I like Diana Krall’s version of the song. Anyway, I will be home, off the roads, ministering to my very anxious dog and cursing our state legislature for its lack of courage when the subject of banning private fireworks comes up. How about you?
Huckabee thinks abortion providers should be sanctioned: MR. RUSSERT: And what would happen to doctors or women who participated in abortion? GOV. HUCKABEE: It’s always the, the point of trying to say, “Are you going to criminalize it?” That’s not the issue. MR. RUSSERT: Well, if it, if it’s illegal, it would be. GOV. HUCKABEE: …
Dahlia Lithwick of Slate has compiled the Bush Administration’s Top Ten Dumbest Legal Arguments of 2007. As you might expect, Alberto Gonzales gets his own place on the list. Among the others: waterboarding isn’t torture, the VP’s office isn’t part of the executive branch, and executive privilege covers every topic anyone ever discussed with the …
Looking at today’s bowl game schedule, it occurs to me that the only people not happy with the NFL’s decision to allow CBS and NBC to simulcast today’s Patriots-Giants game must be the managers at ESPN. The pro game is scheduled for 8:00pm EST, the same time that the Penn State-Texas A&M matchup in the …
I gave some neat things for Christmas and I got some neat ones too. I particularly like the absolute utility of my new Gorillapod, a flexible tripod for digital cameras. My Christmas book is The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America. It’s by Ron Brownstein, formerly of the LA …
I’m appalled (not surprised, unfortunately, but appalled) that nearly all the Presidential candidates seem to think that Bhutto’s assassination is something which should be exploited for political gain. One of Obama’s advisors used it to question Hillary Clinton’s judgment. McCain used it to tout his foreign policy experience. Paul Krugman says Enough! This isn’t about …
Virtually immediately upon the news that Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated the cable gasbags began speculating on which Republican candidate the murder would help most. Gotta fill that 24-hour news cycle with something; it might as well be baseless prognostication.
Via Avedon, a link to Jo Walton’s story of Joseph’s perspective on the Christmas story. It’s beautiful and human. Elsewhere in her post, a link to Mark Evanier’s wonderful story of hearing Mel Torm? sing “The Christmas Song” at the Farmers Market in Los Angeles one day in December a few years back.
We have a Whirlpool oven with a control panel covered by a plastic membrane. When I want to preheat it, I press the “Bake” button; it defaults to 350 degrees. If I want a different temperature I press the “Up” or “Down” arrows next to the “Bake” button to get the desired temperature, then press …
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