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DBudget Unchained
Author: BobR    Date: 04/11/2013 12:59:00

Yesterday, President Obama released his budget. It seemed to have something for everyone, which means it also had something for everyone to hate. Republicans love the chained CPI for Social Security, but hate the revenue increases and stimulus spending. For liberals and progressives, it's the opposite. It is truly bi-partisan - something everyone gives lip service to - so the reality is that it is dead in the water.
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50 comments (Latest Comment: 04/11/2013 21:14:36 by livingonli)

Irony Alert
Author: Raine    Date: 04/10/2013 12:54:18


Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/09/2013 10:35:10

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,202nd 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: 2,192
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,081

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

$ 1, 441, 215, 850, 000 .00


Let's talk about honor and dishonor today. These are often curious things. As a society, we've set standards for ourselves surrounding these two things. We tend to think that soldiers are automatically "honorable" simply by virtue of the uniform, but unfortunately this is often not the case.
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55 comments (Latest Comment: 04/10/2013 01:02:03 by Will in Chicago)

Me Bomb You Long Time
Author: BobR    Date: 04/08/2013 13:04:06

Every neighborhood has one - that one kid who took a left turn at Albuquerque (emotionally), and causes trouble for everyone. In global terms, that kid is North Korea. A thorn in the side of national diplomacy when Kim Jun Il was in charge, that thorn is causing a festering sore now that his son has assumed the throne. He's that kid that throws firecrackers at the neighborhood pets until he accidentally blows his own fingers off.
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74 comments (Latest Comment: 04/09/2013 02:57:50 by Will in Chicago)

State of Wonder
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 04/07/2013 14:09:37

Good morning dear blog. Today, Velveeta wants to tell you some wonderful news. After all the bad and scary news out there - North Korea about to cause a huge mess, the ice melting, still no cell reception in many parts of the USA - I think its time for some news that will make the world seem like there is some good in it.

I am happy to report that the state of North Carolina has passed a bill that would require students in their state to learn cursive handwriting. Isn't that wonderful? The "back to basics" bill was passed unanimously!
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 04/07/2013 17:53:02 by clintster)

Thinking it might be open
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/06/2013 12:51:40

I'm going to skim my sources, but I think I've got nothing this morning. At least nothing developed enough for the spotlight today.
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9 comments (Latest Comment: 04/07/2013 14:59:02 by Raine)

Forward, Backward -- or Stochastic?
Author: Raine    Date: 04/05/2013 12:49:34

Feminism -- are we going forward, backward -- or are we stagnating?

I've been thinking a lot about this lately. We have many issues as women that we have been forced to deal with the past few years, from transvaginal ultra sounds to Planned parenthood funding being taken away...
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52 comments (Latest Comment: 04/06/2013 01:37:43 by clintster)

Open Thread
Author: BobR    Date: 04/04/2013 10:40:27

Due to poor planning and happenstance, I won't be able to post a real blog until later. For now, here's an open thread.
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85 comments (Latest Comment: 04/05/2013 04:22:03 by Will in Chicago)

Thursday briefing... Peraiz Haysus!
Author: Raine    Date: 04/03/2013 13:06:47

You know, North Carolina has some very serious problems and I think they found the answer!
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 04/04/2013 02:10:38 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/02/2013 10:35:23

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,195th 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: 2,184
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,081

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

$ 1, 438, 886, 325, 000 .00


Let's talk about health today. Even before the ACA, I was blessed with a state that had vast coverage. Things you have to fight for in other places, I took for granted here in this Commonwealth. Fortunately, until last year the only truly "expensive" or "unusual" treatment we had was our fertility troubles in the late '90s. But it's different for returning veterans. If they can't get a job in the civilian sector (and many still can't), then there is no job-provided commercial insurance. This leaves our veterans relying on an already overburdened VA system for routine healthcare, as well as the more severe war-related injuries.
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62 comments (Latest Comment: 04/02/2013 21:12:56 by Mondobubba)

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