Twenty-three-year-old Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab will get his day in court tomorrow when he is arraigned for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to destroy a Detroit-bound airplane with a homemade bomb sewn into his underwear as it prepared to land on Christmas Day.

His six-count federal indictment could bring him a life-plus prison sentence.

Some are already saying Abdulmutallab’s religion, Islam, is the reason he allegedly decided to become a mass-murderer.

Luckily, God in His Sovereignty didn’t allow the misguided Abdulmutallab to take human life.  Read more... (175 words, 2 images, estimated 42 secs reading time)

From the Associated Press:

NEW YORK — These are boom times for conservative authors.

Michelle Malkin’s "Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies" spent weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times nonfiction list. Sales have been strong for Dick Morris’ anti-Obama "Catastrophe" and the reissue of "The Five Thousand Year Leap," by W. Cleon Skousen.

And Sarah Palin may top them all.  Read more... (235 words, 2 images, estimated 56 secs reading time)

During her confirmation hearing, Judge Sonia Sotomayor didn’t do much in my opinion. I think that frustrated the senators at her confirmation. All she said repeatedly was that she regretted her comment that a Latina lady would’ve made a quicker decision than a white male justice. Because of that comment,to protect her slip of the tongue she just would say she wasn’t aware of certain state-laws that were proposed to her as examples to rule on by senators.

From Reuters:  Read more... (162 words, 2 images, estimated 39 secs reading time)

As the White House pushes for a new healthcare plan U.S., lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are under increased pressure—to actually read the bill. With the economic bailout bill, many in Congress signed off without actually reading the document, which some have said they now regret. The bill which pushes 1000 pages aims to revamp the U.S.’s existing system.

From Eonline:

Actress/comedian Wanda Sykes, roasted President Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner recently.

Sykes, who stars in The New Adventures of Old Christine, poked fun at everything from the president’s shirtless photos  to the Obamas giving the Queen an iPod.

She also took hits at first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

However, the night’s biggest quip was at Limbaugh’s expense. In January, the conservative political commentator said he hoped "Obama fails," which Sykes called "treason."  Read more... (108 words, 2 images, estimated 26 secs reading time)

(Christian Post) On Apr. 29 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” which places “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” “real or perceived,” alongside of “race,” “national origin,” “gender,” and “disability” as benign conditions for which society should provide special protections in federal law. Those who oppose homosexual practice are, by analogy, implicitly identified in law as discriminatory bigots, akin to racists and misogynists.

–Maurice Williams, the Underground staff writer

(AP) Police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of Rubina Ali, a child star of the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”, tried to sell his daughter for 200,000 pounds ($290,000).

–Maurice Williams, the Underground staff writer