It's looking like being a student in Chicago is almost as dangerous as being a soldier in Afghanistan. 22 fatalities so far this year. And this is where our president got his start as a "community organizer" -- and where many of his closest advisors are from.

An article on the federal budget for the next decade includes this item: Additional discretionary spending, $1,545 billion. Rounding to the nearest billion means the real amount could be 500 million more or 500 million less. If we're talking about discretionary spending I suppose it's not supposed to matter if $500 million are lost in the noise.