Following up on Dave’s post, here’s how one of Paul Ryan’s errand boys (sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill) puts it: “You’re a Republican, you’ve been running to repeal Obamacare, they put a repeal bill in front of you,” Doug Badger, a longtime Republican leadership health policy adviser, told the Journal. “Are you …
218 in the House
This is interesting. The Republican strategy right now seems to be a game of chicken run against their own members. Source said Rs will hold hands and jump off the cliff, someone called it the Thelma and Louise plan https://t.co/xGGnImBJxG via @WSJ — Harris Meyer (@MHHmeyer) February 27, 2017 The idea is that there are …
Common utilization patterns
I was home with my family last week. That meant a lot of time at the playground, a lot of reading Seuss and then once the kids were slightly more exhausted than I was, grown-up task time. The first three days was cleaning up the basement tool room. It is no longer an eligible Super …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Carne Vale!
(courtesy Ozark Hillbilly) . Of course most of the Mardi Gras parties happened last weekend, or even earlier, but today it’s official. Even if you’re not a Lenten observer, why pass up a chance to eat pancakes? But of course there’s always a political component… even leading aside the President-Asterisk’s speech tonight. Per the Washington …
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On The Road
Folks, We’re trying a new feature here, so let’s see how it goes for the next week or so before it’s fully automated. This post is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end …
Early Morning Open Thread: Hundreds of Trump Supporters!!! Across the Country!!!
Hundreds of Trump supporters rallied across the country to defend a president who they say has been treated unfairly https://t.co/GrHyUkYa8u — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 27, 2017 Almost too pathetic to inspire schadenfreude. Almost. …[T]he modest crowds that showed up for the noontime rallies from New Jersey to Georgia to Colorado offered a …
Late Night Comic Relief Open Thread: To… the Moon, and Beyond!
Holy shit. SpaceX says its going to send two people around the Moon in the 4th Q of 2018. — Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) February 27, 2017 @SciGuySpace I'm sure it has nothing to do with NASA mulling the same thing — brianweeden (@brianweeden) February 27, 2017 they're going to kill somebody really soon. not joking …
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