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January 3, 2012 Iowa (caucus) January 10, 2012 New Hampshire (primary) January 21, 2012 South Carolina (primary) January 31, 2012 Florida (primary) February 4, 2012 Nevada (caucus) February 4–11, 2012 Maine (caucus) February 7, 2012 Colorado (caucus)Minnesota (caucus)Missouri (primary) – *See note below on Missouri February 28, 2012 Arizona (primary)Michigan (primary) March 3, 2012 Washington … Read moreThe next four months of your life: Weekly doses of political mayhem, negative ads, and talking points and talking heads covering the TV airwaves. Get ready

With all of the twists, turns, and controversies in the Republican race for the 2012 nomination, it’s amazing we have come to this road: Ready in Iowa, caucus goers tomorrow are about to end the pronouncements, announcements, corny catch phrases, and all of the mixture in between. Newt Gingrich surged. Herman Cain purged. Michelle Bachmann … Read moreAnd then there were three..

Birds die, again, by the thousands.. A sign of the end times!? Or… just a message that we should stop setting off fireworks on New Years Eve..? Time will tell, I suppose.

Lots of people don’t watch CNN.. or their coverage of new years eve.. but if you missed it this year you didn’t catch Kathy Griffin surprising Anderson Cooper by stripping down to her undersomethings.. she said to Cooper that if Lady Gaga can do it so could she. And she did. Kathy Griffin may be … Read moreDon’t look now.. but Kathy Griffin is practically naked

breakingnews: Happy New Year everyone! (Photo by Kena Betancur, Reuters) A moment in time, snapped by a photographer at the right place at the right time.. under the confetti .. under the weight of the world.

Once again, thousands of blackbirds fall down dead over Arkansas town And yes it was after New Year’s Eve fireworks.. Perhaps for beginning to see a pattern

The real heroes of new years eve: The clean up crew in Times Square

A quick reminder.. while you were sleeping, drinking, or celebrating, President Obama was busy signing. Even though he has reservations about the National Defense Authorization Bill, he signed it anyway. And sure, new rules will allow military forces to swoop in and take Americans to undisclosed locations.. but the President said not to worry: He … Read moreWhile you were celebrating ..

Once again, thousands of dead blackbirds rain down over Arkansas town.. And yes, it was after the fireworks again.. It feels like groundhogs day. After the year we just had, 12 months of hell and high water, we start this way? An earthquake in Japan, an earthquake in New Zealand. And to top that all off, now … Read moreRight back where we started.. Big quake in Japan.. more birds dying in Arkansas. I thought this was 2012!?

Here we go again. The end of a year. The beginning of a new one. As I get older, I begin to discover that we seem to live the same day over and over again. Bill Murray in GROUNDHOG DAY is..well…us! We are Bill Murray.  We are all in the same story. We are all … Read more2011.. better gone than here…. as life’s whirlwind continues, a short pause to think back to the 12 months of horror that just occurred