The myth of higher taxes

Watching Colbert last night (and Countdown, and all of the other cable news garbage I digest now) there‘s still this continual statement by the Republicans that Obama is going to raise taxes. This is technically true, though only for 2% of Americans, but it‘s pretty misleading to keep hammering at people that. Of course the election is over, so obviously it didn‘t work, but whatever happens to the Republican party they are certainly going to make tax cuts their M.O. Hopefully the Obama administration will make enough of a memorable tax cut that the majority of America will call the Republicans on their bullshit and not be misled into thinking their taxes are going up.

Homemade soy milk curdles in coffee

Does anyone have any tips on how to prevent homemade soy milk from curdling in coffee? The best I‘ve heard is to add some guar gum, but I don‘t know where to find that ….

Within the final two weeks

My total and complete obsession is starting to hit the fear stage – I‘m not afraid of the Democrats losing the presidency, but I‘m afraid of weird case situations. One such fear: Alaskan Democrats don‘t bother voting since Obama will likely be announced as the winner hours before, and Ted Stevens gets re-elected by fanatic Wasilians who want to vote for Palin anyway because they love her. And of course, the Dems have 59 senators now and need Alaska to get the filibuster-breaking 60. It‘s just a silly scenario I was thinking about, since, again, I am completely obsessed.

Watching the full video of the Obama/Joe the Plumber interaction, it‘s really fascinating to see how the GOP has spun this. It looks like Obama did well and actually presented a convincing argument for his situation. Despite all this Joe the Plumber nonsense I kinda like his style – he‘s an expert media manipulator.