“We’re not doing anything you want until you do what we want.” That appears to be the new normal for Senate Republicans. Be it raising the debt ceiling or confirming nominations, they’ve decided they’re not adults, they’re two-year-old children who will throw tantrums unless and until they get their way. The latest example is President …
News item: The American Car Rental Association (ACRA), which represents nearly 100 agencies, in April proposed a system that would allow agencies to decide the seriousness of auto recall issues, and whether or not to take a vehicle out of their fleets. [snip] A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration audit last year of ten recalls …
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With gratitude to and in memory of: Timberlake, Lewis G, b. 09/05/1924, d. 08/24/1993, CAPT USN, Plot: CT2 G-435, bur. 08/31/1993 Alford, James J, b. 03/16/1928, d. 12/20/1996, US Marine Corps, PFC, Plot: CT3-K300347, bur. 01/23/1997 Thanks, Dad and Uncle Jim.
I have had an old 13″ television around for years. Its picture tube had pretty much died, and yesterday it gave up the ghost entirely. I had some vague memory that TVs, like computer monitors, shouldn’t be tossed into a landfill, so I went to the city’s Department of Environmental Services website to see how …
I’ve never lived in a city which held one of these events, nor have I lived anywhere close enough to a place where they’re held to easily attend. Thus they’re still on the list. The World Series The Indy 500 The Kentucky Derby The Olympics Opening Ceremony What’s on yours?
From Pictures If only my hair were still as luxuriant! That’s me in the stands at one of three softball diamonds on Kwajalein, circa 1977, probably waiting for one game to end and my team’s game to begin. Does Michelob still put its beer in bottles like that?
From the official Nevada Barr blog: Nevada’s 17th Anna Pigeon mystery, set in the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area is complete and submitted to the publisher. It’s due out some time this year — sorry we don’t know the title or release date yet. For those who don’t know, Anna Pigeon is a law enforcement …
That seems to be the new Republican plan. At least, that’s how I read Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says substantial Medicare cuts must be part of a spending and deficit cut package to get his support to raise the debt limit. He won’t vote to raise the …
While it’s good to see that one of the last major war criminals from the Bosnian wars of the 1990s has been arrested, my inner cynic wonders whether the Serb government knew his whereabouts and pulled the plug on Radko Mladic because it desperately wants entry into the European Union and the suspicion that it …
Jeepers. They really do have a death wish, don’t they? Forty-two Forty Senate Republicans voted to kill Medicare. Two Republicans, Hutchison of TX and Roberts of KS did not vote. I can write the campaign ads myself.