Open Thread: FY, WordPress-Attackers? (Balloon-juice.com)

According to Adrian Chen at Gawker, on "Today's Wave of Cyber-Attacks": The popular blogging platform WordPress was definitely attacked with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, and it was sporadically down for the good part of Thursday morning. This is why you weren't able to access your favorite local organic cooking blog. WordPress [...]
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TOM DELAY MIKE MURPHY MARC THIESSEN R. EMMETT TYRRELL

Eric Holder's People

James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
"This Department of Justice does not enforce the law in a race-conscious way," declared Attorney General Eric Holder in a House oversight hearing yesterday. But Politico reports on an exchange during the hearing that suggests otherwise. Rep. John Culberson, a Texas Republican, was questioning Holder about the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case, which the department dismissed after Holder took over:

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/03/eric_holder039s_people_251387.html

BILL O’REILLY THOMAS SOWELL LINDSEY GRAHAM JACK KEANE

Sen. Daniel Akaka Of Hawaii Won't Seek Re-Election

The 86-year-old said he'll finish his term and step down after 22 years in the Senate. Democrats hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, including two independents who side with them. But they must defend 21 of the 33 seats on the ballot next year, and face a struggle to retain control.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/02/134213361/sen-daniel-akaka-of-hawaii-wont-seek-re-election?ft=1&f=1014

Julián Castro Nathan Daschle Jennifer O\'Malley Dillon Sean Duffy

Obama Says Gadhafi 'Must Leave' Power In Libya

President Obama says that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi must bow to the will of anti-government forces in his country and end his rule. The president also promised U.S. help in coping with refugees fleeing the violence in Libya.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/03/134235498/gadhafi-must-leave-power-in-libya-obama-says?ft=1&f=1003

LINDSEY GRAHAM JACK KEANE MARCO RUBIO Michelle Bachmann

Looking At What The Eyes See

We move our eyes three times a second, over 100,000 times each day. Why isn't life blurrier? Reporting in Nature Neuroscience, psychologist Martin Rolfs and colleagues found that our mind seems to prepare for our eye movements before they occur, helping us keep track of objects in the visual field.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134059275/looking-at-what-the-eyes-see?ft=1&f=1007

George P. Bush Julián Castro Nathan Daschle Jennifer O\'Malley Dillon