According to new US Census data, Whitey is now a minority in Hawaii, New Mexico, California, Texas and DC. Whites now comprise less than 60 percent in three other states (Maryland, Georgia and Nevada). “Nationally, non-Hispanic whites make up about 67 percent of the population, down from 70 percent at the start of the decade.” (Story.) In some older data,

CBO foresees $1.76 trillion deficit over decade Updated 8/17/2006 11:18 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday estimated that the federal deficit will decline to $260 billion this year but will increase to $286 billion next year. The agency estimated total deficits over the next decade at $1.76 trillion. The $260 billion forecast for the current

Wow. This looks like a win for those of us who think the Constitution matters. Judge orders halt to NSA wiretap program Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:45pm ET173 DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge in Detroit on Thursday ordered the Bush administration to halt the National Security Agency’s program of domestic eavesdropping, saying it violated the U.S. Constitution. Judge Anna

Unless you live in a cave, you’ve no doubt read that a suspect is in custody for the 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey. You may even know this if you do live in a cave – you can pretty much access bad news coverage from anywhere these days. One of my friends, via e-mail, made the observation that we could

From CNN.com: A suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder has been arrested in Thailand, Denver TV station KUSA reports. CNN working to confirm. This ought to be interesting.

Lamont Decries Lieberman Terror Remarks By ANDREW MIGA The Associated Press Sunday, August 13, 2006; 10:44 PM WASHINGTON — Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary, says he was surprised by Lieberman and Vice President Dick Cheney’s claims that his Iraq views could embolden terrorists. (Story.) Ummm, Ned, is this

My dog can outrelax your dog. :xpost:

Says Soccernet: Van Nistelrooy stars in Real Madrid victory No he didn’t.

Plane stuck in mud in Jackson, Miss. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 11 (UPI) — A Delta Airlines airplane, stopping to refuel on a flight from San Francisco to Atlanta, got stuck in the mud on the taxi-way of the Jackson, Miss., airport. (Story.)

The way a lot of us think, the Constitutional guarantee assuring us freedom of religion is a de facto promise that we’re entitled to be free of religion if we choose. (In fact, there’s no informed way of reading the clause otherwise.) Sadly, there are way too many religious extremists in the country who think that the 1st Amendment says

Joe Lieberman (R-CT) had this to say today: “If we just pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out by a date certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England,” Mr. Lieberman said at a campaign event in Waterbury,

Milwaukee has acquired Ruben Patterson in a trade from Denver. Among Patterson’s first acts upon arriving in Beer City will be to register with authorities as a convicted sex offender. As a Nuggets fan, I’m tickled to see a Bob Huggins product leaving town. Now if we can just find somebody to pick up the worst contract in the NBA…

Oh. My. God. This may be the coolest thing that has ever been done to promote a movie.

How not to open a grenade… Wed Aug 9, 7:36 AM ET RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) – A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. (Story.) In addition to “don’t try to open RPGs with sledgehammers,”