Plunderbund

Go figure.
Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds of years ago, said Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
If accurate, the results indicate socially sanctioned same-sex unions are nothing new, nor were they taboo in the past.
“Western family structures have been much more varied […]

Figured no better time really:

Last month it was Senator David Vitter of Louisiana.
Yesterday it was Idaho Senator Larry Craig.
Here is Craig’s statement:
At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct.
I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In […]

As the story of the six missing Utah miners slowly fades away I thought I’d get around to posting something that I researched a while back, and other’s have already blogged about…
This is a list of contributions from Murray Energy Corp’s political action committee to Ohio Republicans (from OhioMoneyTree.org ):
Husted For Ohio… $10,000

Montgomery Campaign […]

Watch Miss Teen South Carolina, a finalist in the recent Miss Teen USA pageant, answer this question:
“Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?”

Note: She was the THIRD RUNNER UP!

As insane as that sounds, it’s the central theme of a religiously motivated anti-evolution piece of media.
Ann Coulter is stunned. How is it, she asks, that she could go through 12 years of public school, then college and law school, and still not know that it was Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution that fueled Hitler’s […]

The excellent (and must-read) ClimateProgress has a terrific debunking of the “Hummer has a lower lifecycle cost than a Prius” BS. My favorite part:
Their website says the report “does not include issues of gigajuelles [sic!], kW hours or other unfriendly (to consumers) terms. Perhaps, in time, we will release our data in such technical […]

It’s official.
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, embroiled in a row over the sacking of eight US attorneys, has formally announced his resignation.
In a brief news conference Mr Gonzales said he had met President George W Bush on Sunday to tender his resignation, which will take effect on 17 September.

We’re looking at a recess […]

I’m signing up to get the (free!) Community Emergency Response Team training here in Franklin County next month. While I have in the past received some extensive first aid training, primarily in Boy Scouts, I haven’t been recertified in CPR in 8 years, and it’s been much longer than that since I’ve had any […]

The threat posed by terrorists is so unprecedented, that we must resort to torture (except not call it that) in order to win, right?
Wrong.

George W. Bush, 2006:
In this new kind of war, we must be willing to question the enemy when we pick them up on the battlefield. (Applause.) We have captured people like Khalid […]

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
LIMBAUGH: Here’s [caller] in Lake Orion, Michigan. Thank you for calling. Great to have you on the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hey, Rush. It’s great to talk to you. I talked to you once before. I’ve been listening to you for a couple of […]

I knew Ronald Reagan was an actor before he got into politics. And I knew he got his ‘Gipper’ nickname from some old football movie. But until last night I never really understood why the silly ‘win one for the gipper’ slogan carried so much weight and had such an impact on people.
That’s […]

I just finished watching the CNN special on God’s Warriors this morning, and I found it fair and interesting. If you missed it this past week, you can catch it tonight and tomorrow at 9PM (two parts). I recommend it.