Winter Cold Moon
My morning starts, as it used to for a majority of Americans, by reading the newspaper as I eat breakfast. In spite of the fact that I hold a digital subscription to the NYTs as well. A habit I likely will not break.
Not often, but sometimes, this habit serves up such wildly improbable stories that I’m tempted to comment on them here. I usually don’t. Today’s twin cities+region section though. Well. Here are the three stories that struck me. (emphasis mine)
These quotes capture it:
“No one has been confirmed as head of the $1.12 billion agency (ATF) since its law enforcement functions were split off from the U.S. treasury in 2006 and the position was made subject to Senate approval. The gun lobby has objected to every nominee, including the choice for former president George W. Bush.”
“A bill introduced by House DFlers on Wednesday could make it easier for homeowners like Crawford to stay in their homes by prohibiting lenders from beginning foreclosure proceedings at the same time they are working with home owners to avoid foreclosure.”
and, finally, the award for real cheek goes to a lawyer exposed (ha) in Whistleblower:
“Thomas P. Lowe, a Burnsville lawyer who had an affair with a client and “bill(ed) her meetings in which they engaged in sexual relations.”
Some days, you just have to wonder.
