Cerise is away on business this weekend, so instead of going out on the town yesterday evening, I worked late, had dinner at the Willard and stopped by the Capital Grille afterward. There, I spied Hilton, a Republican congressional staffer who works for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known to most Americans as… Continue reading Super Committee or Stupid Committee? You Decide!
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Karzai’s Circus Under the Big Top Potential Big Flop
Khus Dihugami Dadamizo, Special International Policy Emissary of His Excellency President Hamid Karzai for the Embassy of Afghanistan to the United States of America entered my office this morning with a desultory nod in my direction, then made a bee line for the rest room, bringing his attaché case in there with him. Twenty minutes… Continue reading Karzai’s Circus Under the Big Top Potential Big Flop
White House White Washes Little Green Men
I was down at the Round Robin Bar in the Willard Hotel again tonight, having a couple of drinks after work, when I spied Wolfram, who works at the White House, downing a branch water mint julep all by himself. So I went over to his table and joined him. “No point in drinking alone,”… Continue reading White House White Washes Little Green Men
A Hot Time in Old Town Santa Fe for Dr. Muller, Courtesy of the Koch Brothers
Today, I conducted a consultation with Dr. Jadwiga Ordure-Cerveau, Ph.D., senior vice-president of the Climatological Union of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic Skeptics, a non-profit educational scientific organization headquartered here in Washington, DC. Her problem stormed out of her mouth the moment she seated herself squarely in the chair situated directly in front of my desk. “Collins,” she… Continue reading A Hot Time in Old Town Santa Fe for Dr. Muller, Courtesy of the Koch Brothers
Raising Cain Above Romney, Perry and Bucket of… N-P-K?
Early last Friday, Gretchen received a call from the Herman Cain campaign, who displayed a respectable amount of organization by booking a telephone consultation for their candidate on Tuesday morning. Cain: Hello? Tom Collins? Tom: At your service, sir. Cain: Oh, I do like the sound of that. Tom: I am truly gratified to hear you… Continue reading Raising Cain Above Romney, Perry and Bucket of… N-P-K?