Can You Spell “AGENDA”?

One last thing, a pretty amazing side note: Wanted to know what NYT has reported about Adegbile nomination. Turns out it hasn't. Ever.

— Byron York (@ByronYork) March 4, 2014

Gov. Martinez’s Hair Stylist Has Refused to Ever Cut Her Hair Again

… ~ or share the super-secret squirrel recipe for her hair color ~ because of her opposition to gay marriage.

He has REFUSED TO RENDER HER A SERVICE he provides based on HIS FEELINGS.

When I read this, I had a question:

@ArtbyAWOHS So why can't she sue him? #KindaLikeNotBakingAWeddingCakeRight @huffpostgay

— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) March 3, 2014

A bakery, a hair dresser…what?

That Had To Leave A Mark

When you lose the WaPo’s editorial board

President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy

By Editorial Board, Published: March 2

FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war is receding” and the United States could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. Other leaders, in this vision, would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. Invasions, brute force, great-power games and shifting alliances — these were things of the past. Secretary of State John F. Kerry displayed this mindset on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday when he said, of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, “It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century.”

That’s a nice thought, and we all know what he means. A country’s standing is no longer measured in throw-weight or battalions. The world is too interconnected to break into blocs. A small country that plugs into cyberspace can deliver more prosperity to its people (think Singapore or Estonia) than a giant with natural resources and standing armies.

Unfortunately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received the memo on 21st-century behavior. Neither has China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is engaging in gunboat diplomacy against Japan and the weaker nations of Southeast Asia. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is waging a very 20th-century war against his own people, sending helicopters to drop exploding barrels full of screws, nails and other shrapnel onto apartment buildings where families cower in basements. These men will not be deterred by the disapproval of their peers, the weight of world opinion or even disinvestment by Silicon Valley companies. They are concerned primarily with maintaining their holds on power

Smart Power.

If You Want to See How the Skies Above Us “Move”

…check out this fascinating Wind Map Ebola turned us on to this weekend.

They take the wind data readings from all over the counrty, feed them into this program (updating HOURLY) and voila! You have a REAL TIME representation what’s happening over your head and where the clash of the fronts coming together actually occurs, instead of a vaguely drawn line drooping southward.

…Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. These are near-term forecasts, revised once per hour. So what you’re seeing is a living portrait. (See the NDFD site for precise details; our timestamp shows time of download.) And for those of you chasing top wind speed, note that maximum speed may occur over lakes or just offshore.

Terror Attack In China

33 murdered by knives, with something like 130 injured.

The Tea Party is of course responsible.

Jingle Bells

Yay, more snow.

PerHAPS He Wouldn’t NOW Be Kicking Your Lame Asses All Over the Crimea In Full View of the World…

Asked if Putin is listening, sr admin official: "We in this administration have not made it a practice to look into Vladimir Putin's soul."

— Jim Acosta (@JimAcostaCNN) March 2, 2014

…if you had.

Smug pricks.

Seriously: Greatest President

Evuh

A White House official emailed some reporters to say that President Obama’s team met today to discuss the ongoing situation on Ukraine. It appears President Obama did not attend.

…According to Time magazine’s Zeke Miller, Obama skipped the meeting. “Obama did not attend the meeting, but WH official says he has been briefed by Susan Rice and his national security team,” says Miller.

Rice went over the Ukrainian YouTube list for her Sunday morning talk show appearances.

We are so boned.

I’ve Been Waiting A Long Time For This

Virginia wins the ACC

A couple of decades of frustration lifted off the shoulders of Virginia fans on Saturday afternoon. That’s how long it’d been — 33 years — since the Cavaliers had celebrated an outright ACC championship. But as the clocked ticked down to the end of the 12th-ranked Cavaliers’ 75-56 upset of No. 4 Syracuse, Virginia fans could embrace an uncommon truth as they stormed the court at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville: These Wahoos are ACC champs.

Coach Tony Bennett’s crew capped a regular season with an outright crown for the first time since Virginia’s 1980-81 campaign. The Orange, which started the year 25-0 and climbed to the top of college basketball’s rankings, came up short for the ACC regular-season crown in their first season in the conference, losing for the third time in four games. Virginia’s top-ranked defense did its job against Syracuse’s attack down the stretch while the Cavaliers capitalized on a dominating rebounding performance on both ends.

Please oh pleasepleaseplease don’t get booted the first weekend in the NCAAs!

Someone Ain’t Happy With Me

Sucks when Dad won’t share dinner!

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus I Chi Gyd!

Happy Saint David’s Day!