North Korea unleashes a massive artillery barrage on South Korean island.

Early reports state that 2 South Korean Marines are dead, 3 civilians are injured, and dozens of homes are still in flames after last night's attack.

The assault came only 8 months after North Korea torpedoed a South Korean destroyer in an unprovoked attack, sinking the vessel and killing 46 sailors.

South Korea is bristling to respond to this blatant violation of the 58-year-old ceasefire, but for the moment they appear to be exercising restraint.

Experts believe that North Korea is 'flexing its muscles,' putting on a show for the rest of the world to strengthen its negotiating position.

iBear believes that unprovoked acts of war are not a legitimate bargaining chip. This was your second strike, North Korea. One more attack and you're out...which in this case should mean an all-out airstrike on hundreds of military targets in the North. Artillery emplacements, army posts, command centers, and weapons plants--including the nuclear-enrichment facilities that the North recently 'unveiled' in another case of blatant provocation.

If you're not going to respect the ceasefire, then you aren't going to be protected by it. The United Nations have unilaterally comdemned this attack, and quite frankly you're starting to piss us off. Now then...are you sure you want to go to war with the rest of the world?

Date set for Pat-Down Protest Day!

Shuffle your travel plans so that you don't fly on January 20th. John Pistole is now on record saying that the full-body scanners and "gate rape" pat-downs aren't going anywhere.

Newsflash for you, John. You work for us, not the other way around.

iBear is calling on all his readers to not only protest the airlines on January 20th, but to write their congressional representatives in a call for John Pistole's removal.

Last night was Election Night.

The Republicans took back control of the House in a landslide, while the Democrats managed to retain control of the Senate. The major story here is the shift in Independent voters toward the Republicans due to widespread disaffection with the Democrats' political maneuvering as a majority, coupled with the overall lack of turnout from younger voters.

Here in Florida's Senate race, Tea Party candidate Marco Rubio managed an avalanche victory over Independent (and current Governor) Charlie Crist and Democrat (and laughing-stock) Kendrick Meek.

But we do not yet know who our next Governor will be. Moderate Democrat Alex Sink is just a fraction behind mud-slinging Republican newcomer Rick Scott. Hopefully today we will find out which of these two will be our next Governor.

Jon Stewart's Moment of Sincerity at yesterday's Rally to Restore Sanity.

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Rally to Restore Sanity was AWESOME!

Attended the Satellite Rally here in Tampa, and it was fun!

The Rally itself (fully televised) was amazing. The perfect blend of music, fun, comedy, and just a slight touch of sincerity during Jon's monologue at the end. Here's hoping the call for Sanity and Reason catches some attention.

Get out and vote, people!

President Obama appeared on the Daily Show last night.

Jon pulled some punches, but did not refrain from throwing them. The President defended the Health Care Bill as laying a framework for future policy, arguing that it was not "timid" but instead ground-breaking, and that it accomplished "90%" of what he wanted.

He directly expressed dissatisfaction with the very thing that dissatisfied so many of us: the Obama Administration made broad promises to revamp and restructure a corrupt and often completely non-functional system, but then relied on the manipulations of that system to accomplish its goals so far. President Obama said that this was a necessity: certain actions had to be taken quickly, and therefore they made use of the existing system despite its myriad pitfalls. He also revealed a minor glimpse of his agenda for the next two years: energy reform, immigration reform, and a priority on rebuilding the workforce.

All in all, he seemed relaxed and handled the encounter with a loose cannon--Jon Stewart is one of the most unpredicatable yet effective interviewers in the media, and his popularity among the young voters makes him a politically powerful pundit (Try saying that 3 times fast!)--fairly well. He said all the right things. But Mr. President, we have heard you say all the right things before. Talk is cheap, and to be perfectly honest "Talk" values have reached an all-time low during this election season. Let's see more results, and less complaining about how filibusters turn "Yes We Can!" into "But It's Hard!"

Gay couples in Florida can adopt!

Today the state opted not to appeal an earlier ruling, and so gay couples in Florida now have the legal right to adopt children.

Excellent to see a ridiculous and prejudicial law overturned:)