We have a batshite crazy congressperson holding a rally today in DC to kill Health Care Reform the day after her chief of staff quit, presumably because she is really that crazy. From Politico:
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58 comments (Latest Comment: 11/06/2009 07:23:49 by livingonli)

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,421st day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4356
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4217
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3893
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3497
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 128

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 325
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 911
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 591
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,395
Journalists - Iraq: 335
Academics Killed - Iraq: 431

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

$ 927, 557, 800, 000 .00


It's time for a little action this election day. Our friends at IAVA are having a little issue with the VA budget. Seems like it's more than a month late. Of course, this means that the entire Veteran's healthcare system is operating at a deficit, and they can't plan ahead, buy supplies, or do the thousands of other things that our veterans need every day.

Isn't it worth five minutes of your time for a wee phone call or email?

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32 comments (Latest Comment: 11/04/2009 07:39:15 by livingonli)

Well it's happening - just as many of us predicted. The Republicans really are eating themselves. This is what happens when you encourage the loonies of your party; the loonies grab the keys and take hold of the asylum.

It started small with making Rush Limbaugh the svengali "leader" of the party. An acknowledged drug addict and a man that can't keep a wife despite his high expectations of women became the republican party puppet leader. Though, I'm sure calling them "Feminazis" has nothing to do with his lack of arm candy.

Rush was soon followed by Joe the Plumber who was more of a cartoon character than even Rush. And around the same time the entire Palin klan popped its head up and gave us a reality show to end all shows.
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9 comments (Latest Comment: 11/02/2009 05:01:09 by velveeta jones)

There has been a lot of dithering when it comes to health care reform. It's been 16 years since the first proposal was introduced by Hillary Clinton. Since then, it's been discussed, but never really addressed, until the current Congress decided (at the request of the President) to move forward again. It's been met with opposition by Republicans who seem to just wish to be contrary. Meanwhile, their fellow Americans (some of them children) are dying every day because they can't afford health care.
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26 comments (Latest Comment: 10/31/2009 04:02:00 by clintster)

In 1873, Johannes Brahms composed "Variations on a Theme by Haydn". Creating compositions based on melodies by other composers was (and still is) common in the "classical" music world. The melody's originator is always cited in the title. The original composition attributed to Haydn, however, may not have actually been written by him. In fact, the actual source composer is unknown. This is cause for a certain amount of controversy in the music world. When this sort of thing happens in other aspects of our modern world, however, it seems to be accepted with nary a shrug of the shoulders.
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24 comments (Latest Comment: 10/29/2009 01:55:47 by Mondobubba)