There's no way to get around the fact that today is both my 15th wedding anniversary and Thanksgiving.

This is a big deal year and yet not. Crystal, say the doyennes, is the appropriate material for my giving. But what's crystal clear to me is that there are high elevations which [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sandiegopolitico/yNNT/~3/ksyVQJhQTck/dave-roberts-drops-out-of-50th.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:23:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sandiegopolitico/yNNT/~3/ksyVQJhQTck/dave-roberts-drops-out-of-50th.html Thanksgiving Day 2009


Dear Friend,

This past Monday was one of the happiest, yet saddest days of my life. As many of you know, Wally and I have been foster parents for abused children for well over a decade. [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABetterOakland/~3/21Qjv2KL_y0/2009-11-26 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:54:25 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ABetterOakland/~3/21Qjv2KL_y0/2009-11-26 Number of comments: 6

I get so frustrated with the City sometimes. Okay, most of the time. Following Oakland government as closely as I do, especially in dire times like these, can be completely maddening. I am often tempted to just throw my hands in the air, declare the City hopeless broken, and like, [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticsInTheZeros/~3/XCYk8YJQ0vY/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:50:35 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticsInTheZeros/~3/XCYk8YJQ0vY/ Number of comments: 10

I am turkducken. Fear me.

A chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in a turkey, all wrapped in bacon. Otherwise known as a bacon-wrapped turducken.

The Agonist provides the photo, and has a poem.

Great gaggles of relatives will be arriving soon. Much food will be eaten, football games will be watched. And I have no plans to indulge myself in Black Friday shopping (which appears to have started last week [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/BWZR/~3/FjqczPHfEfQ/what-is-eric-holder-thinking.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:28:13 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/BWZR/~3/FjqczPHfEfQ/what-is-eric-holder-thinking.html [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/BWZR/~3/RYGNLwVPe7s/agre-his-head-exploded.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:37:12 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/BWZR/~3/RYGNLwVPe7s/agre-his-head-exploded.html Phil Agre is missing.

I have two thoughts regarding this matter, one of them somewhat unkind and provocative (thus the title of this blogpost) the other a bit more subtle.

First the subtle one, and the official establishment of Cobb's Rule #23: Internet links are weak links.

Borne of personal experience [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LAdailyblog/~3/GM6cxln-5Ko/wall-street-alert-thanks.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:17:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LAdailyblog/~3/GM6cxln-5Ko/wall-street-alert-thanks.html [...] ]]> http://blognetnews.com/California/go.php?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LAdailyblog/~3/Z5IGIl4PQ1E/downgrading-of-los-angeles-make-reuters.html Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:05:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LAdailyblog/~3/Z5IGIl4PQ1E/downgrading-of-los-angeles-make-reuters.html [...] ]]>