| I've caused a stir
If you ladle it out, you've got to take it, as the old saying goes. My post yesterday has provoked 52 MPs (and counting) to sign the following Early Day Motion tabled by Peter Kilfoyle: "THE REPORTING OF MR NICK ROBINSON That this House deplores the innuendo of the blog of Nick Robinson, the BBC's lobby correspondent; calls upon him to substantiate the imputations he makes in his blog concerning the Speaker and hon. Members; and also calls upon the BBC to publish a full, itemised account of the expenses of Mr Robinson, in the name of transparency and accountability of public funds." Mr Kilfoyle posted his comments below yesterday's blog in which he describes as "outrageous" the suggestion that some MPs are too afraid to condemn the Speaker because he'd abuse his position in the chair to punish those that did.
Gadgets for cars star at convention
Other companies are displaying steering wheels with imbedded LCD displays that give navigation information while allowing the driver to keep one eye on the road and license-plate cameras that display video on the rear-view mirror. To emphasize the automobile's new role as an electronics center, General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is scheduled to give a keynote speech today. The role traditionally is reserved for the Samsungs, Microsofts and Sonys of the world. .
Pounded for memory enhancements
Baseball players take performance-enhancing substances. Okay, not all baseball players do. As of this moment – not wishing to have my buns sued off – Roger Clemens never has. Some bicycle racers do, too. And Olympic athletes, some of them. And it's all okay with me. I'm even thinking of taking a performance-enhancing substance myself. But here's where the situation gets tricky. Because I'm not sure it's okay with me. This has nothing to do with ethics, though. It has to do with getting caught and getting kicked out of the newspaper game. I'm thinking of taking Remember-fX. It's made by the outfit that makes Cold-fX. What Cold-fX does for colds, Remember-fX does for remembering. Why wouldn't it? It's made of the same stuff.
Scots cycling champion killed while out training
One of Scotland's leading road cyclists and triple British champion has been killed in a traffic accident after being knocked from his bike while out training. Jason MacIntyre's death came less than a day after the 34-year-old - who was being considered for the British Olympic squad - learned he had been given funding to train for the 2010 Commonwealth Games as a potential medalist, robbing the sport of one of its brightest hopes. MacIntyre was hit by a north-bound Highland Council Transit van yesterday while cycling south on the A82 near Spean Bridge, nine miles north of his Fort William home. .
On Movies: Austin fete braces for the Philadelphians
Yo, it's a Phillywood moment. In a couple of weeks, indie filmmakers from Philadelphia will be out in force - and out and about in Austin, Texas - at the 15th annual South by Southwest Film Festival. Running March 7 through 15 in front of the storied SXSW Music Festival, this year's screen program boasts hundreds of features and shorts, and more than a few prominent entries from the buzzing Philly scene. Anyone who has ambled around South Street, down the streets of Queen Village and the back alleys of Bella Vista, knows the work of Isaiah Zagar: His mosaics - mirror shards, broken china, clay figurines, wine bottles, tiles and bicycle wheels - adorn the exteriors of scores of houses and businesses, and his studio, on the 1000 block of South, has become a tourist destination. Jeremiah Zagar, Isaiah's son, has made a deeply personal documentary, In a Dream, about his father, his father's art, and his father's marriage to Julia Zagar.
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