Archive for December, 2010
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Remembrance Tuesday Edition
Sixty-nine years ago today, thousands of men and women, some soldiers and some civilians, were fishing up breakfast, looking forward to a relatively relaxing Sunday morning in Hawaii. Over 2400 of them did not live to see lunchtime. The Japanese attack on the fleet at Pearl Harbor was a complete surprise and an operational success. [...]
Government-Run Health Care Leaves Over 13,000 Elderly Malnourished
This is monstrous. The number of patients becoming malnourished in hospital has doubled in just three years. Official figures show that a record 13,500 patients fell victim to some form of nutritional deficiency last year. Most are frail and elderly pensioners who are simply ‘left to starve’ because they are too weak to feed themselves. [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Prep the Pipers Piping Monday Edition
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable weekend. There are 19 days left until Christmas and 12 days left for those of you who are rounding up Jugglers Juggling and Lords a-Leaping to get everything in place before the partridge has to be in the tree. And now, links! Who owns the sweat of [...]
What Would It Take to Balance the Budget? A Lot Less Work Than We Think
Most people, including me, tend to think that balancing the budget is a Herculean task. I look at the yearly deficit numbers racked up by our self-proclaimed Blue Dog President and I wonder how we can ever bring those long, long red lines to zero. All the proposals, from the left and right have been [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Meme-Spreading Sunday Edition
What started as an effort to manage the great links I’d find every day in my RSS and Twitter feeds has turned into a minor blogging sensation. Stacy McCain has picked up the CtBT idea and so has Pat Austin. Actually, I might write a post to explain why I started the daily “Clearing the [...]
“Sax and Violence” and a Little Bell
I really miss the Muppet show. The more I watch it as an adult the more I realize how grown-up the humor and music really were. Also, how many chances did you have to see two of my favorite Muppets who never got much of the spotlight, Zoot and the Manah Manah Guy?
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