"Senator John McCain has voted with President Bush 100% of the time in 2008 and 95% of the time in 2007."
John McSame - Progressive Media USA
"An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans’ mailboxes across the country."
"The Phinney Neighborhood Center's tool lending library is one example of group ownership working to everyone's advantage. This program, still in a growth phase with limited hours, nevertheless shows the possibilities. For reasonable weekly use fees that generally range from $2 to $30 (a few expensive appliances run $80-$115), you can borrow the tool you need for your job, and then return it (with no need to clear another storage space in your home!). Available tools include basics like extension cords and wrenches, yard tools like lawn mowers and pruning shears, and even advanced equipment like a pressure washer, cement mixer or table saw."
WorldChanging Seattle: Own the service, ditch the stuff!
"To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing." — Helms responding in 1956 to criticism that a fictional black character in his newspaper column was offensive.
The Associated Press: Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics
"During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head."
Media Matters - Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters
"From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant."
An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace - NYTimes.com
"Scientists say the ice at the North Pole is on course to fully melt during this summer. It’d be the first time in human history that a boat could reach the North Pole. It’s a worrying sign of global warming, but also makes Arctic drilling for oil and gas all that more likely."
No Ice At The North Pole - Featured on BuzzFeed
"A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings."
Bikini ban may be lifted -- chicagotribune.com

Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki appears to contain a fans hand as he reaches for the ball hit by Florida Marlins' Matt Treanor during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Seattle, Monday, June 16, 2008. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
ESPN - Marlins vs. Mariners - Photos - June 16, 2008
"As if implicating her as one half of a "terrorist fist jab" wasn't enough, Fox News has gone on to label Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama."
Fox News Calls Michelle "Obama's Baby Mama" - Media on The Huffington Post
"At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator."
TheHill.com - New Gang of 14 won’t back McCain