Pat Dollard

One hitter

“As movie blog /Film reported, the only reason a small company like Consolidated was handling the movie was because major studios weren’t happy with the sex scenes” -Mediate

Politico: Liberal leaders see the resignation of Justice John Paul Stevens as a once-in-a-term opportunity for Obama to nominate an unabashed liberal to balance an increasingly conservative high court – while energizing the demoralized Democratic base just in time for the midterms. But few if any of the eight to ten potential nominees being mulled [...]

USS New Orleans Sun UK: A US nuclear sub rammed another ship causing nearly £60MILLION damage – while its navigator was listening to his iPod. Sailors aboard the USS Hartford had also rigged up loudspeakers so they could play MUSIC on duty, an official report found last night. Sonar operators and radio men were missing [...]

Cape Town soccer stadium The Sun UK: AL-QAEDA have vowed to bomb the World Cup – with England players top of their hitlist. The terror group pledged to target the match between England and the USA in South Africa in June, warning “hundreds” of fans could die. A branch of al-Qaeda which last year killed [...]

Bloomberg: April 8 (Bloomberg) — China’s property market is a bubble that may burst by as early as this year, according to hedge fund manager James Chanos. The world’s third-biggest economy may need to keep up the pace of property investment because up to 60 percent of its gross domestic product relies on construction, said [...]

Politico: Conservative groups are claiming a small victory with Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak’s retirement. Since the anti-abortion Democrat withdrew his opposition to the health care reform bill, conservative groups have pounded Stupak’s district with attack ads accusing him of abandoning his principles in order to give President Barack Obama his signature domestic policy achievement. [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, touched off an immediate election-year political battle Friday over President Barack Obama’s second high court pick. Republicans promised trouble for any activist nominee. A White House official said about 10 people are under consideration, but speculation has focused on fewer [...]

The Hill: President Barack Obama promised to quickly name a Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Obama said he spoke with Stevens Friday and that both agreed it is important to have a nominee confirmed and seated before the fall term begins in October. “So I will move quickly to name [...]

Fox News: President Obama’s pick to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel is withdrawing her nomination amid Republican protests over past statements she made on abortion and national security. Dawn Johnsen said she was dropping out of the process because her “nomination has met with lengthy delays and political opposition that threaten” her [...]

CBS News Chicago: Don’t look now, but a gradual rise in gasoline prices has suddenly turned into a gallop, with drivers facing a new round of sticker shock. But as CBS 2′s Derrick Blakley reports, the higher prices might actually be a good thing. The growing pain at the pump kind of snuck up on [...]

The Hill: NEW ORLEANS — Sarah Palin repeated Friday that Republicans should go by the bumper-sticker mantra, “Don’t retreat. Reload.” Palin initially used the slogan in late March, but her decision to repeat it comes as a number of members of Congress have been experiencing threats of violence in the aftermath of the passage of [...]

The Hill: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced Friday he will retire when the court wraps up its work for the summer break. The retirement gives President Barack Obama the chance to appoint a second justice to the court in two years, but could set off a bruising confirmation battle with Senate Republicans. The [...]