indictment looms
• Pistachio product recalls
• Kroger expands pistachio recall, adds mayo
• The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
• Areas wins big turnpike contract after protests dropped
• Florida's Turnpike
• [Video] - Obama bows to Saudi king?
• Where Is the Love, Current TV?
• US reporters held in North Korea face 10 years of forced labor
• Why Is Rick Wagoner Fired and Nancy Pelosi Still Working? by Ann Coulter
• April Fools: Ann Coulter falls for fake Obama NASCAR story
• [Video] - Geithner On Ousting CEOs, Reviving Economy
• [Video] - Geithner on TARP Money: 'We Have Roughly $135 Billion Left'
• GAO Says Geithner Wrong: Only $32.6B in Uncommitted TARP
• [Video] - Matthews Chirps Groovy Cool Obamas Gave Him Another 'Thrill!'
• White House Corrects Conference Call Number After Directing Reporters to Sex Line
• Obama Tax Hike Hits the Poor Hardest
• House Democratic Leaders Decline Comment on Senate Tax Chair's Plan to Raise Taxes
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge up in smoke
• First Lady flub: no touching the Queen
• Blagojevich indictment
• Anthrax scare at Sebring hospital

Mysterious Virus Quiet
Malicious software installed on millions of computers has yet to wreak havoc on technology systems worldwide as some fear, but researchers warned that the "Conficker worm" could still strike in the future. Full Story from Reuters

• Obama drops the fist on NASCAR?
• Sorry! - Car News
• The Onion taken seriously From Wikipedia
• Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
• G20 protesters smash windows, clash with police
• G20 protesters storm RBS branch but Obama steals show
• Jimmy Fallon "fires" writer who thought an Onion story was real
• [Twitter] - jimmyfallon
• Biggest U.S. tax hike on tobacco takes effect
• Tobacco tax hike puts damper on Fla. cigar makers
• [Video] - Single Largest Federal Tobacco Tax Increase
• US hedge fund charged with $7bn Madoff fraud
• U.S. Marshals seize two Madoff boats in Florida
• Night of the Living Death Tax Obama's budget quietly resurrects it in 2010.
• U.S., Russia Seek to Reduce Nuclear Warheads
• Jimmy Carter's crazy slavery theory: He thinks the Civil War was un-Christian
• Yes, Hugo Cheated By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
• [WSJ] - GM Will Replace at Least Six Others on Board
• Michael Moore hails GM chief's 'stunning' ouster
• Joe Cassano: The Man Who Brought Down AIG?
• The Executive Who Brought Down AIG
• EX-AIG BIG MAY FACE FRAUD RAP
• Police Say 67-Year-Old NRH Man Killed Wife
• Woman to 911: Help! I'm locked inside my car
• Cops Bust Stool Fool

Angie Harmon: I'm Not Racist Because I Disagree With Obama
Angie Harmon is not afraid to come out and say she doesn’t like how President Obama is handling the job — but she’s sick of having to defend herself from being deemed a racist. Full Story from Fox News

• Obama Seeks G-20 Accord on Approach to Tax Havens
• Obama In UK With Limo Dubbed 'The Beast'
• Prospect of Barack Obama show causes UK to clear its decks
• Police arrest five people in 'G20 terror probe'
• Protecting Your PC Against Conficker Worm
• Worried about the Conficker worm striking on April 1st? A few simple steps can protect you.
• General Motors mulling Hyundai's car-return program
• Ford, GM to cover car payments if buyer loses job
• Ford, GM to cover car payments if buyer loses job
• OBAMA'S MOST PERILOUS LEGAL PICK
• The suicide of American sovereignty
• Obama’s most perilous legal pick
• Taliban Leader Vows To Attack D.C. "Soon" Pakistani Taliban Commander Also Claims Responsibility For Attack On Police Academy
• Report: Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers
• Brothers: Chimp victim is talking and improving
• GM's boss driven from office
• New GM head Fritz Henderson says bankruptcy appears more likely, along with more plant closings
• Beyond AIG: A bill to let Big Government set your salary
• Sudan's wanted president welcomed at Arab summit
• Is there any gold inside Fort Knox, the world's most secure vault?

Tesla Sedan

• Can GM (Government Motors) Survive?
• [WSJ] - Obama Outlines Plans for GM, Chrysler
• W.H.: Chrysler small enough to fail
• GM chief Wagoner to resign at Obama's request
• New Tesla Sedan offers 300 miles on a single charge
• Tesla Motors plans to build Model S all-electric sedan in Southland
• PAYDAY: GM's Rick Wagoner Drives Away with $20M Retirement
• Murray Feldman Interviews President Obama
• GM's Rick Wagoner Gone, but Carmaker's Problems Remain Dow Heads South After Obama's Car Talk
• [Amazon] - Who Killed the Electric Car?
• [OnDemand Amazon] - Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Brawls Break Out Among Laid-Off Workers as Michigan Car Dealership Closes
• Arctic refuge could provide 25 pct US energy needs - expert
• Melting Arctic Ice May Unlock Energy, Ore And Shipping Lanes
• Russian Arctic Army; Arctic Cold War
• NKorea says 2 US journalists will stand trial
• N. Korea arrests 2 of Al Gore's reporters
• [Amazon] - Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations: John Bolton
• Video alleged to show Joe Biden's daughter snorting cocaine
• 'FRIEND' OF BIDEN'S DAUGHTER SHOPPING TAPE OF HER ALLEGEDLY DOING COCAINE
• Gates: No plans to shoot down N. Korean missile
• Was it important the lights went dark?
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Trailer: Body of Lies
• [OnDemand Amazon] - Body of Lies
• Flash of Genius (2008)
• Trailer: Flash of Genius
• [OnDemand Amazon] - Flash of Genius
• Home Decorating With the Obamas
• Al Gore's Light Bulbs Are Fail
• Dodd Aide Dismisses Report on Donations From AIG
• Washington Times: AIG Political Support To Sen. Chris Dodd
• EDITORIAL: Dodd lied about AIG bonuses
• PARTIES & POT IN ASHLEY BIDEN'S PAST

Taliban Opposes Polio Vaccinations
Extremist clerics are telling parents that polio vaccinations cause infertility and are part of a U.S.-sponsored anti-Muslim plot. Full Story from the UPI

• UN Climate Change plan would 'reorder' world economy
• The UN Makes it Official: Global Warming Hysteria Is All About Redistributing Wealth
• [PDF] - United Nations document on “climate change”
• California May Ban Black Cars
• [2006] - Forget the myth about black paint and hot cars
• Obama Announces Plans for More Funding for Afghan War
• NBC Newsman Irving R. Levine Dead at 86
• George Soros: “I’m having a very good crisis”
• Mass.: We don't know how White House arrived at estimate of 79,000 stimulus jobs for state
• Ten bills. That’s zero for ten in the transparancy department.
• ShamWow Pitchman Beats Hooker to the Punch
• Getting the skinny on Twitter's 'Cisco Fatty'
• Teens Could Get Hit With Child-Pornography Charges For Sexting
• Congressional Favorability Ratings 60% View Pelosi Unfavorably
• Russia plans to create Arctic military force
• ShamWow Guy In Slap, Chop Bust

Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe
It is hard to conceive of the sun wiping out a large amount of our hard-earned progress. Nevertheless, it is possible. Full Story from the New Scientist

• You Go, Hillary — The Secretary of State Tells the Truth In Mexico
• NBC's Mitchell Pushes Hillary to Bring Back Assault Weapons Ban
• What the Heck Is Hillary Apologizing For?
• 'It's all about border safety' for DHS, Napolitano says
• Mexican drug wars worry some Americans
• AMC » Breaking Bad
• Money, Guns, and Drugs: What's Fueling the Violence in Mexico
• Police: U.S. teens were hit men for Mexican cartel
• ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES The War Next Door Aired March 25, 2009 Transcript
• [Amazon] - AMC Breaking Bad Pilot - OnDemand
• [Amazon] - Breaking Bad - The Complete First Season
• [Video] - HULU: Breaking Bad, Mini-Episodes and Clips
• RAHN: The next oil shock Price too low to supply demand over time
• Crude closes above $54 for first time this year
• [WSJ] - Gasoline Prices Creep Upward Along With Demand
• [WSJ] - OIL FUTURES: Crude Higher as Economic Data Better Than Expected
• California to reduce carbon emissions by... banning black cars?!
• The Ban on Black
• California ‘Cool’ Paints Initiative Ugly, Lazy
• Tampa MacDill Airfest
• Tyndall AFB's Gulf Coast Salute Airshow
• Blue Angels
• [Video] - MJ Schnitt Finally Ride Blue Angels FA-18 Hornet VHVIDEO.COM
• [Video] - MJ-Schnitt - Blue Angels Flight - Nothin' But The Hits
• Who Did Nancy Pelosi's New Face?
• A Self-Inflicted Gun Wound Why is Attorney General Eric Holder backing away from an assault weapons ban?
• Family of Irving 'Bud' Feldkamp, Owner of the Nation's Largest Privately Owned Abortion Chain, Dies in Montana Plane Crash

Jimmy Carter's Crazy Slavery Theory
Here's the latest outrage from Jimmy Carter, the ex-President so many Americans love to hate: He claims the Civil War - which he calls, Southern-style, "The War Between the States" - was un-Christian and could have been avoided. Full Story from the NY Daily News

• President Obama Holds News Conference Aired March 24, 2009 Transcript
• Obama answers tough questions, asks for patience on recovery at press conference
• Tonight's Q for President Obama March 24, 2009 10:17 PM PRESIDENT OBAMA: Jake?
• Obama Scraps 'Global War on Terror' for 'Overseas Contingency Operation'
• No ban on 'global war on terror': US officials
• Homeland Security chief may eliminate color-coded alerts system: It's of 'marginal utility'
• 'Terrorism' No Longer Exists for Secretary Napolitano?
• Analysis: Teleprompter telegraphs Obama caution
• Obama ditches teleprompter for drive-in theater movie screen
• Pentagon questions growing Chinese military power
• Orszag: Hill Budget Resolutions Aren't "Twins" of the President's Plan, But "Brothers"
• [WSJ] - Who Pays for Cap and Trade?
• Obama Years Ago Helped Fund Carbon Program He Is Now Pushing Through Congress
• Senators: Obama border initiative good step, but insufficient
• Obama Mexico border plan not enough-US senator
• UW-Milwaukee Study Could Realign Climate Change Theory
• Global warming? More doubts
• Global Warming Is Running Out of Hot Air by Phyllis Schlafly
• Russia Relations Toughest Since the Cold War, Commander Says
• [WSJ] - China Takes Aim at Dollar
• China Talks Tough with Call to Dump Dollar
• Geithner 'open' to China proposal
• Geithner Remarks on IMF Roil Foreign-Exchange Market
• Study: It Takes Just 8.2 Seconds for Men to Fall in Love

Twins Seperated At Birth

Crack Down on Border Violence
The Obama administration is still considering contingency plans to send U.S. troops, probably National Guard reserves, to the border area. Full Story from Reuters
Schnitt's Hour One
Schnitt discusses the AIG, Geithner-Obama power grab.

