- The Metro Council is going to set aside a Slice of savings to help stranded. They’re going to earmark $100,000 per week (of the $1million they’re saving by not running the buses) for riders who have no other means of transportation. The catch is that the money will go to existing non-profits and aid agencies, so unless you’re already on the dole, you won’t be able to get any help. [press-patch]
- I was at position 95 in a Google Search: minneapolis transit strike on Wednesday morning, and up to 35 this morning. I’m not sure I want to be at the top of that list, but I feel good about moving up. I suppose I should really collect all the links onto one page. Maybe that’s part of the plan for this afternoon.
- Steph has some thoughts on Target’s selling off Dayton’s Marshall Field. I’ve shopped in the downtown Dayton’s Marshall Field store exactly once since the name change, and I found a gal who was anxious to help me, but couldn’t since they didn’t have the things I was looking for. I felt a lot more loss when they changed the name than I do now. But if you’re at all pro-labor, the name Marshall Field should not be one you think of especially fondly. [steph]
- Salon’s Got a Will to Survive, and still is in business. Who knew? I guess I notice articles from them every once in a while, but they’re also mostly premium that require you to pay, so I seldom read them. I’ve thought about paying for a subscription, but I always find myself wondering if they’ll be around long enough that I’d get my money’s worth.
- The Idiot Villager says it’s Time to abolish the FDA. He’s got a point. Last weekend during our poker game (always a time for weighty discussions), I posited that the FDA was the primary problem in the
health care crisis
, since one of the bigger reasons that prescriptions cost more here in the US than they do in Canada is that we have to pay for the cost of getting new drugs (and treatments, and dietary supplements now too) “approved”. And yes, the US also pays for most of the R&D for new drugs, but I don’t feel bad about that. - From what I can tell, the best source of news on the March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks is the Wikipedia page. The attacks were horrible, and were an act of terrorism (not a guerilla attack, as Reuters claims). The fact that almost a quarter of the country turned out for the protests is big news in my eyes. [vowe]
- In Rebuff to Bush, Senate Raises Bar for New Tax Cuts. Russ Feingold wants to make sure that taxes don’t get cut without 60 votes in the Senate. Seems to me that a better plan would be to require a supermajority before spending could be increased.
- But hey, Thank Goodness That President Bush Trusts the People! Just go read it:
As Bush points out, all the Democrats have to offer is
that same old Washington mind-set – they’ll give the orders, and you’ll pay the bills.