@charset "utf-8";
/*  




	The CSS, XHTML and design is released under GPL:

	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php



*/





* {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
p {
	margin: 15px 0px;
}
body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
	font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	background: #03161d url(images/bg.jpg) repeat-x left top;
	color: #ddd;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4 {
	font-weight: normal;
}
img {
	border: 0px;
}
a, a:active, a:visited {
	color: #FF0000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
p {
	line-height: 140%;
	text-align: justify;
}
a:hover {
	color: #92d5de;
}
.post_title {
	font-size: 24px;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.feat_article .post_title {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
}
.timestamp {
	margin-top: -5px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #00CCFF;
}
.noshow {
	display: none;
}
.clear {
	clear: both;
}
.alignleft {
	float: left;
}
.alignright {
	float: right;
}
.center {
	text-align: center;
}
.contents {
	padding: 7px;
}
.the_post .contents {
	padding: 10px 15px;
}
.the_post li {
	margin-left: 30px;
}
.the_post .entrybody h4 {
	font-size: 16px;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #CCCCCf;
}
#the_first_post .contents {
	padding: 7px 15px;
}
#container {
	background: url(images/mainbg.jpg) no-repeat left top;
	text-align: left;
}
#wrapper {
	width: 780px;
	margin: auto;
}
#syndicate_whole {
	float: right;
}
#syndicate_whole ul, #sitenav ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	display: inline;
}
#sitenav {
	margin-top: -4px;
}
#sitenav li {
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	list-style:none;
	float: left;
	display: block;
	margin-left: 80px;
	font-size: 16px;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	height: 50px;
	padding-top: 20px;
}
#sitenav a, #sitenav a:active, #sitenav a:visited{
	color: #fff;
}
#syndicate_whole li {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0px;
	list-style:none;
	display: inline;
}
#header {
	clear: both;
	width: 770px;
}
#headerimg {
	margin-top: 3px;
	height: 51px;
	left: 391px;
}
#sitenav {
	float: right;
}
#descriptor {
	margin-left: 200px;
	clear: both;
	height: 115px;
	overflow: hidden;
	font-size: 11px;
}
#descriptor a {
	color: #FFCC00;
}
#descriptor a:hover {
	color: #CC3300;
}
#descriptor h1, #descriptor h2 {
	font-size: 15px;
	font-family:"Century Gothic", "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	color: #00afc9;
	text-align: right;
}
#descriptor p {
	color: #ccc;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
#descriptor h1 {
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}
#descriptor h2 {
	margin-top: -5px;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
}
#posts_wrapper {
	width: 550px;
	float: left;
}
#sidebar {
	width: 220px;
	float: right;
}
.cloud li a {
}
#sidebar li {
	list-style: none;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;
	margin: 5px 0px;
}
.side_section {
	margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;
}
#sidebar h2 {
	padding: 15px;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	color: #fff;
	background-color: #192c33;
	margin: 10px 0px;
	font-size: 20px;
	clear: both;
}
.post {
	background: url(images/bg-firstpost.jpg) repeat-y left top;
	clear: both;
	margin-top: 10px;
}
.post_wrapper {
	background: url(images/postbg.jpg) repeat-x left top;
}
.ad_right {
	text-align: right;
	margin: 10px 0px;
}
.postmeta {
	padding: 10px;
	clear: both;
	background-color: #fff;
}
.postmetadata {
	color: #444;
}
.postmetadata a, .postmetadata a:active, .postmetadata a:visited {
}
.postmetadata a:hover {
	color: #FF0000;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.the_post {
}
.postmetadata ul {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	clear: both;
}
.postmetadata li {
	list-style-type: none !important;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #ccc;
}
.postmetadata .auth {
	background-image: url(images/ico-auth.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
.postmetadata .cats {
	background-image: url(images/ico-cat.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
.postmetadata .tags {
	clear: both;
	background-image: url(images/ico-tag.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
.postmetadata .comments {
	background-image: url(images/ico-comments.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
.postmetadata .permalink {
	background-image: url(images/ico-permalink.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-left: 20px;
	color: #FF0000 !important;
}
.permalink a {
	color: #FF0000 !important;
}
.aside {
	font-size: 80%;
	margin: 10px 0px;
	width: 500px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-left: auto;
