It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

First, the really great news of the day you won't be hearing on any mainstream media channel. From blogger extraordinaire, Proof. The end may be nigh for We-Lost-The-War-In-Iraq Jack Murtha. As Proof so eloquently puts it,

"Hmm! Tough choice for all the bitter, clinging voters in Pennsylvania!"

Sweet! Quoted from Michelle Malkin,

The 18-term congressman's challenger, staunch conservative Republican newcomer William Russell, raised nearly $670,000 in the second fundraising quarter. Earmark king Murtha scraped together a measly $119,000. Russell's underdog campaign bested Murtha without the perks of incumbency, national name recognition, big PAC donations or mainstream media support.Even more amazing: The 45-year-old Russell, a Desert Storm veteran, former Army lieutenant colonel and Army reservist who survived the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, was not even publicly campaigning during the quarter. He is on active duty with the Army until after Aug. 1 and is barred from actively campaigning until then.

Now for the bad news coming from across the pond. While Lionheart's commentary at times can be on the religious side and we all know how uncomfortable that makes us, Brittish blogger friend and 21st centurty templar knight, who we all should know, do not deserve the treatment they've recieved from history is going "off line" while he awaits conviction by Britain's PC police for hateful writing on his blog. Funny how Britain has all this time to go after bloggers and arrest a father trying to protect his home. Coming to a country near you folks. This is NOT good news.

All the news that's fit not to print

If you rely on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN or the New York Times, just to name a few, you would not have realized that yes, We're winning in Iraq or Saddam Hussein had 550 metric tons of yellowcake in his possession or that the Democrat controlled Congress has an approval rating of 9%, a single digit, for the first time in history and a 52% disapproval rating.

You're shocked you haven't heard this in any main stream media, I know.

Priceless

From Autocar in the UK.

For a traffic patrol officer from North Berwick in England, it was just another routine shift of checking vehicle speeds on the local highway. But when he pointed the hand-held radar device at the approaching vehicles, he was surprised when the machine registered a speed of over 300mph.Following this, the radar gun stopped working and the officer was unable to reset it. Then, from over the horizon, came a deafening roar. Turns out the cop had locked onto a NATO Tornado fighter jet that was conducting low-flying exercises over the North Sea.Back at police HQ the officer in question reported the incident to the chief constable who duly sent off an animated complaint to the British Royal Air Force’s liaison office.The RAF’s concise response is as follows: “Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on the incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado had automatically locked on to your ‘hostile radar equipment’ and sent a jamming signal back to it.”“Furthermore, the Sidewinder air-to-ground missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also locked on to the target. Fortunately the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado responded to the missile status alert intelligently and was able to override the automatic protection system before the missile was launched.”