Reply #15: Oh you were being serious. Your emotifcons threw me.

[kickysnana]

Michele Bachmann won a tiny straw poll and declared herself the appointed one. Romney self destructed by claiming twice "corporations are people".
Obama visited Cannon Falls and a distant cousins seed company in Illinois and gave nice speeches.
A lot of Congresspeople are in Israel.
It rained a bit in Texas but the water pipes are still breaking in the hundreds each day.
There was an oil leak in the North Sea.
Gold is up. Stocks are down as are bond yields.
Europe is up a creek without paddle financially as is Bank of A
Aid is trickling in to some parts of the horn of Africa.
No good news on the radiation leak in Japan.
Teen pregnancies are down but so are graduation rates.
Hershey's is in trouble for a bait and switch student program.
We had very nice weather across the Northern US the last 10 days.

Actually Auntie did win $2 on a scratch off last week, but I paid for 3 $1 tickets a once a month diversion.