Because all good things must come to an end. The bit about how Burris was doing opposition research for Blagojevich in 2006 came at precisely the right time, though: too late for the Democrats to do anything about it.
Burris approved for Obama’s old Senate seat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate officials on Monday approved Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, which would give Democrats 58 of the Senate’s 100 seats, their biggest majority since 1981.
Barring unanticipated objections from Senate Republicans, Burris, appointed to the seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, could be sworn in within days.
The decision was a major about-face by the Democratic leadership, which initially vowed that the December appointment would not stand because Blagojevich had been arrested on charges of having earlier tried to sell the seat.
Continue reading Burris finally seated.
This was also a pretty good book:
You will be a better person for reading this review of The Secret. It is in fact such a good review – such an absolutely life-affirming one (sort of) – that there’s no real reason to read the book at all; at least, that was my reaction, and I have a blog, right?
You do, however, want to read the below.
Because it was very good.
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I know that sounds mysterious, but it's not, really: I'm merely working on refining my online presence a bit. Details to follow.
She got the news this morning. Poeta Atlantiae is a Kingdom Notable position in the Kingdom of Atlantia in the SCA; it's not King's or Queen's Bard, but it's on the level of either. Essentially, she's the Royal Poet instead...
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I didn't notice, really, because I have NoScript loaded on my machine now.Much as I'd love people to give me money to get rid of the advertising, it's probably better if you just get that program.
And tomorrow is another year.
So true, so true: I was there when he realized the true purpose of the Dungeon Master's screen, which is to uphold the beautiful lie that a system, even a system with embedded randomness, is at play. This may have...
