Miraclo Miles

...and she'll take the low road It's been another too-busy day, but I have to take a few moments to note a quote from Hillary Clinton I heard this morning . "That was his choice, Steve" she said in an interview with Steve Inskeep. "There was no rule or requirement that he take his name off the ballot. His supporters ran a very aggressive campaign to try to get people to vote uncommitted." Oh, right, Hill. I'm sure "uncommitted" really drew something like the same vote an actual name would have... in primaries where the electorate was already told their delegates wouldn't count. Winsies for you. I could barely believe it. The voice sounded right, but I thought maybe my mind had wandered and I was actually hearing some Clinton campaign aid/spokesperson talking too much off the cuff. But, no, it was the candidate herself. I understand the unwillingness to believe that her presumed frontrunner status has become part of the past, and...

Saturday Into Sunday Yesterday there was some weather about... ...and while it briefly looked as if my Saturday plans over at Abbygal & Crypt Leak 's place might be washed away like Piglet, we mostly lucked out and plans were un-canceled, save for Eric G . having exited the plans the night before (though we didn't know until going for 5 on Saturday due to some communications problems) as he headed West to help his parents out with imminent flooding from heavier rains than we ended up getting. Good conversation, snacking flowing into eating and back into snacking, and time spent as A-Gal (mostly her, because they were her characters and it was more entertaining this way rather than having us fumble around through unfamiliar mechanics) moved her character along through the challenges of being stranded on an island. ..which is considerably more dramatic of a presentation than what we actually went through, as since with other Sims games much of the activity is making sure o...

Just to clarify... Under George W. Bush, we are the evil empire . Not that we really needed the reminder. ( Edit: Some related expansions to the post.) Isn't there a Fox tv show in this somewhere? Suspects Say The Craziest Things? Along similar lines (passed along via email by Dwight Williams ) we see that related issues are matters of a political battle in court, and so of some at least momentary scrutiny, up in Canada. Court discussions are underway concerning a government's responsibility (and, so, one presumes culpability) with respect to conditions in Afghani prisons when they turn prisoners over to Afghanistan officials . Up for argument will be whether or not they are under any obligation to gain real assurances that the prisoners won't be tortured. Aside from any basic notions of decency and what each nations claims to be what they stand for, officials should remember that if one has power over anyone's life and fate then he has moral and ethical responsibili...

Who's On Top? Well, now that the possibility of a joint ticket is on the table - however premature each understandably feels it to be - hopefully it'll mark a generally more civil tone from here on out. One way or another they're going to be pulling for the same win come November. Sure, it could get nasty and then they could just pretend it didn't mean anything afterwards, but that's also one of the reasons I lost much of the respect I once had for Senator McCain . I did find it amusing that Hillary found it worthwhile to note that Ohio had made it clear who should be on the top of such a ticket, as it immediately raises the question of whether or not the run of, eleven or twelve states that Barach won should all be considered subordinate to the will of Ohio.

So... We Actually Count This Year After yesterday's primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island the Democratic race is still up for grabs. On the 8th (this Saturday) the Democrats have a primary in Wyoming, then on the 11th both parties have on in Mississippi. After that it's on to here -- Pennsylvania. The GOP race is sewn up as McCain has his requisite delegates and Huckabee has dropped out of the race, so the GOP can now all fall in line and watch the Clinton and Obama campaigns for specific weaknesses in whichever one finally takes the nomination. So, I'm expecting the primary focus to be shifting here to PA now, where at last look Clinton was still seen as strong though I know that the Obama campaign has been making headway. This race could go the distance and still easily find itself being decided by the superdelegates, since the eventual nominee still needs around 500 more delegates than each currently is being assigned. The current count seems to change from...

Missed that saving throw... An odd item to break silence on -- especially for someone such as myself who had little to no connection to anything D&D -- but I just read that Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of D&D, has just passed away . Nothing really to add.