one thing about being here that i was really looking forward to is getting a bit of a break from the frustrating world of politics.
we don't have internet from home. the only online access are a bunch of internet cafes that are a short hike through the permafrost in -15 degree weather. we don't generally do that more than once or twice a day. and when we do, i tend not to spend a lot of time reading news. we're getting a ton of messages we need to respond to every day.
other than that, our only news from the outside world is our TV. we get about 70 channels, but they are all in russian or kazakh. except one. we get france-24's english channel for some reason. it seems like an odd choice if you're going to provide only one foreign-language channel, but it does give us some news source for when we're sitting around at home.
so yesterday i saw a brief piece about how senator nelson signed on to be the 60th vote for the plan. it just didn't say which plan it was talking about. so how shitty is this plan? because lieberman was apparently onboard already (he wasn't when i left), it probably was a pretty crappy watered-down plan. is there any good summary out there that i can read if i'm nostalgic for a little frustration and don't have a lot of time?
