Yesterday I slept so late that most of my day was gone before I got up. As a resault, I was not sleepy at bedtime and am posting a little earlier than usual. I did catch up on replying to comments. Today’s holy day for the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb is less sacred for me, because the Denver congregation has a day of rest, aka a bye week. This afternoon I plan to join the conversation with Gwen, Jack and others on the Here Be Monsters show on Blog Talk radio. It starts at 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST), if you’d like to listen or call in.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 4:27 (average 4:47). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From NY Times: In a letter to colleagues, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, who is seeking to remain as minority leader despite her party’s steep election losses, urged House Democrats to unite behind her and even said she hopes to help ousted lawmakers return to Congress in two years.
I approve. Pelosi did her job, unlike the leg hound.
From Right Wing Watch: Last week, leaked results from the Pentagon’s survey revealed that most soldiers were unopposed to repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
So, if you are the Family Research Council, it can only mean that the survey is flawed and cannot be trusted.
Leave it to the Theocons of the American Taliban to insist on inventing their own facts when the real ones conflict with their bigotry. Unless we do this in the lame duck session, repeal is dead for two years.
From Daily Kos: The Seattle Chamber of Commerce, being a local organization in a liberal city, with many liberal members represented, wants to make it crystal clear that they are not in any way associated with [ads aired by] the the U.S. Chamber, which spent millions in the state to pick up the open 3rd district seat, and to oust Patty Murray.
This is a worthy sentiment, but lip-service is not enough. As long as they are members of and pay dues to the US Chamber, they must weat the green letter. $
Cartoon:
Pray (or whatever you do) for America!
8 Responses to “Open Thread–11/7/2010”
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Just today Sec. of Defense Robert Gates said,”I would like to see the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ but I’m not sure what the prospects for that are. And we’ll just have to see.”
The Pentagon review is due in early December – so may be this lame duck Congress will actually grow a pair and do the right thing … ’cause we know it ain’t going to happen come January!
SIDEBAR: Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the auto-fill on required Name/Email no longer auto-fills?
I agree.
I just tested the auto-fill and it works fine. May I suggest clearing the cookies, temporary internet files, and form fills in your browser. I’m guessing that something in there became corrupt.
I agree – she did a kick ass job.
This should be the first thing on the ballot – DADT.
Well, at least they say their not part of the US Chamber of Commerce. Most won’t even do that. 🙄
Great cartoon!
Amen.
Amen.
They aren’t actually saying even that. Ihey are denying the ads their dues help support.
Thanks.
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Jerry, you’ve had a rough few days.
I’ve been slipping a bit lately. Just a slump. I will be coming back strong…soon. 😈
And you did!