Duly noted.

Catch of the day:

“The Tale of J.R. Simplot’s Two-Headed Trout”

Photos are at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/10-1

When I play the video clip, my geezerly ears hear at 14 seconds “What we’ve got he-uh…”

Grammatically, “have got” is considered non-standard by many. (I googled “have got grammar”.)

Nice essay. Another advantage of the UK parliamentary system is that the parliament and/or public opinion can force an election at any time, and campaigns typically run only two months. Richard Nixon used to get some tough questions from the press during the height of the Watergate crisis, while we were singing “the times they [...]

For your footnote collection: “…who said that a man never believes in something that is in his financial or personal interest not to believe,…” “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked [...]

I agree fully that the Ds are entirely as undesirable as the Rs. I thought that NPA could benefit by having a well-known candidate in the district. If he ran on the NPA ticket, NPA would benefit from his supporters and from the ensuing publicity. I asked the question knowing that K’s record has serious [...]

Just a wild thought:

If Kucinich were willing to take the NPA pledge, would the NPA accept him as their nominee in his Ohio district?

A “No” vote on ACA would have earned Kucinich a chapter in the next edition of Profiles in Courage. All of his futile votes against the MIC have earned him a footnote in Gadflies of the US Congress.

Maybe if Kucinich had held out for even a speck of Medicare-for-all, like reducing the age of eligibility from 65 to 55, then the Democrats might have lost fewer state houses in 2010, and K and some of his fellow Demo-Uniparty pals would have been able to keep their seats. Grayson lists K’s positions in [...]

I too dislike vague language in the law, and I understand its effects. That’s why I wrote “… no matter how much I would like to have them spelled out explicitly.” I have my own set of horror stories, and I assure you that I have too little “faith in the corrective function of all [...]

Hello again, wd! I have a few more comments to toss in before this diary goes into mothballs, so here goes… Just to be clear: I am as dissatisfied with the Uniparty and BO as are others here, and I hope that you won’t think otherwise because I find no threat to liberty in HR [...]

I agree, RC. Please see my response to this issue at 61. It’s true that people, including cops, can be lyin’ esso bees, but should the “disorderly conduct” crime be abolished? I’m not arguing, because in some cases, like yours, it should not be or have been applied. The question is semi-rhetorical, whatever that means. [...]

Good morning, wd! I hope you got a good night’s sleep. I was up all night trying unsuccessfully to get this issue out of my head. I want to post a quick response now before this diary scrolls off to FDL oblivion. We must have formed some telepathic connection yesterday – I came up with [...]

BTW,

Squadron en route.

Love,
Trollwad :)

Here’s the full text (rendered goofy when I copied it from the pdf): “January, two thousand and twelve An Act To correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 (relating to restricted buildings or grounds) of title 18, United States Code. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States [...]

I read the Act – several times – and I would like to offer an alternate and somewhat less distressing interpretation of it, even though I know that such an offering will subject me to “the slings and arrows of outragreous-ed” Pups. I am willing to endure such vituperation if the interpretation might bring a [...]

May I still blame Obama?

“When the President does it, that means it’s not illegal.” – Richard Nixon

WD, are you referring to “Reported Attack Page!” ?