Susan Powell, 28, the mother of two young children, was reported missing December 6th from her West Valley City home in Utah in a case that police call suspicious. In less than ten days, her husband Josh Powell would be named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife. (more…)

YouTube remains the number one destination of choice for video clips of momentuous occassions, such as Republican Senator Joe Wilson criminally outrageous “You Lie” outburst during the presidential joint address to Congress on September 9th.
However, for a constant up to the minute streaming source of material debating the proposed changes (or lack of) to healthcare  reform,  CNN recently hilited some of the best twitter streams to follow. 

See the list after the jump (more…)

As America’s roads come to a standstill over the next few hours, Thanksgiving has proven itself recession proof as families do whatever is necessary to get together for this special occassion.

Let’s spare a moments thought for those in uniform who will not be spending Thanksgiving with their loved ones. They must find other ways of being with the family for Thanksgiving.  Like Skype! This picture says it all. Courtesy of Boston.Com

Rep Alan Grayson of Florida - refreshingly honest

Watching the evening news tonight, it has become clear to me that no-one, not me, not the political pundits, nor the senators themselves, knows what if any, health care legislation gets to be passed by the Senate.

Will it include a public option or won’t it? Will it produce cost savings? Will it curb insurance company abuses? Will it extend insurance to millions of the uninsured? Will there be a state opt out?

Well, since four Democratic Senators, ( Blanche Lincoln, (D-AR) Max Baucus,(D-MN) Ben Nelson (D-NE), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA)) have gone on record as stating that they will not support the public option in its current form, aswell as one former Democrat, (Joe Leiberman I-CT) stating that he would not support a public option in any form; political lines in the sand have been firmly staked out on both sides of the debate. (more…)

Stephen Fry contemplates Twittercide

For those of us who know who Stephen Fry is, know that he is an incredible talent, be it for his brilliant humor, (BlackAdder, Jeeves and Wooster, A bit of Fry and Laurie) his stunning command of the English language (he studied English at Cambridge University together with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson) and his ability to master and amass a huge fan base using the latest communication craze -Twitter.

Throughout his life he has suffered with serious bouts of depression, self doubt, come to terms with being gay ( very much the underlying theme in the movie Peter’s Friends) and yet for a giant of a man ( 6ft 4 ) is such a gentle soul that he has a hard time dealing with, or rather coping with, his legion of Twitter fans, all one million + of them. (more…)