Yup, it wasn’t even close.

This isn’t surprising. From all accounts, Rick Perry was running strong in the last few weeks and Kay Bailey Hutchinson had stumbled and limped into the runoff. Pylorns had supported Medina, but as I told him the other day her biggest mistake was not being able to strongly answer a question off the cuff. No matter how she really feels about the 9/11 truthers, her poor showing on Glenn Beck (someone who could have made her a star had she played the game right) showed she didn’t quite have the chops to handle the bigger stage. A strong debate showing does not a candidacy make, as evidenced here.

So, it’ll be Rick Perry versus the mayor of Houston. Kinky’s not running for Governor this year, so you lose out on that option. Have fun, Texas voters.

Out.

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children… In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

—Prince William County Delegate Bob Marshall (R-13th) (link)

Marshall is now coming out and saying his remarks were taken out of context, but what, exactly, other context could there be? Sure, here he says he wasn’t saying every child with a birth defect is the result of God’s punishment for abortion. Also, he claims that there are “studies” that prove low birth weight and cerebral palsy is a higher risk factor for children born to women who have had prior induced abortions. I’ll bet the American Public Health Association has something to say about that.

“These findings confirm earlier reports of little or no evidence of harmful effects on birth weight by one or by two or more induced abortions. We further report that risk is not significantly elevated even in women with three, four, or more prior terminations of pregnancy when compared with women with one or two abortions.”

—M T Mandelson et. al., American Journal of Public Health from the American Public Health Association. (link)

There are, in fact, very few additional risk factors for the children of women who have had surgical abortions. As with any surgery, the procedure carries a risk of infection, scar tissue, and adverse reactions to anesthetic and post-op medications, but a D & C does not change the hormonal or physical health of a fertile woman. Medical (medicinal) abortions have been linked to an increased risk of placental separation in later pregnancies as the chemicals used to induce uterine contractions can make the organ more sensitive to the common pregnancy hormones later in life.

Birth weight and other environmental, non-genetic, birth defects are dependent upon the mother’s age and health. The older the woman, the more prone the baby can be to Down’s Syndrome and CP. If a woman’s body cannot afford to give the fetus proper energy and nutrition, either because of smoking, drinking, poor diet, or illness, the baby will have a lower than average weight at birth. See how I didn’t cite sources on those sentences? That’s because I shouldn’t have to. It’s printed on every can of beer and cigarette pack on the planet. There’s a pamphlet in every doctor’s office everywhere with this information. Want a source anyway? Okay.

Here

And here

And here
This kind of back peddling is ludicrous. If Rep. Marshall thinks that women who have abortions are being punished by God with children with birth defects, that’s ok. He’s allowed the think that. He’s even allowed the say that out loud. To reporters. In public. It’s just that if the people in the public who hear or read this remark then come back with evidence to the contrary, Rep. Marshall isn’t allowed to say, You took me out of context, and also I am right because there is science. First, sir, which is it? Did we misunderstand you, or did we miss out on this research you know about? Is God punishing the unrighteous sinners? And how strong is your faith in this that the griping of the people who probably didn’t vote for you is going to sway your belief and make you call a press conference to denounce your vengeful deity?

Did I take that too far? Probably. The point is he was wrong, what he said is not true. He said something that is not factual or upheld by reputable scientific research. Then he was extra wrong by saying he had studies that backed him up. Also, even if he believes his statement to be true, he’s a jackass for saying it. He’s not a pastor. He’s a politician. Though probably a lot of his constituents are Conservative Christians, and Catholics, so they oppose abortion and might support him, right?

“This is the order of nature. You do these things, you pay consequences. This is not Pat Robertson, this is not the Pope, this is not some yahoo preachers in a right-wing fever swamp.”

—Bob Marshall

Good call. Have fun campaigning in southern Virginia, Bob!

Entire Echelon(click for street view)  9420 Research Blvd. building is on fire (Echelon I building) – entire front structure of the building is gone.  The building is a 7 story building. People have been evacuated and traffic has been re-routed. A Piper 150 Cherokee apparently hit the building. The location is across from the Best Buy/Container Store/Whole Foods etc in the Arboretum area.

Tucker Thurman was driving to work on the U.S. 183 flyover near MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1) when he said he saw a small plane, very low, flying over the highway. He said he saw it then bank heavily to the right before heading into the building.

“There was a huge fireball. It went right into the building,” Thurman said.

