It's been a strange confluence of stories recently: two Generals (so far) have had their marital affairs revealed... the attack in Benghazi being investigated... one of the women involved disappearing... It has all the makings of a Hollywood thriller. We may never know what is going on behind the scenes, but what's happening in plain view is pretty amazing.

Prior to the election, the Republicans were trying to create an aura of scandal around the attacks on the American Consulate at Benghazi in Libya. The accusations were all over the place, from "Obama did nothing for 7 hours", to "Obama lied to Americans about what happened", to "Obama is incompetent" (you can't be simulaneously a devious genius and incompetent). As a result, the Republican witch-hunter Daryll Issa decided to hold hearings on the attacks. Like the "Fast & Furious" scandal that they tried to create, it looks like there will be no "there" there.
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92 comments (Latest Comment: 11/17/2012 04:24:47 by BobR)

I am currently traveling for work, which is why I have't been around here this week. It's also why it slipped my mind that I needed to write a blog this morning. So if anyone feels inspired to post anything - please do, and then merge this lame blog stub in.
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103 comments (Latest Comment: 11/16/2012 02:48:57 by Raine)

First and foremost.....I SURVIVED!

This trip had been bumped and rescheduled...we were supposed to go a week ago (on an off week for me), but it got changed at the last minute to a treatment week.

This was Javi's first real trip with the Troop - there was no way I was going to miss this.

So, like a good Scout Parent, after schlepping to the hospital to get rid of my pump Friday afternoon, I made sure I stayed active until the troop was ready to depart, in an effort to avoid my Friday pm crash. With the help of Five-Hour Energy, it worked!
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82 comments (Latest Comment: 11/13/2012 05:11:41 by clintster)

In the focus on the election, there are some important science stories that I thought I would look at today. Even as the election becomes a memory, many Americans are still facing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. This disaster has focused much attention on the issue of global climate change which was seldom discussed during the campaign season
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 11/10/2012 18:50:40 by Will in Chicago)

Prior to Tuesday's election the outcome was anything but certain. Poll-meister Nate Silver gave Obama's chances of winning somewhere in the 70-80% range, but there were a lot of unknowns and uncertainty. Would supporters show up? Would the voters still be registered when they got there? Would their IDs be accepted? Would the votes be counted? What if the polls were wrong?

There was enough uncertainty that the candidates and their supporters should have been prepared for it to go either way. Mitt Romney and his supporters, however, seemed to think it was a done deal except for the (vote) counting. They weren't really prepared to lose. They were genuinely shocked (not just disappointed) that he lost, and acted out in ways that are really unseemly.
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80 comments (Latest Comment: 11/10/2012 04:48:19 by Will in Chicago)