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Bill Nienhuis asks an interesting question:
WHY ARE GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE DEVICES (GPS) STILL ALLOWED (POST-9/11) ON MOST AIRLINES?
I scream this because returning from a cross-country vacation with my family yesterday, I spent five minutes explaining that the 2 oz. Infant Tylenol bottle (with syringe) was allowed under the less-than-four-ounces “essential non-prescription medication” language of the [...]

Just received from the University of Arizona regarding Jeff Goldstein’s blog stalker, Deborah Frisch:
Michelle,
I have word from the head of Human Resources here that Deborah Frisch has tendered her resignation.
Jeff Harrison
University Communications
The University of Arizona
I haven’t been able to get through yet, but Protein Wisdom is reportedly back online.
Frisch says she is headed to Eugene, [...]

***scroll for updates…1230pm EDT Looks like the problem may be resolved, though several blogs still down…Glenn Reynolds confirms the attack originated in Saudi Arabia, as I suspected…Mary Katherine Ham of downed blog hughhewitt.com is guest-blogging over at Wizbang…Hugh’s back up…looks like most are back up…update on Aaron’s CC below…513pm EDT update several blogs reporting they [...]

I’m not going to be blogging much today–have been extra busy preparing to launch an exciting new project that I’ll let you know more about tomorrow.
I did want to express my deepest thanks to each and every one of the bloggers and readers who showed their support for this site this week. Thank you for [...]

My syndicated column today contrasts the clowns of the American media hyperventilating about the Cheney shooting accident with the plight of journalists facing retribution for taking a stand on the Cartoon Jihad.
See also Tony Blankley’s column at Real Clear Politics.
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Here’s a report on the EU parliament debate over religious speech regulations. Parliament will vote on [...]

***scroll for updates…Grieving family members ‘lunged at company officials’…1009am EST company news conference scheduled shortly…12noon still waiting for presser…Firm regrets giving false hope after 12 miners’ deaths***
Editor and Publisher recounts the cruel media twists and turns last night as miners’ families were led to believe their loved ones survived the coal mine explosion in Tallmansville, [...]

What a relief. Sad, pensive, what-a-waste relief. Not happy-joy-joy relief.
First Breitbart/AP dispatch 858am EDT:
Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications.
Exit strategy hinged on refusal to release privileged White House documents. (Ed Morrissey and Charles Krauthammer called it.) Whatever. [...]

Sandy Berger has been hired as an adviser on ABC’s “Commander-in-chief.” Better put the scripts under lock and key.
Sen. Tom Coburn moves to defund the bridge to nowhere. The Club for Growth has details.
Maryland Lt. Gov Michael Steele will announce his Senate plans next week. Stay tuned.
Bill Nienhuis is blogging from Dachau.
Bloggers are keeping [...]

So, the First Lady pulled out the sexism card in her defense of Harriet Miers on NBC’s Today Show.
Matt Lauer lapped it up.
Did the White House not inform Mrs. Bush that some of the most vocal criticism and questioning of the nomination comes from conservative women? Or does she buy into the Left’s conservative-women-are-self-loathing-traitors-to-their-gender line, [...]

Drudge is headlining an ABC News story on a deeply disturbing espionage case at the White House involving a naturalized American of Filipino descent who worked for Vice President Dick Cheney (and also Al Gore).
Both the FBI and CIA are calling it the first case of espionage in the White House in modern history.
Officials tell [...]

There’s lots of buzz about last night’s CBS News report on former/not-so-former FEMA director Michael Brown’s status:
Former FEMA director Michael Brown is continuing to work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency at full pay, with his Sept. 12 resignation not taking effect for two more weeks, said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke.
CBS News correspondent [...]

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The mayor of New Orleans has declared martial law, reports the WWL blog. I’ve covered the uncertainties surrounding this question several times over the past few days. Mike Wiser at Brendan Loy’s blog writes:
We’ve had conflicting reports about martial law over the past few days, with some commenters stating [...]

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According to Brendan Loy, CNN is reporting that the Superdome’s roof is beginning to peel off. According to WeatherBlog, WDSU/WAPT is reporting that the Superdome is now leaking. Jon Donley of NOLA.com says a New Orleans building collapse has been reported, possibly with people inside. Donley also reports that [...]

In the name of fighting the drug war, one public high school is teaching kids how to cook meth. (Hat tip: PunditGuy)
Caught on videotape, a deputy stirs up a pot and tells the students: “Then you’ll have a little bit down at the bottom, the white stuff, and that’s your meth.”

Source: KOMO-TV
Your tax dollars at [...]

Lots of cheering in Vatican Square. Cables are cautious…no bells ringing yet. Jeff Jarvis is watching. View the “Smoke Cam.”
FNC’s Chris Wallace: “I don’t have a clue.”
More on the Papal Conclave.
12:04pm. The bells are tolling. Wallace: “We have a pope.” Crowd going wild.
“Habemus Papam.”
12:28pm. Who will it be? Here’s the odds checker on the next [...]

Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005
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- “The angels welcome you”
- The silver hammer, the tolling bells
- The Different Facets of Pope John Paul II
- Excellent coverage at The Corner
- Other bloggers on watch: Don Singleton and PunditGuy; Buzzmachine covers the coverage; the Anchoress is off to Mass, but has done some wonderful live-blogging throughout the night [...]

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Some eight million Americans now publish blogs and 32 million people read them, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.”
8 million bloggers! 32 million readers! John Hinderaker doesn’t believe the hype, and neither do I. Even mighty Instapundit averages less than 200,000 visits per day–does anyone seriously [...]

Ward Churchill was bad enough. Now we have the Democrat mayor of Baltimore likening President Bush to the Sept. 11 terrorists over the issue of budget cuts. From the Washington Post:
Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley yesterday compared President Bush’s proposed budget cuts to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying that Bush, like the al Qaeda [...]

The Wall Streeet Journal notices Jordon Golson of Cheese and Crackers–now ranked #1 in traffic at the Truth Laid Bear’s ecosystem for those who use Sitemeter.
Other tsunami bloggers mentioned:

PunditGuy, who was saddled with big bandwidth transfer fees due to the popularity of the tsunami videos he was hosting.
Wave of Destruction, an Australian blog hosting tsunami [...]

Regarding Barbra Streisand’s blog blunder, three quick points:
1) Hasn’t one of her P.C. friends told her yet that it isn’t fashionable to be quoting from correspondence between two dead white slave owners?
2) Couldn’t she at least have given credit to Elizabeth Edwards, who posted the quote as consolation at the Democratic Underground on Nov. 5? [...]