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November 19, 2013 | | HORROR Virginia state senator Creigh Deeds, who was the Democratic guberntorial nominee in 2009, was stabbed in his home in Bath County on Tuesday morning. Deeds's son, Gus, was found dead of a gunshot wound inside the home as well. Deeds is currently in critical condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, police were called to Deeds's residence at 7:25 a.m. and found the lawmaker with serious injuries to his head and upper torso sustained in an assault. NBC Washington is reporting that Gus Deeds stabbed his father before taking his own life. TOLD YA SO This past March, a report by consulting firm McKinsey & Company requested by the Department of Health and Human Services reported that the enactment of the health-care law was troubled because of "significant dependency on external parties/contractors," and "insufficient time and scope of end-to-end testing." As many frustrated Americans now know, the predictions by McKinsey were on the mark. "The administration was on track—on track for a disaster—and yet officials refused to be transparent with the Congress and the American people," said Representative Fred Upton, the Republican chairman of the committee which made public the report. CHILLING Las hieleras, or "the freezers," is how immigrants and some Border Patrol agents refer to the chilly holding cells at many stations along the U.S.-Mexico border. The facilities are used to house recently captured border crossers until they can be transferred to a long-term Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, returned to their native country, or released until their immigration hearing. According to interviews and court documents, many immigrants have been held for days in rooms kept at temperatures so low that men, women ,and children have developed illnesses associated with the cold, lack of sleep, overcrowding, and inadequate food, water and toilet facilities. ONLY THE FIRST STEP Giving up alcohol is only the third of the 12 steps, so we're going to be hearing about Rob Ford for a long time. The Toronto mayor said Monday that he had a "come to Jesus moment" and he is "finished" with alcohol. "Just the humiliation and the belittling and the people I've let down," Ford said. "And it's all because of alcohol. Excessive, stupid, immature behavior and that's it." Also, he reversed his comments last week that he may have driven drunk. Of course, hours earlier, he declared "war" on the city councilors who had voted to limit his authority, so he might not be entirely changed yet. "You guys have just attacked Kuwait," he said. FLESH WOUND One, two, five. The British comedy group Monty Python is reuniting, member Terry Jones has confirmed. In an interview with the BBC, Jones said, "We're getting together and putting on a show—it's real. I hope to be able to pay off my mortgage!" Fellow member Eric Idle alluded on Twitter to a coming announcement about the reunion, which is expected at a news conference in London Thursday. The comedy group was behind hits like Life of Brian, Holy Grail and the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus. The five surviving members last performed together in 1998. | | 
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