Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving “reporter.”

Now THIS is what it means to be a true DIVA. Someone in Hollywood finally had the balls to say it. I wonder if Tom Cruise will be stupid enough to take on Lauren Bacall - he has had no problems getting sassy with Brooke Shields but she ain’t no Lauren Bacall - sorry Brooke.

They got ‘em all!

What a dipshit.

Like the world needs this. Thanks, but no thanks. Obviously this inventor hasn’t seen the new Battlestar Galactica.

I have to admit it. I am really cynical when it comes to other people. It takes a really long time for me to trust anyone and I have maybe two people in this world I have assigned the designation “friend” to. So that is why I feel the need today to single out one person in particular and thank him for being just a really great person.

Mark Jaquith, author of Tempus Fugit, is one of those genuinely nice people. Mark willingly gave a lot of his time for the Take Back the Memorial petition, which is deeply appreciated. But more recently, he saw my post regarding my broken trackbacks. I have let the problem go for weeks because I just didn’t have the time. Mark offered to dig in there and fix the problem - and he did. He didn’t ask for anything. He just did it.

Now, he will say he didn’t have much else going on, and that may well be. But of all the many things I am sure he could have done to fill his time, he offered to help out nearly a perfect stranger.

Maybe its just me, but I don’t often run into that kind of selflessness very often, especially from someone that only knows me as a name at the other end of a computer somewhere.

Thanks Mark. We could sure use more people like you.

(not Discovery, just a launch picture)

Congratulations to the team at NASA for a job well done and to all the brave men an women that risk their lives to further mankind’s quest for knowledge in space.

Originally posted July 13, 2005

In front are astronauts Eileen M. Collins (right), commander; Wendy B. Lawrence, mission specialist; and James M. Kelly, pilot. In back are astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (left), Andrew S. W. Thomas, Charles J. Camarda, and Soichi Noguchi, all mission specialists. Noguchi represents Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Well, today is the day! At 12:51 PM Pacific, 3:51 PM Eastern, the Space Shuttle Discovery will once again streak into space carrying seven astronauts.

Blogs of War is providing excellent coverage. You can also watch the launch LIVE on NASA TV.

Our hopes and prayers…

**UPDATE**

There is a problem with an engine cut-off sensor that is going to delay the launch. Discovery will not launch today.

**UPDATE** 7/25/2005

Reposted. Hey, I ain’t writing another post. Discovery is set to launch at 10:39 AM Eastern Time Tuesday morning.

It seems the House Minority Leader and San Francisco uber-liberal darling has given some support and $2000 to fellow Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg, who hopes to win the seat vacated by GOP Rep. Mark Kennedy in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District. Normally this would not raise any eyebrows, a Democrat supporting another Democrat. However, WHICH Democrat doing the supporting is especially interesting given the candidate’s position on some hot-button issues.

The former Methodist minister has gotten the national backing despite views on social issues that put him to the right of his party. He opposes legalized abortion, supports a constitutional ban on gay marriage and opposes increased restrictions on gun ownership. (emphasis mine)

But I thought Nancy Pelosi was FOR gay marriage?

To make this worse, there is a Democrat running against Tinklenberg, Scotty Mortensen, that is AGAINST the FMA. So this isn’t just a question of Pelosi supporting the only Democrat running in a race against a Republican, she made a conscious choice to support the guy that is on the exact opposite of her own positions, all the while she is kissing the collective ass of the gay community.

I guess Nancy believes Minnesota’s queers should just take it up the a$$ for the good of the party.

With friends like Nancy, who needs Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.

John Kerry speaking about the political prospects of Lance Armstrong:

SAINT-ETIENNE, France — Sen. John Kerry thinks Lance Armstrong would make a terrific politician _ but fears he’d be running for the other party.

Watching Armstrong during his warmup for Saturday’s time trial, the Democrat from Massachusetts listed the Texan’s winning qualities.

“What’s made him so special at the Tour de France, and as an athlete, is the level of focus, discipline, intelligence, strategic ability, and obviously, his endurance _ his ability to just take it on and go,” Kerry said.

Those qualities would serve Armstrong well in politics, Kerry said. But Armstrong is also friendly with fellow Texan President Bush.

“I think he’d be awesome, he’d be a force. I just hope it’s for the right party,” said Kerry, an avid cyclist and longtime fan of the Tour de France. (emphasis mine)

Not “I think he’d be awesome, he’d be a force America” but “I just hope it’s for the right party.” And this guy is thinking about running for President again?