Having broken the story himself, Drudge lay back and, as usual, left it to the mainstream media to report the details via links on his site to Telegraph.co.uk and other news organisations.

Angry internet users have changed an entry on online encyclopaedia Wikipedia to describe the Drudge Report as an “irresponsible and ill-advised ‘news’ website that has seen fit to put the lives of many soldiers at risk by publishing reports of Prince Harry’s deployment in Afghanistan”.

Not one to reveal much about himself or the way he works, Drudge maintained a stony silence about this, one of his most explosive scoops.

Telegraph

I am an avid reader of the Drudge Report, but I found this to be really distasteful on Drudge’s behalf and disrespectful to Prince Harry’s military service. By breaking the news on Harry’s service in Iraq he put the Prince and the lives of everyone in his unit in danger. I’m all for freedom of the press, but with all freedom comes a responsibility and he crossed the line.

The Virginia Senate voted Wednesday to cut off state funding to Planned Parenthood of Virginia because it offers abortions, an action that could endanger hundreds of thousands of dollars in state aid for women’s health-care programs.

The decision, a major setback for the Senate’s new Democratic majority, marks the first time in more than a decade that the Senate has decided against giving state aid to the organization because of its abortion-related activities.

The Washington Post

The interesting thing about this is that the Republicans had tried in the past to cut funding to Planned Parenthood when they were in the Senate majority, but the pro baby murdering Republicans stood in the way of it. Now that they are in the minority every Senate Republican voted for the bill and one Democrat crossed over to tie the vote leaving the tie breaking vote to the Republican Lieutenant Governor.

No tax dollars should go to fund abortions. That is simply immoral and that decision now lies in Tim Kaine’s hands. I don’t think it will be an easy decision for him because while he is a Democrat and was certainly elected with the votes of the pro-murder crowd, Virginia is still a socially conservative state. What’s a governor to do?

I think I’ve found a “consensus” candidate that would kick ass.