Quick! Opera fans! Reference Manon Lescaut!

Sola! Perduta! Abbandonata! Go, Puccini!

(Alone! Lost! Abandoned!)

Government Liquidation

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/arts/design/13neto.html?_r=2











Thanks, Boingboing. Does this mean times are good, or times are bad?

Gross National Happiness: Bhutan

We have a saying in Bhutan: 'If it is medicine, you should take it from an enemy. But if it is poison, you should refuse it from a friend.'"



http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bhutan/gnh.html


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5224306.stm

I wish I had a President who can have social skills AND can be smart in every situation...

DONE!

Here's Obama having a bright idea while on Date Night.

Yes, a good place for them to be is out in the country. Where they will be greeted as liberators.

Given Obama's command of Washington, it's a good idea for Republicans to take their case outside of the capital, said William Bennett, a CNN contributor and Republican strategist.

"Look, you have to face reality. Barack Obama owns Washington. The Democrats own Washington. So a good place to be is out in the country.

"[Obama's] a huge political figure. I don't agree with him, but the guy blocks the sun. He won the election. He commands everything in sight. He's got a Democratic Congress with him. The media still likes him very much," Bennett said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/02/gop.townhall/index.html