Al Gore Takes Home the Statue!  —  Frankly, I'm thrilled but not surprised.  An Inconvenient Truth was a teriffic documentary, plus, let's face it, politics plays a role in the selection process.  Congrats, Al!  Here's a little video compilation of the Vice President's big night.  —  Download (1556) |

Wells says boy was kidnapped for ransom  —  SAMOSET - Camouflaged sheriff's office SWAT Team members swarmed the home of the alleged kidnapper of 13-year-old Clay Moore just before daybreak this morning.  —  The suspect, however, was still on the loose.  —  Manatee County Sheriff's Office …

Live Blogging The Oscars  —  9:14 - The Departed wins Best Picture.  Worst of the nominees by far.  Good night all.  Thank you for the great comments.  It was fun watching your live-blogging.  —  9:13 - If there were any justice they would all be "Brad Grey Producer."  —  9:11 - I think this is it.

MTP Transcript for Feb. 25, 2007  —  Carl Levin, Dan Balz, Maureen Dowd, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Byron York  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: On October 11th, 2002, a majority of Democratic senators voted to give President Bush the authorization to go to war in Iraq.

The Choice on Iraq  —  "I appeal to my colleagues in Congress to step back and think carefully about what to do next."  —  Two months into the 110th Congress, Washington has never been more bitterly divided over our mission in Iraq.  The Senate and House of Representatives are bracing …

APPEAL FOR REDRESS: ASTROTURFING  —  This post originally appeared at MilBlogs in October, 2006.  While some of the information uncovered herein has since made it's way into smaller media outlets, most major mainstream media sources are still reporting this effort as a "grass roots" campaign.

REPORT: AL SHARPTON'S ANCESTORS WERE SLAVES OWNED BY STROM THURMOND'S RELATIVES  —  Feb. 25: Rev. Al Sharpton speaks after genealogists discovered he is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond.  —  NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday it was …

ANGELINA A BABE AMID BRAINIACS  —  The prestigious Council on Foreign Relations is about to get a jolt of sex appeal.  —  The exclusive, Manhattan-based foreign-policy group has decided to admit actress Angelina Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador who has taken more than 30 trips worldwide …

Mild Weather Takes Edge Off Chinese Ice Festival  —  Residents of Tourist City Blame Global Warming  —  HARBIN, China — The hands had melted off a delicately entwined couple of ballet dancers crafted by an ice-sculpting team from Vladivostok.  Eaves fashioned from packed snow drooped …

Bush to Warn Pakistan to Act on Terror  —  President Bush has decided to send an unusually tough message to one of his most important allies, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan, warning him that the newly Democratic Congress could cut aid to his country unless his forces become far …

Hersh: U.S. Funds Being Secretly Funneled To Violent Al Qaeda-Linked Groups  —  New Yorker columnist Sy Hersh says the "single most explosive" element of his latest article involves an effort by the Bush administration to stem the growth of Shiite influence in the Middle East …

Deauthorizing Iraq  —  Democratic senators face trouble this week trying to cleanse themselves of the stain of voting for President Bush's Iraq war resolution.  Republican senators who have turned against the U.S. military intervention in Iraq are not interested in bailing out Democrats …

The Oscar thread; Update: Goracle (almost) announces!  Update: Gore wins Oscar for Best Social Consciousness; Update: Scorsese wins  —  Tonight's the night Hollywood takes a break from disclaiming responsibility for any of the culture's ills to congratulate itself for having so much influence over the culture.

Obama on Iraq in 2002  —  He was right.  I was wrong.  This clip is impressive.

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em: TXU Gets an Offer from Green-Friendly Equity Funds  —  Holy sh*t!  This is huge: … The "tipping point" concept is cheap from overuse these days, but to me this is the clearest sign yet that we have entered a fundamentally new stage in the fight against global warming.