Polimom, AC (Adorable Child), and DH (Dear Husband) had a very busy weekend - with the unsurprising but frustrating result that I’m just flat-out tired today. (My grandmother would have said, “Too pooped to pop.”) Just can’t pull my thoughts together…
So - I’m going back to bed! In case you’re surfing your lunch hour or […]
Polimom finds this thought absolutely fascinating (from the TimesOnline):
REPUBLICANS are urging President George W Bush to dump Dick Cheney as vice-president and replace him with Condoleezza Rice if he is serious about presenting a new face to the jaded American public.
They believe that only the sacrifice of one or more of the big beasts of […]
I’ve been studiously avoiding the Duke rape case lately, but David Schraub at The Debate Link came across something really interesting (I mean… really) about drinking, and rape, and how victims and perpetrators are perceived when they’re drunk.
Could there be a ray of hope, at last, in Iraq? (from CNN)
Iraq finally has names for its top jobs — more than four months after its historic general election. Jawad al-Maliki was asked to be prime minister-designate and form a new government at the apparent end of a political impasse. An […]
Many people, regardless of nationality or politics, fail to question what they hear, or to seek out other opinions and information – nor is this blinkered approach limited to one side or another of an issue. Polimom’s father referred to those who believe everything they read as “sheep”, and the frequent end to many discussions was […]
Tomorrow is The Big Day in New Orleans — election day - and a very special election at that, because whether they narrow it to two choices for a run-off, or emerge with a clear winner, New Orleanians will be setting the stones on their path to the future.
For the many folks like Polimom, who […]
From CNN:
Federal immigration authorities arrested nine people linked to IFCO Systems and rounded up more than 1,000 illegal immigrants in multistate raids, federal law enforcement officials said.
How about that. A German-based company, with 9 sites all over the US, was apparently running quite an operation — complete with Social Security numbers of deceased people to […]
No matter how hard I try, I can’t see blowing myself up.
I freely admit it, I cannot understand the martyrdom mind. It doesn’t matter how much talking, reading, or thinking I do, there is just no chance that I could strap on an explosives belt, walk into a crowd, and detonate myself (along with as […]