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You can tune in to NASA TV coverage of the Discovery lift-off on-line here.

Update: 1039am. 3.2.1…Holding breath. Looks good.
Update II: Debris. Uh-oh. Was it just “paper?” Hm.

The city of San Diego votes today on a referendum to save the giant cross at Mount Soledad, which has long been under fire by an atheist activist. Via the San Diego Union Tribune:
If two-thirds of San Diego voters approve the measure, the city would donate the cross, a set of memorial walls and the [...]

At least two of the London terrorist bombing suspects were on the dole in Britain.
Just another case of plotting to blow up the hand that feeds…

…The Immigration Blog, you’ve been missing out.

The New York Post is reporting that “Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States, hoping to kill thousands of Americans one year after the 9/11 attacks.”
The plot failed “when the Colombian drug lords bin Laden approached decided it would be [...]

Second Amendment activist and blogger Joe Huffman was fired from his job at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read his story here. Help Joe here.
Joe e-mails:
I really think the security issue is the bigger story even though that doesn’t do much for me personally. The security problem allows enemies of this country to not only [...]

I just got off the phone with Sal Sirabella, Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll’s chief of staff. They are in the midst of drafting a letter of apology to Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich’s family, which I will post as soon as Sirabella faxes it over. Sirabella read parts of the letter on the phone, [...]

Robert Mayer at PubliusPundit has the details.

Mark Levin asks:
“Is John McCain about to do for interrogations what he did for political speech?”
Sure looks like it. Be afraid.
VP Dick Cheney is reportedly leading a campaign to stop the attempted micromanagement coup over Gitmo.
Stay tuned…

Via Drudge/AP:
Actress and activist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.
“I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” she said.
Fonda said her anti-war tour in March will use a bus that runs [...]

The Left’s opposition to John Roberts is getting so ridiculous (see Bench Memos, Power Line, Charmaine Yoest, The Corner, and John Cornyn’s website, among others, for background), that it’s almost beyond spoofing.

John at Wuzzadem takes a stab–and scores.

**updating and bumping**
The disgraceful conduct of Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll, who crashed a Marine’s funeral and poisoned the somber event with her anti-war lecturing, continues to rock Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which broke the story over the weekend, updates today:
Written apologies will be sent to a fallen Marine’s relatives angered by Lt. Gov. Catherine [...]

Patterico explains.

Joe Gandelman points to this NYTimes story today on what police departments are doing–or rather, not doing–to prevent suicide bombings on American soil.
Many of the police departments mentioned in the story continue to maintain reckless sanctuary policies; other moonbat cities, like Portland, Oregon, refuse to cooperate with federal counterterrorism efforts.
The Times, of course, neglects to [...]

TV Newser asks: “Is Dan Rather leaving CBS?” and points to a Philly Inquirer article yesterday, which prompted one TV Newser e-mailer to comment:
It appears Rather’s departure is forthcoming, and maybe CBS will let him out of his contract before it’s up in January of 2006. The question is where will Rather go? CNN?”
I think [...]

Am scheduled to appear on Fox News Live with Brian Wilson at around 12:50pm today to talk terrorism and anti-incitement laws.
Update: Video at The Political Teen.

Milbloggers and e-mailers are buzzing about this story of how Pennsylvania’s moonbat Lieutenant Governor, Democrat Catherine Baker Knoll, reportedly showed up uninvited at a Marine’s funeral and voiced her anti-war views:
The family of a Marine who was killed in Iraq is furious with Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll for showing up uninvited at his funeral [...]

You’ve no doubt read about the case of mistaken identity in Thursday’s London tube shooting. It is an awful, awful tragedy–and one which the usual suspects will exploit to further their anti-cop, anti-gun, anti-War on Terror agenda. But London Mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone, of all people, gets it right this time (via BBC):
The Mayor of [...]

Am scheduled to appear on Fox News (Heartland with John Kasich) at around 8:05 pm eastern time.
Update: Video at The Political Teen.

83 dead.
Who will be first to blame Bush, Blair, and Iraq?
Joe Gandelman has an excellent round-up, as always, with reminders of al Qaeda’s longtime targeting of Egyptian tourism.
The Counterterrorism Blog also has comprehensive coverage. Andrew Cochran notes:
In looking for a motive, note that the trial of the October 2004 suspects is scheduled for July 24 [...]

My wedding anniversary is coming up, so this story about wedding vows caught my eye. Seems like “’til death do us part” is now out of vogue with the J-Lo generation…and “’til whatever” is in.
Hat tip: The Anchoress, who sums up the trouble with the “temporary vows” trend precisely:
So, when the tough get’s going – [...]

So, the Guardian of London has fired Dilpazier Aslam–the “sassy” terrorist apologist spotlighted here and across the blogosphere. The paper provides background here.
Eursoc is comparing the episode to the CBS/Dan Rather fake memo fiasco and has an excellent recap. Mark Moore takes on the Guardian’s dissembling.
The Daily Ablution led the way in digging into Aslam’s [...]

Doris Kearns Goodwin impersonates Wonkette (via lefty blog Crooks and Liars).

Bush-basher Jonathan Chait
New Republic writer Jonathan Chait, last heard from proudly confessing his pathological hatred for President Bush, is back with another rant about the president’s exercise habits:
A week ago, when President Bush met with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III to interview him for a potential Supreme Court nomination, the conversation turned to exercise. When [...]

Here’s my column for the NY Post on the city’s futile random bag search policy. Excerpt:
WHAT’S the point? In the wake of the latest terrorist attacks in London, Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD announced plans to conduct random searches of packages and backpacks carried by subway riders.
“Random,” of course, is a synonym for blind. And [...]

BBC reports this morning:
A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.
Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by “plain-clothes police officers” with a handgun.
“I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy [...]

Time and again, Washington Post Style reporter Robin Givhan hides behind fashion snarking and culture reporting to savage conservatives. She did it with Katherine Harris and Dick Cheney and John Bolton–and I’m sure you can remember many more examples of partisan mockery.
Well, today’s conservative-bashing Style commentary sinks to the lowest low. The piece, “An Image [...]

The civil liberties chicken littles are squawking over the NYPD’s new ridiculous random bag search policy, which I mock for polar opposite reasons and will have more on tomorrow in an exclusive column for the NY Post.
Meantime, there’s a t-shirt war going on. Drudge links to this one from “immigrants rights activist” Tony Lu. Ace [...]

You may have seen this story about anti-Bush art hanging in a government office in Sacramento with the approval of Democrat Attorney General Bill Lockyer . Now, Move America Forward is mobilizing to stop California from endorsing the trash art:

More photos here.
Republicans are calling on Lockyer to remove the exhibit as well.
No worries. The artists [...]

Inspired by the London moonbat press, The Anchoress has put together an excellent photographic essay in response to the Blame Iraq crowd.

Must-see.
Also must-see: Trey Jackson has video of John Howard’s rebuke of the moonbat.