Three more states participated in the primary process last night. What isn't surprising is that Mitt Romney lost both Alabama and Mississippi. After his tone-deaf pandering with comments about "y'all" and "cheesey grits", he's lucky they didn't drag him from the bumper of a pickup truck to the state's border.

No, what's surprising is that Newt Gingrich couldn't pull a victory out of Alabama. Despite it bordering his declared "home state", and being the only other candidate besides Ron Paul with any real southern credentials, he lost it to a "yankee" from Pennsylvania. You'd think he'd be humbled or discouraged. But no, we're talking Newt, whose beltline is surpassed only by his ego. He sees no reason to get out now:
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68 comments (Latest Comment: 03/14/2012 21:57:51 by Raine)

Today's Doonesbury may not be running in your local paper today, as it is considered too far past the line of good taste for some editorial boards. In the age of the internets, I find this funny, sad and futile. I am posting it here.
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64 comments (Latest Comment: 03/13/2012 00:27:48 by Scoopster)

Good Morning.

I'll soon be off to Mill Pond in Burlington, MA to lead another hike for Mr. Bean. I'm glad I can today....you might have heard that scouting is dangerous business. I managed to fall down a hill on the way to Roundtable Thursday night.

Please make a note...penny loafers don't behave the same way as hiking boots.

In any case, it's been a rather busy week. I'm feeling a bit out of touch today, and in skimming the nets this morning, I've seen a few interesting things, but they've already made their way into this week of blog.

So....we'll just pick and choose.

Have you all heard about the American Gestapo that's been operating in New York City? Both the Mayor and the Police chief are claiming that the lack of an attack is due to the success of the program. Success is relative, I guess. As long as you're not afraid of black cars in the middle of the night, it's great.
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9 comments (Latest Comment: 03/11/2012 02:48:45 by TriSec)

Good Morning everyone.

Still up here in NY, so for now, this will be the blog.

The sun rose again, and the sky is blue. That is a wonderful thing.

and
Raine
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23 comments (Latest Comment: 03/08/2012 22:23:11 by BobR)

Good Morning.

Today is our 3,803rd 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: 1,908
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 999

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

$ 1, 309, 156, 650, 000 .00

I've really not got much to say today. These two stories appeared as succesive clicks at Stars and Stripes. Just read them and think about it.
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19 comments (Latest Comment: 03/06/2012 21:39:17 by livingonli)