Yesterday was one of those days. I got tied up in chores and did not even get the new OS installed on the cell phone. But I did catch up on comments and get a little visiting in. Today I volunteer helping in a therapy group for former prisoners, so I may not even catch up on comments.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:53. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Crooks and Liars: It’s a disquieting thing, when one sees four-star general officers thinking that they need to be more proactive and outgoing about their advice on foreign policy and national security issues. It’s not that they aren’t smart people and don’t have good ideas – far from it. They can be very clear thinkers, if not a little impatient with the pace of Beltway politics. For instance, we discover that General David Petraeus is suggesting to the White House that Israel’s politics are endangering US military personnel and the chances of their success in stabilizing the region.
Dropping military aid to Israel would save American lives.
From TPM: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Orly Taitz’s appeal of the $20,000 fine imposed on her for making frivolous filings in a long-running Birther case.
$20,000 is clearly not enough!
From Daily Kos: Republicans are threatening to make life difficult for Democrats if they try to push health care reform through the Senate using the budget reconciliation process.
Gee! Do you really think they might try to obstruct the Senate? 😯
From Huffington Post:
I love it!!
Cartoon:
Happy hump day!!
4 Responses to “Open Thread – 3/17/2010”
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Great vid! I saw the thing about Oily Taters yesterday. $20K is not nearly enough; she should be disbarred for her ridiculous suits and wasting the court’s time.
Hi Tom, even though I haven’t commented in quite a while, I read your blog every day and agree with you 99% of the time.
With regard to health care reform, I am very much in favor of it as in the past I have been on the end of being denied coverage for a pre-existing condition and now as a ree-tired senior citizen walking into a pharmacy and being presented with a $1500 drug bill for a one month supply, thanks to the Medicare doughnut hole.
For all of these elected assholes who refuse to vote for change, I would suggest that you and your readers contact them (easy to find every congressman’s email address on the internet) and ask them if and when they are giving up their government supplied health benefits paid for with our tax dollars, yet denied us.
Welcome back, Charles. As one rapidly apporaching the donut hole, I appreciate your perspective. I believe this will pass, but have kept hard at Congress to push it.
Good point, Lisa. You mean the legal bar, right? They will never kick her out of the Kool-Aid bar. She’s too good a customer.