Birmingham Blues

I posted on Friday that losing candidate Gaynell Hendricks’ mother-in-law has filed a challenge to the runoff results in Alabama House District 54. Today, there are more details available, and they constitute a nasty attack on Patricia Todd, who won the runoff by 59 votes.
In the election challenge, [Mattie] Childress claimed that the release of [...]

…to Pam’s House Blend! Pam is one of the best in the blogosphere, and she’s been an inspiration for me. Head over and give her your best wishes.

It’s a slow Monday around here. Kids and Husband are out of town, and the dogs are camera shy today. We’re keeping 26-Year-Old Daughter’s sweet Dalmatian mix, Meg. She and Prissy are the same age and have been best buds since they were tiny. She loves our big dogs too.
So — [...]

Israel has resumed air strikes after a short lull today, and Hezbollah continues rocket attacks and fighting on the ground. Israel had agreed to a 48-hour break in bombing while it investigated the civilian deaths in Qana, but apparently not everyone is on the same page.
I cofess I don’t understand Hezbollah’s motivation for forcing [...]

Sleepy babies.

The headline on the news flash cracks me up; it says a “voter” is contesting the results, as if some random person had stepped forward to file the papers. Instead, it’s the losing candidate’s mother-in-law. The Alabama Democratic Party plans to certify the vote totals today, and a hearing will be held on the contest [...]

…to Dan at Between the Links, who gets to spend his big day packing and moving.

Taking the high road, for all the good it will do…
I have seen the ads hyping Chris Matthews’ interview with Ann Coulter, and they ask, “Has she finally gone too far this time?” I think a better question would be, “Has NBC management lost all sense of decency?”
Ann Coulter went too far when she [...]

UPDATE: Never mind.
Good. Maybe this will turn down the temperature in the Middle East just a bit.

An Arabic linguist has been discharged from the Army for being gay. Not only is this stupid, but it seems to violate even the stupid “Dont Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, though [...]