The world works in mysterious ways. In the past two days we’ve seen the deaths of Henry Hyde, abortion opponent, House impeachment manager and man who wrote off an adulterous affair in his 40s as a youthful indiscretion, Roger Smith, former CEO of General Motors, immortalized in Michael Moore’s film Roger and Me, and Evel …
While the entire right-wing blogosphere is frothing about the political interests of some of the questioners whose queries were used by CNN on that YouTube Republican debate Wednesday night (see Skippy for a roundup), Walter Shapiro of Salon was disturbed by the questions not asked: No, what sent me into a free fall of depression …
Well well. Look what happened on the endangered species front yesterday: The Fish and Wildlife Service reversed seven rulings that denied increased protection for endangered species, after an inquiry found that the actions had been tainted by political pressure from a former Interior Department official. In a letter to Representative Nick J. Rahall II, Democrat …
Off to the vet this morning to have Tigger’s excisions looked at and the staples holding them together removed. It’s been very disconcerting to scratch behind her ears and find metal clips. But it’s raining and thundering, and she hates that. This may not be fun. Update: The staples were removed, but more importantly the …
Oh, this is too clever and too typical of bureaucracy; there’s a clock in the Pantheon, France’s National Mausoleum. It hasn’t worked since the 1960s. A bunch of clandestine heritage restorers snuck into the place, fixed the clock (it took a year!) and then told the authorities about it. What did the authorities do? The …
The nastiest man in the Administration was interviewed by Nina Easton of Fortune recently. Here’s one of the passages which stood out for me: No, if there’s anything about the economy that keeps Dick Cheney up at night, it’s the prospect of sabotage aimed at disrupting the oil market, he told FORTUNE. “Clearly the world …
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If Flickr allows photos to be reorganized into a different sequence from the one in which they were uploaded, I’ve yet to find out how. Here then, somewhat out of order, is documentary evidence that the new floor exists.
It gives me great pleasure to announce two victories for the good guys overnight. Australia’s John Howard was defeated in his attempt at a fifth term, putting Labour in charge. Howard has been one of the dwindling number of foreign heads of state who supports GWB’s Iraq policy. The University of Hawai’i’s Warriors soundly defeated …
Promptly at 0800 this morning three guys showed up to start prepping our kitchen floor. This involved moving all the non-fixed-in-place furniture out of the room. Water line — will it have a shut-off valve or no? New refrigerator location! Refurnished dining room! Tune in tomorrow for more exciting photos!
Jane Hamsher has found an audio version of Arlo Guthrie’s famous song here. Lyrics here. NPR 2005 interview with Arlo about the song here.