• Congress grills Geithner and Bernanke over AIG bonus scandal
• Geithner Asks Congress for Broad Power to Seize Firms
• Scrubbing The Name "A.I.G." Off The Building Doesn't Make The Damage Go Away
• AIG starts makeover, changes sign at NY office
• [Video] - Barney Frank Tells 'Code Pink' To 'Grow Up' During AIG Hearing
• Dodd's Wife Was Former Director of AIG-Controlled Company
• Senator Dodd's Wife and AIG
• Who is Timothy Geithner?
• David Letterman marries longtime girlfriend
• Meet the New Mrs. David Letterman
• [NY Times] - The Conficker Worm: April Fool’s Joke or Unthinkable Disaster?
• Group launches strategy to block Conficker worm from .ca domain
• No joke in April Fool's Day computer worm
• The Conficker Worm
• India's Tata Motors unveils the world's cheapest car
• ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Starts War on Business: Commentary by Kevin Hassett
• More women needing cash go from jobless to topless
• O-O-Obama joins Homer Simpson, SpongeBob SquarePants and Scooby-Doo

Wall Street On Fire
Bank shares led the way up, buoyed by the latest plan, which is geared at unlocking tight credit markets with help from private investors. Full Story from Reuters

• [Video] - 2 months in office for Pres. Barack Obama and Steve Kroft has the behind-the-scenes interview
• Richardson's tragic death holds lessons
• Kroft to Obama: Are you punch-drunk?
• AIG bonus tax may be 'dangerous'
• AIG Bonuses Prompt Bus Tour of ‘Gold Coast’ Homes
• Activists vent at AIG executives
• Is that AIG tax constitutional?
• US ECON: Feb Existing Home Sales Up 5.1% to 4.72 Mln Units
• Geithner details ‘toxic asset' purchase plan
• [WSJ] - My Plan for Bad Bank Assets
• [WSJ] - Deals of the Day: Geithner’s Plan to Save the World, Take Two
• Stocks Surge on Bank Plan, Rise in Home Sales
• sentiment - definition
• sediment - definition
• Obama's Special Olympics joke creates a stir around the nation
• Obama has apologized for Special Olympics quip
• Michigan Special Olympians Offer Obama a Bowling Challenge
• With the Economy Down, Vasectomy Rates Are Up
• [Video] - Judd Gregg: We’ll go bankrupt under Obama’s budget
• Will the Geithner plan work? David Gergen
• [NY Times] - No Signs of Distress Before Plane Crash
• Wind Shear Alert Preceded FedEx Narita Crash

US Navy vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz
A submarine, the USS Hartford, collided with the amphibious ship USS New Orleans in one of the busiest commercial route for oil tankers. Full Story from UPI

Joe Pags filling in:

• Jay Leno Wins on Tonight Show, But Obama and His Special Olympics Joke Flop
• President Obama Jokes About Being a Bad Bowler: 'It's Like the Special Olympics'*
• Obama apologizes for remark
• Obama Apologizes to Special Olympics Head Shriver for Remarks
• Should Democrats Worry About Obama Disconnect in 2010?
• [Video] - Maxine Waters: Obama's "Got Some Explaining To Do"
• Duke Basketball Coach Has a Message For President Obama
• Special Olympics Champ to Barack: Bring it On!
• Obama Blasted for Diverting Money From Armed Pilots Program
• Obama Wants to Disarm U.S. Pilots
• Report: Cadaver Dog Dispatched to Aruba to Search for Natalee Holloway
• Gay marriage gets recognition _ in the dictionary
• Sagging Economy Sinks Navy Bonuses

House approves measure to recoup AIG bonuses
The House has voted to impose 90 percent tax on bonuses from firms that took U.S. bailouts. Full Story from Reuters

Joe Pags filling in:

• Texas Senate passes needle exchange bill
• 'American Idol' Loses Alexis Grace and Pesky Rumors of a Fix
• Dodd vs. Treasury: Who Is Responsible for AIG Loophole?
• Chris Dodd Is a Liar
• Can Geithner Bounce Back?
• AIG May Have to Reveal More Pay Data, Faces Subpoena
• House passes tax bill on AIG bonuses
• Actress Natasha Richardson dead at 45
• NYC medical examiner: Actress died of blunt impact
• Wal-Mart Text Threat Hoax, Authorities Say
• The Myths and Facts about Addiction
• Pelosi Pins AIG Loophole on Senate, White House
• Pelosi: Don't Blame Us for AIG Mess
• Pelosi: Immigration Enforcement "Un-American"
• Speaker Pelosi: I am not partisan
• [Video] - Pelosi Tells Illegal Immigrants That Work Site Raids are Un-American

AIG CEO says asked employees who got over $100,000 bonuses to return half
AIG has argued that the payouts were necessary to retain top employees. Video and Full Story from Reuters

Joe Pags filling in:

• Obama assails AIG bonuses as misuse of tax funds
• President Obama Remarks on AIG
• Obama Says AIG Bonuses Show Need for Agency to Oversee Bailouts
• GOP congressman calls for Geithner to resign or be fired
• Obama: I have “complete confidence” in Geithner
• Hey, guess who else has an executive retention bonus plan?
• [WSJ] - Obama Might Not Oppose Taxing Health Benefits
• Jay Leno announces surprise 'guest' with Barack Obama Thursday
• Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal
• [WSJ] - Will Obama Go AWOL on VA Health Benefits?

Grassley to AIG execs: Resign or commit suicide
A prominent U.S. senator gibed that executives of the troubled insurer American International Group Inc might consider suicide, adopting what he called a Japanese approach to taking responsibility for their actions. Full Story from Reuters
Teens Are Blaming Rihanna


Joe Pags filling in:

• Cost of some alcohol could double under plan to tackle binge culture
• Survey: Half of Boston teens blame Rihanna for Chris Brown beating
• Plan would pay students for passing grades
• Obama's AIG Comments Raise More Questions Than They Answer
• The futile arrogance of AIG outrage
• SENATE DEMS WANT TO TAX AIG BONUSES

Octuplets' new home inspected
The California house where an unemployed single mother intends to raise her 14 children, including newborn octuplets, was inspected by hospital staff Monday. Full Story from UPI

Joe Pags filling in:

• Obama: AIG Bonuses an 'Outrage' to Taxpayers
• Obama Goes After AIG Bonuses
• NY AG Seeking Info On Who Received Bonuses At AIG
• Lawmaker wants to pay students for good grades
• State Senator Wants Drug Testing For Those Receiving Unemployment

Anna Nicole Smith's Ex-companion, Doctors Charged
Three people are charged with "repeatedly and excessively" furnishing drugs -- "often for no legitimate medical purpose" -- to Smith. Full Story from Reuters

Cigar Dave filling in:

• Obama Adviser: 'Excess of Fear' Must Stop
• [NY Times] - China’s Leader Says He Is ‘Worried’ Over U.S. Treasuries
• Howard K. Stern Arrested for Furnishing Drugs to Anna Nicole Smith
• White House objects to UN calling US 'deadbeat'
• Internet Now Stripper Tax In New York? Democrat Ortiz Proposes $10 Entry Fee
• Stripper Tax (also known as Pole Tax) being considered in New York
• Early March Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Rises to 56.6
• White House: Greed will help
• Obama Administration Abandons Use of Term 'Enemy Combatant'
• Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner 'leading Taliban in Afghanistan'
• UConn Falls To Syracuse In 6-Overtime Epic
• Check Out Madoff's Swanky Jailhouse Digs
• Victims of Bernie Madoff, family of beloved rabbi who died in 2000 has to sell it all

Space Station Safe After Evacuation
The International Space Station (ISS) crew took precautionary measures while it awaited a possible space debris collision, according to a NASA spokesman. Full Story from NASA

• [Video] - Reporter Nods Off During White House Press Briefing
• [Video] - Who Fell Asleep During Today's Press Briefing?
• Madoff Is Guilty in Ponzi Scheme; Ordered to Jail
• Ex-financier Madoff pleads guilty to all charges Disgraced investor jailed until sentencing, says ‘deeply sorry,’ ‘ashamed’
• [WSJ] - As 'Clawback' Suits Loom, Some Investors Seek Cover
• Iraq Shoe-Thrower Gets 3 Years in Prison
• Wall Street Rallies on Hopes of Relief for Banks
• LOST and Found: Senate Moves Toward Ratification of U.N.'s 'Law of the Sea Treaty'
• S.F. police union accuses Ayers in 1970 bombing
• Police union targets ’60s radical
• Frisco police union accuses Ayers of 1970 bombing
• Bill Ayers Resume
• CNBC's Cramer to spar with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart
• Tampa weatherguy Paul Dellegatto named "Worser" person by Keith Olbermann
• Four in 10 Americans think global warming exaggerated
• Kerry: Climate change delay is 'suicide pact'
• Obama's honeymoon bliss fading
• [WSJ] - Obama, Geithner Get Low Grades From Economists

Discovery A No Go
NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. The leak of gaseous hydrogen occurred as the launch team was filling the external fuel tank for liftoff tonight. The seven astronauts had yet to board the spaceship. Full Story from CBS News

• Senate passes $410-billion spending bill
• U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on H.R. 1105 )
• Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill
• Hoyer pushes back on earmarks
• Hoyer advises critics to live with big deficits
• Obama grants two more lobbyists waivers
• [2008] - Anti-Lobbyist Pledge Makes Its Way to Washington DC
• Correction: Former Lobbyists At The White House
• A Turning Tide? Obama still has the approval of the people, but the establishment is beginning to mumble that the president may not have what it takes. Howard Fineman
• Geithner: 'Capitalism will be different'
• [Video] - Charlie Rose Interviews Timothy Geithner: "Capitalism Will Be Different"
• [Video] - Good news: “Capitalism will be different” now, declares Geithner
• A socialist? Obama calls back to insist no
• F-22 vs F-35: no contest
• [PDF] - Air Force Association The Force behind the FORCE
• Obama Takes Aim at Acquisition Shrinks Supplemental Procurement, Gets Tough on Contracting
• [WSJ] - Millionaire Population Plunges
• U.S. Millionaires Shrink 27% to Lowest Level Since 2003
• New York City Controller William Thompson backs tax on millionaires
• From Guantanamo inmate to Taliban militant leader
• Grand Jury Convenes in FBI Terror Case Against Somali-Americans in Minneapolis, Sources Say
• Will 'American Idol' Phone-Number Snafu Sink Alexis Grace?
• 'American Idol' recap: This Is Thriller Night!
• China’s Investment Surges 26.5% as Exports Plunge
• Floating City to Come to California Shores
• Meghan McCain Discusses Distaste For Ann Coulter
• My Beef With Ann Coulter by Meghan McCain

Dow Up On Citi News
Wall Street has had its best day of the year, storming higher after some good news from Citigroup. Citigroup Inc. says it operated at a profit during the first two months of the year. Full Story from ABC News

