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Several years ago, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle said that she would have voted against emergency legislation designed to bring financial assistance to victims of the disaster.Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston points to comments made by Angle in 2005 on the matter when she was mounting a bid for U.S. Congress.More...

Sharron Angle In 2005: I Would Have Voted 'No' On Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds (AUDIO)

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An eclectic variety of teats dominated the mediasphere today. Deficit commission co-chair Alan Simpson -- who took a break from heckling the Muppets with Statler and Waldorf to label Social Security a "milk cow with 310 million tits" -- garnered more negative press. GOP lawmakers continue to suckle from the bosom of health care reform, despite calling for its repeal. And Wall Street bankers are still nourishing their own kind by sneakily awarding bonuses before W's tax cuts for the wealthy expire. We'll see you tomorrow, when the Alaska's Division of Elections will have let us know whether we can implement our terrible nickname idea: Lisa MurKStreet (ehhhh?). This is HUFFPOST HILL for Tuesday, August 31st, 2010:SUPPLEMENTAL VOTE COUNTING UNDERWAY IN GOP ALASKA SENATE CONTEST - Of the first 2,400 votes accounted for in Lisa Murkowski-friendly Anchorage, the incumbent received a healthy 57 percent of the vote. Murkowski also won three districts she originally lost on primary day while Joe Miller underperformed in Mat-Su. Tallying will continue until 6:00 pm local time (10:00 pm Eastern) at which point roughly 14,000 votes are expected to be sorted through. While the counting won't be entirely finished tonight, we should have a better idea by the end of the day whether Murkowski or Joe Miller will be the Republican nominee. At the time of publication, Miller lead by 1,294 votes. A plaid, fleece-lined hunter's hat tip to @alexgutierrez at Alaska Public Radio for being our eyes and ears and generally helping us make sense of the tabulation. http://bit.ly/aZlSvnMore...

HUFFPOST HILL - AUGUST 31ST, 2010

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Ninety years ago this month, the Yankees faced the Indians in a game at the Polo Grounds in New York. The 1920 Indians were charging for their first pennant, and the Yanks were not far behind. Pitching for the New Yorkers was their dangerous submariner Carl Mays. The right-hander would scrap his knuckles on the mound as he delivered his offering, a pitch that seemed to rise up into the batter and drive him off the plate. That day, the pitch drove into Ray Chapman, the Indians' scrappy shortstop and team leader. Both Mays and Chapman were from rural Kentucky, but the pitcher was despised by his teammates, while Chapman was a team and fan favorite.Mays' pitch hit Chapman squarely in the temple. In the days before helmets, this was certain to cause grievous injury. Chapman fell backward, then walked out towards second base in a daze, where he collapsed. He never regained consciousness and died the next morning, the only fatality ever at the Major League level.More...

Beanball Anniversary

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For V magazine's upcoming issue, stylist to and best friend of Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, handpicked 15 of his favorite Gaga mode moments. "A Year In The Life" shows what Gaga has worn as she took over the world between July 2009 and June 2010. Take a look (all text from V and Formichetti) and tell us which pic is your favorite.More...

Stylist Nicola Formichetti's Favorite Pictures Of Lady Gaga (PHOTOS, POLL)

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Germany's First Lady Bettina Wulff and her husband Christian visited Saxony on Wednesday, stopping by the Palucca Dance School and the daycare center "Freinet-Kinderhaus Friedewald." Bettina wore a gray suit with a longer jacket for the occasion and loafers, which seem to be fall's fastest-growing footwear trend. She accessorized with a gold brooch. Take a look:More...

Bettina Wulff Watches Ballet In Gray (PHOTOS)

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Now that the dust has settled from Glenn Beck's weekend revival at the Lincoln Memorial, two messages need to be delivered loud and clear.First:  the United States of America has never been a Christian nation, but there are those who would make it so, past and future.More...

Glenn Beck Could Happen Here

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For more than seventy years, the "two-state solution" has been a negotiating point between Israel and the Palestinians.  In negotiation after negotiation, the goal has been continuously restated, and yet seems ever more remote.  With a right-wing coalition in power in Israel and a split between Fatah and Hamas in Palestine, and with both Israeli and Palestinian public opinion deeply pessimistic about any significant peace agreement arising from the talks that begin this week, the likelihood of a real two-state solution seems slim.However, there are some hopeful signs, as pointed out in a recent New York Times article by Ethan Bronner, reporting from the Palestinian Authority city of Ramallah on the West Bank.    In the piece, Bronner describes "increasingly reliable security forces, a more disciplined government and a growing sense among ordinary citizens that they can count on basic services."   He cites economic growth in the West Bank as being up eleven percent over a year ago.More...

A New Path to the Two-State Solution

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I was vacationing in Prince Edward Island, Canada this summer when I came across this article in The Globe and Mail: "The World Would Love to Be Canadian."  The writer, Joe Friesen, cites this startling statistic: "Given the choice, 53 percent of adults in the world's 24 leading economies said they would immigrate to Canada."I'm teetering on the edge of joining them.More...

Is the Grass Greener in Canada?

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There have been a host of Republican candidates for Senate -- chief among them Sharron Angle and Rand Paul -- who have taken heat this election cycle for ducking the press. Connecticut Senate aspirant Linda McMahon is not one of them. The former wrestling executive has not gone out of her way to avoid the media. She has, however, made some fairly interesting decisions about what press questions she will and won't answer.In the past few weeks, McMahon has studiously refused to talk about what she would like to see done to both Social Security and Medicare. The Connecticut Republican has been upfront with her belief that the entitlement programs need reforming. She's argued that they are both going bankrupt and, in the process, bankrupting the country. But when pressed for specific remedies she's insisted that those two topics are not campaign issues.More...

Linda McMahon Says Entitlement Reform 'Not A Campaign Issue' While Attacking Opponent On Entitlement Reform

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We're less than week from Denver Beer Fest (September 10-19th), the city's celebration of all things beer.  Not to be confused with the Great American Brew Fest, which runs concurrently from Sept. 16th-18th, the Denver Beer Fest is a city-wide phenomenon including beer tastings, beer-paired dinners, "meet the brewer" nights, exotic beer tappings, tours, and more (if you can believe it).We've done a bit of research and compiled a list of the best beer and food combo events running throughout the week.  From the Avery IPA Fish Fry to Root Down's celebration of Boulder Beer, the 10 selections below left us slobbering on our keyboards.  Which will you attend?More...

Denver Beer Fest's Most Alluring Food And Beer Pairings (VOTE)