I bet you would, although sometimes it is hard to imagine: A group of more than 200 Japanese pensioners is volunteering to tackle the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power station. The “Skilled Veterans Corps”, as they call themselves, is made up of retired engineers and other professionals, all over the age of sixty. One …
Archives for May 2011
Weiner
The whole Weiner incident was apparently the work of some jackass who has Reagan as his twitter icon: Twitter users, however, focused on tracking down the source of the dramatic crotch shot. Many on the social networking site accused user “patriotusa76” as the hacker. But “patriotusa76,” whose name is listed as Dan Wolfe, insists he’s …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread
(Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen, via Gocomics.com) __ Happy thoughts for the beginning of a compressed work week: Republicans brace for tough 2012 fight against Obama in unlikely place __ RALEIGH, N.C. — By any number of indicators, President Obama shouldn’t have much of a chance in North Carolina next year. In no state …
People tell me it’s a sin to know and feel too much within
I’d like to promise this will be last review of Bobo’s Social Animal that I share with you, but that might be a lie. On planet Brooks, all convictions are equally worthless. The good life is a shiny, skull-numbing slither along the surface of things, and the best world is fashioned by wise, scientifically informed …
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Monday Night
Spent the afternoon grilling brats at Blue’s owner’s place. Max did a quick lap in the above-ground pool and spent the rest of the afternoon in Blue’s favorite spot under the back porch, where he ignored everything but hot dog bits thrown at his nose sticking out from under the stairs. Report your holiday adventure …
Open Thread
It’s so miserably humid here I’m sort of just lifelessly flopping around. May make a mojito to cool me down.
Team Elizabeth Warren, ‘Aging’ Yet Staunch
Eventheliberal New Republic sends out a sacrificial youngling to poke us Olds with a stick, under the headline “Facebook Fight: Inside the cult of Elizabeth Warren“: On Tuesday, Representative Patrick McHenry called Elizabeth Warren a liar. Twice. As Obama’s advisor for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Warren has grown accustomed to conservative ire. But …
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