One dead, at least five injured in shooting at Jewish Federation in Seattle  —  SEATTLE - One person has been killed and at least five others have been injured in a shooting at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle.  One suspect has been taken into custody.

The "hiding among civilians" myth  —  Israel claims it's justified in bombing civilians because Hezbollah mingles with them.  In fact, the militant group doesn't trust its civilians and stays as far away from them as possible.  —  A dog walks through the rubble of buildings hit …

Bush, Blair call for Mideast cease-fire  —  Multinational force proposed for southern Lebanon  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday their support for a U.N. cease-fire resolution to end the Mideast crisis and a multinational force to stabilize southern Lebanon.

House GOP pressing vote on minimum wage  —  WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders, giving in to political reality, plan a vote to raise the $5.15 minimum wage before leaving Washington this weekend for a five-week recess.  —  "Whether people like it or not, we need to go ahead with it," …

Float-a-phobia  —  While Michael Schaivo was holding a press conference to remind everyone what a sanctimonious, meddling, holier-than-thou, politically opportunistic tin-eared prick Joe Lieberman was during the difficult last days of his wife's life (YouTube above), Joe was touring Connecticut on a campaign bus.

John Bolton Embarrasses a Confused Senator Kerry (Video)  —  Ambassador John Bolton totally outclassed Senator John F. Kerry in the Senate hearings on Thursday,  —  Video HERE  —  John Kerry was really no match for UN Ambassador John Bolton: … Ouch!... It's pretty painful to watch.

Strange Comments from Eugene, Oregon (UPDATE: From Deb Frisch's IP Address)  —  [IMPORTANT UPDATE: I have established that the comments discussed in this thread, and shown in the screenshots below, came from Frisch's IP address.  I e-mailed her for a reaction, and the header on the e-mail shows …

Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist  —  JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified.

Abusing kids for "art"  —  ***scroll for updates***  —  This is unbelievably sick.  A left-wing photographer, Jill Greenberg, deliberately makes toddlers cry and turns the pictures into a Los Angeles art exhibit called "End Times" to indulge her Bush Derangement Syndrome.

'Wonkette' named Time.com Washington editor  —  Blogger Ana Marie Cox to join mainstream Web site  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) — Former political blogger Ana Marie Cox, better known as Wonkette, will rejoin the so-called mainstream media as the new Washington editor for Time magazine's Time.com Web site later this month.