Well, it’s been a cool, wet summer which is great for some things and not-so-great for others. We’re up to about 35 quarts of canned maters which is behind where we were last year but the cool weather has really slowed the ripening process (maters like HOT weather, for sure.) However, peppers (hot and sweet varieties) seem to be doing […]

Over at the Daily Kos, I have a semi-regular feature I do called Forays Into Freeperville where I highlight some of the brilliant inanity of a website called the Free Republic. The Free Republic is an ultra-conservative message board and the denizens of the site are some of the most vile and repugnant right wingers you’re likely to encounter anywhere. […]

Mrs. E and I spent all of last week in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We spent one night at the Blind Sucker Flooding State Forest Campground where we saw two bald eagles and a black bear. We spent three absolutely fabulous days backpacking on Grand Island, a National Recreation Area where we had a campsite right on the beach […]

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos and the Huffington Post. This is a follow-up to my diary on Tuesday regarding defeated former U.S. Representative Tim Walberg holding town halls in Michigan in an apparent crass use of the health care debate to launch his 2010 bid to regain his House seat. Walberg listens to a supporter condemn health care reform Last […]

Sometimes cartoons ARE better at explaining things. This video by Andy Lubershane does a spectacular job of spelling out what I think should be the painfully obvious reasons why universal health care for Americans is the way we should be doing things. I’m just sayin’…

You just can’t make this shit up. Via Windy City Watch: llinois Republicans are a patriotic bunch. They start their meetings with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the nation’s unofficial loyalty oath. And so it was last week when Republican Party leaders met at a Springfield hotel prior to attending Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair. Republican […]

Don’t ask me why but this makes me smile: Attention, Kmart shoppers: The blue light special is back. The venerable discounter is reviving the legendary sales tactic on Saturdays to bolster sales and lure shoppers who have migrated to other big box retailers, said Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holding Corp., which owns Kmart. Maybe it’s because of the Pavlovian […]

I highly commend your attention to the DeSmogBlog blog entry “Leaked Memo: Oil Lobby Launches Fake ‘Grassroots’ Campaign”. According to a leaked memo obtained by Greenpeace, the Big Oil lobby is planning an anti-climate change legislation astroturf campaign modeled on the one conducted by health insurance companies to combat health care reform. Event venues have already been selected and plans […]

For your reading pleasure: County Commissioner Brings Swastika Sign To US Rep. Schauer Health Care Rally I think I made this guy’s life rather difficult starting a bit before lunch today. Good. I’m just sayin’…

Thanks to my future sister-in-law Mel for this one. Gay Loggers for Jesus to march in Bozeman It looks like the Bozeman Tea Party will not be the only march down Bozeman’s Main Street this Fourth of July. City officials have approved a parade request for the Green Coalition of Gay Loggers for Jesus. The parade will happen an hour […]

Pay particular attention to the sign the guy in the middle is holding. Click the pic to make it bigger. I’m just sayin’…