In this, the “year of action,” a certain pea-coated dolphin friend of mine — who I must say has been given to drastic mood swings of late, something which is so completely out of character with him as to be sometimes almost physically jarring to me — showed up tonight unannounced with rare-steak Pho and a bottle of plum wine, over which we shared a pleasant evening of idle chit
July 2, 2014
July 2, 2014
“Obama Taunts Republicans on Executive Orders: ‘So Sue Me!’”
Consider this an addendum to my previous post — at least to its summation. Here is the partial transcript from Barack Obama’s speech this week where he taunted Republicans: As long as they insist on taking no action whatsoever that will help anybody, I’m going to keep on taking actions on my own that can help the middle class, like the actions I’ve already taken to speed up construction projects
July 2, 2014
“Congressman Bridenstine Denied Access to UAC Housing at Ft. Sill”
For those of you not familiar with Bridenstine, he’s a staunch TEA Party conservative — and one wonders why it is that he was essentially barred from a federal facility in the state he represents at the federal level. Including Rep Bridenstine: Congressman Jim Bridenstine (OK) was denied access yesterday to the HHS facility at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma currently housing up to 1,200 unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who illegally crossed
July 2, 2014
Just for fun
…I’ve been Tweeting out (largely ignored) progressive 4th of July Party games. Could be I’m the only one amused. But amused I am! #progJuly4partygames is the Twitter hashtag. Or post them here. Here’s what I’ve envisioned so far: #progJuly4partygames: capture the flag. Then burn it. Then replace it with a bust of Noam Chomsky #progJuly4partygames: hand out trophies to everyone. Congratulate yourselves for inclusiveness w a second trophy for everyone.
July 2, 2014
Health threat from illegal aliens: Medical staff threatened if they reveal extent of crisis [Darleen Click]
Medical staff warned talk and you’ll be fired A government-contracted security force threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they divulged any information about the contagion threat at a refugee camp housing illegal alien children at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, sources say. In spite of the threat, several former camp workers broke their confidentiality agreements and shared exclusive details with me about the dangerous conditions at