• Judicial Watch Uncovers Documents Detailing Pelosi's Repeated Requests for Military Travel
• Madoff due to face music in court
• Pelosi Made Repeated Requests for Military Aircraft, Documents Show
• In Sacramento, The Homeless Shelters Are Full; Tent City “Houses” 1200 People
• Thrift-conscious say goodbye to cars, cell phones, other luxuries
• 53% Say It’s Likely the U.S. Will Enter a Depression Similar to 1930’s
• Stocks Post Best Rally of 2009 on Improving Citigroup Outlook
• GOP Cross-Overs Have Earmarks to Gain in $410 Billion Spending Bill
• [Video] - Church hero didn't know he'd been stabbed
• Police: Ill. pastor deflected gunshot with Bible
• TV show '24' to go carbon neutral in attempt to reduce global warming
• [Video] - Cherry Jones' Going Green PSA
• Pelosi leaves door open to second stimulus
• Breaking: Ben Nelson publicly opposes Card Check
• Chas Freeman Pulls Out
• Breaking: Chas Freeman out at NIC
• Obama signed his stimulus package...
• Vilsack: US should boost ethanol blend in gasoline
• [2005] - Cornell ecologist's study finds that producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy

Stuffed Peppers
Police said three people who purchased peppers at a New York store took the vegetables home and discovered they had been stuffed with bags of cocaine. Full Story from UPI

• Reactions to Obama, stem cells
• Obama Ends Ban on Stem Cell Research
• Obama Lifts Funding Restrictions on Stem Cell Research
• AMC » Breaking Bad
• Mayor Bloomberg: "We Love The Rich People"
• [Audio] - 3/6/09 Bloomberg on WOR
• NYC Comptroller Criticizes Mayor for 'Rich People' Remarks
• Thompson Used To Agree With Bloomberg On Taxing The Rich
• Political Persecution: Audited For TaxCheatStamps.com By Michael Williams
• TaxCheatStamps.com
• [Video] - Ask Warren Buffett on CNBC's Squawk Box
• Warren Buffett to CNBC: Economy Has "Fallen Off a Cliff"
• [Video] - Obama leads star-studded birthday salute to Kennedy
• Chinese Vessels Harass U.S. Navy Ship, Pentagon Says
• [NY Times] - U.S. Protests Chinese Naval Harassment
• China naval incident 'early test' for Obama: US lawmaker
• John Edwards Mess: Baby's 1st Birthday Picture

Clinton Goofs on Russian Translation
Note to self: When trying to improve ties with a former Cold War-era foe, check a dictionary. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton learned that lesson the hard way Friday. Full Story from Fox News

• Bernie Madoff May Be Copping Plea
• [WSJ] - Breaking News: Bernie Madoff Waives Indictment
• Health Care - The New WMD?
• Medical Bankruptcies: A Data-Check
• [NY Times] - Do C.F.L.’s Increase Greenhouse Gases?
• Efficient lighting equals higher heat bills: study
• [Facebook] - A tribute to Brian James
• CNN's Gupta Decides Against Surgeon General Position, Cites 'Timing'
• Howard Dean, Not Sanjay Gupta, for Surgeon General?
• Spying on the Circuit City liquidation sale
• Ahead of schedule, all Circuit City stores to close by Sunday night
• Understaffed Geithner can't keep up, critics say
• Study: Dow's Decline Is Fastest for a New President in Nearly a Century
• Chavez Tells Obama He Should Follow Venezuela’s Socialist Path
• [WSJ] - Chávez Targets Cargill Mills in Price-Control Move
• The Problem with Socialism…
• [WSJ] - Recession Job Losses Top Four Million

Stocks Extended Their Slide
Grim economic reports signaling more fallout from the recession added to the negative tone as major indexes traded around 12-year lows, more than giving back Wednesday's rally. Full Story from Reuters

• [Video] - Man Survives Truck, Train Collision
• Vice President Joe Biden in Miami: We're committed to middle class
• Cameras Barred from Biden's Speech to AFL-CIO
• Biden visits Miami, stresses transit funds
• Charles E. Wilson January 28, 1953 - October 8, 1957 5th Secretary of Defense Eisenhowser Administration
• Ailing General Motors hints at bankruptcy
• US Stocks Return To 12-Year Lows; Citi, Other Banks, GM Weigh
• AFL-CIO Says Card-Check Is Imminent
• Card check From Wikipedia
• Three Dems wavering on Card Check in the Senate?
• Conference call: Rep. John Kline on Card Check
• [2008] - Our view on labor laws: No way to form a union
• [WSJ] - President Tells Unions Organizing Act Will Pass
• [PDF] - Card Check: Changing the Rules for Collective Bargaining By Thomas P. Gies
• Union official: Franken 60th vote on card-check
• Publicist: Robin Williams needs heart surgery
• Barbara Bush Making 'Excellent' Recovery After Surgery
• Octomom's Frantic 911 Call Tape Reveals Nadya Suleman's Cry For Help For Her Lost Child & Suicidal Thoughts
• Octo-Mom Defends Frenzied 911 Call: "I Was Hormonal"
• Judge tells cop-shooter 'shut your damn mouth' in courtroom exchange
• [Video] - Judge yells at defendant, defendant yells right back
• Sanjay Gupta Could Be Out of the Running for Surgeon General
• President Obama Speaks at Healthcare Summit
• False Talking Point Alert -- Number Two in a Series
• Charles Freeman: Tiananmen Massacre Was Justified
• Obama's Intelligence Blunder
• EDITORIAL: Freeman isn't free of conflicts
• Charles Freeman: Another Troubling Obama Nominee
• Israel and Kirk Request Another Investigation Into Freeman
• Freeman Already Under Investigation

Southwest's Sports Illustrated Plane

• Coming Soon to A Road Sign Near You
• Emblems to Stamp Projects Funded by the Stimulus Package
• Cops Search for Firebug Targeting Green Escorts
• [WSJ] - Obama: Undoing the Bush Administration One Order at a Time
• Obama Seeks Overhaul to Stop Wasteful Contracting Practices
• Geithner: Tax Hikes On Wealthy 'Necessary'
• Treasury secretary says tax increases necessary
• See how you can get mortgage relief available to 9 million American homeowners
• Treasury Dept. Details Foreclosure Prevention
• [PDF] - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Washington March 4, 2009 Making Home Affordable Summary of Guidelines
• [PDF] - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Washington March 4, 2009 Making Home Affordable Updated Detailed Program Description
• Phew! Asteroid's passing by Earth on Monday was a cosmic close call
• Florida Boat Accident Survivor: 2 NFL Players Gave Up Hope
• Global Warming: On Hold? Michael Reilly, Discovery News
• Feingold, Ryan back presidential line item veto
• [NY Times] - The Top 10 List of Earmarkers
• Conn. chimp attack victim may have brain damage

Obama Gives Stock Advice
President Obama told Americans to take a look at investing in the stock market this afternoon, a remarkable utterance for an American president, especially as the Dow Jones Industrial Average proceeds on its course Southward. Full Story from ABC News

• Dead grouper washes up on Sarasota shore
• Coast Guard: NFL Boaters Wore Life Vests
• Life Jacket Found Floating in Choppy Florida Seas in Search for Missing Football Players
• [Amazon] - Spot Satellite Messenger with GPS Tracking
• [Amazon] - ACR 2797.4 AQUAFIX 406 PERSONAL EPIRB
• [Amazon] - NEW BREITLING PROFESSIONAL EMERGENCY MISSION MENS WATCH A7332211/G616
• More tax problems for Team Obama?
• White House cancels Brown press conference in Rose Garden
• Obama snubs Brown
• Brown faces humiliation after Obama 'snub'
• Geithner: Obama to fight international tax dodgers
• Obama: Stock 'fits and starts' are normal reaction
• Father: Coast Guard losing hope of finding missing NFL players
• [WSJ] - The Obama Economy As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame.
• They call it TALF. But will it finally unfreeze lending to consumers and small business?
• [Video] - Cramer on Obama: 'It's Amateur Hour at Our Darkest Moment'
• [Video] - On Today, Cramer attacked Obama's "radical agenda" and claimed "this is the most, greatest wealth destructive I've seen by a President"
• White House Knocks Jim Cramer For Calling Obama Budget "Greatest Wealth Destruction By a President"
• Gibbs Versus CNBC, Round 2
• ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES Brutal Day on Wall Street Aired March 2, 2009 - 22:00 ET
• [Video] - Obama Man Can! MJ Schnitt VHVIDEO.COM
• U.S., Swiss justice officials meet amid UBS probe
• Bank Secrecy Gives Way in Switzerland
• Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers
• Obama’s secret letter offers deal to Russia
• Medvedev rejects Obama missile defence deal
• The Shadow Games Behind Obama's Missile Deal

Rescued Boater Was In Water Since Saturday Afternoon

• Rescued Boater Is Not One of Missing NFL Players, CNN Reports
• Marquis Cooper
• Corey Smith
• Major stock market indexes fall to 1997 levels
• AT A GLANCE: US Extends AIG Bailout; Co Reports Record Loss
• Statement from the Detroit Lions March 1, 2009
• Buffett: 'Economy will be in shambles'
• Blagojevich lands book deal. Will pull no punches.
• Trade nominee Ron Kirk agrees to pay back taxes
• NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy With Call for Civil Disobedience
• Dirty Coal Has Left the Building: Live Blog from DC
• MA Governor Patrick Proposes $2 "Carbon Fee" At Logan Airport: New Money Goes Where?
• Passing of a Legend Paul Harvey September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009
• Tribute to Paul Harvey from ABC Radio

Michelle Goes With The Wife-Beater Look
Muscle Shirt Meets Pearls

Pay To Poo in the Loo
Budget airline Ryanair is considering charging passengers to use the toilet while flying. Full Story from BBC

• Man claims blood on letter sent to Obama was HIV-tainted
• Chicago Man Arrested for Allegedly Targeting Obama With HIV-Infected Blood
• Obama: Combat mission end in August 2010
• Pelosi sees no 'justification' for leaving 50,000 troops in Iraq
• [Video] - Rachel Maddow: Pelosi Questions Obama Iraq Plan
• Senate Democratic Leaders Concerned About Obama’s Iraq Plan
• [Video] - Ceiling Fan Falls On Iran Leader's Head
• Ed McMahon in 'serious' condition: pneumonia, bone cancer
• [2008] - Donald Trump to buy Ed McMahon’s house
• Court rejects Obama bid to stop wiretapping suit
• California unemployment jumps to 10.1% in January
• 'Tea Party' Protests Wasteful Spending
• More than 40 nationwide 'Chicago Tea Parties' protest against Obama's bailout plan
• Houston Joins Other Cities Nationwide in Tea Party Protest
• [NY Times] - The Tea Party (Again) as Political Protest
• New Pain at Pump: Gas Tax Hikes
• Panel: Raise gas tax, charge drivers by the mile
• US Airways Drops Nonalcoholic Drink Fees
• The Obama Team's Drink of Choice? Coke, Not Pepsi
• Obama watermelon joke unseats mayor
• Los Alamitos mayor to resign over controversy
• Eastwood thinks political correctness has made society humourless

