This is just bizarre – air travel (and other things) could be affected for weeks, or months:

Smoke and steam hangs over the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland, Wednesday April 14, 2010, which has erupted for the second time in less than a month, melting ice, shooting smoke and steam into the air and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. Volcanic ash drifting across the Atlantic forced the cancellation of flights in Britain and disrupted air traffic across northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers. Flights in and out of London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, were halted, and the shutdowns and cancellations spread to France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland. The volcano’s smoke and ash poses a threat to aircraft because it can affect visibility, and microscopic debris can get sucked into airplane engines and can cause them to shut down.

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Anything but the truth:

Left: Michelle Malkin suggests that teabaggers carry this sign to identify infiltrators.

Right: We suggest that infiltrators wear this tee next to teabaggers.

How to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator [Malkin]

Bonus Link: Fox News yanks Sean Hannity from Cincinnati Tea Party rally he was set to star in [LAT]

Here’s a cool drink of water for the gheyz and girls who are sick of pneumatic Stormy.

/fanning self

Stormy stands down:

I am not running for the US Senate because I am an adult entertainment star. I am not running for the US Senate for the same reason that so many dedicated patriots do not run — I can’t afford it. On this day in particualar, we should all take time to reflect on the loss to our country that comes from the sad fact that those who may truly desire to contribute to our society are barred by those who only seek to unjustly profit off it.

But she’s not giving up:

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“A dead man was elected mayor of a small Tennessee town eager to oust a woman who’d been appointed to the job after the previous mayor died, local media reports… ‘I knew he was deceased. I know that sounds stupid, but we wanted someone other than her.'” [Raw Story]

Ana Marie Cox is taking pictures and tweeting from the DC Tax Day teabagger protest: “I just saw a black person! He says he’s here just [to] observe. ‘I do not support this.'”

Ana Marie Cox [Twitter]