Breaking - Bush sorry about that war thing, sort of
In an exclusive interview with the London Times, George W. Bush expressed regret that his legacy was as a warmonger.But if you read the article, it turns out he's not sorry he started the war, he's...
View ArticleDo-it-yourself Nostradamus 2008
Since the French physician and seer Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566)] is widely believed to have predicted everything ever, I decided to look in his writings for something about the coming...
View ArticleLike to read? Try preserving history a page at a time
If you like to read, you ought to be familiar with Project Gutenberg, producer of free ebooks, whose goal is to provide etexts of all publications in the public domain.I could go into a rant here about...
View ArticleHere's what Obama needs to say about the surge
The purpose of the surge was supposed to be to create opportunities for us to leave Iraq, not to stay there. Supporters of the surge have conveniently forgotten the political goal of the surge, and...
View ArticleNo Refuge in the A.M. TV Wasteland -- Urging McCain to "Win Bitterly"
I'm normally a night owl, and don't have to expose myself to the blitherings of the right-wing dominated morning talking heads. However, a trip to Europe has set my biological clock back a few hours,...
View ArticleE&P ENDORSEMENT TALLY: Obama Widens Lead to 102-32
Editor & Publisher has been tracking endorsements of the presidential candidates, and as of noon on Sunday, Obama has a more than 3-to-1 lead over McCain, picking up more than 50 papers today....
View ArticleVirginia Overwhelmed by Election Volunteers
Given the diaries about early voting, I looked into Virginia's rules.Early voting as such doesn't exist here. VA has absentee voting (with votes counted on Election Day, not after), but you're...
View ArticleCould McCain Win? Battleground States and Poll Movement (w/poll on polls)
All the main election polling sites (the ones I frequent) now project Obama to win the Presidency, though there is disagreement over which states remain in play. But McCain's camp is claiming they...
View ArticleMy open letter to John Boehner
Open letters are all the rage these days. Although this won't have the impact of Sinead O'Connor's advice to Miley Cyrus, a friend showed me I could tag John Boehner on Facebook, and rant directly to...
View ArticleCongress is an Institution, not an Organization
On the Diane Rehm show yesterday, the discussion centered on the latest efforts to end the impasse in Washington. One guest was a negotiations expert, who talked about zero-sum games, compromising vs....
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The Map of Crazy
I was looking at an Interactive Map (thanks, Time Magazine) of Nay votes in the House of Representatives on the deal to raise the debt ceiling (AKA HR 5775). I wanted to see if there was some pattern,...
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Utility Monsters Ate My Vote
This is just a brief little philosophical stroll to show how an 18th century thinker and a 21st century Supreme Court justice combined to make my vote worthless, and how a thought experiment came to...
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