current affairs - Growing Old Disgracefully

I am now a Steelworker

Published on April 12 2005

USWA: PACE Members Vote to Merge with Steelworkers Union Las Vegas, Nevada, April 12, 2005—Over 1,600 delegates from the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) Intl. Union voted overwhelmingly today to merge with the United Steelworkers...

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Take Back the Word

Published on April 12 2005

Take Back the Word BUT ALAS, somewhere over the last two decades or so, liberalism lost its root as the word liberal was perverted to the point of Orwellian inversion--and therefore rendered meaningless.

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Quite the quote

Published on April 10 2005

The Belmont Club : Karol Wotjyla More than half a century later, near the end of his life, Wotjyla's Last Will would pass over his world-historical role in the destruction of Communism, as if it never happened, to return to memories of family and friends....

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and another door closes.......

Published on April 7 2005

Was up pretty early ( or awfully late, depending on how you look at it) , watching the Pope's funeral and thinking about doors in general....

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Down the slippery slope..

Published on April 7 2005

WorldNetDaily: Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube By Sarah Foster © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com In a situation recalling the recent death of Terri Schiavo in Florida, an 81-year-old widow, denied nourishment and fluids for nearly two weeks, is clinging...

Yahoo! News - John Kerry Recuperates From Knee Surgery The Massachusetts Democrat, who is in Rome for the funeral of Pope John Paul II, had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee during the recent congressional recess and will be on crutches for a couple...

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It's TRIVIA TIME

Published on April 6 2005

AP Wire | 04/06/2005 | Jennings to take part in trivia contest WAUSAU, Wis. - A millionaire game show whiz joins thousands of competitors this weekend at the 36th annual self-proclaimed world's largest trivia contest. Ken Jennings, who won nearly $2.5...

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Tartan Day - About the Event

Published on April 6 2005

Tartan Day - About the Event Woodrow Wilson said of the Scots, "Every line of strength in American history is a line coloured with Scottish blood." The contribution of the immigrant Scots upon North America is massive and these people have remained proud...

Feingold Using Leadership PAC to Raise Profile - from TBO.com Russ Feingold, whose name has become synonymous with campaign finance reform, is raising both his profile and thousands of dollars with his new leadership political action committee. Feingold,...

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another post on gay marriage

Published on April 4 2005

Asymmetrical Information: A really, really, really long post about gay marriage that does not, in the end, support one side or the other My only request is that people try to be a leeetle more humble about their ability to imagine the subtle results of...