Media Photos of War Dead
Families of America's war dead will decide whether the flag-draped caskets of their loved ones can be photographed by news organizations when the fallen return to U.S. soil. Full Story from ABC News

• DeMint Tries to Prevent 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival
• Next Bailout: Liberal Media?
• Senate bars FCC from revisiting Fairness Doctrine
• 87-11: Senate passes DeMint amendment to ban Fairness Doctrine
• Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban Previous Ban Expired in 2004 During the Bush Administration
• Hey, who’s up for renewing the assault weapons ban? Update: Not Pelosi
• Obama's first budget: Key department figures
• A Radical Presidency By Daniel Henninger
• [Video] - The president took a jab at budgets past by emphasizing that he believes his budget is an honest accounting document.
• Obama Proposes $634 Billion Fund For Health Care
• [WSJ] - The 2% Illusion Take everything they earn, and it still won't be enough.
• Obamas plan to get rescue Portuguese water dog
• [NY Times] - Sen. Byrd questions Obama's use of policy 'czars'
• Byrd: Obama in power grab
• AP: Vick Approved For Home Confinement
• Porn Plot: Vivid's Sordid Plans for Nadya 'Octomom' Suleman
• Washington Post Dismisses Joe the Plumber as 'Leftover Artifact' From 2008
• CPAC Agenda: Joe The Plumber To Advise Young Conservatives As Panelist
• [Image] - Letter a listener received from Michael Vick

Chris Matthews: GOP 'Outsourced' Response to Jindal

• Obama's Speech Didn't Wow Wall Street
• Un-state of the Union
• Poll: Obama address hit the mark
• Transcript: Obama's Speech To Congress
• Two Obama Cabinet Members Added Earmarks to Omnibus Spending Bill
• [NY Times] - Republicans protest polar bear rider in omnibus
• Omnibus bill includes $1M for nanocollege
• Byrd: Obama in power grab
• [Video] - Jindal’s “awful” rebuttal
• David Brooks: Jindal’s speech was an insane nihilist disaster
• Transcript of Gov. Jindal's GOP Response to Obama Address
• Biden: Use stimulus money wisely or lose it
• Tear tattoo From Wikipedia
• UPDATED: Matthews, Not Olbermann Mutters ‘Oh God’ Before Jindal’s Response
• MSNBC "Oh God!" Gaffe and Liberal Bias in the Media
• [Video] - Matthews: I said “Oh God” in exasperation at the “odd anti-bellum look” of Jindal’s set
• House passes appropriations omnibus
• The obligatory “Helen Thomas makes nasty crack about Jindal?” post
• FACT CHECK: Obama glosses over complex realities
• Jet Crash in Amsterdam Kills Nine, Injures Dozens
• Salazar to rewrite Bush’s oil-shale plan
• Iran's nuke chief to announce 'good news' in April
• Iran tests its first nuclear power plant
• Women's cancer risk may increase with just a few drinks
• Suleman says hospital wants proof she can care for octuplets
• Confused Obama Thinks America Invented the Car-Not Even Close, What Would The Media Have Said If Poor Old Bush Would Have Made The Same Gaffe
• BART holdup victim grabs knife, kills robber
• Mayor is criticized for White House watermelon patch e-mail

California Gold
Ammiano says his proposed legislation would create badly needed state revenue and eliminate the unregulated black market for marijuana. Full Story from UPI

• Obama's high-stakes speech to press broader agen
• [Video] - Bernanke: US Recession Could Drag Into 2010
• [2008] - How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett
• Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist
• [WSJ] - Stanford Had Links to a Fund Run by Bidens
• Breaking: Durbin calls on Burris to resign
• [NY Times] - Survey Reveals Broad Support for President
• [2006] - Letter to SEC Chairman Cox Regarding Fannie Mae
• [NY Times] - Helicopter Plan Is Excessive, Obama and McCain Agree
• In tough economic times, Obama decides not to buy new helicopters
• Fears for Westland jobs over Obama helicopters contract
• House votes to approve Captive Primate Safety Act after chimp attack
• Chimp Attack Spurs 'Primates As Pets' Legislation
• NAACP calls for firing of N.Y. Post cartoonist
• Murdoch sorry for NY Post cartoon seen as racist
• Newsom sneaking around and sipping out of a bottle?
• Another Liberal Hypocrite: San Francisco Mayor Caught With Bottled Water
• An Obama Exerpt By Kleinheider
• Northern Trust defends spending on PGA event, parties
• Has NASA's Hansen Finally Lost His Mind? By Marc Sheppard
• Former astronaut speaks out on global warming
• Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt calls global warming a ‘political tool’
• War Over The Climate Heats Up Even As Climate Itself Cools Down By S. FRED SINGER
• NASA global-warming study satellite crashes into ocean near Antarctica by Robert Block
• Arctic Ice Extent Understated Because of "Sensor Drift"
• Gore Pulls Slide of Disaster Trends By Andrew C. Revkin

U.S. Unit Secretly in Pakistan
More than 70 United States military advisers and technical specialists are secretly working in Pakistan to help its armed forces battle Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the country’s lawless tribal areas, American military officials said. Full Story from the NY Times

• [Video] - Women Drivers Compilation
• Best actor: Penn's 'Milk' vs. Rourke's 'Wrestler'
• Sean Penn wins best actor Oscar for "Milk"
• Oscar ratings improve as "Slumdog Millionaire" dominate awards
• Dow Index Slips Below 12-Year Low
• US major stock market indexes fall to 1997 levels
• [Video] - Stimulus Bill Dominates Sunday Talk Shows As Republican Governors Talk Of Refusing Aid
• [Video] - Arnold to Sanford and Jindal: I vill take de stimulus money if you don’t want it
• Allegations That CIA Predator Drones Have Bases in Pakistan
• Geography professor claims to have found Osama bin Laden
• Tuesday Map: Osama bin Laden's current location
• UCLA class project: Find Bin Laden
• [2005] - File the Bin Laden Phone Leak Under 'Urban Myths'
• Hope and Change: Obama protects wiretap program secrets
• Obama Taps Biden to Oversee Stimulus Package Implementation
• STELLAR PINCH
• Citigroup's road to nationalization
• AIG seeking more U.S. funding, sources say

PHOTO: Rihanna After Beating

• [Video] - Obama Man Can! MJ Schnitt VHVIDEO.COM
• Builders FirstSource Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Results
• [WSJ] - Distressed Homeowners Get New Options in Plan
• $1.5M condo on $20K income? Prospective buyers lose $175K in Bellevue
• Bank Nationalization Speculation Prompts Confusion, Fear
• Dodd says Obama trying to avoid bank nationalization: report
• Obama tries to halt talk of bank nationalization
• Obama on NAFTA: A change in tone?
• Clinic That Did 1st Face Transplant Treating Chimp Attack Victim
• Fox News Loves the Phrase "Bright Blue Scrotum"
• Harris poll: Obama replaces Jesus as Americans’ new number one hero
• Gov. Quinn: Burris should resign
• US Treasury convenes first auto task force meeting
• Used car sales up
• Trade-In Nation While new car sales stall, used vehicles are flying off dealers' lots.
• Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil.
• Iran has enough fuel for a nuclear bomb, report says
• FACTBOX-Five facts about Benjamin Netanyahu
• Netanyahu Assembles New Israeli Government

Holder: When it comes to race - America is a “Nation of Cowards”
So saith the first black Attorney General, appointed by the black president we cowardly Americans just elected. Video and Full Story from HotAir

• Drug violence spins Mexico toward 'civil war'
• Canada Welcomes Obama On First Foreign Trip
• [Video] - Santelli's Chicago Tea Party
• [WSJ] - Assessing the President's Mortgage Plan
• The RAT hiding deep inside the stimulus bill
• SEC charges Stanford Group with fraud
• Man allegedly clubbed by teed-off Falmouth golfer
• U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on race, 1st black attorney general says
• Media General requiring 10 days of unpaid furlough
• Dow Closes At 6-Year Low
• Stanford Found!
• FBI tracks down Allen Stanford to Virginia
• Chimp victim transferred from Conn. hospital
• Chimp's Victim Moved To Face-Transplant Clinic
• Back at Home, Congressional Republicans Praise Projects in Stimulus Bill They Opposed
• OctoMom's Million Dollar Crib!?
• OctoBabies' Birth Certificates
• U.N. report: Uranium traces found at site in Syria
• [WSJ] - Liberal Nova M Radio to File for Liquidation
• Iran holds enough uranium for bomb

N.Y. Post's Mix Of Ape And Stimulus Package Called "Troubling" By Rev. Sharpton

• Sue Treccase The Schnitt Show, WFLA/Tampa, Dial Global Radio Network Nomination
• U.S. charges Allen Stanford with "massive" fraud
• Homeowners' rallying cry: Produce the note
• [Video] - Produce The Note “How-To”
• Obama mortgage foreclosure rescue plan will allow some struggling homeowners refinance options
• Obama's Mortgage Plan Includes Low-Cost Refinancing, Subsidies
• [WSJ] - Obama: Mortgage Plan ‘Will Not Help Speculators’
• White House: Obama Opposes 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival
• White House: What is this Fairness Doctrine of which you speak?
• [Video] - Owner describes chimp’s terrifying rampage
• Lawmakers caught sleeping in California
• Arnold to California: Chill, I've Gotta Movie to Do
• OctoMom Could Lose Her Crib
• [Video] - Chimp Attack 911 Call
• What Pets You Can and Can't Have at Home
• Chimp Owner Hammered With Threatening Calls
• Crazed Chimp 911 Tape Revealed; PETA Peeps Harrass Owner
• NY plane crash probe turns to pilot's actions, ice

Bernie Madoff Doll Cracks You Up
Like many other toys at the 2009 Toy Fair, the Bernie Madoff doll offers something extra. And just like swindler Madoff, it's gonna cost you. The $99, red-suited, pitchfork-wielding figure comes with a golden hammer. Full Story from New York Daily News
Obama Signs $787 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill
Obama signed the bill passed last week by Congress in Denver on Tuesday. It was the first major legislative victory of his young presidency, which could rise or fall with its success or failure. Full Story from Reuters

• Should the Pope deny communion to Pelosi for being pro-choice?
• New energy on center stage when Obama signs stimulus in Denver
• Recovery.gov
• Harry Reid's Train to Nowhere
• Obama Levitates But the train goes off the rails. by William Kristol
• 10,000+ troops to Afghanistan
• Obama: Diplomacy key part of Afghanistan strategy
• [NY Times] - Woman Mauled by Chimpanzee ‘Extremely Critical’
• [Video] - Chimp Shot After Attack
• [2005] - Chimps Chew Off Man's Face
• Pakistan-Taliban Peace Deal Shocks and Worries West
• Pakistan-Taliban deal: Islamic law for peace in Swat Valley
• Floored: Dow Dives 298, Nears Six-Year Low
• Eight British Men on Trial for Airline ‘Soda Bottle’ Bomb Plot
• Peanuts on Northwest Airlines prompt protests
• [Video] - CNN's Zain Verjee Loves Peanuts
• Chrysler Seeks $5B More In Gov't Viability Plan
• Largest banks that received aid cut lending
• A-Rod Faces the Press!
• Update: Former Border Patrol Agents Released From Federal Prison

