The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via The Washington Post): NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Isaac pounded through southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday with 80 mph winds that sent water gushing over levees in marshy Plaquemines Parish and knocked out power to more than 500,000 homes and ...read more

By Bob Cesca: As I watch the convention coverage and glance across the throng of Republican delegates, I can't help but to think, "Ah yes. This makes sense. The nation's most confused and contradictory Americans have gathered to nominate a liar for president." I know. I know. ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via Yahoo! News): TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — His Republican National Convention curtailed by a threatened hurricane, Mitt Romney conceded Sunday that fresh controversy over rape and abortion is harming his party and he accused Democrats of trying to ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: It really makes me feel old: Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew striking my hometown of Miami, Florida. Andrew was the first big story I covered in the TV news business; I was only 22-years-old at the time. The monster storm -- a Cat 5 -- ...read more