THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER

AIDS, of course. It was the panic of the ’80s, brought under control by drugs in the 90s and faded from sight in the aughts. Except in Africa. Who knew D.C.’s HIV infection rate challenges that of three African countries? “The current prevalence of HIV infection within certain subpopulations actually challenges rates observed in areas [...]

Cool time-lapse (called snow-lapse) photography here during the previous D.C. blizzard. The advancing one could be worse. But the teddy already is a soggy mess.

Can’t say I’d mind seeing D.C. buried by a blizzard for a while, so long as Veeshir has a full pantry and keeps his power. Serves the home of hot air right. Can you say Cap & Trade? I worry more about Mr. B.’s godfather, Richard Torovsky, at the Reveille Vineyards in the rural Shenandoah. [...]

Boy, that Barry can sure bring out a crowd. This one seems not to share his "spread the wealth" ideas, however. UPDATE:  Apparently CNN is estimating two million folks. Other American Big Media is merely saying "thousands." Funny how, when they’re not sympathetic, they lose the ability to estimate. Fortunately, there is the foreign media. [...]

The Seablogger points to his own and some other recent posts on the logic of Al Q eventually setting off a nuke in D.C. Seems right to me, especially since they have a history of second tries on missed targets and they pretty much failed on their first big D.C. strike in 2001. On the [...]