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If you haven't noticed yet, Jim Capozzola of the beloved Rittenhouse Review is all things Santorum residential hijinx. Original scoop is here, update here.

I admit that I'm biased, as Tom , er, Jack, was my campaign field director, but he waxes absolutely poetic on a very difficult subject - executions in Falluja.

Every the science geek after my own heart, Natasha of Pacific Views brings us the latest lowdown on evolution. Yes, it's still the best explanation for the world as we know it, but not surprisingly, 45% of American's think dinosaur skeletons are some liberal conspiracy to undermine "God".

I was going to write today about inflationary pressures as indicated by this morning's release of PPI figures for October, but ended up painting our dining room. Fortunately, Kash at Angry Bear is on the job.

Charles Kuffner gives us a heads-up regarding House Republican scheming over whether to change House rules to allow Majority Leader Tom Delay to retain his leadership position should he be indicted by his local prosecutor. The WaPo has an update on what came of that scheming.

One of my role models is contemplating post-election life sans blog, and I know I'm joined by most of the blogosphere in saying our world will have more than a little less soul. Send Jeanne off with many kind thoughts and coax her to make her hiatus short, for all of our sakes.