Huh?!?!

Strange.  Just strange.

Superstition ain’t the way

I’d heard that John McCain is superstitious, but I had no idea it was this important to him. Don’t try to pass a salt shaker to John McCain. He won’t take it from your hand because it’s bad luck. The Arizona senator also won’t throw a hat on a bed — it means death will soon visit [...]

Politics As Usual

Except this year could be something dramatically different. This is quite the forecast..

Will Clinton Go Nuclear at Convention?

Thomas Edsall says Sen. Hillary Clinton has a “secret weapon” for challenging Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, “but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp (and by no means inevitable) shift in the political climate within Democratic circles by the end of this month.” “With at least 50 percent of the Democratic Party’s [...]

They Teach Each Other

Late Sunday night (although WordPress  likes to live in the future, so the date listed is likely Monday already. Dinner went great, enchiladas and more. Lots of work, but good food.

Finally relaxing and scanning the net.

Another Iraq Contractor Avoiding Millions In Taxes Through Off-Shore Havens

Last March, the Boston Globe reported that KBR — one of the top profiteers of the Iraq war — has avoided paying more than $500 million “in federal Medicare and Social Security taxes by hiring its workers through shell companies” based in the Caymen Islands. Today, the Globe reports that another Pentagon contractor, Virginia-based MPRI, [...]