A Marine Corps scout sniper team is under scrutiny after posing for a picture with a flag that appears to include a Nazi SS symbol. The photo, taken in September 2010 in Afghanistan, was published in May 2011 on the Knight’s Armament Blog.

The Conservative Political Action Conference is like the 4th of July, Mardi Gras, and Festivus all rolled up in one for conservatives, and it draws a galaxy of right-leaning stars. Despite a late arrival, I managed to wander across one of the biggest of them all: former Love Connection and Scrabble host Chuck Woolery. Turns out, he’s here to Reset Congress, and he’s no fan of President Obama.

Cryptozoology translates, loosely, into the “study of hidden animals.” Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra — these are the big ones. But what about the minor cryptids? The ones that are the subject of obscure folklore? The Gnome of Gerona or Ohio’s Grassman.

Wondering how you can follow along with today’s CPAC discussions? Fret not; we’ve got you covered with livestream footage of this year’s Conservative Political Action Coverage.

For well over a year, many have feverishly raced to the defense of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, accused of 22 criminal charges — including aiding the enemy — for leaking hundreds of thousands of pages of classified documents (and video) to Wikileaks. Late last month, for the first time, we finally heard his side of the story during an evidentiary hearing to determine whether he should be court-martialed. Many of his supporters, often at the courthouse daily clad in t-shirts emblazoned with his picture, must have been disappointed that Manning’s own lawyer hardly portrayed him as the grand patriot those defenders have depicted.

A lot of dating advice tends to be pretty bad. But this column on “How to Date a Wall Street Man” just took it a step further. The CNBC article is, as Daily Intel puts it, “not a parody.” But oh, how we wish it were.

Three sisters in India — 23-year-old Savita, 18-year old Monisha, 18, and 16-year-old Savitri — are struggling with hypertrichosis universalis, a condition that results in excessive hair growth all over the body, including the face. A documentary filmmaker is planning to film the sisters, and they hope the attention will help them raise enough money for a laser surgery procedure that will help them get ride of their excess hair.

Tonight at the Chicago Bulls-New Orleans Hornets game, Will Ferrell had the pleasure of announcing the starting lineups for both teams prior to the start of the game. As you would imagine, he didn’t hold back, tipping us all off to some little-known “facts” about each player.

Conservative Project Veritas auteur James O’Keefe, last seen upsetting deceased veterans’ widows, has published a new undercover “investigation” that he claims shows “the ease in which individuals may register to vote for themselves or others without identification requirements of any kind” in Minnesota. Progressive blogger Brad Friedman explains why, even if true, it hardly matters. Mediaite explains that it isn’t even true.

Vice President Joe Biden has been part of the Executive Branch of the United States for nearly four years, but astoundingly, he remains an enigma to much of the state of South Carolina, according to a survey by researchers at Winthrop University.

So… I’m going to go ahead and let this video speak for itself, for the most part, but here’s a little bit of context to get you started: This video was created by a stand-up comedian named Dave Ackerman, and the school he’s visiting is Brigham Young University.

Last night was a huge night for Rick Santorum with caucus wins in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado. Many were fairly shocked by the strong showing for the GOP candidate (some quite amusingly so). However, there’s one guy who isn’t showing any surprise whatsoever. That guy, of course, is Rush Limbaugh. Not only is he not surprised, he spent time on his show to knock those in the Republican establishment who were unprepared and didn’t see the Santorum coming.

Joe Hildebrand, a columnist for Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corp. in Australia, has come under fire for a series of tweets that mock the mentally handicapped, the “retarded,” the Irish, and blondes. It all started with a tweet about airport personnel, but Hildebrand’s reaction to criticism of his remark escalated into a full-on “politically incorrect” display of shamelessness that had one colleague calling him “a disgrace.”

On Sunday’s Meet the Press New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that “we need to stop demonizing Wall Street and all work together for the good of the country.” At least he got one part right. Because if Wall Street has been demonized, it’s safe to say the Pope’s favorite number is 666. There’s been a lot of talk in President Obama‘s administration, but very little action when it comes to Wall Street and their antics, which were partly responsible for the home foreclosure crisis and completely responsible for the risky investments that led to billion dollar bailouts shortly thereafter. It’s past time for President Obama to get aggressive.

Well, this is awkward. As you may recall, Apple was left with a bit of an uncomfortable PR situation late last year, after folks discovered that the iPhone’s friendly electronic helper, Siri, ‘refused’ to direct users to abortion clinics. As it turned out, no, there was not an anti-choice agenda behind Siri’s attitude — just crummy beta technology glitchiness.

As we all know, there is a horrible scourge affecting our nation. I speak, of course, about scientists. They’re constantly trying to warp our precious American values with their “facts” and “consensus” and “peer reviewed scientific method.” Basically, you’re either with America or you’re with the scientists. Surprise, surprise. Guess who President Obama’s with? He answered that question decisively by hosting some kind of “Science Fair” and joining one of the little terrorists in attacking his own White House with a deadly marshmallow gun!

One of the beauties of the transfer of power from major media operations to individuals, bloggers and tweeters is that they — we — can all serve as a sort of fact-checking peanut gallery. So it’s hard to imagine that, in this day and age, the mainstream media could repeatedly misstate the holding of one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions without being roundly excoriated. Not a matter of opinion or a partisan viewpoint, but, simply parroting a mistake or lie about the holding in that crucial ruling.

Sweater vest fever is sweeping across the Midwest! Rick Santorum has picked up 2 out of 3 states on Tuesday night. CNN has projected Rick Santorum has won Missouri and the winner in Minnesota as well. Colorado, at the moment, is still undecided.

The New York Times is reporting that the District Attorney will not pursue rape charges against Fox anchorman and NYPD commissioner’s son Greg Kelly.

Today on his radio show, Glenn Beck jumped into the scandal surrounding a tweet sent out by CNN’s Roland Martin during the Super Bowl. GLAAD is calling for Martin’s firing for what they perceived as an anti-gay attack in the tweet. Beck explained that Martin should be fired, but not for what he wrote. Rather, because he’s a “dope” and an “idiot.”

We should have expected that not everyone would be a fan of President Barack Obama‘s fashiony fundraiser, Runway to Win. On Tuesday, the Republican National Convention released a video characterizing the fashion show and resulting product line, organized by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, as an elitist spectacle that recession-stricken Americans can’t afford to participate in.

President Obama has decided to give his blessing to Priorities USA, an “unaffiliated” Super PAC that will raise money on his behalf. Unaffiliated in the legal sense — the president will not correspond with the group as required by law. But obviously by giving his public blessing Priorities USA will be far more likely to raise funds from big money Democratic donors. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with this. It’s legal and GOP candidates are already using Super PACs to their full advantage. But there is something very wrong with this. Let President Obama tell you in his own words circa the State of the Union in January 2010

Karen Handel — a controversial figure throughout the debate on Susan G. Komen’s decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screening services — has offered her resignation today.

The influence of independent expenditure groups like PACs and SuperPACs has become a major factor in this year’s presidential election. Consequently, the news that President Obama has decided to encourage donations to the Priorities USA Action SuperPAC is dominating political news today, with handwringing on the left and the right about the President’s prior vocal opposition to outside groups. Philosophically, he’s just taking a page from Ronald Reagan‘s book.

Is Mitt Romney running out the clock on the Republican nomination? According to Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker, Republican frontrunner has stopped taking questions from voters on the campaign trail. In fact, he hasn’t answered a question from a voter in three weeks.