Alternate Brain

Idaho is well-known as a Mecca (heh) for militant right-wing nutjobs. This will remove all doubt and chill you to your bones. It ain't j...

I don't carry much cash around with me because I like the convenience of using my debit card to pay for stuff. I use cash for very small...

Can't get much more recent than this! Emmylou Harris performs "Hard Bargain," written by Ron Sexsmith, live at the El Rey Thea...

2 hours off the Portuguese coast and just heading into the shower before drinks and dinner. We went north of Lisbon to the beautiful towns ...

Big Pharma set to take over medical marijuana market Yes, mota is soooooo bad! It leads to harder drugs, will get your daughter pregnant an...

As always when I link to a Tomgram , take a lunch... What It Feels Like When a Superpower Runs Off the Tracks ... This can’t end well. But t...

An enjoyable read by William Rivers Pitt who survived both the Yuengling and Western Pennsylvania to bring us this. Stick your nose into t...

The BRAD BLOG is on the case in the highly questionable "Oh gee, I found some more ballots for our side" debacle in the Wisconsin...

Just got back from Lisbon and I'll have a post up later, but guess what I get on the ship now that I never did before:

If yesterday was Wednesday, it must have been Morford going off on religious right the-sky-is-falling e-spittle. On it went, item after ite...

Via Mrs. G from her never-misses-a-day favorite soap opera, Days of our Lives : "Nothin' says lovin' like something from the co...

"Strikes back" is a little too strong. A "gentle rebuff" is more like it, but it's something. I'da had a coupla ...

Big day today! Off to do shopping in The Big City, the pups get a spa day, the Tacoma gets fixed under a federal recall floor mat/gas pedal ...

We got aboard Queen Elizabeth yesterday at about 1400. No sooner had we arrived in our cabin when there was a knock at the door. Our frie...

Here's a good example of "shit happens" causing financial outlay as described in the previous post . Last night I took the dog...

Michael Moore Do you wonder (like I do) what the tax accountants and executives are doing over at GE this weekend? Frantically rushing to fi...

War Is A Crime TV, Newspapers, Congress Apologize for Claiming War Not About Oil In the wake of the latest revelations of what everyone alwa...

The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush If you were there, ya might oughta read this. I read all I can about the ...

…or just rip ‘em off like he does to everyone he does business with? He'll work 'em like a redheaded stepchild because they're ...

Paul Krugman on the Repug/Ryan proposed class war budget. When the proposal was released, it was praised as a “wonk-approved” plan that ha...