This has been super-duper fun, but I'm fading fast. I'd hate to go pass out and leave everybody hanging. Marcus will post the next diary as Liveblog - it should replace me on the rec list. Everybody else is in the same slot on the list; nothing else has changed.
Please unrecommend this diary and let's get the new Liveblog post on the rec list when it hits!
I'm totally off cat-herding duty now and won't be in my email so much. if the volunteer list could just be kept alive in the diaries, that'll do.
Thanks!
Part XI is here
Part XII is here
Part XIII is here
Part XIV is here
Part XV is here
Part XVI is here
Part XVII is here
Part XVIII is here
Part XIX is here
Part XX is here
Part XXI is here
Part XXII is here
Part XXIII is here
Part XXIV is here
Part XXV is here
Part XXVI is here
Well, it appears we cat herders can't quite herd ourselves - apologies for the Liveblog snafu this morning. And I apologize only because here I am, about to throw everything up on end again: since Liveblog's diary was used up earlier today and never got rec'd, this diary will serve as the anchor to take us through the night.
This one will be updated for as long as we have subesequent diaries for nerding out on CSPAN.
The attraction in today's sandbox is, of course, the threatened tantrum filibuster by the GOP. To quote the Ellicatt:
The Senate will be debating H.R. 1585 - The Defense Authorization Bill.
Harry Reid has made one request of his colleagues: allow a simple UP OR DOWN VOTE on the Levin-Reed Amendment, which would begin a phased withdrawal of US troops by the end of this year.
"Nope, not gonna do it," respond the Republicans.
"OK," Harry says, "bring in the cots and pack your toothbrush. We're going to have a debate for THIRTY HOURS, ladies and gentlemen."
Word has it cots have been delivered - who's in the sandbox now, huh? That's a lot of popcorn, kossacks!
But this is the sandbox, not Vietnam...there are RULES:
No Pictures! Not a one! Yes; this includes you.
Please rec this diary and only this diary - it will be a constant map to the others.
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