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What is MUCK RACK? Following a group of conservative people i know. Looks leftist. Organized opposition?? www.muckrack.com

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was booed at Netroots Nation in San Jose, Calif. — a progressive conference for bloggers and activists — on Saturday after stating that Edward Snowden “did violate the law in terms of releasing those documents.” The California Democrat made the remark during a question-and-answer segment called “Ask the Leader,” in which questions were posed to the former Speaker of the House via Twitter. Pelosi’s comment came after she defended President Obama and the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, stating that the administration had taken steps toward making such proceedings more transparent since Democrats have...

Incredible one handed pistol reload by Adam Sibley Here's a guy who does something similar on the draw, except he catches the rear sight on his belt and pushes down to rack the slide. Looks a little dangerous.

While driving near downtown Minneapolis this morning, I saw what appeared to be a perfectly healthy young woman riding a bicycle in a normal fashion. On the bike were custom made racks constructed of vertical PVC pipe. Stowed in these racks were crutches, These were the type of crutches with arm clasps, not armpit pads; the sad kind of crutches you might associate with a chronic muscle disease or orthopedic problem, not a broken leg. Can anybody think of a an explanation for a crutch rack on a bicycle?

After the bombs in Bali and Kenya, and the attempt to use a missile to shoot down a passenger airliner, there is a growing sense that it is merely a matter of time before America suffers a new attack: one that could be even more destructive than what happened on September 11, 2001. Is there anything which can be done to prevent an impending catastrophe? It seems that there is. Only last week, the Intelligence Committee of the US Congress concluded that, had the FBI and the CIA actually responded effectively and efficiently to the information in their possession, they...