The Los Angeles Times on Monday retracted a story that linked hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, admitting that the report relied on fake FBI documents. The move came three weeks after the paper’s Web site carried a lengthy story by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chuck Philips, who said that associates of Combs had arranged the assault on Shakur because they were angry that he

Excitable Andy has been on vacation from his blog, but appeared with Christopher Hitchens on The Tim Russert Show on Saturday.  At about 2:30 into the linked video, Sully enthuses about the likely presidential contest between John McCain and Barack Obama: To be honest this whole election has been draining, amazing and fun. But I couldn’t be more amazed that we might end up with McCain and Obama. I think

Wall Street Journal Opinion piece: Obama May Not Have Fully Contained Damage From Ex-Pastor That’s like saying the Chernobyl reactor leaked a little radiation. Consecrated ground for sacred conversation.

Rasmussen Reports posts some videos of “dial sessions” for the latest ad Al Gore & Co. have produced about fighting global warming.  It plays well with the young and Democrats, mediocre with Independents, and not too well with anyone else. Personally, while I would be among those who do not see fighting global warming as akin to the Normandy invasion, the civil rights movement or the moon landing, this ad probably

Ace makes Time’s First Annual Blog Index: The conservative/ libertarian answer to the Daily Kos, the Ace of Spades HQ, (AoS) has been going strong since 2003, and recently recorded its 10 millionth hit. Like most political blogs, the anonymous Ace comments on the day’s political news and provides links. But the anonymous Ace who writes the blog isn’t afraid to mix it up; AoS is full of snarling, flat-out

There is plenty of blog buzz about Mark Penn being pushed out as chief strategist of  Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign after his work on a Colombian free-trade agreement that Clinton opposes. There is less buzz about the fact that Penn’s firm will continue to provide polling and advice to the campaign. Call it the third way of political firing.  As opposed to the actual firing Penn’s firm got from Columbia. It

(a Serr8d joint)

Yep, that’s about it.  Although, since Hillary is The Smartest Woman In the World, shouldn’t she be Moe?  And shouldn’t Obama be Larry?  Because, you know, Negroes have curly hair.  Shamelessly stolen from Hot Air.

Superfast internet? Will that make bloggers die even younger?

Anybody know how to capture video from a DVD? I’m trying to break some instructionals into clips, but I have no idea how to get the video into the editing software. I’m using a Mac Dual G5 and Final Cut Express HD.