The Senate agreed to debate the health care reform bill, 60-39. 58 Democrats and two Independents voted “Aye.” 39 Republicans voted “No” (Voinovich was in Cleveland for some kind of anniversary party and was a sure “No” vote). That’s one step closer to real health care reform for 300 million Americans, especially the 50 million …
I’m no parliamentary expert, but it seems ridiculous to me that the Senate needs a supermajority of 60 votes just to decide whether to debate something. The Senate needs to change its rules.
A portion of my green waste spilled out of its recycling bin when the robot truck came by to pick it up this morning. I quickly ran out and picked up the overflow, scurried across the street, and put the offending branch into my neighbor’s bin before the truck came back down that side of …
I’m rediscovering Richard Thompson. The man has been playing guitar onstage beautifully for 40-something years.
Max Blumenthal explains the Palin phenomenon to all of us elitists. If Palin is indeed a cancer on the GOP, why can’t the Republican establishment retire her to a quiet life of moose hunting in the political wilderness? Why has her appeal only increased in the wake of her catastrophic political expeditions? Why won’t she …
I’m of two minds about Sarah Palin. The sensible rational part of me says “Oh please, please, Republicans, nominate her in 2012. That would mean Obama would win in a walkover, because she’s got so many things wrong with her as a candidate that the American electorate would run away from her as fast as …
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We bought an All-in-One Scanner a while back in hopes we’d get around to digitizing some of the 80 years of photographs we have in 20-30 photo albums. So far we’ve found it more useful as a copier (hey, organizing 1,500 photos is hard!). The other day I got an alarm while copying telling me …
I never thought of this as sound financial strategy, but apparently if you’re obnoxious enough your employer will pay you $8 million to go away. I thought that kind of buyout was reserved for college football and basketball coaches and failed CEOs.
Local girl Michelle Wie won her first pro golf tournament today in Guadalajara, Mexico by two strokes over Paula Creamer. Oh, and the three women right behind her? Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel, and current LPGA Rookie of the Year Jiyai Shin. That was some tough competition going down the stretch. Good for her!
I’m reading Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, a 1980 recording of his thoughts about horror in film and books. In it he argues that Frankenstein, Dracula, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the core works from which all other horror literature are descended. I can’t disagree. He says: They stand at the foundation of a …