Thursday Morning Links: News and stuff

Good frozen morning to ya!. I looked out the window and Frosty the Snowman was begging to come in and warm up.  And it looks like we have another cold snap coming by the first of next week.  Joy.  Today’s weather (in the Jackson area) will be partly sunny with a high of 49.

You’d think it was nearly winter or something.

A little Free-For-All action can be found here.  That sounded dirty, but really wasn’t. Click on the link and discuss the news of the day.

Of course, most State fans are shivering, too right now — but it has more to do with fear that Dan Mullen will go to Gatornation not just the Gator Bowl.  Urban (not Oscar) Meyer decided to retire to “spend more time with his family) at the age of 46.  I’m 42 and as much as I love my family, would NEVER retire to spend 24/7 with them.  So methinks something else is up.  So will Dan the Man go back to his old coaching home?  Looks like State Fan has something else to ask this guy for. Mullen says he’s “happy at MSU.”

Unhappy Democrats get coal for Christmas from President.  In other news, they say tax cut compromise likely to pass. The White House is stepping up their rhetoric in support of the Bill, saying that failure to pass it would lead to a double-dip recession in 2011.  And puppies and kittens would be the first to die as well.

What if you switched parties when Urban Meyer resigns and everyone is covering Dan Mullen, would anyone know you switched? Ask newly Republican PSC Commissioner Lynn Posey. Didn’t know he switched from being a Democrat to a Repub? You’re not alone.

WikiLeaks supporters throw a Wikitantrum and cyber-attack Mastercard and other websites.  And they are attacking Sarah Palin’s personal credit card information because she criticized their founder on her Facebook site. Guess free speech doesn’t cut both ways. Oops. That will get my blog attacked for me saying that.

How much training should an airline pilot get? If I’m on the plane, a lot.

Even just one cigarette is bad. And so is the exposure to its smoke.  That’s the latest finding from the Surgeon General. “Tobacco smoke damages almost every organ in your body,” says Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. In someone with underlying heart disease, she says, “One cigarette can cause a heart attack.”

And the sun comes up in the East, too: Older men want more sex.