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DAILY CALLER Victoria Jackson, formerly of "Saturday Night Live," says President Obama has a lot in common with Adolf Hitler and she can list them if you want.
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**FILE** In this photo from July 12, 2011, London's Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates gives evidence to a House of Commons Home Affairs Committee regarding recent phone hacking allegations. (Associated Press)
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Former South African president Nelson Mandela (front left), his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (second from right) and other extended family members celebrate Mandela's 93rd birthday in his hometown of Qunu, South Africa, on July 18, 2011. (Associated Press/Peter Morey Photographic)
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** FILE ** The sailboat WingNuts participates in the Little Traverse Regatta on Little Traverse Bay in Harbor Springs, Mich., in July 2010. Two people went missing after the WingNuts capsized on Monday, July 18, 2011, during the annual Chicago-to-Mackinac Island race, the Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/News-Review, G. Randall Goss)
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Ruff & Ready Furnishings in D.C. is holding a moving sale ahead of the store's shutting down at the end of August and pursuing a new location. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Customers shop Sunday at Ruff & Ready Furnishings in the District. Aug. 31 will be the store's last day at 1908 14th St. Northwest. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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The California Highway Patrol leads the first vehicles on southbound Interstate 405 as they approach the shadow cast by the Mulholland Drive bridge (foreground) as demolition of a portion of the bridge is completed before noon in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, shown outside New Scotland Yard in London in 2009, resigned as London's police chief on Sunday, July 17, 2011, over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
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"It strains a relationship when you're gone for over a year," said Navy medical Corpsman Andrew James, 27, who lived two years apart from his same-sex partner, who could not afford to move with him when he was transferred from San Diego to Washington. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Pneumatic hammers from above and below continue the demolition of two lanes of Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles Saturday, July 16, 2011. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 were shut down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour bridge demolition project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Washington Capitals prospect Cody Eakin made an a positive impression in development camp, though he was hard on himself when asked to assess his performance Saturday. The 20-year-old center is looking to crack the NHL roster. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A banner informs visitors of the upcoming Interstate 405 freeway closure, at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Rupert Murdoch (center) speaks to the media on Friday, July 15, 2011, after meeting with the parents and sister of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler in London. (Associated Press)
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The Washington Capitals inked Karl Alzner to a two-year, $2.57 million contract Thursday (Associated Press)
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Miriam Carter of Ocoee, Fla., comforts her 6-year-old daughter, Liana, during the National 9/11 Flag stitching ceremony Thursday on Capitol Hill. Ms. Carter's sister, Maria Ramirez, was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York City. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Council member Jack Evans (right) takes a sip of a "Rickey" cocktail, which he said was enjoyed by congressmen in the 19th century. He sampled it at the JW Marriott in the District on Thursday. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Starting pitcher Livan Hernandez (top left) could be on the move again; the Nationals traded him in 2006. Right fielder Jayson Werth (top right) hasn't lived up to his huge free agent contract, but second baseman Danny Espinosa (middle right) and first baseman Michael Morse (above) have been pleasant surprises. The face of the franchise, injured Stephen Strasburg, isn't expected back in D.C. until 2012.
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Traffic on Interstate 405 is seen from the Sherman Oaks Galleria mall parking lot Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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People line up to stitch the official 9/11 National flag during a stitching ceremony Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. This flag, which was flying just south of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, is making its way around the country and is being stitched back together by Americans, many of whom have suffered their own tragedies. Where pieces of the original flag are missing, people are adding their own pieces, including a piece of the flag that was laid under Pres. Abraham Lincoln after he had been shot. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A New York City police officer stands guard over the official 9/11 National flag at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. The flag was in the nation's capital for a stitching ceremony in which members of Congress, 9/11 families, first responders and the general public were all invited to add stitches to help complete the flag. This flag was flying just south of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 and is now being stitched back together by Americans from across the country, many of whom have suffered tragedies of their own. Where pieces are missing, people are adding their own pieces, including entire flags and a piece of the flag that cradled Pres. Abraham Lincoln after he was shot. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
