Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
— George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950), Irish writer

CNN:
Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died after a suicide attack, according to media reports.
Geo TV quoted her husband saying the politician had died following a bullet wound in the neck.
The suicide attack left at least 14 dead and 40 injured, Tariq Azim Khan, the country’s former information minister, told CNN in [...]

Btw, BuzzFlash.com is having a caption contest for Huckabee’s hunting photos. Add your two cents to the fun.

With the Iowa caucuses a week away, the American Research Group poll finds a shift toward Hillary Clinton. But is it a bellwhether or an outlier:
Clinton and Obama were neck-and-neck in last week’s American Research Group poll. But in the new survey, conducted December 20-23, she leads the Illinois senator by 15 percentage points, 34 [...]

It’s been a year and a day since the Godfather of Soul shuffled off his mortal coil, but thanks to YouTube, he’s still shuffling in this ’70s-vintage dance demo tape.

Wikileaks is my new favorite subversive activist Web site. It’s built on the wiki platform, but is intended as a place to leak incriminating documents, but with security systems in place that protect posters’ identities. Today’s leak finds the intrepid members of the PR team stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, removing information related to detainees [...]

CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
— Ambrose Bierce (1842-disappeared in Mexico 1914), American writer, cynic

Xmas won.
But we’ll be back to fight another day!

Nothing gets reporter Mike Allen hyperventilating like sticking it to the libs. Last week, Allen — former White House stenographer on the payroll of the Washington Post, now taking GOP dictation for Politico.com — reported a big gotcha on lefties who accused Mitt Romney of lying when he claimed he “saw” his father, the late [...]