Get Out! Secrets Spilled

It's been months since the news broke that the cast of Seinfeld was reuniting on Curb Your Enthusiasm. However, no plot details were released until executive producer and star Larry David sat down with reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour earlier Thursday.

Finally we know how Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards reunite for the first time in over 11 years. It's basically a show within a show, where the cast is actually doing a reunion episode in the Curb universe.

We'll let Larry explain...

Maybe this will get Karen to finally enjoy Curb???

Will Krakatoa rock the world again?

Bright orange lava spews up into the air, dark smoke mingles with the clouds and the gloomy night takes on an ominous red glow.

Towering 1,200ft above the tropical stillness of the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, one of the most terrifying volcanoes the world has ever known has begun to stir once more.

Almost 126 years to the day since Krakatoa first showed signs of an imminent eruption, stunning pictures released this week prove that the remnant of this once-enormous volcano is bubbling, boiling and brimming over.

The pictures alone make this article worth checking out!

Stunning...

Report: Ortiz, Ramirez said to be on 2003 doping list

Say it ain't so!!!

Ramirez is no shock, but Ortiz???

Is it time to walk away from baseball???

Hutchison spells out resignation plan

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told a Dallas radio talk show host today that she will resign her Senate seat in October or November.

Hutchison told host WBAP host Mark Davis that she would like to stay in office while running for governor, but she cannot so long as fellow Republican Gov. Rick Perry remains in the contest.

Hutchison said her formal announcement for governor will occur next month.

“Well I'm going to announce in August. Formal announcement: I am in. Then the actual leaving of the Senate will be sometime – October, November – that, in that time frame,” she said.

That statement is likely to open a floodgates politically.

There already is a crowd of politicians looking at running for Hutchison's Senate seat, including Houston Mayor Bill White and former Comptroller John Sharp as Democrats; among the Republicans there are Railroad Commissioners Elizabeth Ames Jones, Michael Williams, state Sen. Florence Shaprio and former Secretary of State Roger Williams.

Sweet!

Some Blue Dog Dems agree on health bill

Some conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats have agreed to compromise measures that will "move health reform forward in the House," CNN is reporting.

But the compromise also means there won't be a floor vote on the issue until the fall, The Hill reports. This is a key concession to Republicans and conservative Democrats who have been trying to slow down the legislative process on health reform.

These blue dogs are really ticking me off!

Shatner Does Palin (07/27/09)

LOL!!!

Support a Public Option

Nearly 50 million Americans -- one-in-six of our fellow citizens -- lack health insurance. Even those families lucky enough to have health insurance have seen their premiums triple in the past decade. America's health care system is in a crisis, and it's time to do something about it.

This month, Congress is working on new reform legislation that will make quality health care available and affordable for all Americans. We support a public health insurance option that would foster greater competition in the marketplace, create more choices for consumers, and lead to lower costs and better quality for all. But we know the forces of the status quo will battle us every step of the way.

We have GOT to get this done!

Please sign...

Blue Springs Coffee Shop Customers Keep Paying It Forward

Owner Garin Bledsoe says no one, it seems, wants to break the chain of good deeds.

"It's hard times, but people are wanting to be part of something, knowing their five cents, their dollar goes to a greater good," said Bledsoe."They may not be able to change the economy, but they can change one person a day by doing a simple little gesture."

Customers have even donated more money so that if someone in need does take advantage of a free drink, there's money available to keep paying it forward. In a week's time, that fund amounted to more than $160.

Way cool!

Fox News Analyst: As Far As I'm Concerned, Taliban Can Kill Captured U.S. Soldier

WTF???

And they have the balls to call lefties troop haters???

Lugo designated for assignment

'Bout Time...

Facebook Dating Ad Hooks Up Married Man … With His Wife [Updated]

“All you have to do to prevent this is sign in to Facebook and click through to (get ready) -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads and click “no one.”

WTF??? I just changed my privacy settings.

Gang Of Six Centrist Senators Demands Delay On Health Care Reform

A bipartisan group of centrist and conservative senators sent a letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders on Friday urging delay in consideration of health care reform.

The letter, obtained by the Huffington Post, was drafted by Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and is also signed by Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.). Independent Joe Lieberman (Conn.), who caucuses with Democrats, signed on...

Democrats in name only...

The right's irrational view of race is on full display in Sotomayor hearings

Do these morons even realize how racist they sound, and how badly they are screwing themselves for future elections???

It's been fun to hear her run circles around them this week!

Beck "lose[s]" his "mind;" screams at caller: "Get off my phone you little pinhead!"

Realtime Recreation Of The Apollo 11 Mission

This is really neat!

The first Earthling to journey to Mars - Conan the Bacterium

Together with several other microscopic organisms, these representatives of earthly life will be carried in a package that will be flown on a Russian robot spacecraft and are scheduled to be returned to Earth in 2012. The experiment - Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment, or Life - is designed to show if living organisms can survive unprotected in space for long periods and thus support the theory of panspermia, which argues that simple organisms can survive for years as they float through space and that life on Earth could have been wafted here from another world.

"Some scientists believe the solar system's first living organisms may have originally evolved on Mars and were then blasted to Earth on debris that was thrown into space when meteorites crashed on to Mars," said Dr Bruce Betts, of the US Planetary Society, which has funded the $1m Life project. "On Earth these simple microbe-like beings then started to evolve - ultimately into animals and humans. In other words, we may all be Martians under our skin."

