RIP, Bill Safire
The NYT reports on the death of Bill Safire, a conservative and former columnists for the so-called “Newspaper of Record”:
Sunday football open thread
The Cats don’t play until tomorrow – at Dallas, in the fancy new stadium. Not looking forward to it. I doubt the Cowboys are going to lose two in a row at home.
Socialized healthcare and the “choice” lie
Back in July, I wrote about the news that under the Senate’s version of ObamaCare, Americans who – after all is said and done with this bill – fail to sign up for a so-called “affordable” healthcare plan could face fines over $1,000 from the federal government – fines the feds plan on using to help “pay” for this monstrosity of a bill.
“Non-threatening” Iran reveals second uranium enrichment plant
Somebody better tell both the President and Joe Biden, both of whom have said before that the size of the country of Iran meant it wasn’t a big a threat to our nation than bigger countries (via Memeo):
School district confirms Obama “praise” activity was sanctioned
… by them. The only thing the Burlington, NJ school district appears to be upset about is … that it was videotaped and distributed (sound familiar?). ExUrban League has the text of the school district’s statement – the link to the official school district website isn’t working at the moment: