Morning News 5/22/10

(Meatloaf, gratin potatoes and avocado/tomato salad for dinner last night. Dr. Snickerdoodle mixed some extra-strong cocktails, so The Flaming Chef is a bit hungover this morning. Keep it down will you?)

Happy Birthday Harvey! Milk would have been 80 years old today.


He handled Exxon Valdez so well, we thought we'd give him another shot. William Riley (among others) to investigate BP disaster.

Ronald Reagan is God. Phyllis Schlafly and Joseph McCarthy are merely demi-gods. Texas board votes to protect school children from reality.

He opens his mouth to switch feet. Rand Paul describes Obama Administration as "un-American."

Marc Acito Commemorates Eliza Doolittle Day on NPR. Head over there and give it a listen. Then sit down and compose a grammatically accurate sentence.

Morning News 5/12/10

Yes Sir! David Cameron is the new top dog, big cheese, head kahuna... This is the first Conservative government in the UK in 13 years. Lib. Dem. leader Nick Clegg is the new Deputy Prime Minister. This should be interesting.


No Sir!  Mollohan loses in W. Virginia and Sestak is nipping at Specter's heels in Pennsylvania.

Yes Sir! "Noynoy" Aquino set to be next President of the Philippines.

Oops! Apple may have lost another iphone prototype. This one surfaced in Vietnam.

We're trying. BP tries to plug gushing gulf rig.


(The Reagans and the Thatchers at the White House, 11/16/88. Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library.)