And the winner is…
Hey, wait a minute. What’s the contest? you ask. As well you might. It’s a competition I’ve never heard of before: European Tree of the Year. And the winner this year is a glorious oak with a history: A Polish … Continue reading →
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Here comes your 19th nervous breakdown
I found the following at Buzzfeed. Now, Buzzfeed isn’t a site I usually visit and certainly not a site I often (or ever?) quote. But this description of the current news coverage struck somewhat of a resonant chord in me … Continue reading →
Trump and the timing of the Obamacare reform attempt
Commenter “Brian E” writes that Obamacare repeal “was not part of [Trump’s] campaign platform,” and offers a series of ways in which Trump suggested that Obamacare be tweaked. He certainly made such suggestions. But not only did he never say … Continue reading →
“Oliver Twist”: on depicting violence
As far as I’m concerned, the 1948 David Lean black-and-white version of “Oliver Twist” is the masterpiece of the many movie versions of the story. I first saw the film as a child and it scared me horribly at times, … Continue reading →
Have you noticed…
…that it’s not just the Democrats who are crowing over the GOP failure to pass the replacement for Obamacare? Have you noticed the over-the-top hype the MSM is currently making of that failure? This is the worst debacle ever, etc. … Continue reading →
Did Obamacare succeed in creating the expectation of universal health care?
Charles Krauthammer thinks it did: On Friday’s edition of ‘Special Report’ on Fox News Channel, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer made the case that President Obama’s strategy for Obamacare was not to create a perfect health care system, but to create … Continue reading →
No vote on health care reform
If you don’t get enough people on board for “yes” and schedule a vote anyway, you’re going to end up having to cancel it. And that’s what happened today. There was a lot of jockeying for position and a lot … Continue reading →
Batteries included
I purchased a battery-powered implement the other day of a type that’s been proliferating in stores during the last few years: the heel smoother. You can find a plethora of buffers and scrapers, shavers and grinders, all guaranteeing to pare … Continue reading →
It’s not the tapping, it’s the leaking
See this.
Continue reading →London terrorist Masood was a convert to Islam
And most likely a prison convert. He’s been identified by several possible birth names and aliases, but the bottom line is that he was born in Britain of non-Muslim parents, had a history of violent crime as a younger man, … Continue reading →
Trump’s threat?
Note I put a question mark after the word “threat.” Here’s the story as it’s being reported: … a frustrated White House told a group of GOP lawmakers meeting in the Capitol basement Thursday evening that negotiations were “done” and … Continue reading →
Will there be a vote tonight on health care reform?
I’m not even going to bother to put up any links because the situation is so fluid and changing that nothing anyone says is worth much in terms of prognostication. Will the House vote this evening on repeal/replace? That’s the … Continue reading →