My son Frank still lives in Czech Republic for the time being (hopefully not long as his leaving will be because he's gotten work as a doctor in the UK). The last time they had an election there, he sent me along the descriptions of some of the candidates. There was one fellow in his eighties or so who had a photo of himself in his suit and tie ( Read more... )

Has anyone besides me been hearing bits of Hilary Clinton's speeches in various places around the world and been startled by the things she's been saying there ( Read more... )

I juast realized this very second that there's a special election this coming Tuesday in my district. How come I haven't gotten election materials? Is the election in the usual place ( Read more... )

Watch clip of the Tea Party star Victoria Jackson being interviewed on Fox News. Doesn't she look like she's goofing? She used to work for Saturday Night Live. Could she have taken a parodic persona on the road?

They actually sing it pretty well. Emma sent this link to me so I'm sending it to you:
"There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama"

So for some reason the nice fellow has had CNN on since I've been home from work. You know the crawl at the bottom of the screen, with the breaking news? Well, sometimes it's sports scores, but anyway. All night they've had great big letters "Breaking News: Obama and Clinton to speak together tomorrow in Unity, New Hampshire," which is notable ( Read more... )

Okay, the state Supreme Court made a decision that reinstates gay marriage in California, maybe, while there's still an anti-marriage initiative. Then Edwards says we should just get it together behind Obama. And Critical Mass turned into a riot-like object at the tourist wharf. And labor endorsed Bill Monning, so I've changed my vote there too ( Read more... )

My favorite archaeologist says Bill Monning is "the kind of liberal who sends their kids to private schools ( Read more... )

food porn ahead, I guess. Not quite irreproducible recipes. Almost ( Read more... )

Okay, lately there's been this big stupid argument about whether Barack Obama is black ( Read more... )