Peter and Barbara Wyden like their coffee black.

this is hilary's "fire rumsfeld way too late in the game to change anything" moment.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/
"The latest state-by-state figures (as of late March) updated from SurveyUSA, indicate that if the election were held today, Clinton would defeat McCain in the Electoral College because of her lead in big, electoral-vote-rich states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- and McCain would beat Obama."

I don't quite understand the sausage-making process that is New York State politics, but seeing that New York's congestion pricing plan is now on life support--that's depressing. And congestion pricing was supposed to be Bloomberg's signature/breakthrough issue.

Anyway, I want to highlight a brilliant column by Paul Krugman in today's NY Times. Why are food prices so high? Krugman says there's a lot of blame to go around:
Grains Gone Wild

Nice to know being a shill for Hill hasn't totally addled the man's brain.

"spare even a single person from the tradedy of homosexula life" Yeah cause you want to be like this preacher.....

http://livingstonenterprise.com/news/?PHPSESSID=04f9fd9a3c6948c032c572dd9083bc17

BTW, the article fails to mention that the girls were around 12 years old when they were molested.

it is just about impossible for a homosexual to be the product of warmly loving, sensible parent and a sexually well-adjusted home atmosphere

So that's why I love cock so much. My parents weren't warmly loving or sensible enough.

Hey that makes sense! My brother-in-law is trans, and my in-laws are neither warmly loving nor sensible. I thinks we's on to something here!

This much is certain; it is just about impossible for a human being to be the product of warmly loving, sensible parent and a sexually well-adjusted home atmosphere.

They always complainin about "open air drug markets", but when the dealers move to an actual open air market to deal, Seattleites still be gettinz inna wad. Tourists families need to see a dope haven once in awhile to remind them why they stay in suburbia and so the kiddies will see for themselves the ravages of addiction. Oh, and fish-slingers buy those dimes, too. Plus miscreants give The Market some local flava-- it ain't Disneyland or Bellvue, people. The drivers down there are a bigger threat than the dealers yo.

man, and i was thinking of running the sri lanka half. i guess i'll do seattle's instead.

Cell phones on planes is such a bad idea. With the ambient cabin noise, people will be shouting into their phones - like they do on city buses. It won't be like chatting with the person next to you.

This is probably being brought about by the demands of business travelers, but they won't be the ones who'll have to endure this assault on the senses. Airlines are hoping people will self-regulate their cell phone behavior? Yeah, that's going to happen.

Wouldn't it be nice if the plane offered a place for people to make their calls - a kind of cellular phone booth? Everybody would be happy, right? That's not going to happen either because the airlines won't give up space that a paying passenger could occupy. Also, someone aggressive would grab the space and probably stay in it the entire flight leaving others to lump it.

No, what this is going to call for is a huge bitching campaign once phones are allowed on board. The minute one gets annoyed with a loud conversation about a business meeting or about what Laquisha and Dayron said or some valley girl's staccato-ridden likes and whatevers, complain, complain, complain. The flight attendants will get sick of it and airlines (and cell phone users) will have to make other plans.

Isn't flying annoying and uncomfortable enough?

Whenever I get on a plane, or a train, or a bus, I remember: I fucking hate everyone.

Bauhaus, I support your "cell phone booth" proposal only if the booth is located either on the outside of the plane or in the holding tank for the toilets.

@12, I agree, when I get on a plane I feel the exact same way. Really, is it totally necessary the minute the plane lands to turn on your cell phone "yeah, yeah we just landed. yeah, we're taxiing. yeah, we're still taxiing. yeah it's was fine. yeah, we're still taxiing. yeah, wait I can see the terminal. yeah, we'll be there in a minute. no wait, we're still taxiing..."

Seriously, people, we didn't have cell phones for years and years and years and the FUCKING WORLD DIDN'T COLLAPSE because people were out of contact for a couple of hours.

And please, I don't need to know about your medical conditions while I'm shopping for my groceries so quit blocking the apples while you report the results of your latest OB/GYN exam to whomever is on the other end of the phone.

Phew, I feel a tiny bit better now.

I swear the only people who have to be on their cellphones at all times are the most boring motherfuckers on the planet.

I'd have to call my homosexual life more of a romantic comedy than a tragedy.

I'd have to call my homosexual life more of a romantic comedy than a tragedy.