Miscellaneous

Jon Stewart is a truthful man:

An email I sent to a friend, in response to this video: Yet Standard and Poor's shouldn't have downgraded our debt to AA+. It's all a farce. We can't pay this debt back and everyone knows it. At the last Treasury auction,

Hats off to my wife: Today marks 20 years with me. She's given me seven wonderful children. I've given her fits. She's given me a cheerful disposition. I've given her a measure of lachrymose. But tonight, I make it up: We'

Random Finally, even the AP admits that Ron Paul is no longer a fringe candidate: "Ron Paul, once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment, is shaping the 2012 Republican primary by giving voice to the party's libertarian wing and reflecting frustration with

Three straight days of drinking. I might need rehab. The good news is, they were enjoyable days with no untoward hangovers. The bad news is, I'm shot, so I'm taking a day off from blogging. I'm just posting two pics from the weekend and

"Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent." St. John of the Cross

"Holiness is not the luxury of the few--it is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that." Mother Teresa

Time cover:

Thursday Miscellany Seen at Zero Hedge: "The price of a Big Mac is in Zurich is now so high (at $17.19) that a minimum wage employee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, would have to work for nearly 4-hours in order to afford it. This is what stability looks like to

Creative Destruction Someone on Facebook started one of those, "You know you're from _______ when" sites. I joined the group for my hometown and started reading the various memories. One really struck me: > When I started carrying mail in 1966 there must have been a dozen