Live streaming cameras:

http://www.statesman.com/news/traffic-cameras-119369.html

Update: FBI has an office in the building according to @breakingnews (This is incorrect)

Update: Ustream link live

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/northwest-austin-plane-crash

Update: IRS may have a building in there

Update (10:48am) : Fox News Streaming Video:

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/generic/news/live_news/myfoxaustin_livestream_index

Update: The AFD is looking for victims -IRS, CIA have offices but FBI states they don’t believe they have an office in that building – but near the complex or buildings.

Update (1054am): Officials say Austin plane crash appears accidental; early reports are injuries, but no initial word of any fatalities.

Update: 10:59 more on location:

Update: 11:02 – eye witness states pilot dipped the left wing – was 100 yards or less away from the building – he noticed that the plane was too low – he was coming north to south and it was coming east to west. Still two people unaccounted for in the building.

Update:11:10: Fire Chief(Assistant Chief) 2 individuals have been transported and 1 is unaccounted for now- power is out so crews can work.  Crews are currently trying to put the fire out.  Heavy fire/destruction is on the 2nd floor – impact appears to be on the 2nd floor.  Police: streets in the area – jollyville, research closed. No electricity in immediate area.  Streets and power will be shut until they get more control. Police state there are Federal offices in the building hit – but are not confirming any.

Update: 11:17 the plane *could* be a private plane traveling from Waco. Plane appears to have come down from the north and was paralleling 183 and made erratic turns before going into the building.

Update 11:26: FoxNews: Pilot set fire to his home before crashing the plane into the office building.

National News picking up the story feed. The IRS has 199 employees in the building

Update: From the bad ad placement department CNN did this.  http://www.awholelotofnothin.com/?p=250

Update: Bad comments from chat channel: : Kevin Smith was on the plane. It was too heavy to pull up.

Update 12:49 – manifesto left by Joe Stack who flew the plane into the building. Here is the actual website that has the manifesto by Joe Stack.

Here isthe whois information for that site:

Registrant:
Embedded Art
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
US

Domain name: EMBEDDEDART.COM

Administrative Contact:
Stack, Joe  
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
US
1.3215649879
Technical Contact:
Stack, Joe  
925 E Hwy 80
287
San Marcos, TX 78666
US
1.3215649879

Registration Service Provider:
Everyones Internet, 

http://www.ev1servers.net

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 16-Sep-2006.
Record expires on 05-Jun-2010.
Record created on 05-Jun-2003.

Registrar Domain Name Help Center:

http://domainhelp.tucows.com

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.T35.NET
NS2.T35.NET

Domain status: ok

Wow.

Update 1:15 his house was in Scofield Farms. Georgetown airport officials say federal officials have sealed the airport. A plane departed at 9:40am this morning from that airport.

Update: 2:15pm Some media is trying to pin this guy as a Tea-Party-Tea-Bag Right wing nut job.  If they bothered to read the manifesto they’ll see very anti-government and anti-religion hate speech and pro-communisit anti-capitolistic speech.  He was not some right-wing nut.

Update (2/19/10 8am) Reports coming in that everyone is accounted for now in the building.

Oh yeah. They went there. Check this out.:
http://gizmodo.com/5474614/school-spies-students-through-their-laptop-cameras

The Weekend Week’s End Wrap Up for February 7-13 is brought to you by the best of celebrity trainwreck relationships.

Sunday: Levi Johnston (remember this guy?), 19 year old father of Sarah Palin’s grandson Tripp, will be on the cover of Playgirl later this month. Seriously, that’s how these kids are known. Tripp is not “Bristol’s son” but “Sarah’s grandson.” Levi isn’t “Tripp’s father,” but “Sarah Palin’s daughter’s ex-fiance.” Seriously, I needed to write it out on my hand just to keep the family tree straight (ouch, lame cheap shot. deal with it.) Ok, and are you ready for this? Don’t click here, naked 19 year old. I know I’m not the best judge, but I’ve studied enough Ancient Greek nudes, and Discophoros he ain’t.

Monday: I don’t even known what to do with this, but zombie Michael Jackson is going to do a duet with his sister Janet for We Are the World 25. Read about it here then never mention it again.

Tuesday: It has been almost 2 years since Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson broke up (I guess?) but we (I) still can’t seem to believe it. Rumors circled last week that the couple got in to an altercation at a club after LiLo threw a drink at SamRo’s equipment and then SamRo had to go get a papertowl to dry off her MacBook and then TMZ said someone said Samantha was abusive. So, on Tuesday, @lindsaylohan tweeted: “This is become a bit much*Samantha R never raised a hand to me, I’ve never said she did* Enough is Enough. Focus on other more important World Issues.” @samantharonson retweeted, the pair exchanged a brief thanks/urwelcome and that was that. OR IS IT?!

