Anything to keep the natives happy.
Open Thread
The best part of owning a dog is that no matter how long you are gone, whether it is an hour or eight hours, they are just as excited to see you:
Just making some home made marinara (tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, basil, salt and pepper) and pouring it over some fresh spinach and quinoa rotelle. Simple, but tasty.
The T word
I agree completely with John that the word “treason” should not be used lightly. Thus, I disagree with my man Eric Massa when he describes Chuck Grassley’s “pull the plug on grandma” quip as treason.
On the other hand, it is worth noting that there are plenty of teabaggers out there who are talking about overthrowing the government and that attempting to overthrow the government would almost certainly meet the standard of treason. Obviously, it only becomes treason when you actually attempt the overthrow, not when you write about it from the safety of your basement or mobile home. And Grassley has yet to advocate the overthrow of the government himself.
But I think it’s fair to say that Grassley is palling around with would-be traitors.
Hurricane Bill
I was just thinking the other day that it sure seems like it has been a relatively slow hurricane season. Looks like that might change.
Sad News
Frequent commenter Svensker passes along the sad news that her friend, Mary Catherine, who we all pitched in to help out a few months back, has passed:
My friend MC – Mary Catherine Lamb – for whom John sponsored a fundraiser last winter, lost her battle with cancer on August 15.
MC’s passing was a shock to everyone. Her prognosis had been very good. She had recently been diagnosed with some tiny tumors in her brain but the doctor expected treatment to be effective. At first everything went well – in fact, in typical MC fashion, she thought that the aluminum mask used to target the radiation was so beautiful that she turned it into a sculpture. But an infection took hold in her weakened state and neither antibiotics nor her body could stop it. She died very quickly with many loved ones around her.
Barney Frank, by popular demand
I’d like to see the rest of the interview interrupted here, because I wonder if Frist attempted a remote diagnosis of this woman.
(via Wonkette)
Star Wars, those near and far wars
Whiskey Fire finds what may be the greatest Erick Erickson post ever. The title is “Is Glenn Beck TV’s Obi Wan Kenobi?”