April 2010 - Argghhh!

Dude! I gotta know!...

Grim has a post up todayThe new exchanges do not have to be in operation until 2014. But because of a possible “drafting error,” the report says, Congress did not specify an effective date for the section excluding lawmakers from the existing program.illustrating how Congress inadvertently mandated *itself* to buy HellCare™.Which ties in nicely with a chuckle I just got via e-gram:Harry Reid goes to a local auto dealer in Washington , D.C. with the intention of buying a brand new...

The Conference is over, and the party-crowd attendees have been dispersing all day. For those who didn't attend or watch the live feed, Princess Crabby's overview is here . I'll try to fill in the gaps a bit...

I was casting about for something to mark the occasion, but since I'm up to my eyebrows in How-to-be-President Rotary stuff, I was hoping for a miracle to simply drop something in my lap.Ask and ye shall receive - the Birthday Boy himself did it... Time zones are a wonderful thing, when you are on the correct side of them... Sat, April 10, 2010 2:08:22 AM:Birthday Party, Hilton Narita, Japan Just gotta know how to improvise when "deployed." Freight Dogs know how. Heh. 56 years young...

There are twenty-five Medals awarded for actions on this day, from the Civil War to World War II. Two are posthumous.Civil War. Twenty-three Medals, earned during the battles of Appomattox Courthouse (or for the whole campaign) and Fort Blakely, Alabama.CALLAHAN, JOHN H. Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 122d Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Fort Blakely, Ala., 9 April 1865. Entered service at: Macoupin County, Ill. Birth: Shelby County, Ky. Date of issue: 8 June 1865. Citation: Capture...

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There are eight Medals awarded for actions on this day, one of them posthumous. They span the Civl War, World War II, and Vietnam.Civil War. ANDERSON, THOMAS Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 1st West Virginia Cavalry. Place and date: At Appomattox Station, Va., 8 April 1865. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Washington County, Pa. Date of issue: 3 May 1865. Citation: Capture of Confederate flag. BRAS, EDGAR A. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 8th Iowa Infantry. Place and date...