Bits of Tid: June 7, 2009

• By the numbers:
  • Number of Allied casualties on D-Day: 9,387
  • Number of people who die because of a lack of adequate health insurance each year: Almost 20,000. The current system is not pro-life.
    
  • Savings under single-payer healthcare (versus the current system): Up to $400 billion
  • Tigers' magic number: 105
  • Red Wings' magic number: 1
• Lots of pictures of Obama and other world leaders at Normandy can be found here and here.
• Sonia Sotomayor has completed her questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee in preparation for her confirmation hearings.
• KBR is being busted.
• Joe Biden has served as Vice President longer than John Tyler, Andrew Johnson, William King, or Harry Truman.
• The Red Wings scored more in the second period of Game 5 than I will in my entire life!
• What do you think of this?