From Reuters: A natural phenomenon rather than a design fault caused London’s Millennium Bridge to wobble and sway, forcing its closure just two days after opening in 2000. The elegant pedestrian walkway was conceived as a blade of light linking the south bank of the River Thames to the City of London. But as large crowds walked across the steel structure on opening day in June 2000, the 320-meter long

Sizzler cashier: “So, that’s one sirloin tip dinner with all-you-can-eat soup, salad, pasta, and dessert bar…?” Durbin: “Yes.  Oh—and for the good of the country, we also demand that Vice President Dick Cheney’s aides, John Hannah and David Addington, step down.” Sizzler cashier: Durbin: “Just because.” Sizzler cashier: Durbin: “Right.  So.  Have change for a hundred?”*

Remarkably, the UN, in the throes of a major scandal, has decided now is the proper time to go ahead with the second phase of their widely ridiculed gambit to seize control of internet.  From Tech Central Station: The United Nations wants control of the internet. At its November 2005 meeting in Tunis, the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will deliberate its “second phase” of creating a bureaucracy

Roy of Alicublog doesn’t like us white folk suggesting that when black folk whip Oreo cookies at other black folk, the thinking behind such a display of internecine racial bickering is not only vicious and cowardy, but dangerous, as well.  After quoting this bit from my post yesterday Therefore, it follows that a move away from the Democratic party is tantamount to a move away from black authenticity, a willful

In a peripheral swipe at Samuel Alito, the Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum points to two posts that challenge the idea of “husband” notification with regard to abortion restrictions, before concluding: As I’ve mentioned before, abortion is just one of a constellation of hot button conservative social issues that have at their core a desire to enforce traditional sex and gender roles, and notification laws are yet another example of that.

From Reuters: Parents have no constitutional right to prevent public schools from exposing children to sexual topics, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that found the rights of parents were not violated by a California public school district that allowed a psychological survey of its elementary school children. Among the survey questions asked of the

Is it just me, or is Samuel Alito, like, so much better looking than that wispy li’l David Souter fella…?

1.  Michelle Malkin has a new book out.  I haven’t read it yet, but I’m impressed by her decision to publish the email addresses of many of her hate mailers on the back cover.  Michelle has also joined Pajamas Media.  You can read her profile here.  (Or, if you’re James Wolcott, you can skip the PJ media profile and move directly on to stroking your Ocelot and making an ironic

You know what?  Baked Cheetos really aren’t half bad—particularly if you wash ‘em down with an ice cold Yoohoo, some serious Xbox, and a nap.* Developing…

From the AP: Iran’s hard-line government said Wednesday it was removing 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including supporters of warmer ties with the West, from their posts in a shake-up that comes as the Islamic republic takes a more confrontational international stance. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced the changes to parliament, saying “the missions of more than 40 ambassadors and heads of Iranian diplomatic missions abroad will expire by the