I heard Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) give the Republican weekly address today, and I was struck by one statement I know is a flat-out lie: that “the constantly-shifting regulatory environment recently forced a company to abandon seven years of work and $7 billion in investment.” Well, no, Senator. Royal Dutch Shell abandoned its drilling plans …
My inspection sticker was set to expire tomorrow, so I made an appointment to get the car inspected and the new sticker put on. It’s interesting that there are no walk-ins for inspections these days, at least at the places I frequent. I suspect that’s because fewer gas stations do repairs, which means fewer mechanics …
The consensus seems to be that Trump and Carson didn’t hurt themselves and that Bush did. Since I was watching the World Series, I have no way of knowing whether that’s correct or not. Jeb! must be a grievous disappointment to Mom, Dad and GWB, but he must really be frustrating all the people that …
What’s wrong with this group of people selected to discuss World Series games for the pre- and post-game shows? “Kevin Burkhardt Hosts Pregame & Postgame Coverage with Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose, Raúl Ibañez and Frank Thomas.” Great. One guy who was banned for life for gambling on the game (Rose) and one guy who was …
That’s the Internet, baby. I have some kind of odd soreness on the right side of my sternum. Plug “sore sternum” into a search box and Presto! I have costochondritis! What’s that? It’s an inflammation of the junctions where the upper ribs join the cartilage that holds them to the breastbone (sternum). Costochondritis causes localized …
My sister and I are ten years apart in age but only five days apart on the calendar. Over the past few years we’ve been going out to dinner once to celebrate both days. The last two years it’s been Mexican food at El Mariachi right down the hill, but I’m trying to sell the …
That’s what it cost me to have 103 pages of medical records from a previous health care provider scanned into .pdf format. I wanted to get them to add them to the records I’m accumulating now, particularly things like colonoscopy results and vaccinations. That’s not such a bad price ($13.20), but it only covered the …
and why do the Republicans think he’s the key to Benghazi? Well, they really don’t. They do seem to think they can somehow hurt Secretary Clinton if they just intone “Sidney Blumenthal” enough times. I mean, seriously. The guy’s never been to Libya. He’s kind of a Clinton hanger-on whom Hillary likes but he knows …
No, not of Secretary Clinton’s misdeeds. Nope. Not at all. Kurt Eichenwald at Newsweek expresses what many Americans feel about this committee, I think: The historical significance of this moment can hardly be overstated, and it seems many Republicans, Democrats and members of the media don’t fully understand the magnitude of what is taking place. …
Yesterday: I went to the watch concession store at Sears to get a new battery for my 31-year-old Longines watch. Total damages: $39.73 with tax Today: I got into the car, turned the key and heard “Click.” I called my sister, we jumped the battery and I went to Sears for a new DieHard battery. …