Below The Beltway

Brad Warbiany weighs in against those radio stations that will be playing non-stop Christmas music, most of it bad, from now until December 25th.
         

I USED TO BE BI-CURIOUS, but now I’ve just gone all the way to becoming “bi”
Heh.
         

Professor Stephan Hawking said today that humanity needs to leave Earth and venture to the stars if we are to survive:
Mankind will need to venture far beyond planet Earth to ensure the long-term survival of our species, according to the world’s best known scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking.
Mankind will need to venture far beyond planet Earth [...]

Chester Finn, a former Assistant Secretary of Education under President Reagan sums up quite nicely what’s wrong with the Republican Party today:
What?s gone wrong with the GOP? Let me start by quoting a friend who is both gay and conservative (yes, I know several such): ?I?m for low taxes, strong defense and limited government. Why [...]

The 2008 Presidential field is getting crowded. Today, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack officially announced his candidacy:
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa, Nov. 30 — Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) formally launched his campaign for the White House here this morning with a jab at the leadership of President Bush, a warning that America’s way of life is threatened [...]

I may be a lawyer, but this clearly strikes me as a waste of time and judicial resources:
LOS ANGELES — Wholly guacamole?
That’s the issue in a fraud lawsuit filed Wednesday against Kraft Foods, Inc., by a Los Angeles woman who claims the [...]

The death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, which was already turning strange after the discovery of radiation on four airplanes and at least 12 locations in the United Kingdom, may have just gotten event stranger:
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Doctors treating former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar, who is gravely ill, believe he was poisoned, [...]

Scientists have identified a substance in red wine that may explain why French wine drinker are not only healthy, but live longer:
Scientists have found another clue to explain why red wine may be good for you, identifying substances in vin rouge that appear to be associated with increased longevity in parts of France.
Researchers have long [...]

In a rather obvious response to the North Korean nuclear program, Japan has announced that it has the capability to produce nuclear weapons:
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has the technological know-how to produce a nuclear weapon but has no immediate plans to do so, the foreign minister said Thursday, several weeks after communist North Korea carried [...]

Even if the rest of the world isn’t taking the Iranian nuclear weapons program seriously, Israel most certainly is:
JERUSALEM — Iran’s reported drive to make an atomic bomb has become an existential threat to Israel that some Israelis are likening to the Holocaust — especially with the United States appearing to back away from confrontation [...]