Last week was very productive, but one on which I felt in the doldrums. I did get a lot accomplished at work, which was nice. I felt sick on Friday night, which prevented me from going out to hear the Heaven Seventies.
… Read the restCannibals capture three men. The men are told that they will be skinned and eaten and then their skin will be used to make canoes. Then they are each given a final request. The first man asks to be killed as quickly and painlessly as possible.
… Read the restConcept: Today: A Break from Politics! Read More »
– PLACE OF THE WEEK –
Peru.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Make something happen. Then say what it was.
We all knew that the New York Times was going to endorse Obama.
They’ve endorsed Democrats since 1960, including such uphill candidates as Walter Mondale and George McGovern. And good on them for doing so. We might even say that the Chicago Trib’s Obama endorsement is more significant in the grand scheme of things.
… Read the restEVENT: Indulgent Gushing About the New York Times. Read More »
I don’t have the time today to write out something really thoughtful myself, so I’m going to link to some of the smart people I read, who regularly blog about politics. Here’s some of their recent goodies.
EGAD, or demythologizing the fetish of place: Flames.
… Read the restEvent: Just Good Stuff. Read More »
– LINK OF THE WEEK –
Chapati Mystery: NSFW (stuff to be real proud of here).
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Make me shout!
U.S. House of Representative: Illinois 9th District
Incumbent Jan Schakowsky (Democrat) vs. Moe Shanfield (Green) vs. Michael Younan (Republican)
Blue Skies Falling endorses: MOE SHANFIELD (GREEN)
This is, actually, probably the hardest decision for me to make this cycle.
There is little question of the race’s outcome, but I need to outline my reasoning, because I vocally supported Schakowsky in 2004.
… Read the restEVENT: Why I’m Voting Against Jan Schakowsky in the Illinois 9th District Race. Read More »
Proposed Legislative Amendment:
A proposal to amend the State Constitution to address human embryo and human embryonic stem cell research in Michigan. (Proposal provided under an initiative petition filed with the Secretary of State on July 7, 2008.)
The proposal would add a new Section 27 to Article 1 of the State Constitution to read as follows:
… Read the restTo ensure that Michigan citizens have access to stem cell therapies and cures, and to ensure that physicians and researchers can conduct the most promising forms of medical research in this state, and that all such research is conducted safely and ethically, any research permitted under federal law on human embryos may be conducted in Michigan, subject to the requirements of federal law and only the following additional limitations and requirements:
(a) No stem cells may be taken from a human embryo more than fourteen days after cell division begins; provided, however, that time during which an embryo is frozen does not count against this fourteen day limit.
Event: ELECTION 2008 : MICHIGAN : PROPOSAL 2008-02 : Embryonic Stem-Cell Research. Read More »
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“He had apparently come into town from the south — a man of about twenty-five as the town learned later, because at the same time his age could not have been guessed because at that time he looked like a man who had been sick.