Wednesday: Did you SEE John Mayer’s Playboy interview? The one where he said Jessica Simpson was like sexual napalm (wtf) and that he won’t sleep with black women becasuse his dick is a white supremacist? I’m not making this up, I swear to Jesus. “I don’t think I open myself to it. My d— is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a f—–’ David Duke c—. I’m going to start dating separately from my d—.” When are these celebrities just going to keep their mouths shut? First Whoopi Goldberg has to say she doesn’t believe men landed on the moon, and now thanks to this bullshit I can probably never enjoy “Your Body is a Wonderland” again. Thanks, douchebag.

Thursday: Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are trying to make their marriage work. They are both in differing stages of rehab from drugs and alcohol, and basically living on different coasts, but they cuddled up in the back of Sheen’s private jet to totally not do blow and to completely talk about their relationship while not doing blow. There’s nothing really funny about this, because they have little kids. No kids, and this rollercoaster would be my new favorite.

Friday: “Kate Gosselin is officially single and is hitting the town. The mom of eight hit popular NYC nightspot Butter on Feb. 5 for wine and dinner, and according to Us Weekly, “mouthed, ‘He’s so hot!’ when a cute 20-something man walked past her table.” No mom jeans for Gosselin: She wore a miniskirt and strappy sandals despite it being the dead of winter. And Us reports that Gosselin’s much talked about $7,000 hair extensions are a few inches shorter now.” (The Scoop). Cougar? MILF? Gross.

Saturday: Arguably, but not really, America’s sweetheart, Stephen Colbert went to the Olympics as a member of the official USA Speedskating Olympic team. Just because he shouted it loud enough on his television show every night. This is the same way he got a piece of a god damned machine in outerspace named after him, and also how he got Doritos to sponsor his bid for the presidency. By the way, we all know that if he hadn’t dropped out of the race he would be the actual president right now.

The story goes like this, “When the U.S. Speedskating team lost its primary sponsor last fall (the Dutch bank DSB went bankrupt), the “Report” stepped in with a novel idea. The show’s ardent fans had previously raised sizable amounts of money for charity, and the show suggested that the “Colbert Nation” could sponsor the skaters. Fan donations filled the vacancy by raising more than $300,000. “Colbert Nation” is branded on the team’s suits and Colbert has had an active relationship with the squad.” (AP) Did you read that? Apathetic 18-30 somethings watching a late night television show raised $300,000 to help speedskating. Where is Obama’s press secretary? We need to have a little talk about marketting right now.

Also, I may have donated $20 of that $300 grand, because I Am America, and So Can You!

Holy crap.

(Well, actually Pylorns typed “holy fuck!” when he saw the final score.)

I’ve been a Saints fan since childhood. I’ve seen the losing years, the paper bags, the “so close” years and the tragedy of four years ago. I saw the rebirth, the concerted effort and the true turnaround.

Now, I’ve seen the result of the hard work, the dedication and the renewed promise to their home city that they would put the effort in for the Crescent City.

For Bobby Hebert, Archie Manning, Rickey Jackson, Buddy DeLaberteau (Requiescat en pace, sir), Deuce McAllister and the legends of the game that have come through the city at the end of the Mighty Mississippi River, you can look upon the New Orleans Saints with pride and respect once more.

Well done, boys. Well done.

Out.

“The military yesterday maintained its support for the so-called GT200 bomb detectors by conducting a demonstration in front of reporters instead of putting it through scientific tests as demanded by academics. The bomb detector, which is widely used in the restive South, became the subject of controversy after the UK banned the export and use of a similar type of bomb detector going under the name of ADE 651 and arrested its manufacturer Jim McCormick.” (The Nation)

Why, exactly, might the UK ban the export of a bomb detector, and arrest the manufacturer of the device? Well it has something to do with this,

“The director of a British company that supplies bomb detectors to Iraq has been arrested on fraud charges, and the export of the devices has been banned, British government officials confirmed Saturday. Iraqi officials reacted with fury to the news, noting a series of horrific bombings in the past six months despite the widespread use of the bomb detectors at hundreds of checkpoints in the capital.” (NY Times)

Oh, wow, clearly there is a real flaw in the design of these bomb detectors. Let’s see how this thing works and why it might have such a spectacular failure rate.

