Poll: Vast majority believes Iraq mission not accomplished  —  U.S. marks third anniversary since 'Mission Accomplished' speech  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Three years after President Bush declared major combat over in Iraq, Americans have strong doubts that the United States will fulfill the promise of his …

U.S. Prepares for 'Day Without Immigrants'  —  Thousands of illegal immigrants and their allies across the country plan a show of force Monday to illustrate how much immigrants matter in the U.S. economy.  —  Some will skip work, others will protest at lunch breaks, school walkouts or at rallies after work.

Ignoring Colbert, Part Two  —  Peter Daou has already addressed this issue today in his excellent piece on the Huffington Post called "Ignoring Colbert: A Small Taste of the Media's Power to Choose the News."  —  However, I woke enraged on this topic before I read Daou's piece, so I wanted to add my two cents.

Records of Abramoff's White House Visits  —  WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has agreed to turn over White House visitor logs that will show how often convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with Bush administration officials — and with whom he met.  —  U.S. District Judge John Garrett Penn …

Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq  —  A decade ago, Bosnia was torn apart by ethnic cleansing and facing its demise as a single country.  After much hesitation, the United States stepped in decisively with the Dayton Accords,which kept the country whole by, paradoxically, dividing it into ethnic federations …

Polygraph Results Often in Question  —  The CIA, the FBI and other federal agencies are using polygraph machines more than ever to screen applicants and hunt for lawbreakers, even as scientists have become more certain that the equipment is ineffective in accurately detecting when people are lying.

Anna Nicole Smith Wins Supreme Court Case  —  Anna Nicole Smith was given a new chance by the Supreme Court today to try to get part of the vast fortune of her late husband, a Texas oil tycoon who was six decades her senior.  —  The justices were unanimous in finding that the former Playboy model …

Founder of Minutemen targets run for president  —  Jim Gilchrist eyes bid with Constitution Party, claims Republicans 'sold out our sovereignty'  —  Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, is considering a run for president in 2008 representing the Constitution Party.

Pesticides may affect penis size  —  A renowned U.S. scientist supports a ban on the chemicals for cosmetic purposes.  —  A renowned U.S. scientist who has documented fertility and sex changes — including decreasing penis size — due to environmental contamination says he wouldn't apply pesticides on his own lawn.

State of the Blogosphere, April 2006 Part 2: On Language and Tagging  —  Late last month, I gave a high-level overview of the growth of the blogosphere, covering the overall size of the data sets that Technorati tracks, the number of new blogs created each day, the number of posts per day, and the issue of splogs or spam blogs.

Blog Readers Unmasked  —  Think the people who while away their hours reading and commenting on political blogs are slovenly twenty-somethings with nothing better to do?  —  Think again, said a survey last week by Blogads, a company that many leading political blogs have used for ad placements.

A DAY TO HATE THE YANQUIS  —  ***scroll for updates...11:30am EDT Newsflash: The country is still standing...***  —  Welcome to May 1.  It's the day to hate the Yankees.  That is: Americans, not the baseball team.  Via Mexidata: … Lonewacko keeps track of the who's who behind the boycott.

New Movie Called 'Soft Core Eco-terrorism' for Kids  —  (CNSNews.com) - Three middle school children band together, sabotage a construction site, gag a land developer and take him hostage.  But their criminal conduct, aimed at saving the habitat of burrowing owls from "greedy land developers" isn't reality-based.