Enraging Greenwald(s). Obama: McCain energy strategy just gimmicks, whereas . . . In Las Vegas this afternoon, Obama slammed McCain’s energy proposals, arguing that they are “gimmicks” that may poll well but do not provide immediate relief. Obama said that he supports McCain’s $300 million battery prize but that alone would not be enough. “When John F. Kennedy decided that we were going to put a man on the moon,

A woman who says she was hurt by her thong panties when a metal clip flew off and hit her in the eye has sued Victoria’s Secret, saying in a TV interview on Thursday that the injury caused her “excruciating pain.”

Pathogens affected by climate. Outrage: At Facebook, Allah Pundit feels neglected Inside, I am weeping Are these low or high tech?

Us magazine, that is: Putting Michele Obama on the cover of Us Weekly appears to be a gamble that’s paid off. Early sales numbers for the celeb glossy are trickling in, and according to sources that are familiar, the June 30 issue could sell more than 900,000 copies. That is more copies than the cover featuring Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo’s dating woes, but far less than Jessica Simpson’s 20-pound

leads to murder. Another member of the committee? It’s a hit. Don’t give me that do-goody-good bullshit. Obama: Lou Dobbs doesn’t know shit about the Bible. Also, I speak in tongues. O! Noes! Pejman has Sisyphus!

South Park did it already.

Excitable Andy snarks from a post by Tyler Cowen on holding marginal opinions: If no one agrees with you, you should be quite worried.  If only a small number of people agree with you, you still should be quite worried.  I don’t think it’s a numbers game, but I think whatever view you end up with, it doesn’t have to be a majority point of view, that reasons have weight,

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La Shawn Barber returns to political blogging with a post examining the charge by Dr. James Dobson that Barack Obama misinterprets Scripture to make a political point: Dobson took aim at examples Obama cited in asking which Biblical passages should guide public policy — chapters like Leviticus, which Obama said suggests slavery is OK and eating shellfish is an abomination, or Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, “a passage that is

that flotsam severed foot not real: Canadian police said on Friday they plan to launch an investigation into a macabre prank, after what was thought to be a severed human foot that washed up on the Pacific Coast turned out to be a hoax. “Whether it was something that was done for a laugh or as a joke or for attention, it’s not something that will be tolerated,” Royal Canadian