The ADE and ATSC corporate websites are… um… “under construction” at the moment, so I went to check out the website for the GT200, the model under investigation in Thailand

Here is a video from the E-K9 website– Intro to the GT200

Yea. That’s it. That’s their video, from their professional, promotional, buy-this-product-from-us website.

Here’s another one– Detection in Airport Security

Those men are wearing uniforms. And they are training to search for bombs. Think about that.

The website never, never, comes right out and tells you what the hell this plastic box with an antenna actually does, or how it works, but fortunately there is a little place called Wikipedia, where the truth shall always come out.

“The ADE 651 consists of a swiveling antenna mounted via a hinge to a plastic handgrip. It requires no battery or other power source, its manufacturer stating that it is powered solely by the user’s static electricity. To use the device, the operator must walk for a few moments to charge it before holding it at right angles to the body. After a substance-specific ‘programmed substance detection card’ is inserted, the device is supposed to swivel in the user’s hand to point its antenna in the direction of the target substance. The cards are claimed to be designed to ‘tune into’ the frequency of a particular explosive or other substance named on the card.“

Okay, so that tells us… nothing. Maybe that New York Times article has a little move info…

“Iraqi officials said they would begin an investigation into why their government paid at least $85 million to the British company, ATSC Ltd., for at least 800 of the bomb detectors, called ADE 651s… The ADE 651 is a hand-held wand with no batteries or internal electronic components, ostensibly powered by the static electricity of the user, who needs to walk in place to charge it. The only moving part is what looks like a radio antenna on a swivel, which swings to point toward the presence of weapons or explosives. An associate of ATSC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said the devices were manufactured at a cost of $250 each by suppliers in Britain and Romania. ‘Everyone at ATSC knew there was nothing inside the ADE 651,‘  he said.”

Nothing in it? $85 million dollars? Thousands of dead Iraqi citizens because these things are NOT detecting bombs?

“The Iraqi government, according to its auditors, paid $40,000 to $60,000 for each device, although it determined that ATSC was marketing the device for $16,000. The additional money was said to have been for training, spare parts and commissions. The Times of London quoted Mr. McCormick in November as saying that the device’s technology was similar to that of dowsing or divining rods used to find water. ‘We have been dealing with doubters for 10 years,’ he said. ‘One of the problems we have is that the machine does look primitive. We are working on a new model that has flashing lights.‘ Shortly after the arrest on Friday, the BBC reported that it had arranged a lab test of the device and found that its bomb-detection component was an electronic merchandise tag of the sort used to prevent shoplifting.”

This man is NOT an idiot. I want to be very clear on that. This man is not delusional enough to actually believe that an empty plastic box can detect a bomb. It’s like he said, it’s very similar to dowsing. A man walking around with a stick hoping to find water, a soldier walking around with an antenna trying to find a bomb, subconscious movements of the user effecting the device he or she is holding, it is EXACTLY the same thing. And Mr. McCormick doesn’t care. He doesn’t care that he is selling a useless product at a disgusting mark up to a war torn and desperate country. He doesn’t care that he is almost directly responsible for bombings that have killed innocent people.

However, he was a business man with a great idea. Lot’s of products that don’t really work are on the market, and people will buy just about anything if the commercial is colorful and loud enough (I still miss you, Billy Mays). The person responsible for signing the contract, the person who saw this product and agreed to let it be a prevalent security measure in Iraq, is an idiot. The complete lack of critical thinking, or investigation, or even asking for any studies done by ATSC proving the validity of their claims (peer reviewed, double blind studies performed: None. Zero. Ever.) is beyond belief. But, whatever, buyer beware, let the free market decide, what’s the harm in the placebo effect, random chance is better than nothing. It’s not like it’s going to hurt anyone.

… but South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has managed to do it.

Jenny Sanford has written a book, and one of the revelations of the book was that her husband, while cheating on her, asked Jenny for relationship advice for he and his mistress.

Despite what you may think, this is not in fact an example of ginormous balls. This is, however, another sign of true arrogance on the part of a public official who thought himself more important than anything. To do this to his wife…

…

Ugh. I can’t even muster the indignance towards this piece of crap.

Out.

