You’ve probably already seen this, but I hadn’t until this evening. Courtesy of Jim Kelly on the LRT Facebook Fan Page, a glorious adaption of Schoolhouse Rock for the Biden Era, after the jump because of profanity (but you really should click and see)…
Heading into the NIT Final Four, Josh Rubin still leads the Living Room Times NIT Pool — but he is mathematically eliminated from winning it. Regardless of what happens at Madison Square Garden next week, someone will pass Rubin in the pool standings. Rubin, Greg Kagan and Dan Port were knocked out of contention Wednesday when Rhode Island beat Virginia… Read more »
Mitt Romney in 2006, in the WSJ, on universal health care in Massachusetts: 40% of the uninsured were earning enough to buy insurance but had chosen not to do so. Why? Because it is expensive, and because they know that if they become seriously ill, they will get free or subsidized treatment at the hospital. By law, emergency care cannot… Read more »
Two of the biggest, if not the two biggest, snowstorms we’ve gotten this winter in Denver, didn’t happen during the winter at all. The first was just before Halloween. The second was last night and this morning, during many local schools’ spring break, several days after the vernal equinox. Go figure. Anyway, here are a couple of photos from this… Read more »
With the NIT quarterfinals halfway finished, Josh Rubin sits in first place in the 6th annual Living Room Times NIT Pool. Seven contestants, including Rubin, are still mathematically alive to win the pool. Anywhere between two and five more contestants will be eliminated tomorrow, when Illinois plays Dayton and Virginia Tech plays Rhode Island in the last two quarterfinals. After… Read more »
Ever since the Beltway blizzards, I’ve been making #snowpocalypse jokes whenever we get a flurry in Denver. But, in all seriousness, it’s pretty intense out there right now. When I left work, it was just starting to snow, with some thunder to boot, but with no accumulation yet. Just over four hours later, it looked like this: It’s been a… Read more »
Here’s video of Vice President Joe Biden dropping the f-bomb during this morning’s ObamaCare signing ceremony, reminding the Big Guy that “this is a big f***ing deal.” Someone really needs to familiarize Joe Biden with the concept of microphones. Don’t you love the strained smile on Obama’s face immediately after Biden says it? It’s a smile that says: “Joe, you… Read more »
Twenty years ago today, I became a college basketball fan. No, really. That’s not an exaggeration. The Sweet 16 game between UConn and Clemson in 1990, ending in the Burrell-to-George miracle shown above, was literally the first basketball game I ever watched in anything close to its entirety. As I recalled some years ago, tracing my history as a March… Read more »
Here’s a look at how various newspapers headlined last night’s passage of health-care reform. The New York Times first; others after the jump.
Thru 45 games, Lisa Velte still leads LRT men’s pool; Matt Wiser second, Mike Marchand third, Andrew Hunter and Brian Neudorff tied for fourth