From the AP: A man accused of threatening a Nevada Republican Party official with a rifle was arrested Tuesday in a vehicle in which police found swords, knives, a shotgun, shells and a flare gun, authorities said. Matthew Hunter Kramer, 31, did not resist officers who arrested him on a warrant issued after the April 3 confrontation at state Republican Party offices in Las Vegas. It wasn’t clear why he

From the AP: A mineral recently discovered in Serbia has the same composition as kryptonite—the fictional substance that robs Superman of his powers—the British Museum said Tuesday. While the material is not a perfect match, its chemical breakdown is strikingly similar. A drill core of the unusual mineral was unearthed in Serbia by the mining group Rio Tinto PLC, which turned it over to mineral expert Chris Stanley at the

From ABC News: ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with Rosie O’Donnell. As a result, her hosting duties on “The View” will come to an end mid-June. Despite controversy — or maybe because of it — O’Donnell was good business for ABC, owned by the Walt Disney Co. Ratings for “The View” during February sweeps were up 15 percent in key women demographics over the same

Though certain anti-war commenters have shown up demanding I address yesterday’s testimony by Kevin Tillman and Jessica Lynch (among others) before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I don’t really have all much to say about the Waxman-orchestrated anti-Administration PR gambit that I haven’t already posted elsewhere.  Instead, I’ll just quote from Powerline: There is no question that the initial misreporting of the circumstances of Tillman’s death was

O’Reilly and Malkin fairly dismember PBS scion Bill Moyers, who has been peddling his own reality so long that one is tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt and conclude that he has actually come to believe his own delusions. Which is what happens, by the way, when millions of your fellow Americans cheer on the alternate reality you’re selling—knowing full well that it doesn’t jibe with any

From MEMRI: In response to criticism about funds he contributed to Hizbullah, Sheikh Taj al-Hilali, the controversial mufti of Australia and New Zealand, said [in the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, April 24] that the amount he had carried with him to Lebanon did not exceed $50,000. This sum, he said, would not buy “a quarter of a missile owned by Hizbullah.” Quips Charles at LGF (who, like many of us, is

From the BBC: Six men have been arrested on suspicion of incitement offences by anti-terror officers from the Metropolitan Police. They include Abu Izzadeen, also known as Omar Brooks, who made headlines when he heckled Home Secretary John Reid at an event last year. Five arrests took place in London and the sixth in Luton, Bedfordshire. Scotland Yard said the arrests related to allegations of inciting others to commit acts

From the New York Post: Fresh from his declaration that “this war [in Iraq] is lost,” Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is moving quickly to hasten America’s unilateral surrender. And to cast the Middle East into murderous chaos. Reid yesterday promised that the Democratic-controlled Congress will within days pass legislation requiring U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq over the six months starting Oct. 1. Never mind that such legislation: *

—Which, what a perfect companion piece to your network “news” division’s spiked poll results!  Remember:  service the narrative!  From Newsbusters: World News Sunday continued ABC’s gun control crusade, devoting its “A Closer Look” segment to how after the 1996 school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland, Great Britain virtually banned handguns, suggesting [a gun ban is] worth emulating. […] [ABC reporter David] Wright featured two Britons exasperated by the refusal of the