This is too much. Sarah Palin gave a policy speech today in which she claimed that she wanted more support for children with disabilities, more tools to test for disorders, and while also decrying the expense of scientific research.

McCain urges his supporters to be respectful of Obama McCain-Palin supporters increasing their attacks on Obama during rallies Some supporters have yelled out "treason," "kill him" and "terrorist"

Someone "sprayed an irritant into the mosque". The 300 or so inside were celebrating the last 10 days of Ramadan with dinner and a prayer session.Wiley said an adult and juvenile were taken to area hospitals and others had their eyes or faces washed.

A chemical was sprayed into a room where babies and children were being kept while mothers were at prayer in the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton Mosque on Friday. An anti-Muslim DVD being distributed may have been the instigation for the attack.

As the US election campaign kicks into overdrive, Canadian politicians and oil executives are stepping up lobbying efforts to make sure whoever controls the White House keeps purchasing notoriously dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands.

The blog Rum, Romanism and Rebellion pulls out a 1986 Tucson Citizen article recounting a joke about rape told by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Speaking to the National League of Cities and Towns in Washington, DC, McCain allegedly said:

A Democratic Governor had to make the practice ilegal because the fundamentalist mayor of the small Alaskan town of Wasilla had constructed this roadblock to justice for rape victims--a practice that is done almost nowhere. This is one scary pit bull.

Rape survivors in Wasilla, Alaska were billed for forensic medical examinations when Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was mayor of the town, USA Today reports. According to USA Today, when state lawmakers in 2000 learned that

This shows an incredible lack of sympathy for the victims of a terrible crime.

"Throughout his campaign he emphasized that he would "end the war" in his stump speeches...as the campaign developed and the details of Obama's plan to "end" the war became clear, peace voters realized Obama was not a peace candidate."