Day of the Locusts
It is very rude of the elected president and his party's big majorities in the House and Senate to consider a vote on the Health Care reform bills promised by the president and already passed by the House and the Senate. [ New York Times ]
Today's terrifying earthquake was in ... Taiwan! [ BBC News ]
Sarah Palin and some of her kids and a bunch of nannies and hangers-on raided some Oscar-award charity swag suite in West Hollywood. "They were like locusts," a terrified vendor said. [ HuffPo / E Online ]
House Democrats are wondering if it's a good idea to replace 79-year-old Charlie Rangel and his sketchy money dealings with 78-year-old Pete Stark, who has missed 250 votes since 2009 because of a mysterious illness. [ Washington Post ]
A Republican state senator was arrested for DUI after leaving a gay nightclub in Sacramento, but his male companion was not detained. [ CBS 13 ]