I.E., She's his wife.

According to the BBC, Tom Delay paid his wife and daughter $500,000 for campaign assistance.

""Mrs DeLay provides big picture, long-term strategic guidance and helps with personnel decisions," Mr DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority committee (Armpac) said in a statement."

Thanks to John for the link.

La Vida Robot

Wired 13.04: La Vida Robot: "How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship."

An article from Wired that sort of explains why I think everyone should have access to higher education and not just the elites.

That's not much of an issue for most Americans, I think. But to those still appreciative of the benefits of class, it might be.

Tom "Cash and Carry" Delay

Josh Marshall: "When Democrats go corrupt, they betray their principles. And certainly it's happened enough times. With someone like DeLay, there are no principles to betray. It's just money and power from the git-go. And really that means just power. A cash-and-carry operation."

The iCopulate

Perfect for the iPod family in your life:

Features of the iCopulate™ include:

  • Works with any second generation iPod® or later with a dock connector
    (will not work with the iPod Shuffle®)
  • Transfer audio tracks and files directly, faster than real time
  • Includes one 1.62 volt watch battery for up to 8 months of sustained iCopulation™
  • Support for single track and album transfer, entire playlist transfer, or transfer of all songs and files on the device
  • Unique, ribbed, Latex sleeve surrounding embedded electronics for enhanced iPod® safety and increased user comfort
  • Includes one 8oz tube of non-toxic strawberry scented iLube™

¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Cesar!

Today is Cesar Chavez's Birthday. "On August 8, 1994, at a White House ceremony, Helen Chavez, Cesar's widow, accepted the Medal of Freedom for her late husband from President Clinton. In the citation accompanying America's highest civilian honor which was awarded posthumously, the President lauded Chavez for having 'faced formidable, often violent opposition with dignity and nonviolence."