Obama Coins - Simply Stickers Placed On 50-Cent Pieces
Folks irked by Obama coins that are simply stickers placed on 50-cent pieces! They thought they were buying a piece of history but many customers now say they were ripped off. Full Story and Video from KATU

• Phelps won't face charges for bong photo
• Sheriff: No Charges Against Phelps
• Sheriff to reveal results of Michael Phelps investigation
• Obama Rejects ‘Car Czar,’ Naming Geithner, Summers to Head Team
• Sen. Lindsey Graham: 'If this is bipartisanship, the country's screwed.'
• 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Transcript Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Lindsey Graham, R-SC, Reps. Peter King, D-NY, and Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Feb. 15, 2009
• Former Manager Says Peanut Plant Complaints Ignored
• Nation's peanut growers reeling from outbreak
• [WSJ] - Obama's Rhetoric Is the Real 'Catastrophe' In 1932, automobile production shriveled by 90%.
• WHAT'S THE RUSH? 'URGENT' $TIMULUS ON HOLD FOR BAM'S WEEKEND OFF
• Obamas enjoy Valentine's Day dinner in Chicago
• Pelosi pledges 'new era of cooperation' between US, allies
• US House Speaker Pelosi to meet pope: Vatican
• Burris lied, and liars get fired
• Burris Claims He Made 'No Change' to His Testimony on Blagojevich
• Burris says Blagojevich's brother sought donation
• [Video] - Flashback: Obama promises to allow five days of public comment before signing bills
• Investigators Look at Final Seconds of Buffalo Flight
• CEO Surprise: Please Raise My Taxes Netflix CEO Suggests Alternative to Executive Pay Cap: a 50 Percent Tax
• Muslim Television Channel Founder Charged With Beheading His Wife
• Bridges TV CEO Arrested for Beheading Wife Received Award from CAIR
• Bridges TV Mission Statement
• HASSAN CHOP
• [Video] - Megyn Kelly punks Bill Press on Fairness Doctrine
• [Video] - Axelrod punts on Fairness Doctrine
• [Audio] - Clinton wants 'more balance' on airwaves
• [Audio] - Camille Paglia Blisters Democrats for Pushing Return to ‘Fairness Doctrine’
• [Video] - Airport tantrum a YouTube hit

Feinstein's Loose Lips
Until now, most people assumed that the US conducted its Predator strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets from bases in Afghanistan. Now, however, Senator Dianne Feinstein has exposed a Pakistani partnership. Full Story from HotAir

• House Approves $787B Stimulus Plan Without GOP Help
• DC: Outrage Over Pelosi First Class Euro Trip, Tesla Sedan, Al Sharpton Complains
• [Audio] - Residents Survive After Plane Crashes Through Home
• [WSJ] - ATC on Buffalo Flight: ‘All of the Sudden We Have No Response’
• Pilot of crashed plane lived in Lutz
• Lutz Pilot, Ex-St. Pete Resident Among Plane Crash Victims
• Pilot of doomed commuter plane was from Tampa Bay area
• Pilot of plane that crashed in Buffalo, N.Y. is from Tampa Bay
• Pilot in Buffalo crash was from Pasco County
• [Audio] - Full Audio Tower communications Buffalo crash.
• [Audio] - Shorter Condensed Audio Buffalo crash
• 9/11 Widow Among Buffalo Dead
• Plane crash-lands on runway
• House, Senate plan Friday votes on economic stimulus
• Democratic Senator Predicts None of His Colleagues 'Will Have the Chance' to Read Final Stimulus Bill Before Vote
• [Video] - GOP Leader Boehner Floor Speech Opposing Democrats' Trillion-Dollar Spending Bill
• WaPo: Obama administration “peeved and churlish” over Gregg
• Gregg: I’ll vote against Porkulus
• US Senate sets vote on final passage of stimulus

OctoNut Belly

Obama's Fear Factor
Having campaigning against what he called President Bush's "politics of fear," Obama may be taking a big risk by resorting to the same tactic with his stimulus. Full Story from Reuters

• Sources Say Pelosi Peeved Over Reid's Stimulus 'Deal'
• [Video Flashback: CAUTION LANGUAGE] - Bill O'Reilly Flips Out
• Congressional Leaders Work to Pass Stimulus Before Presidents' Day
• Stimulus may go to House Friday
• [Photo] - Nadya Suleman's Octuplet Pregnant Belly
• [Jan 09] - Casey Affleck Directing Joaquin Phoenix Documentary
• [Jan 09] - Joaquin Phoenix Might Be Acting
• [Video] - Joaquin Phoenix's Bizarre Letterman Appearance
• 'Late Show' Marred By Bizarre Phoenix Interview
• Reid Looking for GOP Votes
• Judd Gregg’s wisdom: Abolish Commerce Department
• Senator Gregg Statement on His Withdrawal from Consideration of U.S. Commerce Secretary
• Body dragged nearly 20 miles on NYC highways
• Humble US Lincoln penny gets facelift
• Hero pilot gets his (cocktail) reward
• Octuplet's mom on food stamps, publicist says
• [Video] - Grandma: Octuplet Doc Promised He Wouldn't Do In Vitro
• "Octo-Doc" Subject Of Several Lawsuits
• Octo-Mom sets up Website

Do the Dew?

• Lawmakers Reach Agreement on $789 Billion Economic Recovery Package
• Ring, ring for GOP stimulus senators
• Peanut company officials spurn Congress' questions
• Oil prices tumble below $36 on bulging inventories
• Want to lower your electric bill? Google wants to help
• Obama stalls Bush drilling plans
• Politico: Sen. Stabenow Wants Hearings On Radio 'Accountability'; Talks Fairness Doctrine
• [Audio] - Sen. Harkin: 'We need the Fairness Doctrine back'
• [Amazon] - A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media by Bernard Goldberg
• Jeff Sessions to Mark Levin: Darned right we’ll filibuster the Fairness Doctrine
• Gas prices rise as oil prices fall
• Crude Oil Falls to Lowest in Almost 4 Weeks After Supplies Gain
• [Video] - Julio Osegueda On "Countdown," Talks Obama's Answer, Internship Offers
• [Video] - Student Steals The Show

Bailout Tanks Dow

• Geithner Announces Restructured Bailout Plan
• Wall Street to Geithner: Where are the details, man?
• Stocks Sink as Street Pans Geithner Plan
• $2 Trillion More - Gasp - to Rescue the Economy
• Cornyn Skipped Stimulus Vote To Meet With GOP Donors In New York
• Senate Approves $838 Billion Economic Recovery Package
• Gregg won't vote on economic stimulus
• [Video] - Schumer: People don't care about "porky" bills
• Captain Sully to Fly Virgin Air?
• [NY Times] - Sometimes a President Is Just a President
• [Video] - Henrietta Hughes: Obama Asked For Help At Town Hall
• [Video] - Julio Osegueda, Florida College Student, Rules Obama Town Hall
• [Video] - Obama Disses Biden
• [Video] - Obama Presser Ruffles Insecure DC Hacks
• Update: Henrietta Hughes gets a house
• Man arrested at Capitol for Obama threat
• Miracle Hire Obama Show Stealer
• Politico: Sen. Stabenow Wants Hearings On Radio 'Accountability'; Talks Fairness Doctrine
• Eight People Arrested in Connection With Michael Phelps Bong Photo

Obama Pulls A Ford

NY Post Cover: A-Hole

Audio: Schnitt Interviews Gov. Mark Sanford
Listen to Schnitt talking to SC Governor Mark Sanford about his take on the stimulus package and his earlier warning on CNN about the “savior-based economy”.

• Alex (A-Rod) Rodriguez Admits to Steroids Use: 'I was Stupid, I Was Naive'
• [Video] - A-Rod Admits To Using Steroids
• 15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009
• Obama Pitches Stimulus in Elkhart, Indiana, RV Capital of the World--Why?
• [Video] - Mark Sanford on the new “savior-based economy”
• Republicans Sound Off on Stimulus, as Senate Prepares for Key Procedural Vote
• If 2 of your 3 Republicans are from Maine, does it count?
• McCain rips the stimulus: It’s not “bipartisan” if only two or three Republicans vote for it
• Pass the rice — and stimulus bill
• Stimulus bill a fiscal trainwreck
• The Fierce Urgency of Pork By Charles Krauthammer
• CBO Says Stimulus Bad for the Economy
• U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs
• GOP Sounds Alarm Over Obama Decision to Move Census to White House
• Cloture vote on stimulus coming soon
• Stimulus Bill Will Stimulate Inflation Only
• McConnell: WH, Dems misleading public
• Democratic official: Kennedy will vote
• Ted Kennedy in DC for vote

Phelps Suspended for 3 Months
USA Swimming said it was withdrawing financial support from Phelps and declaring him ineligible to compete for three months. Full Story from UPI

• Obama Pushes $900 Billion Stimulus Package
• Scary Barry and the Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the "Stimulus" Plan
• Barack Obama is Not Making Sense
• Obama Names Advisory Panel, Says Stimulus Delay ‘Irresponsible’
• [WSJ] - Sen. Reid Is Hopeful for Final Vote on Stimulus
• CBO: Obama stimulus harmful over long haul
• [Video] - Feinstein: 'I Think As We Dither, Rome Burns'
• Christian Bale: The Official Apology
• Christian Bale Apologizes for "Potty Mouth," "Inexcusable" Rant
• [NY Times] - Op-Ed Contributor Please Raise My Taxes By REED HASTINGS
• Pelosi dismisses bipartisanship calls
• Those Closest To Madoff Got Burned Too
• [WSJ] - Madoff's Victims
• [NY Times] - More Names of Note Appear on Madoff List
• High-profile names appear on expanded list of Bernard Madoff's alleged victims
• Jet Company Allegedly Risked Celebrity Passengers' Lives for Cheap Fuel
• Madoff's longtime critic takes SEC to task
• [Video] - Executive: SEC Ignored Warnings About Madoff
• Gary Ackerman Lays His Smack Down on the SEC
• Stimulus headed for weekend vote
• ‘Manhattan Madam’: Spitzer ‘got too rough’

Biden's Stealth Wedgie Removal?

