TU for a Day (update)
Diary police can report straight to the comments, as this will likely not be substantive enough for serious DKosers. Moreover, even though this is my first DK diary, I'm not unfamiliar with the rules...
View ArticlePhony "family finances/U.S. budget" conflation hits Facebook
One of my friends posted this yesterday. It looks very much like one of those "post this for a day if you believe it" tropes that circulates around FB:"DEAR CONGRESS, Last year I mismanaged my funds...
View ArticleA Letter to a Friend Dismissing Paul
I recently reconnected with an old high school classmate (Class of ’64—you do the math) and we've had several very enjoyable exchanges over the past few weeks, although we early on determined that our...
View ArticleLow Information Bloggers
I cannot believe the stuff that's out there. One of my Facebook "friends" (a reasonably nice guy on the surface whom I know through a non-political common interest), who has turned out to be a rabid...
View ArticleHappy Corporate Love-Themed Merchandising Day!
Admittedly not much of a diary, but as a parent, one occasionally likes to show off the work of their offspring.Orange squiggly ensues:
View ArticleEconomics Debunking Help Requested
My apologies up front for something less than a real diary, but I recently received an exhortation to go watch the movie Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve (available all over the place) so I could...
View ArticleVoter Purge in Volusia County
According to Talking Points Memo, my very own Supervisor of Elections, Ann McFall (r), has elected not to participate in the great Rick Scott Get the Lead Out Disenfranchisement Operation. Despite the...
View ArticleMom gets her photo ID
I took my 93 year old mother to the DMV today to get a photo ID. She gave up driving a couple of years ago and her DL expired last year, but she continued to skate based on her rebellious notion that...
View ArticleOptics
I just spewed several thoughts to my bride about an hour after we watched the debate. I'm proud to say that although I was initially bummed by Ed Schultz' and Tweety's analyses, good ol' Rachel broke...
View ArticleHistory Doomed to Repeat?
I posted this on Facebook a little bit ago.As I read about Thursday night's RNC, and after reading about the previous night’s events, I couldn’t keep from having this image come to mind. So, I looked...
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