Ana Marie Cox Wonkette Let's talk about the intersection of politics and humour. A gentleman sent an email this morning about yesterday's post, and unlike some who spew profanity, or insult my children, he asked a reasonable question: The...

The following is quoted from Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems:
So why on earth would we give our OS away for free?
Because it’ll ensure those without the economic wherewithal to pay for it will still consider using it. Companies that suff...

UPDATE: Here is a great eye witness account of the shooting. London police - not the pansies you think they are!

“He half-tripped, was half-pushed to the floor,? Whitby said. “One of the police officers was holding a black automatic pi...

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Apparently, John Roberts is Bush's pick to replace O'Connor...

...which, predictably, has the babies who love killing trheir own on the left throwing a hissy-fit already, the mealy-mouths in the middle attempting to prove butter wouldn't...

Today's dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny ... Friday edition

Lisa Vass at eWeek reports that the ability for consumers to freeze their credit, which BizzyBlog has called for, is in pending federal legislation (bold is mine):

The Identity Theft Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and a slat...

There are people who know very little about fashion-that-flatters, and style-with-chic, outside of what their high-level, Fashion Week, NYU amateur-designer friends, who spend wekends in the hamptons, prefer thong-showing jeans, worship

In two posts today the Instapundit takes to task the media for their misrepresentations and biases in favor of the terrorists and against those fighting the war. And yes, it is a war. The dislike the journalists have for a

Today's winner is Washington Post Style writer Robin Givhan who has nothing better to do than criticize the clothing worn by the Roberts children at the White House this week when their father's nomination to the Supreme Courth was announced. The lef...

So if the martians are supposed to represent our military, and they had military personnel in the film, why not just cut out the middle man (and a ton of CGI) and cast the martians as the martians?

Before I announce the charity I’ve picked for Blogathon 2005 let me say thank you to several bloggers who have already helped out in this effort. Janie Werner (who didn’t list a blog) and Chad Evans of In The Bullpen both have made some ve...

Jeff Goldstein has excellent fun taking on Stanly Fish's Op-Ed in the New York Times and does a bang up job (you really need to read the whole thing as Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit would say.)

Brilliant essays from Michael Totten and The Anchoress and a video from Trey Jackson, follow all the links included for the full scope of what this is all about.

I guess they were giving this away to compliment the free whine their counterparts in DC give out on an hourly basis.