• Reid says Senate may pass stimulus plan today
• Senate Moderates Negotiate Cuts to Economic Stimulus Bill
• "This Bill Is Stinking Up The Place"
• Ahead of the Bell: Jobless claims
• [Video] - McConnell on the stimulus: $1 million a day since the birth of Christ
• The Stimulus: More Than a Million a Day Since Jesus Christ's Birth
• Justice Ginsburg has pancreatic cancer
• [Audio] - Hudson river crash FAA
• Packages For Soldiers: Sign the Petition
• Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio 'accountability'; talks fairness doctrine
• 'Obama 1260' Sets Flip To Business Talk
• [Audio] - Etta James to Beyoncé: I'll Whoop Your Ass!
• Etta -- "At Last" She's Been Exposed as Hypocrite
• Phelps: 'I have to live with fallout from photo'
• Phelps: Learn From Your Mistakes Phelps Gives First TV Interview After Photo Flap
• Blue Dogs push back against stimulus
• GOP official to resign after racial e-mail

Predator Teacher
A PERVY middle-aged teacher lured a teen boy to her motel room for sex by posing as a sexually active 14-year-old girl. Full Story from The UK Sun | East Valley Tribune
Cheney Warns of New Attacks
Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed. Full Story and Audio from Politico

• Obama "I Screwed Up"
• Is The White House Quietly Fighting Stimulus Pork?
• Obama: Catastrophe coming if Congress doesn't act
• Wells Fargo cancels Vegas event
• Dodd: I’ll move my Friends of Angelo loans
• DODD'S NEW DODGE
• Google Inc.'s 'Latitude' lets you track whereabouts of family, friends using mobile phone, PC
• Congress postpones digital TV transition to June
• Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah
• Maine senators at center of stimulus negotiations
• [Video] - Nancy Pelosi: Dumber than Soap
• [Video] - Will Media Report Pelosi's Claim 500 Million Lose Jobs Each Month?
• House Leaders Wary of CAIR After FBI Shuns Islamic Advocacy Group
• FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Questions
• Obama talks tough on CEO pay

David Letterman Look-A-Like Has Withdrawn Name
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination as President Barack Obama's health secretary on Tuesday, saying he did not want to be a distraction after tax errors forced him to pay $140,000 in back taxes. Full Story from Reuters

• Daschle withdraws as HHS nominee
• NY Times calls for Daschle’s withdrawal
• Killefer Cites ‘Tax Issue’ in Withdrawing as Obama Budget Aide
• NYT op-ed influenced Daschle decision
• Richland sheriff could charge Phelps
• $850 Billion, 1588 pages, and counting... somebody needs to read it!
• Congressional call to engage Iran over missing Coral Springs man
• Senate wrangles over stimulus bill
• What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill
• $246 million Hollywood bailout goes down; $1 trillion more to go!
• How much $$ per taxpayer?
• Stimulus Plans = $9,718 Per U.S. Taxpayer
• Americans Support Stimulus, but Many Want Major Changes
• Most carmakers' sales plunge; Hyundai, Subaru gain
• JPMorgan, AmEx Sponsor New York Squash Tournament Amid $28B Bailout
• Bailed-out Wells Fargo plans Vegas casino junkets
• Secret report urges new Afghan plan
• Columbian Gold
• Lawmakers push case of ex-FBI agent missing in Iran
• Iran says it launched satellite
• Pentagon: Iran's Domestic Satellite Launch Is Grave Cause for Concern
• Iran satellite launch is symbolic step: U.S. official
• [WSJ] - U.S. Believes North Korea May Be Preparing Long-Range Missile Test

SNL Pokes Fun At Blind Governor Again

• Bailed Out Bank of America Sponsors Super Bowl Fun Fest
• Quick analysis: Steelers win Super Bowl XLIII
• It’s About The Change Yet Lobbyists and Tax Cheats Abound in New Administration
• The world has noticed the Obama hypocrisy on lobbyists
• Porn interrupts Super Bowl for some in Arizona
• Comcast To Give $5 To Every Accidental Viewer?
• [Video] - Super Bowl Ads
• [Video] - Doritos: Crystal Ball
• 2009's Best Super Bowl Spots
• Indiana brothers snag top Super Bowl ad honors
• Another Super Bowl pre-game glitch
• [Video] - NBC: Obama Calls Singer Jessica Simpson Fat
• [Video] - Super Bowl champs thank Obama
• [WSJ] - Marion Barry for Drug Czar Democrats love taxes. Paying them, not so much. By JAMES TARANTO
• Police: Prius driver rammed pickup in road rage attack
• Daschle's Tax Troubles and Executive Pay Cuts
• WH Says Daschle's Tax Failure Was a 'Serious Mistake'
• Daschle’s Problem Not New - Revisting his wife’s lobbyist ties in 2003
• CIA Director: Al Qaeda is Job 1 of Top 10 Security Challenges in 2009
• Iran to Obama: Your willingness to talk proves your weakness
• Obama has begun discreet talks with Iran, Syria
• Dems drop anti-smoking, STD prevention from stimulus
• Phelps Is Sorry He Hit That Bong, Dude
• 14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps caught with cannabis pipe
• Key sponsors Speedo, Omega back Michael Phelps after apology for marijuana pipe photo
• [Dec 2008] - Some Olympian Got High As A Kite, Trashed A Hotel Room
• Stoned Phelps Trashed Hotel Room, Says Not-So-Blind Post Item

Michael Steele Wins RNC

• Drew Peterson's Fiancee Moves Out After Father Issues Ultimatum
• How to Have a Green Super Bowl Party
• [Video] - Super Bowl Egg Test: Cardinals VS Steelers
• Influential Senate Dem Questions Party Support for Stimulus Bill
• US reviewing "Buy American" stimulus clause
• 'Buy American' clause concerns Harper
• Octuplets' Family Has Bankruptcy History
• Octuplet Mom May Have Already Had 6 Kids
• Octuplets' mother 'had multiple IVF' although she has six children
• Feds say virus plot could have destroyed all Fannie Mae data
• Ten unhealthiest Super Bowl foods
• You’ve Got to Wonder About Google
• Alaska on alert amid signs volcano may erupt
• [WSJ] - Painting the Scene of Madoff's Operation
• [Video] - "I am the Speaker of the House. I don’t get into that."
• Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes

19 Hookers Busted For Hooking In Tampa!
Tampa crackdown already nets 19 women on prostitution charges. Since it is Super Bowl week in Tampa, the local cops are cracking down on hookers working from area hotels, street corners, private residences, and massage parlors. Photos and Full Story from The Smoking Gun
Blagojevich Begs for 48 Minutes
"How can you throw a governor out of office who is clamoring and begging and pleading with you to give him a chance to bring witnesses in to prove his innocence." Full Story from Reuters

• Ford Has Its Worst Year Ever but Won’t Ask for Aid
• House Passes $819B Stimulus Package
• Democrats Among Stimulus Skeptics
• [NY Times] - Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan
• Stimulus: Now the Real Action Begins
• Pelosi dismisses need for bipartisanship
• PMSBuddy.com reminder service signs up 100,000 people
• Wah Wah: Madoff Doesn't Like House Arrest
• Making sense of peanut butter recall
• Peanut butter recall doesn’t affect Girl Scout cookie sales
• Peanut plant problem forces fresh recall U.S. Army the latest to pull items in ever-growing list reaching back to 2007
• FDA: Peanut plant knew product was tainted with salmonella
• 'Volcano Could Blow Any Minute'
• Guardian: Obama To Send Friendly Letter To Iran
• Direct Response Advertising to Visit Super Bowl
• Cash4Gold.com Brings Even More Glitter to Super Bowl Sunday
• [Video] - Kimmel: Attack of the Blago Monster
• Senate now voting on Blagojevich impeachment charges

Read the 647 Page Economic Stimulus Bill

• [NY Times] - House Defeats Bill to Delay Digital TV Switch
• Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
• Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut
• ireport: Let's All Help Nancy Pelosi Stimulate the Economy!!!!
• The case for doing nothing
• U.S. House Republican alternative stimulus proposal
• Democrats Launch Petition Against Rush Limbaugh After Firing Back at Obama
• Former Boss Rebukes NASA Global Warming Alarmist Hansen, Is AGW Skeptic
• Gore Pushes for Climate Change Commitment

Famed Lingerie Bowl Canceled
The Lingerie Football League says Saturday's Lingerie Bowl VI has been canceled because the players don't want to play at the Caliente nudist resort in Florida. Full Story from the UPI

• Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma loses money in Madoff scandal
• Super Bowl: Companies trim spending
• Report: Citigroup Cancels Plans to Buy $50 Million Jet
• Democrats, Leave Grease Out of the Stimulus Package
• GOP flexes its muscles on stimulus package
• Insurgents seize seat of Somalia's parliament
• Trading Bombs for Crayons: Terrorists Get 'Art Therapy'
• House Republican Leaders Said to Urge Vote Against Stimulus
• Obama to visit Capitol to meet with GOP
• Obama won't compromise on tax cuts
• Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN
• Biden apologizes to Roberts
• Biden: I have to think about everything I say
• Good news: Iran to be nuke-capable this year, says think tank
• 'Uranium For Iran Nuke In 2009'
• [Video] - Anne Thompson: Obama reverses Bush policy on climate change.
• California woman has 8 babies in 5 minutes
• Dead athletes' brains show damage from concussions
• State Farm to stop insuring Florida

Stay Back, I'm Fat and Contagious
Obesity can be "caught" as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists said Monday. Full Story from Fox News

• Glenn Selig
• The Publicity Agency Profile
• Tampa PR man Glenn Selig reps Blagojevich
• Steelers Arrive In Tampa, Cardinals On The Way
• Flagging economy hampers the Super Bowl party scene
• Holy Cow! Now 40 young Somalis are missing in Minnesota!
• Recruited For Jihad?
• Eleven more AMERICANS arrested in Somaliland
• Somali suicide bomber given decent burial in Minnesota
• [Video] - Monster Truck Accident Kills Promoter
• Economic stimulus or just more pork?
• [NY Times] - Republicans Are Resistant to Obama’s Stimulus Plan
• Pelosi: Contraception is Good Stimulus for the Economy
• [NY Times] - Timing of Stricter Standards Worries Automakers
• [Video] - Shame, Shame, Shame: Racist Cookies in 'Honor' of Barack Obama
• [Video] - Baker of 'Racist' Cookies Apologizes 'Shame' Investigation Follow-Up
• Job-killing recession racks up more layoff victims
• Miserable Monday: More Than 40,000 Layoffs
• Big Companies Shed Jobs
• Citi Jet Purchase: $50 Million, 12-Seat Plane Despite $45 Billion Bailout
• Levin livid over reported Citigroup jet purchase
• Thain to pay back office decorating costs
• Gov's media blitz: unadulterated poppycock
• Oprah was mulled for Senate seat: Blago

Guess Commode Doesn't Always Mean Toilet
The $35,000 "commode on legs" ex-Merrill-Lynch CEO John Thain bought for his office. Full Story from the Consumerist
VIDEO: Bush twins offer advice to Sasha and Malia
Jenna and Barbara Bush read their letter for the TODAY show on NBC. Full Story and Video from CC News

