Free kibbles

US extends troops' tours in Iraq to 15 months.

US provides more evidence Iran is arming Sunni insurgents. Sadr threatens to pull his supporters from the government. The biggest problem in Iraq is that the government is so partisan. (Eerie) We made a serious mistake by allowing a representative government before we secured the country. The inevitable result is that the sectarian militias put their own people in the government, and those people have no loyalty to the nation, just their won warlord.

Paper claims US plans to partition Baghdad. I bet this is an exaggeration. Controlling traffic into and out of high target areas makes perfect sense. Partitions do not.

Al Qaeda strikes in Algiers.

Russia threatens new Cold War. They're already fighting a new Cold War of Terror against us with their ally China, but this shift is more similar to the old Cold War.

Japan hosts Chinese leader.

Amnesty International claims Egypt is a torture center for other countries in War on Terror.

5 years too late, Bush is trying to hire a war czar to coordinate the efforts of US bureaucracies in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is so late, there are no takes.

Apparently the US economy has slowed down. Fears of inflation.

Snow closes schools and grounds airlines while Kerry and Gingrich both jump on human caused global warming bandwagon.

All charges against Duke lacrosse players dropped. Both Nifong and the accuser have to pay a heavy price.

How government isolates ghetto capitalists.

Corruption discovered in student loans. How it affects taxpayers.

McCain makes strong case for supporting war in Iraq, attacks Democrats for trying to force defeat and subsequent carnage. I'm no McCain fan, but this is a great stand on principle. Too bad Bush doesn't make great speeches like this.

Rudy Giuliani does not understand the second amendment.

Dick Morris thinks that since the Clintons can no longer sell access to the White House like they did for 8 years, they can't raise money like they used to.

CBS reporter fired for plagiarism.

British troops ridicule sailor who sold story.

Teachers hurt by malicious videos? What is this about? A teacher has his pants around his ankles in front of his students, and he declares himself a victim because of a video? Maybe he should just keep his pants on.

Stem cell experiment 'cures' diabetes. This shows we don't need federal funding for stem cell research. The free market will fund the research, and it's silly for the government to fund it when half of America is against it.

Georgia Tech creates prototype nano-generator capable of replacing small batteries in mobile electronics.

Water detected on extra-solar planet.

Study estimates cost of illegal immigrants in America - $197.6 billion per year, assuming only 12 million illegal immigrants.

John Stossel explains how politicians use pork to get buildings named after them.