Greetings all! I know I’ve been terribly inconsistent here, but most of that is Finley’s fault. See, back on January 1, Fin and I made a little bet that went something like: if my state owns your state in the Citrus Bowl, you owe me tasty treats. As you should recall, Penn State got a miracle field goal in the final seconds, taking LSU 19-17. Fin was now obligated to send me glad tidings from the land of his people, which, let’s be honest, is a thousand times better than receiving a gift basket from MY native land. Zucchini is out of season and Yuengling can’t be sent USPS. Other than that I’ve got some Hershey’s kisses and this Amish quilt. Cornflower blue pinwheel pattern!

Anyway, our boy did not disappoint. Twenty-some pounds of cajun deliciousness arrived at my door and I have been cooking ever since. Watch for my upcoming jambalaya and dirty rice recipes. Also the man sent me moon pies. Moon pies!

Sunday: The Saints are going to the Super Bowl. The NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. The SUPER BOWL. The real one. The game. Not the Super Dome. The Bowl. The  New Orleans Saints. What the what? WHAT THE WHAT?

Monday: The Secure World Foundation (best name ever) and  the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Latin America and the Caribbean {CRECTEALC (brevity fail)} hosted a three day conference to discuss how much the US is not doing to protect the planet from asteroids. I’m sure they discussed a lot of very important things here, but most of what I gathered from this article is there are a lot of really awesome committees out there. The Association of Space Explorers (ASE), representing the international corps of astronauts and cosmonauts, for instance.

Tuesday: Did Leonardo paint himself as the Mona Lisa? No. Should some people go to France and dig him up? No. Lisa Gherardini was a person, a charming, lovely, intelligent person married to the rich and influential Francesco del Giocondo who was friends with Leonardo. Leonardo painted a portrait of this woman, who was, by all accounts, no great beauty but really fun to have dinner with. Leonardo of Vinci drew HUNDREDS of self-portraits, why does any one think he would try and screw with everyone painting himself as a woman? What are the facial similarities? Eyes? A nose and high forehead? Being Italian? Stop it. It’s not even that great of a painting. There, I said it.

Wednesday: My aunt and uncle went to Haiti. They agreed to live there for a month treating trauma patients. They drove 2 tons of medical supplies from West Virginia to Miami and hopped a government plane to the island. And it would be really, really cool if you guys could donate a little to help them out. Read the details here.

Thursday: Hey guys, there’s this hip new category of domestic abuse that’s sweeping the nation. It’s called ‘reproductive coercion,” and it may have a whole lot to do with the United States’ sky-rocketing teen pregnancy rate. In violent relationships, some men show their control of their partners by denying them access to contraceptives and urging them to get pregnant. This idea is A) disgusting and B) terrifying. It’s disgusting because it is one human being forcing another human being in to a life altering situation against her will. It is terrifying because “about one in five women report their partner having attempted to coerce them into pregnancy. (Newsweek)” We should probably really start monitoring that.

Friday: Brad and Angelina broke up. No they didn’t. Someone else better come along and do something tabloid worthy.

Saturday: Rip Torn robbed a bank (for realsies).

Generally they release more than one item when they have a big day like today.  So the question is what else aside from the tablet can we expect?

Coverage begins in 1 hour.

Update 1230 pm : It’s called the “iPad”.  Really? iPad? Why do I think of feminine products?

Steve Jobs and the iPad

Quote from Engadget:

This is not a post that the intended target will ever read. However, I need to get this out and since I have the bully pulpit here at Wetwired, this is where I’ll do it.

Durng the day on Tuesday, I received a text from my father asking to call him back. When I did, I found out that a dear friend of the family had passed away. This woman had grown up with my grandmother, had helped raise my father and his siblings and helped raise my generation as well. She was someone I’d only seen a few times in the last ten years, due to many reasons not the least of which would be me moving away from Louisiana in 2001.

Then, I found out the other part of this news. She had died last Monday- as in January 18th, 2009.

We (my family) had not been told about her death, nor of her illness for the past two months from liver cancer. We had no idea she was deathly sick, and my father and I had bandied about the idea of seeing her while I was in Louisiana but held off because of time.

My immediate reaction upon learning of her death was mild surprise. She was old, and had a horrible run of years since her daughter died in 1995. Since then she also had lost her son, lost her entire life savings in a bitter custody battle with her daughter’s ex over the grandchild that turned into a convict and drunk, lost her husband to cancer 5 years ago and was reduced to living in a trailer with the grandson, his girlfriend/babymomma and her late husband’s sister. Immediately, m thought was that her heart had finally had all it could take and she’d passed away in something sudden.

