Serendipity

Why the Republicans will win the Debt debate. Depressing

The Republicans don't care if the federal government collapses and non-rich people are screwed.  Democrats can be extorted to do anything to keep the federal government functioning and taking care of non-rich people.  

Because of this, and the implacability of the Rs there is no ability of the Ds to negotiate from a position of strength.  

 

If the Rs had any sense of history, decency, political courage, or were able and willing to fulfill their oath of office, that'd be be fine.  But they don't have any of that and thus, they are like the lone wolf assassination killer = able to penetrate all the defenses of decent people. 

You can't negotiate with them.  And you really can't defend against them.

 

Another app for readers - Calibre

calibre is an e-book library manager. It can view, convert and catalog e-books in most of the major e-book formats. It can also talk to a few e-book reader devices. It can go out to the internet and fetch metadata for your books. It can download newspapers and convert them into e-books for convenient reading. It is cross platform, running on Linux, Windows and OS X.

Calibre's Manual

Another website for readers

Is LibraryThing.com.  You can list the books you've read and find others who've done likewise.  You can look for new books to read of a type you like.  You can join the Early Reviewers group and offer to review a book in exchange for a free copy of it [lottery selection].  

Mystery Reading....

This summer is a good time to get back into reading and, since I love mysteries, I checked out a blog I noted in the past which springs from a website:  Cozy-Mystery

Although the site focuses on what are called 'cozies', other mystery authors are listed as well.  What's a cozy?  The site defines it as:

The crime-solver in a cozy mystery is usually a woman who is an amateur sleuth. Almost always, she has a college degree, whether she is using it or not. Her education and life’s experiences have provided her with certain skills that she will utilize in order to solve all the crimes that are “thrown her way.” The cozy mystery heroine is usually a very intuitive, bright woman. The occupations of the amateur sleuths are very diverse: caterer, bed and breakfast owner, quilter, cat fancier/owner, nun, gardener, librarian, book store owner, herbalist, florist, dog trainer, homemaker, teacher, needlepoint store owner, etc. These are just a few examples of what the amateur sleuth does…. When she’s not solving crimes, that is!