I had an extremely disturbing moment this morning. Got up as I usually do, and proceeded to head for the bathroom with my animal entourage – the dogs trailing dutifully behind, and the cats swirling figure eights between my legs in a desperate plot to kill me. I made it to my destination unscathed, only to wonder what in god’s name would possess Granny to hang a poster of Khalid Sheik Mohammed on our bathroom wall. I must admit, the realization that I was wearing a white t-shirt and looking into the mirror was quite horrifying. This was no way to start the work week.
Hey, how ’bout that Harry Reid, huh? That man really knows how to run the Senate with an iron fist, and he negotiates like a professional. Next time I buy a car, I want him on hand to try and get me sticker price. Of course, I refer to his brilliant move in bringing aboard Arlen Specter, and agreeing to get Specter re-elected to the Senate as a Democrat and grant him full seniority, while Specter agreed to do whatever he damn well pleases. I have no idea why Democrats should try and save Specter’s ass. If he’s going to keep voting with the Republicans, then let the asshole lose in a Republican primary to some wingnut who’ll get is clocked cleaned by Joe Sestak in the general. Now Sestak will need to blow a bundle of money to defeat Specter in a Democratic primary. How the hell the folks in PA can keep electing somebody who doesn’t support working people or public healthcare is beyond me.
Speaking of healthcare, another local school is closed for a week because one kid had the dreaded Swine Flu. Oy. Last I saw, there were 809 confirmed cases worldwide. Out of 6.7 billion or so people, that amounts to about .000012%. Of course, in the US, the numbers are far scarier – about .000064%.
Be afraid, people; be very afraid. And be vigilant. Somewhere out there, there’s a pig with your name on it.
They say the first symptom is starting to look like Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
Monday, and no NYC school is closed. All of Mayor Bloomie’s minions were upset with Biden because he said he’s avoid the subways. I ALWAYS avoid the subways. They’re dirty. During rush hour you get to stand, clinging to a dirty pole, with your fellow NYer’s smashed against you on all sides. Occasionally one’s a groper, but it’s impossible to tell who he is in the sardine can. And, you’d better know when your stop is because the announcements are so garbled they cannot be understood.
Have a good one!
morning!
feeling better here. still recovering though.
our :bee: ‘s are using the new home i built them. that’s amazingly refreshing compared to the political foofaraw we call “goverment”.
life goes on, with a few blossoms and a yard full of dandilions,
Glad you’re on the mend, SJ.
Good to hear SJ! :bee: I’ve been busy at the farm. Planting and trying to get the lettuce out of the ground before it gets too darned hot! :hot: I’m buying a house that has been foreclosed. $50k. Just in time too because the house I’m renting got sold and will be closing right after my closing date. The dogs will have a bigger yard to play in. :pup:
Congratulations, KP.
As usual, the Rethugs defend corporations against the pub lic good:
President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced on Monday a crackdown on offshore tax havens that could produce $210 billion in new tax revenue over the next decade.
The White House will face opposition to the proposal from the business community and Congress. Before the announcement, a Republican leadership staffer circulated an email citing a Bloomberg report saying the proposal “would be the biggest tax increase on U.S. corporations since 1986.” And Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (Ken.) said later on Monday that he could not endorse Obama’s plan since it “gives preferential treatment to foreign companies at the expense of U.S.-based companies.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/04/republicans-defend-tax-ha_n_195617.html
No, Mitch, the plan gives preferential treatment to US companies who don’t use offshore tax havens. Douchenozzle.
Housewarming party at Krista’s!
:banana: :40:
Yay Kristapea!
Dogger heaven! good luck to you.
Palemale gets harrassed by a bluejay and Lincoln takes some nice photos of flowers.
Evening everyone.
Next Monday, NASA will send a crew of astronauts to install greatly improved instruments on the 18-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. Just three days later, the European Space Agency will launch two even more advanced telescopes, named Planck and Herschel.
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If all three instruments work as planned, scientists will be able to look back almost to the birth of the universe 13.7 billion years ago. They could detect the first stars and galaxies, and prove — or disprove — theories about what happened in the first seconds after the “big bang,” when cosmologists think that everything began.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/67476.html
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was a last-minute no-show at Saturday’s Westport wedding of his former roommates—a gay couple, The New York Post reported today.
It was a disappointment for Queens car dealer Howard Koeppel and his longtime lover, Mark Hsaio, who tied the knot in a double-ring ceremony before 10 guests at a private Westport home, the newspaper said.
The couple famously let the ex-mayor crash at their luxury $2.37 million three-bedroom Manhattan apartment while he was going through a nasty divorce with Donna Hanover in 2001, the Post said. Later, Giuliani married the “other woman,†Judith Nathan.
http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/comments/23417/
Anybody see Marc’s Google Brain video today?
Somebody on the BRL staff (or Maron) evidently made the connection from Webster Hubble to Hubble Telescope. That’s the way my brain works.
Google Brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5HPfu81QRY