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Red State seems to have some inside knowledge. Word in legal circles is that Priscilla Owen is set to become the next justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Unfortunately, I have received reliable information late this afternoon that...

The last few songs I've downloaded on iTunes: Heard It In a Love Song -- The Marshall Tucker Band. Black Water -- The Doobie Brothers. Sloop John B -- The Beach Boys. A Pirate Looks at Forty -- Jack Johnson,...

Larry Sabato handicaps next year's Senate and gubernatorial races. I sniff a good Democratic year coming, but I still put the Democrat's chanced of reclaiming the Senate below 50%. Hat Tip to No Left Turns....

Cindy Sheehan decided to take some time out of her busy schedule to accuse Bill Clinton -- the only Democrat able to actually win anything in recent memory, and father of all that "peace and prosperity" we're always hearing about,...

Face to face at last with Captain Nemo's old foe

Attempts have been underway for some time to capture film of the legendary giant squid (star role in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea). This has finally been accomplished.

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Scientists have taken the first photographs of the giant squid in its natural habitat, providing a remarkable glimpse of one of the most mysterious creatures on the planet.

The leviathan has long been a creature of legend. In 1753 the bishop of Bergen, in Norway, referred to one that was big enough to crush the largest man-of-war. It has been, and remains, inspirational to script writers and authors, most famously Jules Verne, who described how giant squid attacked Capt Nemo's submarine Nautilus.

Until now, our only glimpse has been when the creatures have been washed up or are hauled to the surface after becoming entangled in fishing gear. Adults have never been seen in their natural habitat and all the available information on them has been based on dead or dying animals.

A description of how the pictures of the squid were obtained is published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, by Dr Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum in Tokyo, and Kyoichi Mori, of the Ogaswara Whale Watching Association. They used a digital camera and bait dangling at a depth of about 450 fathoms off the Ogasawara Islands in the north Pacific.

While it has nothing to do with the next SCOTUS appointment, or the next election cycle, it's still interesting.

This comment in response to the Daily Republic?s report on the Democrat?s Jesus billboard, was found on the left South Dakota blogosphere:I couldn't believe the shit I was reading in the paper either. I was like, South Dakota Republicans saying...

From today's Hotline: NEBRASKA: Who's The Fairest Of Them All? The GOP nomination "appears to be wide open" as GOPers "try to determine which of the candidates has electability." Many party activists at the GOP State Central Cmte meeting this...

I blogged on the Patriot Act a couple days ago. Now the only radio talk show host I can stand, the very intelligent Dennis Prager, takes up the fight. Although the column in its entirety is a bit weak, I...

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