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You can almost imagine him saying, in Russian, "I'm not even supposed to be here today."
Many people forget that some of the coldest days of the Cold War weren't all that long ago. Late September of 1983 was fifteen weeks after the opening of WarGames, a movie that seems quaint now, but was scary at the time, and less than 60 days before we were all scared out of our wits by The Day After. They were making Red Dawn at the time ( Read more... ) -
Wow, that's some tasty pie!
Chicken pot pie, peppery and nice, with a crust so close to perfect you can smell it from there.
Thank you, Alameda Pie Truck! -
Cost of health care?
[using the House MD icon, because though I don't have an economics icon, I do have one with a medical bent ( Read more... ) -
Ideology versus Reality
Jeb Bush interview in Esquire on Health Care: "Under Obama, we're going to create a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on access to care."
As opposed to now, where we have a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on maximizing shareholder value. Both quality and access suffer.
When did we ever have a system focused on -
Oh, Joe Biden, no!
Each of these clips are pretty short.
There are some things that are perfectly ok to say if you're not vice-president.
Oh well, he's no Dan Quayle or Bingo Bob Russell.
Also, Robert Gibbs is no C.J. Cregg...
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Hey there, Curly Girls!
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At this point, Dellums can no longer be viewed as benign.
Chip Johnson, the SFGate Oakand correspondent runs a reasonable list of grievances against Mayor Dellums (masked as a comparison with Berkeley's Bates: Dellums should take some cues from Mayor BatesSo really, upon reading this I'm wondering if we should be deciding between two unpalatable choices. Do we wait for another 19 months of this while ( Read more... ) -
Professor Reich has it about right.
Some may disagree with me (heck, I don't think 'may' is the best word there). That's ok. We live in a representative republic, and we're all ultimately in the same boat. The CAUTION SHARED PATH icon is representative of that. I try to remember to use this icon when posting about political subjects, because it helps remind me that whichever road we' ( Read more... )
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