The senior staffer, however, was still reluctant to let it go: "New products on the market? They haven't been TSA approved. Probably shouldn't be permitted,"

Way to go TSA. Schmucks.

MacBook Air stumps TSA agents, owner misses flight : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech

Last December, when the National Intelligence Estimate downgraded the immediate nuclear threat from Iran, it seemed as if Fallon's caution was justified. But still, well-placed observers now say that it will come as no surprise if Fallon is relieved of his command before his time is up next spring, maybe as early as this summer, in favor of a commander the White House considers to be more pliable. If that were to happen, it may well mean that the president and vice-president intend to take military action against Iran before the end of this year and don't want a commander standing in their way.

Admiral Fallon resigned this morning. Is the balloon going up?

The Man Between War and Peace

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens

Your "abstinence only" tax dollars at work.

1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease

I'm trying to imagine the mindset of a man who doesn't realize that when you try to take dildos away from women, basically everyone with a brain and/or a sense of humor is going to assume it's because you're afraid you can't handle the competition.

Yet another entry in the "Law or humor?" category. In this case, it's headed back to court so it goes in law, but... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: The Dildo War in Texas Is Still Not Over

Judges in at least five states have stopped foreclosure proceedings because the banks that pool mortgages into securities and the companies that collect monthly payments haven't been able to prove they own the mortgages.

Remember the subprime mortgage mess? Guess what, it just got incomprehensibly worse.

Banks Lose to Deadbeat Homeowners as Loans Sold in Bonds Vanish

The mayor has officially proclaimed Feb. 27, 2008, as “Give our Georgia Friends a Drink Day.” The proclamation comes as a result of the Georgia Legislature passing a joint resolution that seeks to pursue reestablishing the boundary between Georgia and Tennessee.

Here's some water (and if you read the proclamation, a sharp stick in the eye).

2/26/2008 - Chattanooga Sending Truck Load Of Water To Atlanta - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com

Republican U.S. Rep. Richard Renzi of Arizona, a state co-chair for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, was indicted on corruption charges stemming from land deals in his state, Justice Department officials said on Friday.

Don Pardo, who's our next contestant? Why it's Dick Renzi, come on down! And we have another seat to fill, who's that going be? James Doolittle! You're the next contestant on Indict a Republican Congressman!

And to think, this is happening with the most politicized Department of Justice evar!!!

Rep. Renzi indicted on corruption charges | Reuters

"I said to him that if we come up short and there are some acquittals in our cases, it will at least validate the process," Davis continued. "At which point, [Haynes's] eyes got wide and he said, 'Wait a minute, we can't have acquittals. If we've been holding these guys for so long, how can we explain letting them get off? We can't have acquittals. We've got to have convictions.'"

And the fix is in...

Rigged Trials at Gitmo

"If you want to call it significant undercounting, I guess that's a euphemism for fraud," said the mayor.

And not the kind the DoJ keeps going after, this is the real kind of fraud, screwing with the ballot box.

MIKE BLOOMBERG CLAIMS VOTE 'FRAUD’ - New York Post

"It's a clusterfuck! Just a clusterfuck!" the Corpus Christi producer for a local news affiliate shouts into his cell phone. He's telling his boss that there will be no coverage of Bill Clinton's visit to Victoria for the 6 o'clock news. "Who's running this campaign anyway?" the producer asks, of no one in particular. "And now five hundred people have stomped away mad." He shakes his head. At that moment, twenty well-dressed elderly and middle-aged dignitaries and politicians exit the back of the local arts center and walk slowly for the intersection of Goodwin and Main. Presumably, they are Hillary Clinton supporters; however, given their dazed faces, they look more like commissars who have been turned out by the NKVD and cannot believe how suddenly their fortunes have changed.

The wheels look to have come all the way off the Hillary bus.

Mayhill Fowler: Clinton's Texas Ground Game Plunges Into Chaos - Off The Bus on The Huffington Post