Not a ton of sleep last night. I almost never watch TV news unless there's something of import happening right that instant, and watching the Congress restart their debate felt like one of those moments. So I watched a lot of that, at least until after they were done with Arizona, then CBS switched over to a report about the invasion of the Capitol ( Read more... )

I decidedly ignored the news yesterday, for the most part. And I've mostly done so today as well. I took the attitude that I did my part (I voted by mail and confirmed it was in and counted), there was nothing more I could do, and simply doom scrolling through news that I could not affect and would simply add stress to my life was not worth it. And ( Read more... )

The Washington Post finally got me to cancel my subscription after publishing this little fluff piece on the head of the "National Organization for Marriage" moving to DC. One choice bit:
"I have gay people who are friends and family," he says. "We can disagree on all sorts of things and still care about each other." And later, "Of course, I have ( Read more... )

Orchestrated "grass-roots" intimidation of Congressmembers regarding health care reform.

A shame this can't/won't get prosecuted.

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I've been meaning to write about the Thai cops and their new "Hello Kitty armband" punishment regime, but as usual Morford has beaten me to the punch and written a lovely bit of satire about this ridiculous practice. I especially love his introduction of the cutest kitty around:
We speak, quite naturally, of Hello Kitty, perhaps the most ( Read more... )

An interesting examination of the new report from from the New England Journal of Medicine on obesity, courtesy Slate, and on the conclusions reached therein.
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Driver ODs, crashes into drug rehab center
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In honor of the Live Earth concerts, I'd like to point you to this comic (Prickly City).
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While I do not rejoice in Mr. Falwell's passing, I certainly do not mourn him, either.
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OMGWTF, txt msgs r mkng ppl dumb. LOL
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