the rix mix

There's blue & purple frozen precip over the Poconos on the animated radar, a winter weather advisory for my sister's suburbs about 25 miles northwest, & the 10 day forecast stays in the 40's.

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus’ office confirmed late Friday night that the Montana Democrat was carrying on an affair with his state office director, Melodee Hanes, when he nominated her to be U.S. attorney in Montana.

As one blogger pointed out, the learning curve among politicians on these things is nonexistent.