Your Breakfast Read, Saturday Edition

Tragedy in Fort Hood
Kevin Drum received a a letter with a firsthand account of the shooting. Go check it.
Letter From Fort Hood
The brave lady who ended the bloodbath
She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It
As she pulled up to the center, the officer, Sgt. Kimberly Denise Munley, spotted the gunman, later identified as Maj. Nidal Malik [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Sunday Edition

Fratricide within the GOP in NY-23? Health-care reform? Financial reform? What the White House looks like for Halloween? Screw it all. There are other News that are at least as much interesting. Let’s check’em shall we?
Around The Nation
I thought I was the only one who found it rather strange that the Obama would agree [...]

Your Halloween Afternoon Read

Happy Halloween
For the first time ever, my daughter will spend Halloween in a foreign country. I can fully sympathize with the author of this piece.
Trick or treat: Is Halloween another tacky American import or a bit of harmless fun that boosts the economy?
As urban legends go, the one about unsuspecting trick-or-treaters having their Halloween loot [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Sunday Edition

Democrats In The Age of Obama
Obama fatigue or Democrats fatigue? Which one is it?
Democratic Party encounters ‘Obama hangover’ in state, local elections
Some Democratic candidates running for local office around the country call the phenomenon the “Obama hangover.” It is proving tougher to recruit volunteers and get people to vote.
“It’s like the morning after the party,” [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Saturday Edition

Our entire news staff seems to work only for SoD and sometimes for BB (If you have any doubts, just check the volume of news those 2 put out). I have managed to come up with a couple of interesting items. As always, whatever you came across is welcome.
Healthcare Clustref#@k
We have been burned so many [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Lazy Saturday Edition

Sorry Conflucians, I’m completely exhausted and I have been unable to put up the news. Nevertheless, below are a couple of stories that caught my attention. I’m still working on a couple of items.
As always, you are invited to share what you are reading
Health Care Clusterf*@k
If you’re not confused by now, you are not paying [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Sunday Edition

Candidate President Obama Earth Shattering “Gay Agenda” Speech
Obama gave his long awaited “gay agenda” speech yesterday, but it looks like something is in the air: Nobody is fooled, not even his biggest sycophants.
John Aravosis asks: Where’s the beef?
Barack Obama just promised us that if he becomes president, he’s going to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, [...]

Your Saturday Breakfast Read: Nobel Prize Edition

2009 Nobel Peace Prize: Opinions Galore
Yves Smith has a nice round up
Obama Nobel Peace Prize Smackdown Wrap
I was certain I was either reading an Onion headline or had woken up in an alternative reality when I learned that Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Huh? Even Obama had the good sense to say he [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Sunday Edition

Health Care Mess
You mean this nightmare could come to a close soon?
Health Overhaul Is Drawing Close to Floor Debate
With the Senate Finance Committee set to approve its health care bill this week, Democrats are tantalizingly close to bringing legislation that would make sweeping changes in the nation’s health care system to the floor of both [...]

Your Breakfast, Saturday Edition

Health Care Reform Nightmare
Nice going Congressmen. The whole thing is just some playground shoving.
War of Words Over Health Care Cools
Another storm over health-care rhetoric blew through the House this week, prompting Republicans and Democrats to trade accusations that the other had crossed the line marking good taste and civility in the chamber. But by week’s [...]