This is pretty cool!

Microsoft Office to go online — for free

Get this: Microsoft – the king of paid software – will announce today that it is going to give a version of Office away for free online. Both the online and desktop versions are scheduled to arrive in the first half of next year. Yes, you read that right. The latest version of its ubiquitous productivity software, dubbed Office 2010, will come as both a piece of software you can buy for your computer, and as a service you can access in your browser. [UPDATE: Microsoft says it will support the Firefox and Safari browsers as well as IE.]

For free. From Microsoft.

I wonder how this will work...

The Inhale-Exhale Diet

You’ve tried the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, and the diet-of-the-week on cable TV. Nothing seems to work. What if you could lose that excess fat by simply inhaling and then exhaling your fat in the form of carbon dioxide?

In a study published in Cell Metabolism, chemical and biomolecular engineering professor James Liao, associate professor of human genetics and pediatrics Katrina Dipple, and their research team at UCLA showed that genetic alterations enable mice to convert fat into carbon dioxide and remain lean while eating the equivalent of a fast-food diet.

Cool!

Democrats May Investigate Secret Program

House Democrats said yesterday that they expect to launch a formal investigation into a secret CIA program that was not disclosed to Congress for almost eight years, a probe that could entangle senior Bush administration officials who oversaw intelligence issues.

Democrats on the House intelligence committee said the inquiry would examine both the nature of the still-secret program and the decisions to keep congressional oversight committees in the dark about its existence.

Will we finally see Darth Cheney in handcuffs???

Concern over Ebola virus in pigs

Ebola-Reston virus (REBOV) has only previously been seen in monkeys and humans - and has not caused illness.

But researchers are concerned that pigs might provide a melting pot where the virus could mutate into something more menacing for humans.

The new discovery - in the Philippines - is featured in the journal Science.

However, the researchers, from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stress that the virus at present appears to pose no risk to humans.

Scary stuff!

State Formally Applies for Stimulus Funds For New Haven to Springfield Rail Line

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is making the funding available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Governor said Connecticut’s share would be applied to the Connecticut Valley corridor between New Haven and Springfield. The state Department of Transportation filed a “pre-application” today for two pieces of the overall project:



· Double-tracking the 62-mile line between New Haven and Springfield to enable high-speed service. Installing the new track is expected to cost more than $300 million.



· Planning and design work for overall improvements, such as new signals, electrification, rehabilitation or replacement of bridges, and new high-speed rail equipment.



Investments in the New Haven-Springfield high-speed line bring significant travel time benefits to the region and will also support plans for commuter service through the corridor at 30-minute intervals. A formal application will be filed in the fall, according to Connecticut DOT Commissioner Joseph F. Marie.

I know this is local, but this will be awesome!

10 Quirky Facts About Mass-produced Food

Wandering through a modern grocery store, it's easy to forget there was a time when all food was local. People baked their own bread, churned their own butter and slaughtered their own chickens, or else they bought these staples from a small, local supplier.

Now, markets are filled with pre-sliced bread, packaged butter and portioned chicken, not to mention potato chips, ice cream, cookies and frozen pizza, all mass-produced in factories around the world, all tasting exactly the same no matter where you buy it. And that's not necessarily a bad thing: How else can you know exactly which chips to buy when you're on vacation?

The Worcestershire sauce surprised me,

Key reason Palin gave for quitting may be false

Palin asserted that the reason for her departure was that her presence forced the state to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend her from frivolous ethics complaints, instead of devoting the much-needed resources to cops, teachers and roads.

But as it turns out, the money for Palin’s lawyers would have been allocated anyway, and that the lawyers would have been paid even if they hadn’t been defending Palin. The information was disclosed to Plum Line’s Amanda Erickson by Palin spokesperson David Murrow.

A shocker, dontcha' know...

Pick to Lead Health Agency Draws Praise and Some Concern

There are two basic objections to Dr. Collins. The first is his very public embrace of religion. He wrote a book called “The Language of God,” and he has given many talks and interviews in which he described his conversion to Christianity as a 27-year-old medical student. Religion and genetic research have long had a fraught relationship, and some in the field complain about what they see as Dr. Collins’s evangelism.

I don't like this...

Franken's First Move: Co-Sponsoring The Employee Free Choice Act

At an AFL-CIO reception moments ago, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) got the crowd all worked up--not by lampooning politics, but by participating in them. "I just became a cosponsor of my first bill in the Senate, the Employee Free Choice Act."

He's off to a great start!

Palin: "Department Of Law" Protects The President

Palin said there is a difference between the White House and what she has experienced in Alaska. If she were in the White House the "department of law" would protect her from baseless ethical allegations.


"I think on a national level your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out," she

Good lord!

Alec Baldwin: I'd like to run for Congress

As speculation continues to swirl over Sarah Palin’s presidential ambitions, the equally colourful and controversial co-star from her Saturday Night Live appearance has announced he too may seek public office – from the other side of the political spectrum.

Alec Baldwin, the outspoken and famously ultra-liberal Hollywood star mercilessly sent in the puppet satire Team America, has been rehabilitated from the showbiz dead by his scene-stealing role in US television show 30 Rock and has now put word out that he is seeking a seat to run for Congress in 2012.

Cool!

Palin won’t seek re-election, resigning in weeks

Gov. Sarah Palin will resign her office in a few weeks, she said during a news conference at her home Friday morning. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be inaugurated at the Governor’s Picnic at the end of the month.

Interesting!