MSNBC Cancelled Jesse Ventura For His Opposition To War In Iraq

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has revealed that he was effectively silenced for three years by MSNBC when the network cancelled his show in 2003 after learning that Ventura opposed the war in Iraq.

Obama facing tough selling job on Afghan policy (AP)

AP - Barack Obama has begun one of the toughest sales jobs of his presidency, privately announcing his sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Afghan strategy to top military and civilian advisers in Washington and Kabul as well as to key allies.

Soufrière Hills (United Kingdom) - Report for 18 November-24 November 2009

MVO reported that during 13-20 November activity from the Soufrière Hills lava dome consisted of ash venting along with semi-continuous rockfalls and pyroclastic flows that were concentrated on the W flank. Ashfall occurred across many areas of the island. Views of the lava dome on 16 November showed that the dome height had decreased because of collapses and that a deep channel had developed NE of Chances Peak. Pyroclastic flows in the Gages Valley (W) continued down Spring Ghaut and Aymer's Ghaut, and spread onto the alluvial fan below St. Georges Hill. On 19 November, heavy ashfall occurred to the NW between Old Towne and Brades. The Hazard Level remained at 3.

Source: Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO)

Who's the real Tiger, the golfer or his wife?

When I heard about the shortest and yet one of the most famous drives of Tiger Woods' life, my first thought was: There were no security people around? From what we've seen and read, Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegen, were the only two adults on his property when the bizarre incident outside his Florida home occurred last Friday. As we all know by now, Woods got into his Cadillac Escalade after 2 a.m. Friday -- one Twittering pundit suggested he was on his way to Old Navy for one of those pre-dawn Black Friday sales -- and the car ran over a fire hydrant and into a tree. "This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me," Woods said in a statement posted on his...