	text-align:right;
}
.the_aside {
	text-align: left;
}
.aside .post_title {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
	text-align: right;
}
.aside .timestamp {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	margin-top: -2px;
	text-align: right;
}
.the_permalink {
	float: right;
	margin-right: 5px;
}
#explore {
	margin: 10px auto 10px auto;
	padding: 10px 0px;
	width: 780px !important;
}
#explore h2 {
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: normal;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
}
.quart {
	width: 32%;
	float: left;
}
.quart h2 {
	font-size: 15px;
}
.first_char {
	font-family: "Arial Black", Verdana, sans-serif;
	font-size: 36px;
	color: #fff;
	background-color: #000;
	padding: 8px 3px 8px 3px;
	margin-right: 8px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	float: left;
}
.first_line {
	font-variant: normal;
	font-size: 14px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.first_par {
	line-height:150%;
	margin-bottom: 24px;
	font-size: 13px;
}
.credit_source {
	color: #333;
	background-color: #efefef;
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	line-height: 1.2em;
	border-right: 5px solid #000;
}
.single_post .credit_source {
	color: #ccc;
	background-color: #36363f;
	padding-top: 10px;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	padding-left: 15px;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	line-height: 1.4em;
	border-right: 5px solid #000;
}
.credit_source a, .credit_source a:active, .credit_source a:visited {
	color: #ff3300;
}
.credit_source a:hover {
	color: #ff6633;
}
blockquote {
	background-color: #000;
	padding: 5px 10px;
	margin: 15px;
}
abbr {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #666;
}
.pullquote {
	margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;
	padding: 10px;
	float: left;
	width: 200px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #CCCCCf;
	background-color: #000;
}
.pullquote img {
	text-align: center;
	margin: auto;
}
.pullquote a {
	color: #FFFFCC;
}
.senatoriable {
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #CC0000;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #006699;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
}
.party {
	font-family: "Lucida Sans", Arial, sans-serif;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #CCFFFF;
	background-color: #000000;
	padding: 5px;
}
.watchlist .serp {
	list-style-type: none;
	border-bottom: 0px;
	background-image: url(images/zoom.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
	padding-top: 0px;
	padding-right: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
.pagenav {
	clear: both;
	margin: 10px 0px;
	padding: 10px 0px;
	border-bottom: 1px dotted #dedede;
}
.quart ul {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
.quart li {
	list-style: none;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
	margin: 0px 0px 4px 0px;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #01647e;
	background-image: url(images/ico-entry-link.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
}
.navigation {
	clear: both;
	padding: 10px 0px;
}
#popular_posts {
	clear: both;
}
.prev, .next {
	font-size: 14px;
}
.prev a, .next a {
	color: #01647e;
}
.prev a:hover, .next a:hover {
	color: #00CCFF;
}
#recent_comments li {
	background-image: url(images/ico-comments.jpg);
}
.quart a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #777;
}
.quart a:hover {
	color: #000;
	background-color: #FFFFCC;
}
#mycomments a, #mycomments a:active, #mycomments a:visited {
	color: #aaa;
}
#mycomments a:hover {
	color: #FFCC00;
}
#comment_area p {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 0 2px 0;
}
#comment_area {
	width: 525px;
	padding: 10px;
}
#comment_area textarea {
	width: 525px;
}
#comment_area input, #comment_area textarea {
	border: 0px;
	background-color: #01647e;
	color: #ccc;
	padding: 2px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
#mycomments {
	width: 525px;
	float: left;
	text-align: left;
}
#mycomments ol {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}
#mycomments li {
	list-style-position: inside;
	padding: 10px;
	list-style-type:none;
	clear: both;
}
.alt {
	background-color: #212b2d;
}
.comment_auth_info {
	width: 90px;
	float: left;
	padding: 10px;
}
.comment_content {
	float: right;
	width: 520px;
}
cite {
	font-style:normal;
	color: #51d5f7;
}
cite a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FF0000 !important;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 20px 0px;
	clear: both;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #000;
}
#s {
	width: 80%;
	padding: 3px 5px;
	background-color: #131313;
	color: #92d5de;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	border: 0px;
}
#flickr_rss img {
	border: 2px solid #fff;
	margin: 10px;
}