When I found out it was cancer, and that it had been diagnosed three months ago and that she’d kept the news from us deliberately, my surprise went to hurt and anger.

The worst part was that we found out from another friend of the family, who’d asked my brother what was to be done with her body. My brother called my father (the two are not on speaking terms due to matters of the past), to find out what had happened. This was how my father found out about the death of a loved one.

I got the call about 6 this evening, and after about an hour of being furious I finally figured out WHY I was so angry.

We’d been cheated. Cheated out of many things, the biggest of which was the chance to say goodbye to someone so important to our lives. We had been cheated out of the chance to tell her we loved her, even when we didn’t talk after the accident, even when she chose my dad’s side over ours, even after the pain and everything else- we loved her.

We had been cheated out of taking part in her memorializing, and the choice of being there for the ones who had lost the matriarch.

My grandmother had been cheated out of the chance to tell the woman she’d known since she was 4 days old one last good bye.

It was all hitting me at once, these thoughts. Once I realized what I was angry about, I called my father back and told him that if they truly did not want our thoughts, prayers and assistance at this point that I was not inclined to give them.

Betty will be fine, now. She is back with her son, daughter and husband after a generation of pain and suffering. She’s at rest, and deserves it.

Her grandson… to hell with him.

I know this is harsh, but it hurts that we were cut out like this. I had made my peace with her a few years ago, and I kept up through my father. To hear him so hurt today about the entire ordeal sickened me, and I had to get this out. Make of it what you will, I guess.

Out.

Okay, so in theory you’re going to announce a tablet computer on Wednesday. Many are saying that the tablet will run on the iPhone OS. All well and good, except for one thing.

Say it does run on the iPhone OS, meaning we get the iPhone Safari app with it. Will it include Flash support? Because if not, and the internet app (and the ONLY internet surfing app Apple allows on the iPhone) STILL doesn’t come with the ability to watch videos, play games, do just about ANYTHING, etc. from the internet while my 2 year old laptop does all of this just fine?

Well, that’s (likely) 600 bucks I can save right there. I mean, I have a device crippled from real internet usage in my pocket already from you and we’re all good.

Just throwing that out there for you to consider, Apple.

Out.

You’re now officially a scumbag.

You proved your honesty and integrity by having an affair during our presidential campaign. Oh yeah, you also became the baby daddy of your mistress’ little girl while your wife’s cancer was being treated, then paid a staffer to take the postnatal bullet for you. Nice to see you had someone to take care of those ginormous balls you’re carrying around to pull all of this shit and still think you were the man to lead this country.

On behalf of decent people everywhere (at least, the ones I’ve heard about as I sure ain’t one), most importantly your wife- FUCK YOU.

Out.

Teddy’s seat has been filled- by a Republican.

Martha Coakley has conceded her race to Scott Brown, and the Democratic Supermajority in the Senate is broken. The healthcare bill is now in serious jeopardy, and many Democrats are now realizing that the “dream” that they were pursuing of their agenda is pretty much just that- a dream.

It was amusing watching Democratic Rep. Andy Wiener on CNN talking about how this was essentially a wakeup call regarding the administration’s agenda and how people are reacting to it- and frankly, it was refreshing to see someone as deeply liberal as Wiener admitting that the public was speaking towards a very different goal than what Congress was trying to do. I doubt that many of his ilk are in agreement with Wiener, but to see someone have a mea culpa like that was pretty cool whether or not you agree with him on other topics.

Now, don’t take this entirely as a message of change- to be fair, Coakley was a weak candidate overall. However, this was still an election with a serious result for all involved.

Impressive.

Out.

I never sleep well during the day on Monday.

It’s become a private joke to me. Since I work all night and have for ages, one would think that I have gotten used to sleeping during the day. One would, naturally, think that my biological clock has adjusted.

One would, of course, be full of shit.

I never sleep well during the day. Hell, note the time of this post- 2:30ish in the afternoon. I don’t work until 9 tonight.

Thus, I am screwed. I can (and will) try to get some more sleep, butmost likely it’ll be a fitful attempt to sleep followed by me bitching inbetween efforts to fight sleep tonight.

Mondays are the worst. Thanks to sleeping during the night Saturday night (even though I try to stay up as late as possible) my Sunday is tough to sleep through. When I wake up in the early afternoon on Monday, I’m NOT EVEN CLOSE to rested.

I’m gonna try to get back to sleep now. Hopefully, now that I’ve pulled you into this suckfest of sleeplessness I can get some rest.

Out.