Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Something that Dubya forgot to mention ... ... in last night's State of the Union address: All of the job growth in the last five years has come from government spending, not from the prez's much-ballyhooed tax cuts. This table from the Economic Policy Institute tells the... (Via Pacific Views.) 9:27:18 PM    comment []

Storms continue to boost mountain snowpack, but Stevens Pass is ‘ugly’ WENATCHEE - A continual storm pattern dropped another foot of snow in some parts of the Cascades overnight, while the Wenatchee Valley received mainly rain. Road conditions were slushy but passable this morning on Stevens Pass, where 9 inches of new snow fell overnight, said Jeff Adamson, spokesman for... (Via The Wenatchee World.) When I was in college, it seemed like this always happened the day before I was going back to school in the West from my home in the East. I had some great adventures on Steven's Pass, and some great adventures detouring a hundred miles or more to the South to avoid it. 9:26:35 PM    comment []

Snotty Know-it-All Libruls mock Bush speech Complete with illustrations . (Via Martini Republic.) 8:50:02 PM    comment []

"That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun This sounds like loads of fun -- a new play about Tom Lehrer. Presumably sprinkled with lots of songs! (Via Robert J. Sawyer.) 8:41:50 PM    comment []

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