• Gibbs meets the press, reveals daily Obama economy briefing
• [Video] - Barack and Michelle Obama do WHAT together?
• http://www.floridaoil.org/index.html
• White House no comment on suspect Pakistan strikes
• Gibbs Won't Address Pakistan Strike
• [Audio] - Governor Rod Blagojevich joins WLS
• AP: Blagojevich compares his arrest to Pearl Harbor
• Blago: Fed arrest like Pearl Harbor
• Suspected U.S. Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Pakistan
• 20 dead in two U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan
• [Video] - No stimulus money for white males
• Chesley Sullenberger From Wikipedia
• Hero Captain Sully: D.C. Dining!
• Former Merrill head resigns from Bank of America
• Merrill’s Thain Said to Pay $1.2 Million to Decorator
• Wall Street's culture of entitlement hard to shake
• [Video] - Mayor Daley's 'cuckoo' comment on Gov. Blagojevich
• The Big 89, WLS 890-AM offers Blagojevich a show
• [Video] - Obama meets White House press corps, gets annoyed
• Obama flashes irritation in press room
• Lobbying issue dogs Pentagon nominee
• Israel's multi-faceted Gaza cease-fire
• Report: Ex-Gitmo detainee joins al-Qaida in Yemen

Oath Re-Do
This official White House photograph shows President Barack Obama, right, retaking the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday evening. Full Story and More Photos from MSNBC

• Barack Obama retakes oath—and then proceeds to govern
• Obama Retakes Oath, But... Questions Remain!
• New Crash Clues: DNA and a Feather
• Flight 1549 passengers to get $5,000 for lost bags
• President Obama Today: Gitmo & Torture Executive Orders, Special Envoys
• GOP Pushback Mounts on Gitmo
• Murtha: OK to send Gitmo prisoners to Pennsylvania
• [NY Times] - Housekeeper and Taxes Are Said to Derail Kennedy’s Bid
• Jay-Z makes surprise appearance with Young Jeezy in D.C.
• [Video] - LANGUAGE CAUTION: Jay-Z My President is black Remix LIVE 1-18-09
• [2008] - HILLARY, BARACK RAP & ROCK
• [2008] - Inside Barack Obama’s iPod
• Obama staff get rocked
• Microsoft to cut up to 5,000 jobs
• Obama Will Get His Blackberry
• Sectéra® Edge™ Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME PED)
• [Video] - Larry King: My Son Wishes He Was Black, "Black Is In"

Was He Doing This To Bush?
Rahm Emanuel gestures prior to the inauguration ceremony. More Photos from Reuters and Yahoo

• Experts say Obama should retake the oath
• Biden Takes Shot at Roberts for Flubbing Presidential Oath
• Obama Moves Toward Shuttering Gitmo
• Gitmo trials halted by Obama order
• 2nd Engine from US Airways jet found
• Senate Delays Holder's Confirmation by One Week
• Law Profs Advise Obama to Take Oath Again Due to ‘Faithfully’ Flub
• Barack Obama should retake 'fluffed' oath
• Inaugural Committee Apologizes for Ticket Fiasco
• Purple, Silver, Blue Ticket Holders Turned Away
• Purple People Pissed
• Geithner apologizes for not paying $34K in taxes
• Hillary Clinton confirmed: Senate panel
• Obama tackles recession, war and ethics on day one
• Obama makes telephone calls to leaders in Middle East
• Did exiting Bush staffers disable the White House comment line?
• Liberals Take Private Jets to Inauguration of Global Warming President
• Dulles Closes Runway to Handle Influx of Inaugural-Bound Jets
• Inauguration Crowd Estimated At Up To 2 Million; No Arrests Reported Yet
• Woman Falls on Metro Train Tracks, Shutting Down Popular Inaugural Stops

Michelle Obama's Ugly Dress and Grinch Gloves

Roberts Flubs the Oath
Rare bumbling from two guys not known for it. Video and Full Story from CNN/HotAir

• Senators Kennedy and Byrd Collapse at Congressional Lunch
• [NY Times] - I Do Solemnly Swear…(Line, Please?)
• Fox News' Chris Wallace: Is Obama even president?
• Barack H. Obama: Text Of Inaugural Address
• New president cheered, old one jeered
• Bush bids goodbye at Capitol, begins trip to Texas
• Inaugural crowds may reach 2 million
• [Ass Clown] - Joseph Farah Pray Obama fails
• Dow Down For Fifth Straight Session; S&P, Nasdaq Rise
• [WSJ] - State Street Tumbles, Pulls Down Bank Of New York
• Investors flee Bank of New York Mellon
• Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
• Sources: Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy
• Cheney arrives for inauguration in wheelchair
• Cornyn blocks Hillary
• Clinton and Cornyn wrangle in Rotunda
• Pelosi Draws Her Lines With Obama
• President Bush ‘confident’ his wealth has fallen

Video of the River Landing/Crash

• Bush commutes two sentences
• Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents
• Eugene Robinson: Inaugural overload
• Capt. "Sully" Will Be At Inauguration
• Obama on Everything Hope and change, piled high and selling cheap
• [Video] - Obama On Economy: ‘Everybody’s Going To Have To Give’
• AP Slammed Bush’s ‘Extravagant’ Inaugural in ’05, But Now It’s Spend, Baby, Spend
• What Recession? The $170 Million Inauguration
• Demi Moore releases video of 50 celebrity friends pledging support for Obama's 'community action'
• Stars Pledge Allegiance to Obama
• [Video] - Celebrities moved by new spiritual leader to become better people
• Cosmetic procedures pick up prior to Obama inauguration
• Ramos and Compean From Wikipedia
• Ohio Democrats party, complete with the Ohio State University marching band
• Jim Hanson Gives Barack Obama Four Years to Save the Planet
• It's time to pray for global warming, says Flint Journal columnist John Tomlinson by John Tomlinson | Flint Journal Columnist
• Snow In Tampa Bay Area? It May Happen Tuesday Night
• Jill Biden Tells Oprah Her Hubbie Offered Choice of VP or Secy of State
• Biden shushes wife after secretary of state slip
• [Video] - State senator: It doesn’t matter if Maryland’s broke as long as Obama’s president
• Union chief: US auto makeover deadline unrealistic
• No Today Show Interview for Sully
• [Audio] - 1964 Dr King's Prediction

Photo of Flight 1549 Before Hitting the Hudson

Schnitt Interviews Two Survivors from Flight 1549
Survivor Interview: Dave Sanderson

Survivor Interview: Bill Zuhoski

• Passengers in NY plane ordeal marvel they're alive
• WHOIS Search Results flight1549.com
• Canada Goose From Wikipedia
• Two-Minute Bio: Chesley B. Sullenberger III
• US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger gets FaceBook fan club!
• Engine Missing From Plane In River
• Tampa man accused of threatening to kill President-Elect Obama
• [Video] - Bush’s farewell address
• Circuit City to shut down
• Conservatives: TARP Is Unconstitutional
• [NY Times] - Some Ask if Bailout Is Unconstitutional
• Experts: No evidence that Madoff's firm executed even a single trade
• Sources: Obama ready to end harsh interrogations
• Secret List of U.S. Military Bases to Replace Gitmo Pendleton, Leavenworth, Miramar Included as Possible New Home for 250 Detainees
• Obama says he always thought Bush was a 'good guy'
• Republicans Find Voice in Opposing Stimulus: 'Oh, My God'
• [Video] - Republican Leader Boehner On Stimulus: "Oh. My. God."

Passengers Standing on the Wings

Chavez Seeking Bailout
President Hugo Chávez, buffeted by falling oil prices that threaten to damage his efforts to establish a Socialist-inspired state, is quietly courting Western oil companies once again. Full Story from HotAir

• William Petersen Says Good-Bye To Gil Grissom
• Bush to bid final formal farewell
• Burris joins the Senate
• A bailout vote for a president-in-waiting
• Obama awaits Senate vote on $350B bailout
• Nationalization rumors slam Citigroup, Bank of America
• Bank of America and Citigroup sink on loss fears
• Small Plane Crashes in New York City's Hudson River, Passengers Seen Standing on Wings
• US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River
• Bird Strike Caused U.S. Airways Crash
• [Video] - Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Bird Ingestion Test
• [Video] - Bird Ingestion Test
• [Video] - Bird ingestion
• [Video] - US Airways Boeing 737-400 Safety Video

Chill
Tuesday's overnight low in Minnesota was a bone-chilling -40 degrees, 6 degrees warmer than the all-time low of -46. Numbing temperatures and biting winds, which officials blamed for at least one death, kept their icy grip on the upper Midwest of the United States Wednesday. Full Story from UPI
Schnitt Hits the Fan
Schnitt loses his cool and let's an anti-semitic listener have it.

• Madoff at Manhattan Court for Bail Hearing
• Geithner's Tax Headaches
• Geithner Confirmation Plans Move Forward
• Gannett furloughs employees for a week
• Evidence is valid despite police error, U.S. justices rule
• Bernard Madoff Remains Free As Judge Upholds Bail
• Report: Child named Adolf Hitler removed from home in New Jersey
• Young 'Adolf Hitler' and Two Sisters Removed From Home
• [Dec 2008] - Happy birthday, Adolf Hitler! Boy with nazi leader's name denied ShopRite cake
• Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message
• [Audio] - Bin Laden Urges Jihad Against Israel
• US judge orders release of young Gitmo detainee
• [Video] - Larry King: Presidential exit
• Apple CEO Jobs takes medical leave
• Did Apple Lie About Steve Jobs's Health?
• [WSJ] - Apple: Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence
• [Audio] - Britney's Single Spells Out Lewd Sex... Literally
• Ill. Gov. presides over Senate that will try him
• [Video] - UPDATED! More Drunk Giants Fans, Now With More Porsche Destruction
• [Video] - Dejected Giants Fan Takes Bat to Cars
• [Video] - Drunk Giants Fans Destroy Porsche After Loss to Eagles
• Drunk Giants Fan Smashes A Porsche After Loss
• US official says Guantanamo detainee was tortured
• Cheney Rejects Accusation of Gitmo Torture
• Detainee Tortured, Says U.S. Official Trial Overseer Cites 'Abusive' Methods Against 9/11 Suspect
• Evidence in Terror Cases Said to Be in Chaos
• Senator Says Former FBI Agent Who Vanished in 2007 Is in Secret Iran Prison
• [Video] - Ryan Seacrest High-Fives Blind Contestant

Round These Bases!

• Is a plea deal in the works for Bernie Madoff?
• 275-Pound Woman Says Hospital Told Her to Use Zoo MRI
• Hillary Clinton Confirmation Hearing Underway
• Clinton outlines approach to Iran
• Clinton says no options off table with Iran
• [Video] - Hillary Clinton addresses Senate in confirmation hearings
• [Video] - Freudian slip of the day
• Fee to Bill Clinton raises questions A Japanese American firm paid $500,000 for a speech that was never given. Hillary Clinton will face queries as a Senate panel considers her secretary of State nomination.
• [WSJ] - Senators Raise Questions About Geithner's Nomination at Treasury
• Source: Geithner failed to pay personal taxes Treasury nominee also to discuss housekeeper's immigration status
• In Gaza, Hamas is battered, not broken, Israeli official says
• Hamas Covenant 1988 The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement 18 August 1988 In The Name Of The Most Merciful Allah
• US tycoon tried to fake own death in plane crash, say police
• Missing Ind. pilot may have fled on red motorbike
• The Bailout Of Wealth Manager Marcus Schrenker
• Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, trades wrench for reporter's notepad in Israel
• Inauguration Attendees Worry About Portable Toilet Access
• Alabama NAACP criticizes use of Trail Maids in Inaugural Parade
• Obama to retain Bush's White House chef
• Obamas choose interior designer for White House
• The earth's magnetic field impacts climate: Danish study
• Obama Energy Czar Socialist Group Member
• Obama Issues First Veto Threat

Gotta Watch What You Eat!

