Barbara Strickland

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• Posted Report Cards, Elections, and Uncle Joe [News Bits] to Austinist
  President Obama's latest report card: (still) Incomplete Hamid Karzai declared winner of canceled Afghan runoff Attorney General Holder asserts state secrets in wiretap suit Maine to vote on gay marriage Manufacturing, pending home sales fueling recovery hopes In Russia, fond memories of Uncle Joe Analysis: Karzai a weak asset in time of war...
• Commented on We're All Gonna Party Like It's 1916 [News Bits]
  It's true that the influenza pandemic took off in 1918; however, it was preceded by smaller, allegedly related epidemics beginning in 1916. Six of one, half a dozen of the other, probably....
• Posted We're All Gonna Party Like It's 1916 [News Bits] to Austinist
  16 Americans dead in Afghanistan helicopter crash NY Times: Iraqi blast toll worse than feared 800,000,000,000,000 pennies in those healthcare couch cushions? From the Isn't This a No-Brainer Department: Reining in "Too big to fail" banks Bad Fido! You're ruining the environment! Bad! Partying like it’s 1916 Wealthy Germans petition for higher taxes Opinion roundup: Is Iraq Unraveling?...
• Posted Medical Pot Policy Mellows Out [News Bits] to Austinist
  Obama offering "incentives" to Sudan Flow of Western terrorist recruits increasing Administration: Stimulus saving education jobs... On the other hand: contractor jobs at risk? Strange bedfellows: Republicans and Cap-and-Trade Medical pot policy mellowing out A hunka-hunka hair for sale (or, Reliquaries to make comeback) What Balloon Boy's story says about us...
• Posted Nobel Prizes, Nazi Garden Gnomes, and Not Really the News [News Bits] to Austinist
  Civilian goals still unmet in Afghanistan Two Americans share Nobel economics prize; this is the first year a female has been awarded the prize for economics. Insurance industry advocacy group claims premiums will rise under healthcare reform Tea Partiers turning on GOP? White House: Fox News "not really a news channel" For Indian brides, a toilet says, "forever" Der Spiegel: Nazi Garden Gnomes Invade German Town...