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Author: TriSec    Date: 01/29/2013 11:12:53

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,132nd day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty report from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,177
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,080

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1,418, 044, 850, 000 .00

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63 comments (Latest Comment: 01/29/2013 22:30:23 by Mondobubba)

Message in a Bubble
Author: Raine    Date: 01/28/2013 14:26:39

We no longer have the debt ceiling to be concerned about, sequestration has been kicked down the road until May. Failed VP candidate Ryan thinks sequestration will happen, so we can expect Congress to get back to work and take care of the people's business. What issues will they tackle? Gun Control? Jobs plan? Immigration Reform? Reauthorize the Violence Against women act?
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57 comments (Latest Comment: 01/29/2013 01:19:11 by TriSec)

I'm Mali, So Mali
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 01/27/2013 15:44:05

Where is this Mali place? Velveeta thinks it sounds like a lovely spot to vacate; filled with quietly whispering palm trees overlooking a clear blue ocean rolling over white sands and gentle sloping mountains in the background. Ah, please, ask the Señor to bring Miss Velveeta a fruity cocktail in a coconut, but not with actual coconut in the contents. Strawberries perhaps. Thank you.

What? Mali is in a desert, and landlocked? Ew.
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 01/27/2013 21:59:11 by Raine)

Ice Cold
Author: TriSec    Date: 01/26/2013 10:54:24

Good Morning!

It's been a long time since I had an early-morning Saturday blog, but I fear my platelet donation days may be behind me. (Not that it affects you - what are you waiting for?) Now being a Cancer Survivor, this is kinda close to home. Although I never needed any, when I donated, the bulk of my product went right up to Dana Farber hospital and the Jimmy Fund for transfusions to cancer patients - among other things, chemo wipes out your platelets. But I digress.
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4 comments (Latest Comment: 01/26/2013 21:19:07 by Will in Chicago)

The Culture War - State Edition
Author: BobR    Date: 01/25/2013 13:52:49

While most of the nation's focus is on political manueverings in DC, most of the action that really affects our lives occurs at the state level. Although the watered down filibuster reform is aggravating, and watching Republicans shoot themselves in the foot while attemping to grill SoS Hillary Clinton and future Sos John Kerry is entertaining, none of that is very germaine to our daily lives.
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67 comments (Latest Comment: 01/26/2013 00:21:34 by Will in Chicago)

Scandal! Coverup!
Author: Raine    Date: 01/24/2013 13:49:24

I watched a good portion of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testimony to both the house and senate yesterday.

I want to thank the GOP for showing the rest of the world how prepared she is should she decide to run for President. Even more important, she showed the world that the GOP looks like this:
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78 comments (Latest Comment: 01/25/2013 00:15:52 by Will in Chicago)

Inauguration Day 2013 - from the ground
Author: BobR    Date: 01/23/2013 14:04:31

Sunday January 20th at noon, per the Constitution, President Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term. On Monday (coincidentally, the MLK Jr. holiday), the public swearing in and parade was done. We attended the first swearing in 4 years ago along with nearly 2 million of our closest friends. We made a special trip to DC for that. Here it is 4 years later, and we have been residents of the area for over 3 years. Attending the festivities should have been a breeze. We know the area, we know the shortcuts, we had the experience of what to expect. This time should have been easy.
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111 comments (Latest Comment: 01/23/2013 22:07:36 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 01/22/2013 11:08:17

Good morning.

Today is our 4,125th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualties from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,175
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,083

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$1, 415, 727, 075, 000 .00


I've got a follow-up to Saturday's blog....I derided the F-35 for it's underpowered engine and ill-advised multipurpose role. Turns out that our English allies have discovered something new...it could blow up in a thunderstorm.
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86 comments (Latest Comment: 01/23/2013 06:22:52 by clintster)

Fifty Seven
Author: Raine    Date: 01/21/2013 13:15:18

We are off to see this fellow:
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35 comments (Latest Comment: 01/22/2013 01:29:46 by BobR)

Four Long Years
Author: TriSec    Date: 01/20/2013 13:57:09

Good Morning.

Just stealing a little of Vel's thunder this morning. I'm sure she won't mind.

Four years ago on this very day, We were on the National Mall with about 2 million of our closest friends. It was an amazing day, and you could probably look back for our accounts of it, lo those many years ago.

Not quite a month after the inauguration, I was laid off, and that precipitated a now four-year odyssey through many jobs, contracts, unemployment, and underemployment.

I also blogged a while back about how I was NOT better off than I was four years ago. But better than 3 years ago? 2 years ago? Last year? Well, HELL YA!

And so here we are again. President Obama will be sworn in at noon today, just like always, but in a private ceremony. Tomorrow he'll do it again in the big public ceremony. I'm sure the crowd won't be quite as big, but here's hoping that it's just as happy and civilized as last time. (Incredibly, nobody was arrested for anything four years ago.)

This year....with a not so new job under my belt (One year on Feb 8), full-bore medical insurance, and now cancer in remission.....there is a distinct possibility that that Hope and Change promised us a few years back might personally come to pass.

(And just imagine if the GOP was more interested in the United States than in maintaining their power....remember, they call US fascists, but everything they do is leading us down that path now, isn't it?)


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