From the long lost “…are the new…” series, one of my favorite blogs spots the latest trend: kids are the new dogs.

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The new energy reality:
Natural gas at around $12.00 is now many times what it cost as recently as 2003 ($3.00). A lot of Americans will be shivering this winter and some of the weak, old, and poor will die as a result.
[Update]
Like I was saying, energy bills will be going up … WAY up. Here [...]

Indeed:

Jon Stewart: The president has vowed to personally lead the investigation into the government’s failed response to Katrina? Isn’t that a job perhaps someone else should be doing?
Samantha Bee: No, not at all, Jon. To truly find out what went wrong, it’s important for an investigator to have a little distance from the situation. [...]

Hard to swallow:
[T]he infant mortality rate has been rising in the US for the past five years - and is now the same as Malaysia. America’s black children are twice as likely as whites to die before their first birthday.
Many Americans may not care, or just may not care to hear about the grim reality [...]