Since I’ve been a bit out of pocket lately, I felt like I owed y’all one of these:
- House approves ‘clean’ debt-limit bill (WashPost) — Weird how easy that was, after all the previous instances in which “principle” supposedly made this impossible. Not that I’m complaining; it’s just weird.
- Midlands braces for double-whammy ice storm (thestate.com) — SNL is no doubt gearing up for a return of Buford Calloway, Sethory. Here’s hoping it’s just a laughing matter. I hear that SCE&G is warning folks this one is going to be worse than a couple of weeks ago.
- Shirley Temple Dies (NPR) — I find that headline hard to take in. I heard a quote on NPR today — can’t seem to find it at the moment — in which FDR said that as long as we had Shirley Temple, America was going to be all right. And now we don’t have her.
- French and US ‘trust restored’ (BBC) — However, the trust of the French first lady? Not so much…
- Bing censoring Chinese search results for US users (The Guardian) — Apparently, The Guardian has found someone on the Web to worry about that doesn’t involve the NSA.
- Gov. Haley backs bill to allow carrying of firearms without permits, training (thestate.com) — Because the guns-in-bars bill she signed today just doesn’t go far enough, I suppose.
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Politics, don’t you love it!
Now, Sen. Sheheen has but little choice but to allign himself even more closely with Obama instead of the U.S. Constitution, which many S.C. voters still do not believe can and should only be interpreted by — you guessed it, lawyers.
Shame on you, elected lawyers. Now, reap the 3rd-rail stuff you love to sew. Don’t you wish voter I.D was not a problem for you this time around?
Kudos to Bob Arial on another subperb creation!
If only it were true.
Also, not to play “joke police” but I don’t think it’s all that funny. The law has to do with restaurants and bars. Why not set the people in a fancy restaurant, and have a snobby waiter come up to them with the “specials” of the day, which turn out to be guns?
Or maybe have them be looking at a menu, and it’s all guns.
P.S. I have no idea what Juan Caruso is talking about.
Reaping what you sew has me wondering, not to sow seeds of condescension….
The grammatical weed was deliberately sown — just hide and watch.
I wonder if the cartoon is a reaction to the new proposed bill cited in the article, not the restaurant one. It fits better. And also is quite a disturbing idea, if you ask me.
Bryan C., no need for you to understand what I was “talking about”, unless you are one of the “elected lawyers” that I was clearly addressing.
Thanks for your “snow”.
#1: This story had me talking back to the TV in surprise when I saw it on the News Hour. It was done early and without conditions. Maybe the public reaction to last year’s shutdown has made Boehner something of a pragmatist. I’m glad to see it.
#2: Jim Cantore only paused a moment in Columbia on his way to the belly of the beast in Georgia. We’ll be OK.
I thought the big story of the day was the Internet barons joining together to challenge the US Government on its surveillance policies. There’s money in those deep pockets that elected officials will be wary of losing, and there’s a lot of money to be lost by the companies if they lose the trust of consumers. I’m putting my money on the techies.
Brad, since Hollande is not married, there has either never been a French First Lady, or she is the paramour du jour….
Whatever. Frankly, I’ve always found his long-time relationship with the brilliant and gorgeous Ségolène Royal to be the ultimate illustration of the aimlessness, fecklessness and irresponsibility of such modern arrangements. All those years, four children, and one just… walks away. Because, after all, there was no commitment to begin with. “Sophisticated” people can be so stupid.
That said, one is willing to forgive certain character flaws in a French leader who is willing to use what military might the nation still possesses to oppose evil in foreign lands — in Libya, Mali, the Central African Republic and in Syria (if Obama hadn’t pulled the rug out at the last second).
What’s the French for “mensch?”
In most states, even if married, the divorce process is pretty quick.