How's the weather?

I've been writing and linking things about climate change and extreme weather off and of for years now, but this weather-related news item really weirded me out.

HEALTH CARE. Here are yet more reasons to oppose privatizing Medicare.

A BETTER ALTERNATIVE. Here's another item on the People's Budget, a better alternative to the slash and burn approach.

LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. Deficit mania in DC is crowding out concern for the unemployed.

GOAT ROPE ADVISORY LEVEL: ELEVATED