Month: October 2014

Serious Thought

My thoughts are with Kevin Drum. I’m happy that he’s optimistic and good-natured about his diagnosis of multiple myeloma, and while his treatment regimen looks pretty intense, at least he thinks it isn’t as bad...

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The Fabulous Christie/Cuomo Duo [Update 3]

North Jersery dot com reports Christie/Cuomo Announce Quarantine of Passengers from West Africa. Not that they have any expertise in medicine, public health, or science, but they do know how to respond toto kneejerk calls from...

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Things That Could Make Me Feel Better

Regardless of how the midterms elections go, there are a few Republicans who I would really like to see lose and that (if they lose) would go a long way toward mitigating the depression I would feel if things go very poorly. At...

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I Have to Predict a Mark Udall Loss

Of all the Senate races in the country, the one that is perplexing me the most is the one in Colorado. For starters, I cannot for the life of me figure out why Senator Mark Udall is doing so poorly in the polls. Every theory I...

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Understanding the Palins

Our learned contempt for The Palins is their oxygen, and eventually their mortgage payment. It doesn’t matter how low class and stupid they act, if anyone points it out it’s money in the bank for the Wasilla...

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