Our pockets need to be deeper these days. And it doesn’t look like the future holds much reason for a turnaround. Stock up on the Mac and Cheese while you can. The really sad thing is, that’s not the healthiest way to eat. But, eating right costs more money. The economy is forcing more and more people to search for the absolute cheapest things to eat.
Americans who dug deeper into their pockets for groceries last year will face sticker shock again this year when shopping for food, experts said on [...]
As the U.S. Department of Homeland Security marches down the Texas border serving condemnation lawsuits to frightened landowners, Brownsville resident Eloisa Tamez, 72, has one simple question. She would like to know why her land is being targeted for destruction by a border wall, while a nearby golf course and resort remain untouched [...]
I was wondering when we’d hear from Isikoff on this McCain business. (Remember, he was one of the other reporters in the hunt, one or more of whom seems to have prompted the Times to pull the trigger.) It seems [...]
Last week, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) requested that the Department of Justice’s inspector general “launch an investigation into the role DOJ officials” played “in authorizing the use of waterboarding during interrogations.” In a letter to the senators today, the head of the department’s Office of Professional Responsibility states that the inquiry [...]
Confession time. This Friday night is an anniversary, of sorts. Not an extremely pleasant one. I was anchoring news for the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The USA was playing the Soviet Union in Hockey. In the Olympics. The game was actually in the afternoon, USA time. But, ABC delayed it until prime time and we did not announce the score during the 6 pm news. HOWEVER, we taped a 30 second promo for the 10 pm news at 6:30. The darn thing was supposed to air AFTER the hockey match was over. But, ABC changed it’s air schedule because the match was so darn good. Consequently, my update, including the outcome of the game, aired when there was one minute remaining for the viewers! That’s right, yours truly went on the air saying “USA wins! USA wins” when the viewers were glued to their TV’s, with the score tied and a minute to go.
Not smart. Not good. Hundreds of phone calls. Some to the house. It pains me to remember, but this is an excellent post about a marvelous game. I just ruined it for thousands of viewers. Today, Again, I apologize.
28 years ago today a bunch of scrappy college players beat the world’s best hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. If you are more than a couple of years under 40 years of age, you [...]
Karl Rove continues to confound, despite his supposed distance from the Bush Administration. Surely there will be denials, but this story looks quite strong to me…
One almost gets the sense that Karl Rove is some kind of sleazy operator or something. Jill Simpson, who has long alleged that Rove may have influenced the corruption prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman, makes the claim against Rove in a broadcast scheduled to be aired Sunday, according to a statement from CBS…. According to the CBS [...]
Just because John McCain says he doesn’t like lobbyists, doesn’t mean he doesn’t like having lobbyists around him, giving him advice, running his campaign. Further evidence that like George Bush, just because John McCain says something, doesn’t make it true: [...]
Mike Huckabee, in a radio interview while campaigning in Texas, admitted that his goal is to force a brokered convention, and then offer himself as the true Conservative to the convention delegates: In an interview with 1200 WOAI news during his swing through Texas, longshot Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee outlined [...]
We went down to a neighborhood pub for some fish and chips tonight. And nachos. And cheese soup. Pretty good stuff. But, the discussion turned to how long the week had seemed to be. My wife mentioned that she and some co-workers were remembering the old Napoleon XIV hit, “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha HA”, from the 1966. It’s hardly politically-correct today, but does pretty much reflect the toll this week seems to have taken on many!
I saw this story yesterday, but Pam Spaulding really puts it into context, using an earlier post of her’s. What the security people did really cannot be defended.
In light of an earlier post over at my pad (I’ve included it below here) on a white supremacist conference being held in Virginia this week and the racist threats and hatemongering about Obama reported by Hatewatch, this is mind blowing. How on earth could security halt a weapons screening of the attendees an hour [...]
UPDATE: This response would be funny, if it weren’t such a serious issue:
Jack Douglas of the Star-Telegram has a follow up to his original story about the halting of weapons screening at an Obama rally in Dallas this week. Readers have flooded the comments of the original article with stories of equally lax security at other Obama events (a few are below the fold). It takes a lot [...]
There was that little debate down Austin way last night. How’d it go? I watched part of it – thought it was quite even. Here’s Glenn Smith’s take on it from MyDD…
The most striking thing about the debate in Austin last night: it was barely news even in Texas, which hasn’t hosted such an event in many, many years. Oh, everyone was ready for news. The crowd was keyed up as they entered the hall. They left [...]
Even if you take him at his word and give him every benefit of a doubt, even if you cut him some slack for being more willing than most politicians to admit mistakes, even if you dismiss as tawdry the insinuation of an affair that the Times couldn’t prove, the article makes it quite clear there’s something seriously wrong with McCain’s judgment. The deal breaker [...]
Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis. The ranks of inspectors are so thin that [...]
The “always on top of things” Arkansas Times passes along an interesting article about Mike Huckabee’s past life as a minister here in Arkansas. Seems he’s been busy making sure no tapes of his early performances see the light of day. Why? Inquiring minds, as they say, want to know..
Great story in Slate. It’s about a reporter’s dogged effort — unsuccessful — to see the dozens of tapes Friar Huck made as pastor of churches in Pine Bluff and Texarkana. As I’ve written before, they have been disappeared as effectively as [...]
It’s been an exhausting week, but I really can’t explain why. The “illness of the week” made an appearance, so that probably contributed. All I know is that this evening didn’t come any too soon.
So, let’s sit back, relax, and roam through Bloglines and “the internets” and see what folks are chatting about.
First off, a correction. Just passing it along, since I recall posting the original report. We, my friends, have been duped. Again. By our leadership.
Three weeks ago, Iraqi and American military officials had a dramatic announcement to make. They reported that the two women suicide bombers who had hit separate Baghdad pet markets within half-an-hour had Down syndrome, and that they were recruited and detonated by [...]
According to IAEA officials, the next report on Iran is due out this weekend, either tomorrow or Monday. It’s expected to say, yet again, that Iran has been cagy but co-operating and that the IAEA still haven’t found a smoking gun or even [...]
