Over the last two days, the Supreme Court has been hearing oral arguments about gay marriage. Tuesday was the Prop 8 case in California, and yesterday was DOMA. Trying to predict the outcome based on the questions asked by the justices is always a fools game, but - playing the fool - I am going to guess that Prop 8 will be struck down on narrow procedural grounds, and section 3 of DOMA will be ruled unconstitutional.
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47 comments (Latest Comment: 03/29/2013 00:40:41 by TriSec)

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,188th day in Afghanistan.

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

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,178
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,080

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

$ 1, 436, 581, 600, 000 .00
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43 comments (Latest Comment: 03/26/2013 22:14:05 by Raine)

Good Morning.

Well, it looks like Raine probably scooped me yesterday with a "Puppies, Bunnies, and Flowers" blog. I've got two on standby, but one is a litany of cancer treatments for the "Monday Night Cancer Club" over on Kos, and I've got yet another blog about the BSA's National Policy and the ramifications, but I think I've beat that into the ground enough of late.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 03/25/2013 00:36:29 by TriSec)

 
We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. ...
I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
- Thomas Edison speaking with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone in 1931

It's often forgotten that the first "horseless carriages" weren't gasoline powered. Most early cars were either electric or had steam engines. They were often quite beautiful and luxurious - we saw this one in the DC St. Patrick's Day festival this year:



It glided by, quiet as a whisper.
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76 comments (Latest Comment: 03/21/2013 21:24:53 by Mondobubba)

Good Morning.

It's been 3,653 days since we invaded Iraq on false pretenses. This morning, it's worth reviewing our losses in blood and treasure. As always, the numbers come to us courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4,488
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4,347
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3,627
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 256
Since Operation New Dawn: 66

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 319
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq : 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

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

$ 812, 049, 295, 000 .00

It's worth pondering that this war has taken us longer than the war to secure our own independence....or to defeat fascism....or things like inventing the atomic bomb or putting man on the moon.
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43 comments (Latest Comment: 03/20/2013 02:13:14 by Will in Chicago)