Okay, there are three things I wanted to mention ( Read more... )

Copied verbatim from otterdanceIt has been brought to my attention that Gov. Terminator has proposed a 9% tax on vet services in California ( Read more... )

I was browsing through the works of Patrick McGoohan and found that Disney had recently released Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. In fact, it was a limited release last November and it's already out of print with the price on ebay close to double of its release price. Snooze you lose. Anyway, better to buy it now because it will only go ( Read more... )

We have a new president and it feels good. America is based on ideals and this is a big milestone on the path towards those ideals. Racism is still present, but it feels like a tipping point--that there are more who aren't than there are who are ( Read more... )

I stopped by the polling place on my way home and got there a couple of minutes before it opened. I've never had to wait before but this time there was quite a line and it ended up taking me 35 minutes. I was the 42nd voter. *g* Maybe that is a good sign?

Gakked from obelix ( Read more... )

I'm watching Real Time with Bill Maher. One of his guests is Naomi Klein who wrote The Shock Doctrine. To bottom line their points ( Read more... )

I've been working the last three nights and it's been pretty darn busy. My brain is tired and I've never had an affinity for economics on the best of days. I've just seen Bush's speech (and for the first time, he did a whole speech without smirking so you know it's pretty damn serious) and Obama's speech ( Read more... )

They showed part of it on the Evening news and part more will be tonight on Nightline, some more on ABC's morning show and 20/20 on Friday night. You get to see her think on her feet and handle a reporter's questions. Try to watch some of it.

My opinion after watching the first part? ( Read more... )

First off, Hillary gave a fantastic speech. I hope you got a chance to see it. And it's painfully apparently she should have been on the ticket. There's a lot of big reasons why she should have (which I won't go into) and I have to say the only reasons I can come up with why not have to do with hurt feelings and jealousy. Come on, it's a ( Read more... )