You may have seen a new television ad from an outfit calling itself “Bankrupting America,” picturing a guy in a suit with a shovel digging a hole. The voiceover says America is indebted to the tune of $13 trillion, nearly as much as our GDP. It exhorts viewers to defeat members of Congress who vote …
15 Questions about world religions. I got all of them correct, but I admit that I got one wrong when it was quoted on network news the other night, so I knew better when I actually took the test this morning.
Even before the Tea Party candidates are coronated, their Senate minions who are already there are doing their work: Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has arrived. …
Senate rules really need to be overhauled. Sen. Jim DeMint warned his colleagues Monday night that he would place a hold on all legislation that has not been “hot-lined” by the chamber or has not been cleared by his office before the close of business Tuesday. [snip] “Hot-lining” is a process by which the two …
What next to read? That’s the question I’m posing to myself today. I have the final book of “The Hunger Games” trilogy, “Mockingjay,” on the library shelf. I also have the latest Anna Pigeon book, “Burn,” on that shelf. If I want non-fiction I have “Winner Take All Politics” there as well. Hmmm.
I flipped on ESPN a few hours ago thinking it would be showing Baseball Tonight and I could catch the scores. Instead it was SportsCenter and there were Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and others bloviating about Michael Vick, the Eagles quarterback who spent a couple of years in jail for funding a dogfighting ring. They …
I lead such an interesting life.
Jon Stewart and his crew are brilliant researchers and editors. Here they juxtapose statements from Gingrich, Hastert, et. al. from the 1990s and early 2000s with statements made by the Republicans at their “Pledge to America” rollout yesterday. Guess what? Yesterday’s remarks are nearly word-for-word duplicates of the old ones! The Daily Show With Jon …
One of the things one has to think about when thinking of closing a Yahoo account is the 200 pictures one has at Flickr. I wondered whether Migratr would allow me to swap the pictures from Flickr to Picasa. Yes. An additional benefit is that importing pictures from Flickr puts them in a folder on …
Dems put off vote on expiration of Bush tax cuts. So, in order to appease 36-40 Blue Dog Democrats who were likely to lose their seats in this election anyway, the rest of the Democrats have gracelessly fallen on their swords. I realize I’m just an amateur political consultant, but giving up your biggest weapon …