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Samantha Cameron Too Pregnant To Fly

From the Daily Mail:

Mrs Cameron, 38, is said by friends to be 'knackered' as
she prepares for the birth of her fourth child. Her fourth child is due in September and although at 36 weeks, most airlines would allow her to fly, she won't be accompanying her husband to the US this week:

Most airlines allow pregnant women to fly up to and including the 36th week, provided the pregnancy has been straightforward. Mrs Cameron's baby is understood to be due in early September, meaning she could...

#shakespalin

It's getting good out there. My faves:

To
suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous liberals, or to quit
halfterm, and by opposing, rake in speaking fees

Neither
a thinker nor a reader be / for thought oft loses both itself and
friend / and reading dulls the edge of Fox TV

"How's all that bein' and not bein' workin' out for ya?"

She's used the word "refudiate" before - on Fox. But for some strange reason, no one noticed at the time.

Sarah Palin - Twitter - United States - Pol...

Reality Check

Sans Rasmussen, as usual. At this point in his presidency, Ronald Reagan had 42 percent approval and was headed to a low of 37 percent. Clinton was at 42 percent, headed to a low of 39 percent. George W. Bush was at 76 percent approval. Truman was at 34 percent.

George W. Bush - Ronald Reagan - Bill Clinton - United States - President

Amen

Goldblog:

I'm afraid that Sarah Palin, if she were ever to become President, would
help create what Muslim extremists have so far unsuccesssfully sought
to provoke: an all-out clash of civilizations.

This is the ad now running on Drudge:

Sarah Palin - The Clash of Civilizations - United States - Politics - Republican

Cash For Abstinence

A new strategy in the fight against AIDS in Africa:

In the education study in Malawi's Zomba district, which has both high HIV rates and school dropout rates among young girls, the World Bank found cash payments for at least 75 percent school attendance each month reduced infection rates by 60 percent, compared to an unpaid control group."Girls who received payments not only had less sex, but when they did, they tended to choose younger, safer partners," the World Bank said in a statement on...

"Rough Tactics" vs "Torture"

In the NYT, the corruption of language continues. If China threatens repeated beatings and sleep deprivation, it's torture. If the US does it, it's not.
















New York Times - Torture - China - Sleep deprivation - Asia

The View From Your Window

Anchorage, Alaska, 11.41 pm

Alaska - United States - Politics - Aleutian Island - Business and Economy

Mel Gibson And The Christianist Right, Ctd

Julian Sanchez exposes Jonah Goldberg's double-standard:

Some unemployable inner city junkie who resorts to theft can expect a
lecture on personal responsibility—not sympathy for how "unseemly" it is
for his crime to be publicly exposed.  But a multi-millionaire who
beats up women and then threatens murder?

But at least Jonah said something. Lopez remains mum on her feminist woman-beater.

Crime - Feminism - Murder - Jonah Goldberg - Double standard

The GOP On Spending

They're still full of it. David Gregory admirably insists they give specifics. They cannot. They will not. They are fiscal frauds. Maybe at some point, the voters will realize this. Maybe even before November. These are the people who doubled the debt in eight years of growth. And they want to go back to the very same policies that made that happen.
















Republican - United States - Politics - David Gregory - Meet the Press

Quote For The Day II

"Our men need to know they can count on each other in battle, and we can't have them getting distracted by illicit romantic dalliances. Especially if one's a little blond Adonis farm boy and his buddy's a real tough street kid straight out of Brooklyn. I mean, think about it: What if they lock eyes and abandon their post to start ripping each other's fatigues off, revealing twin sets of glistening washboard abs and at last fulfilling their hidden passions?" - Gen. James T. Conway, commandant ...