Current events

So, members of Congress are talking to TSA witnesses, and, as hard as it might be to believe, the common sense is coming from Congress:

Good to know we haven't dropped our "tough on terrorism" posture:

Love my Casual Fridays. But I think work would be even better with Slutty Wednesdays:

Nearly 100 smarties at the city’s top-performing high school bared their bodies in “risque” outfits yesterday to denounce their school’s conservative dress code — which bans the exposure of shoulders, midriffs, lower backs, bras and undies.

Lovely tributes to Ray Bradbury. Sarah Hoyt:

Bradbury spoke directly to my poetic soul.  The first book I read in English was Dandelion Wine.  I still have it, that same copy, all underlined, with notations on the meaning of words on the side.  It took me months to read, but it was worth it.  And the richness of the words leached into my vocabulary and my own writing.

Damn, damn, damn:

Ray Bradbury, the author of classics such as “Fahrenheit 451,” “Something Wicked this Way Comes” and “The Martian Chronicles,” died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

Hysterical, anti-gun bunk from Bloomberg columnist Mark Niquette:

Every time police Sgt. Joseph Hubbard stops a speeder or serves a search warrant, he says he worries that suspects assume they can open fire - without breaking the law.

Yes, by God, get 'em when they're young, and you'll have them forever:

The natives are restless:

Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 28, which will enact sweeping changes in California's term-limits law. But the fate of Proposition 29, which would boost tobacco taxes, remained uncertain Tuesday morning.

Proposition 28 would cut the number of years legislators could serve from 14 years to 12, though they could serve all those years in a single house.

Well, of course she does:

First lady Michelle Obama tells the Associated Press that she wouldn't want a federal ban on big sugary drink, but applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to fight obesity:

The headline on this story says "dire" CBO report -- can't we find a stronger word than that?

U.S. debt is on track to be nearly twice the size of the U.S. economy by 2037, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned Tuesday.