A couple notes: the Saints season recap is still waiting for the last of the photos to come back from Target. They should be here tomorrow, so I would normally try to put things together over the weekend, but with the Saintoberfest on Saturday, I may not find the time. I haven’t forgotten it, though.
Middle of the week already, too. I think this is a week I’d just as soon take a mulligan on. And the weather today isn’t going to help much. Rain thoughout the day. Ditto tomorrow.
- Well, here’s my problem: Writing down your woes makes you feel ‘crappy,’ researchers find. [colby cosh]
- Evan takes a further look at the economic crisis that’s going to hit America before people my age get a chance to retire in Scotland Uber Alles. He points out that a Scot, Alex Tytler looked at American Democracy in 1801 and gave us about 200 years:
democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
Are we there yet? [101-280] - People wonder why I worry about proposals for a National ID Card. Well, it’s just Propiska with a different name, and I’ve heard how well that worked out last time it was tried. I’m with Dr. Paul on this one. [claire]
- Meanwhile, speaking of Russia, 11,000 Detained in Police Raids, as part of Putin’s efforts to deal with terrorism. [claire]
- And once again, Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data. Thirty days to comment before it becomes reality.
- Northwest airlines has A new airport vision: 46 more gates, new concourse, and moving all its competition to the Humphrey Terminal. And you get the fun of watching the lies, too:
No tax money would be used for the expansion, and Pawlenty ruled out state assistance.
But the paragraph just before says:About $137 million would come from the Federal Aviation Administration and the federal Transportation Security Administration.
Now maybe I’m picking nits, but aren’t those Administrations funded by taxes? [strib] - It’s been pointed out that Islamic terrorism has been stopped once before in US history, talking about the Philippines in 1911. Wasn’t it against Islamic terrorism that the Marines were first used? Yes, it was. By Thomas Jefferson, no less. [holy schmoly]