SBJ: Longhorn Network adds distributors; more expected – NCAA Football – Sporting News
Ok - so for the game Saturday night, will any sports bar in the area here actually carry the game??? But the biggest distributors in Texas appear to be far…
BBC News – Irene: Death toll reaches 40 as recovery begins
Oy!! Post-Tropical Cyclone Irene has killed 40 people in the US, and authorities warn that flooding could continue for up to three days in northern US states. More than five…
Picture of the day
A Fairfield Beach Road home is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Connecticut, as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on August 28, 2011. (AP…
BBC News – 9/11 conspiracy theories: How they’ve evolved
The thing about conspiracy theories, they're really not theories (as defined by my college science teachers...) It may be 10 years since the attacks in the US on 11 September,…
Face of the Day
Nick Pratto (#25) of the West team from Huntington Beach, California celebrates after driving in the winning run to defeat the Japan team from Hamamatsu City 2-1 to win the…
BBC News – Libya conflict: Gaddafi family ‘flee to Algeria’
I'll take "Deposed Dictators" for 300, Alex... The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in Algeria, Algerian officials say. A foreign ministry statement said Col…
Dean Baker: Hurricane Perry Bashes East Coast
If we have enough storms this year to get to the letter "P", one should be named Perry.. just because. Climatologists tell us that we cannot relate any specific weather…
Political Animal – Bachmann sees Irene as divine message on spending
I guess Bachmann & Perry are going to have to "out-crazy" each other... “I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve…
BBC News – US ‘wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq’ over decade
So, what else is new?? The US government has wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission. The commission…
Hurricane Irene Can Be Tied to Global Warming, Says Bill McKibben – The Daily Beast
“Sea surface temperatures 1° to 3°F warmer than average extend along the East Coast from North Carolina to New York. Waters of at least 26°C extend all the way to…