Going to be a while before they can rescue her, but at least they located her: Looks like her mast is gone, which means she's virtually powerless.
Ominous Blog Post
LATEST UPDATE: She's fine. Abby's Blog — Entry dated Wednesday, June 9, 2010: The wind is beginning to pick up. It is back up to 20 knots and I am expecting that by midnight tonight I could have 35-50 knots with gusts to 60 so I am off to sleep before it really picks up. That's the end of the … Read More
Here We Go Again: Another NYC Bomb?
BREAKING 1:34 pm….. 47th Street in NYC is being evacuated due to suspicious package…. UPDATE 1:36 pm…. CNN says all of Times Square is being evacuated UPDATE 1:55 pm… It's a suspicious cooler outside the Marriott…. or is it? UPDATE 2:18 pm… Opening back up. Must have been, well, a cooler. Apparently, a robot was deployed…. It was kind of … Read More
Finally, Some Accountability Against Financial Firms
Breaking News: Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter. The SEC alleges that Goldman Sachs structured and marketed … Read More
Breaking: Justice John Paul Stevens To Retire
The oldest member of the Supreme Court, and the head of the liberal bloc just announced, as many thought he would, his retirement. He's 90 years old, and has been with the Supreme for almost 35 years. And here we go again. Next thing you know Obama is going to stomp on the Constitution by taking it upon himself to … Read More
Thoughts On The Austin Texas Plane Guy
After reading his suicide note, conveniently posted online here (until it gets removed) it seems to me that this guy, while somewhat literate, simply isn't very smart. The suicide note (which I've copied and pasted below the fold in case it goes away from the original site) is one long screed — mostly anti-government, and in particular, anti-IRS (which would explain why … Read More
After 37 Minute Deliberation, Jury Finds Roeder Guilty of First Degree Murder
Breaking news: WICHITA, Kan. – A man who says he killed prominent Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller to protect unborn children has been convicted of murdering the doctor. A jury deliberated for 37 minutes Friday before finding Scott Roeder guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder. The 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the … Read More
On The Other Hand….
… a white van parked for two days in Times Square and only now are people wondering about it? Really?
NY: No To Gay Marriage
The New York State Senate just voted against legalizing same-sex marriage in a 34-28 vote. It had previously passes the NY Assembly 88-51. New York would have become the sixth state, and the most populous, to allow same-sex couples to get married. And it would have been the first to grant full marriage rights from a standing start, without having first granted … Read More
Breaking News: More Mass Shootings
In downtown Orlando (Gateway Center, if that means anything to you). Live local news video fee here. 8 shooting victims. Shooter not caught. 1:06 pm — Interviewed woman says it was a male disgruntled (fired) co-worker of hers. Police stopped the interview though. 1:44 pm — Suspect's name is Jason Rodriguez. He's on the loose, driving a silver Nissan SUV. … Read More
Shooting At Fort Hood: Seven Twelve Dead, Twelve Twenty 31 Injured
Story breaking now. Fort Hood hash tweet stream is here. It's possibly too soon to say this, but the NRA argument that if everyone is armed, everyone is safe, is pretty much belied by the fact this incident at an army base. UPDATE: 2 to 3 suspected shooters involved, reportedly wearing U.S. Army uniforms (although this doesn't mean they are … Read More
High Turnout In Maine Elections Today
So reports Politico. Conventional wisdom is that this is good for the "No on 1" side.
BREAKING: Obama Signs Matthew Shepard/James Byrd Hate Crimes Legislation
Actually the Hate Crimes bill was tacked on to the 2009 Defense Appropriations Act, which Obama signed this afternoon, but it's still there, and Obama noted the significance of it: So today I'm pleased to say that we have proved that change is possible. It may not come quickly, or all at once, but if you push hard enough, it … Read More
