Good Morning.

Today is our 4,167th 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: 2,178
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,080

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

$ 1, 429, 628, 675, 000. 00
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67 comments (Latest Comment: 03/06/2013 01:22:14 by TriSec)

Are you angry with your government? Sick and tired of the news blaring this weeks crisis and party bickering while no work gets done and you suffer? Well, just in time for tax season, you should join the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT!

That's right, Velveeta is here today to instruct you on how to become a Teabagger™ a purely grass roots movement that has no ties to any political party and was started by real Americans like the Koch Brothers and members of the tobacco industry and moved along by Fox News, who saw the need for Americans to get up and fight!
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 03/03/2013 18:53:33 by velveeta jones)

It's here. Starting today, the fiscal manifestation of a dysfunctional Congress becomes real. Created over a year ago as a Sword of Damacles to ensure a sensible budget was created (voted into place by congressional Republicans), the "sequestor" was meant to be the financial equivalent of mutual assured destruction of nuclear weaponry.

The trigger was actually cocked last year when the Congress once again failed to agree on a budget that reduced the deficit the required amount (Republicans objected to tax increases and cuts in military spending; Democrats objected to cuts in domestic programs and "entitlements"). As the ball dropped in Times Square on New Years Eve, the sequestor took effect. Republicans were wise enough to understand the implications of immediate tax increases on everyone and finally allowed a bill to go through to retroactively prevent the tax increases on everyone making below $400K (although the FICA tax cut was allowed to expire). They punted the spending cuts down the road for two months.
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55 comments (Latest Comment: 03/01/2013 22:29:16 by Mondobubba)

The age old question of "are we alone in the universe?" sparks interesting debates, theories, and discussions. Does life exist on other planets? Is it intelligent? Is it more advanced than us? Have they destroyed their ecosystem like we are in the process of doing and looking for other planets where they can start over?

That latter question is one that has popped up in various science fiction movies, and for good reason. The ecological movement of the 70s resulted in the EPA and big steps towards reducing and cleaning up pollution. Nowadays, the altering of our climate via pollution (greenhouse gasses) has become so politicized that even good science has been demonized and sacrificed upon the altar of political posturing.
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67 comments (Latest Comment: 02/27/2013 21:53:16 by wickedpam)

Someone slept in this morning after staying up late watching the Oscars. Blog to come...
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49 comments (Latest Comment: 02/26/2013 04:41:01 by clintster)