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China won't support Russia's actions in Georgia because of Tibet. Georgia severs diplomatic ties to Russia. Duh. Unlike the Soviets, Russian leaders have to deal with a falling ruble and stock market, providing a deterrent on their imperialism.

Iraq signs oil deal with China. As long as we get plenty too.

CNBC is reporting that McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for VP. Wow. She hasn't even been governor yet for 2 years. If that's true, that would be a bold pick. If McCain announces Sarah Palin as his choice today, I predict the price of oil will immediately fall as the speculators calculate the probability that Republicans will win with a strong supporter of drilling for oil as VP.

Sarah Palin is helping solve our energy problems by enabling a Canadian company to build a natural gas pipeline across Alaska.

I thought the McCain ad congratulating Obama right after his speech last night was an excellent way to steal some of Obama's thunder while seeming magnanimous.

Obama's campaign has made blacks proud of America, and that's a great thing. I hope it lasts after he loses.

Obama's campaign fires off smear-laden attack on reporter who reports on the links between Barack Obama and terrorist Bill Ayers. This is a slimy email, showing just how scared the Obama camp is that Americans will discover Obama's links to radicals and terrorists. I would love to hear Obama's rebuttal and see the documentation to back it up.

More of the entrenched nepotism and corruption that permeats Chicago politics.

Ancient towns found in the heart of the Amazon.

Nuclear decay rates change with earth's distance from the sun. Oops. So much for those "constants".

Author says Obama is better at faking sincerity than Bill Clinton. That's for sure. It's easy to tell when Bill Clinton lies. His lips are moving. This essay analyzes all the misdirections, I won't say outright lies, in Obama's speech.

Pat Buchanan asks the impolitic question, what happens if Obama loses. The media have painted this campaign as a battle between racists on the right and the end of racism on the left. That issue trumps all others including dangerous events in the world. By doing so, they invite racial upheaval if Obama loses.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal explains how fiscal restraint (what he calls fiscal conservatism) helped the state recover stronger than it was before Katrina.

Charles Krauthammer eloquently compares Barack Obama and the Democrat party to a Vegas marriage between strangers on a bender.

Yet another person is finally waking up and recognizing we're in a second Cold War. We've had our heads buried in the sand about this Cold War for years, and the longer we keep it in the sand, the further behind we're going to fall.