I had a rough day yesterday. The bus to my Urologist appointment was 15 minutes late, and then the driver missed my stop and dropped me 6 blocks beyond it. While hurrying to the appointment, I stepped on the edge of the sidewalk and fell twisting my bad leg. In addition, I severely bruised the other knee and skinned a 24in2 patch on the calf. ARGH! I learned that the kidney stone was an 8mm stone of the most common type. The heat continues and is getting longer and hotter than originally forecast. ARGH! Nevertheless, I have one more article and it’s a big one. I’m current with replies. Tomorrow appears routine.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:40 (average 4:45). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: The Best Graphic You Can Share About Todd Akin And Paul Ryan Right NOW
Do you have to ask what my choice will be?
From The Globe and Mail: Thieves say the have stolen many years of Mitt Romney’s tax records and are threatening to make them public unless the rich Republican presidential candidate – or someone else – pays $1-million in ransom.
Whether the heist is a diabolical blackmail scheme, a whole new dimension of political dirty tricks in the digital era or just a wacky bluff isn’t clear, but the stakes are very high and the Secret Service is investigating.
Do you think Willard will pay? If the story disappears, he did.
From The Nation: Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is elected. But a letter he wrote to the Obama administration may undermine this message.
On December 10, 2010, Ryan penned a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to recommend a grant application for the Kenosha Community Health Center, Inc to develop a new facility in Racine, Wisconsin, an area within Ryan’s district. "The proposed new facility, the Belle City Neighborhood Health Center, will serve both the preventative and comprehensive primary health care needs of thousands of new patients of all ages who are currently without health care," Ryan wrote.
If the grant was approved, you can be sure that lying SOB told his constituents that it came from him, not Obamacare!
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3:39 Gotcha by a second, TomCat. I think today we will be the Big Dogs.
3:17 Bow wow!!! After a couple more tries, I got it down to 2:58!
I think I better head back to my crate with my tail between my legs!
LOL!!
3:55 I guess I can't run with the big dogs.
Here's hoping your luck will change for the BETTER in the immediate future.
Hang in there – we're rooting for you!
Thanks, Nameless. As always the pain did not fully surface until day 2, but I always get by. 🙂
You're trying to show me up in falling department, aren't you!? Such an over achiever! Please take care of yourself! And tomorrow appears routine? Who's routine?
Puzzle — 3:17 Bow wow!!! Ok Patty, bring it on home!
MoveOn — As far as I am concerned, there is no choice! Democrats all the way! Obama/Biden 2012!!!!!
Globe and Mail — Strange and very interesting at the same time. If it is legitimate, why did the thieves only post the ransom at $1 million? I know it doesn't pay to be greedy, but I would have thought they'd go higher. On the other hand, hoax or not, someone is in a heap of trouble. I think they are doing their PhD in modern political science.
The Nation — As they say, as long as it looks good, who cares?! But looks can be deceiving as we all know. Ryan looks like he cares about his constituents, but we all know he doesn't give a rat's ass about people, only profits. And of course, he'll just say he did this for the constituents, just like he did for some stimulus funds, which according to him weren't stimulus but a House representative helping his constituents. What a door knob!
Cartoon — I'll bet that the First Nations wish they had put up a honking high and thick wall along the eastern seaboard!
Naw! Mine was just an 8. Yours was a 9.5. By routine, I mean nothing planned that is likelt to interfere with blogging.
Amen!
Maybe they figure that Romney can pay fast, because he has it in pocket change.
Exactly!
I can't argue with that!