• http://www.girlscoutcookies.org/
• Obama Asks Bush to Seek TARP Funds From Congress
• Bush Asks Congress to Release Remaining $350B in Bailout Money
• They expect to seat Roland Burris
• Senate Democrats to Swear in Burris This Week
• Crumble: Senate certifies Burris, will be seated this week
• Tanker-Grabbing Pirates Drown, with Bounty
• Bush Pardons 19, But Leaves Ramos & Compean in Jail for Christmas
• ICE insider seeks pardon for Ramos and Compean
• [WSJ] - Madoff to Remain Free, Judge Rules
• Officials turn down Franken request in Minn. race
• Obama vows to tackle Middle East 'on day one'
• [Video] - Freeland: No Waterboarding—Even To Save Planeloads of People
• Report: Madoff's Sister Among Scammed Victims
• Pravda: The coming Ice Age
• Hamas Tunnel System Rivals Viet Cong's Cu Chi Underground

CNN's Hamas Propaganda Package

• Review: '24' returns with a bang
• Bauer rides again - and it's about time
• PopWrap's 10 Most Exciting TV Homecomings
• [Video] - Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
• Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich
• French TV claims photos from 2005 showed damage from Israel's Gaza operation
• Pro-Hamas Doctors Caught Faking A Civilian Death... After CNN Airs Footage
• High-Profile Doctor in Gaza Called an 'Apologist for Hamas'
• Jimmy Carter: 'Defensive Tunnels'
• An Unnecessary War By Jimmy Carter
• Jimmy Carter From Wikipedia
• US strike kills 2 key al-Qaida operatives
• Blago's Defiant Press Conference
• Blagojevich and the British - poets, that is
• [PDF] - ROLAND W. BURRIS et al., Petitioners, v. JESSE WHITE, Secretary of State, Respondent. Opinion filed January 9, 2009.
• Ill. Court says Burris doesn't need 2nd signature
• Marc Rich was among Madoff’s victims
• [Amazon] - How to Make Love to a Man
• Life savings gone, 'Madoff-ed' best-selling writer back at work
• Prosecutors: Body of Gotti neighbor dropped in acid
• Three sources tell Guardian Obama plans to talk to Hamas
• Bush Prepares to Ask for Second Tranche of Bailout Funds
• Bailout Czar's Secret? Copy. Paste. Repeat.
• Group That Funded Rep. Ellison's Pilgrimage to Mecca Called a Front for Extremism

Islam Buses

Burris' Resume Burial
Anyone who doubts Roland Burris' qualifications to serve as the next senator from Illinois may want to head to Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery. Full Story from CNN
Comic: Spiderman and Obama Team Up

• Obama Warns of Prolonged Crisis Without Stimulus Plan
• Text of Barack Obama's economic speech
• Bobby Rush: Refusal to seat Burris just like ‘dogs being sicced on children in Birmingham
• [Video] - 'American Morning' offers balance, asks questions regarding porn companies' request for $5 billion federal bailout.
• Porn Kings to D.C. - Help Us Through Hard Times
• Conyers Tries To Drum Up Opposition To Gupta For Surgeon General
• Is Bobby Rush a stroke victim?
• [2008] - Rep. Bobby Rush recovering after tumor surgery
• Obama Recommends Delay in Digital TV Switch
• How to Buy a Portable Digital TV
• [Amazon] - 7 Inch HD ATSC TV/Digital Photo Frame Combo
• [Amazon] - Toshiba SD-P5000 Portable 15
• [Amazon] - Toshiba 20HL67 20-Inch Portable LCD HDTV
• Blago seeks to have Fitzgerald removed from case
• [WSJ] - Illinois House Panel Recommends Blagojevich Impeachment
• [NY Times] - Austria’s ‘Woman on Wall St.’ and Madoff
• Bernie Madoff Raises $250 Million From His Mentor Right Before Collapse
• Feds: Madoff Had Millions in Checks Ready to Go Out
• Roland Burris Mausoleum Lists Illinois CPA Society
• Money troubles prompt wave of burial plot sales
• Obama includes broadband, smart grid in stimulus package
• [NY Times] - U.N. and Red Cross Add to Outcry on Gaza War
• U.N. Suspends Aid Deliveries to Gaza Strip
• [Video] - Presidents Meet - Clinton - "I LOVE THIS RUG"
• Hamas sends conflicting signals on Abbas' term
• Feds say inauguration attractive terrorist target
• NYPD Eyes Disrupting Cell Phones in Event of Terrorist Attack

Obama Chic: Potent New Presidential Limo

Reid is a Bad Bluffer
Senate Democrats have no choice but to change their tone about Roland Burris becoming a U.S. senator because Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich "called our bluff" in appointing someone over their objections, a senior Democratic congressional source conceded Wednesday. Full Story from CNN

• Reid says Burris might ultimately get Senate seat
• Burris says he expects to be seated soon in U.S. Senate
• Documenting the global warming fraud Thomas Lifson
• Documenting the Global Warming Fraud (continued) Thomas Lifson
• Horse Hockey Climate Scientology: “Getting Rid” of the Medieval Warming Period
• 2008: Another Grim Year for the Global Warmers By Michael R. Fox Ph.D.
• EU's new figurehead believes climate change is a myth
• Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 Michael Asher
• Passenger allegedly made threat on LA-bound jet
• Stressed Out? Why Not Throw A Tantrum?
• Adult Women Play House With Fake Babies
• Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent
• Joe the Plumber goes to Israel to cover the Gaza War for Pajamas TV
• Egypt, France Put Forth Gaza Ceasefire Proposal
• Israel accepts truce 'principles'
• [Video] - Go back to the oven
• [Video] - Rocket Attacks: 15 Seconds
• Citgo reverses decision on free fuel shipments
• Remains of the Day Nineteen hijackers died on 9/11. What should be done with what's left of them?
• [WSJ] - Militant Islam Threatens Us All Hamas rockets have the same terror goal as Hitler's blitz. By BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
• Having a Big Derriere May Be Good for Your Health, Study Finds

Minnesota, Hell of a Choice!

• Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience
• 1/6: Leon At Langley?
• Reports: Panetta to CIA
• Panetta Choice as CIA Chief Draws Democrats’ Concerns
• Paging Dr. Gupta
• Obama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General
• Al Qaeda No. 2 Urges Strikes on Western, Israeli Targets
• Israeli shelling kills dozens at UN school in Gaza
• [Video] - Israeli spokesman says UN school in Gaza contained explosives; Update: Anti-tank missiles found at school?
• Venezuela's government expels Israeli ambassador
• [NY Times] - Rice Heads to U.N. for Talks on Gaza Cease-Fire
• U.S. wants immediate ceasefire, Turkish FM talks to Israel's Livni
• Liberal Blogosphere Duped By 3-Year-Old 'Gaza Bombing Video'
• [2006] - Reuters admits doctoring Beirut photo Aug. 6, 2006
• [WSJ] - Toyota Plans More Output Cuts
• Citizens Energy giveaway imperiled as Venezuela halts its oil donations
• Venezuela's Chávez shuts off free oil program for US poor
• French president arrives in Lebanon seeking Gaza ceasefire
• [Photo] - Skier Suffers Exposure
• Before Obama, DC Welcomes Leather Fetishists.Annual Gay Leather Weekend Coincides With Obama Inaugural Festivities
• Status on Burris and Franken
• Burris turned away as he tries to claim Obama seat
• Feinstein says Senate should seat Burris
• Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise
• Blago's race card lands softly in Senate fight
• Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment
• The CIA's Secret Weapon in Afghanistan? ... Viagra
• Sold-out movie thwarts Bidens

Happy New Year - 2009 Bring it on!

Juice Hater?

• Panetta to CIA
• Hamas vows to keep firing rockets at Israel
• The Three-State Option By John R. Bolton
• Gaza Prompts St. Pete Rally
• [Video] - Video shows palestinian gunmen using ambulances as troop carriers
• Airstrike kills key Hamas leader
• [NY Times] - In Israel, Bloomberg Shows His Support
• Oil jumps as Iranian commander calls for boycott
• Calls to use oil as weapon in Gaza fight fall flat
• [Video] - Sun-Sentinel Lame Coverage of Pro-Hamas Ft. Lauderdale Demonstration Overshadowed by YouTube Video
• Obama: All Access Barack Obama's Road to the White House
• Jett Travolta
• Travolta's Rumored Gay Lover Discovered Dead Son
• Feds Want Madoff Locked Up Without Bail
• Prosecutor says Madoff mailed off $1M in jewelry, assets to kin
• Travolta Death Cert Lists Seizure
• The Worst Predictions About 2008
• Team Obama: Richardson misled us
• Reid Defends 'Lost' War, 'Worst President' Remarks
• [Video] - Petraeus is a genius, says moron who dumped on him repeatedly
• Shock and Horror: Hamas Says Assoud the Jihad Bunny Mortally Wounded in Israeli Airstrike....
• Rev. Jeremiah Wright visiting local churches
• John Travolta's brother Joey thought Jett had autism
• 'AVOIDABLE' DEATH EXPERTS: SEIZURE RX MAY HAVE SAVED JETT
• Bahamas funeral home official: Jett Travolta death certificate says 'seizure' cause of death
• Travolta 'begged son to live'
• Angry clown certified as winner in Minnesota Senate race

Change???

• The United States to Disintegrate in 2010?
• Sarah Palin Welcomes Grandson
• Blagojevich makes his pick to fill Obama's seat
• GOP blames Democrats for Burris selection
• Senate Democrats' letter on Obama replacement
• Roland Burris Bio
• Franken leads, but fighting lingers in Minnesota recount
• Now the bailout needs a bailout!
• Dubai sex-on-beach offender: I was naive
• Police: Santa shooter planned to kill divorce attorney, mother
• Infamous stall where Craig was arrested in sting losing its appeal
• FOXSexpert: Ridiculously Obvious Sex Studies of 2008
• "One Solution for World Peace: Wipe Off Israel and Zionism"
• Polio resurfaces in Swat region of Pakistan, where jihadists campaigned against vaccination

Iran Recruiting Volunteers to Fight Israel

• The Year in Review
• Ten Careers that Pay More Than $50k the First Year
• GOP reaction divided over controversial Obama song
• Obama the 'Magic Negro'
• Black, white Santas cause controversy