Really NOT nice. I’m a dog person, not a cat person, but still..
Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijing’s shocking death camp for cats
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games. Hundreds of cats a day are being rounded and crammed into cages so small they cannot even turn around. [...]
Tags: Cats
Categories: Uncategorized
The music kind of blues. Actually, mixed in with some DooWop. The local PBS station is running DooWop as part of their fundraising. One of my favorite music genre. Along with the Blues. And, what to my wondering eyes does appear, but a blog post from Taylor Marsh. Enjoy.
Fill your glass. Pour some wine. Have a draft or whatever is on tap. It’s sunset blues time. Looking at a slow, easy evening. This is in honor of The Big Muddy, the Mississippi River, that is. I grew up in Missouri watching [...]
Tags: Blues
Categories: Music
Gas prices just keep climbing. It’s seriously time for somebody to step in and do something. I believe somebody named George W. Bush promised that he had friends in the industry he could call on, if things got back. I’m sure those phones are ringing right about now…
Gasoline prices hit new high, seen jumping more
U.S. average retail gasoline prices have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon and will likely jump another 20 to 30 cents in the next month, worsening the pain of consumers struggling to make ends meet in an [...]
Tags: Economy, Gas Prices
Saturday Night Live is getting back some of it’s ooomph. And that is a good thing. Now, if I could just figure out how to stay awake late enough to watch, rather than rely on the DVR or the internet!
Saturday Night Live is on a roll with their ‘08 election campaign commentary. Check out this week’s “dramatization” of the future which opened the show last night (h/t TM): Obama won the caucus in Wyoming yesterday netting him “seven new delegates,” and five new delegates for Hillary. The Obama team who has focused heavily on caucus states, had [...]
Tags: Saturday Night Live
Categories: Politics · Television
It’s been a busy one! And, did I mention that I hate the transition to Daylight Saving Time? That one little hour shouldn’t mess with my head and body as much as it always does. But, there was bright sunshine and decently warm temperatures that combined to get my backside outside to spread a layer of “weed and feed” on the front yard. Hopefully, that will knock down the batches of early weeds that suddenly appeared in the past couple of weeks!
And, I’m experimenting with a unique web service that helps you maximize your savings at the supermarket. If it continues to do what it did today, I’ll be telling you all about it. I just want to test it for a couple more weeks. But, today, buying only things that we actually do use, I saw savings of more than 35%, compared to regular prices. Those savings combined store sales and coupons. Nice, huh?
All political eyes are on the NRCC and its money woes. This one really stinks and it’s one to keep your eyes on.
Ominous clouds hanging over NRCC
Shortly after Democrats took back the House majority in November 2006, the National Republican Congressional Committee began considering what it would take to get it back. After all, the 109th Congress was a national disgrace, but by November 2008, it would be ancient history. By last fall, the landscape was discouraging for the GOP. The NRCC’s [...]
Tags: NRCC
Categories: Congress · Republicans
Lots of sunshine around here today, but it’s not spectacularly warm outside. I may take a shot at getting some weed killer on the front lawn, at least I’d have a productive few moments! Actually, clipping coupons from the Sunday paper is productive, isn’t it? I’m experimenting with an interesting new concept that pairs coupons with the sales in local supermarkets, so you get the maximum benefit from the coupons. If it works, I’ll pass it along!
How about some politics, in the meantime?
“A stunning upset” in Illinois. Democrat wins seat of former Speaker Hastert
This is HUGE: “In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former [...]
Tags: Bill Foster, Dennis Hastert
Categories: Democrats
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