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Genocide Trial
Re: International Law & Human Rights posted by posted by LE Fri Jan 5 13:51:42 2007 A very interesting and closely watched case is very near completion at the International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body. This case is known...
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Weekly Horrorscopes are getting a little too close for comfort
This week January 15 through January 21 Libra As the week begins, you're thinking about your love life and your family. You may be looking for a new place to live. If so, this is the right time, as Thursday's New Moon falls in your sector of home and...
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Now *this* guy is a biker!
Illinois man seeks spinning world record - Yahoo! News BURR RIDGE, Ill. - George Hood may have pedaled his way into the Guinness World Records book on Saturday night. The 49-year-old Aurora resident began riding a stationary bike at the Five Seasons Sports...
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Procrastinators 'R Us
Believe it or not, I really *did* have a procrastination post partially written; but was too lazy to put it all together and post it. But now I know the reason why. I have had a nasty problem lately with getting motivated to accomplish anything. I swear,...
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Makes Me Proud to be a Cheesehead
A favorite site of mine is the Urban Legends page. When I get one of those emails detailing all of the things I can win if I only send Bill Gates a short note, or a long story about a young cancer patient who wants to break the record for emails received,...
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Just no algebra.....please
Fox tests nation's 5th-grade knowledge PASADENA, Calif. - Every parent's nightmare — being exposed for not knowing what's in your kid's school textbook — will soon play out on national television. Fox announced Saturday that it is making a new game show,...
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Down to the Wire
All discussions and essays finished for IR1!!!! :-D All I have left is the....ouch.... the dreaded "Final", which I'll be taking Tuesday morning, before the fun begins on Wednesday. Wish me luck, kiddies! IR2 begins in March, and it looks like a good...
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Living Will
A buddy sent me this joke today. I'm beginning to think my friends are trying to tell me something. I just wish I knew what. While I was watching golf this weekend, my wife and I got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living wills....
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I am lovin' this book
"American leaders have taken their values so much for granted that they rarely recognize how revolutionary and unsettling the values can appear to others. No other society has asserted that the principles of ethical conduct apply to international conduct...
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Notice
Going to see if I can upgrade Wordpress tonight. I will probably regret this thankless job for a very long time. So if the blog is all borked up, you will know that I am tearing my hair out, stamping my feet, beating my fists on the floor, screaming,...
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Baby, it's cold outside
And #2 daughter is loving the extra day on her weekend. They haven't announced the local school closed for tomorrow, even though every school around us has already announced. Hopefully, it will be warmer than this morning's -26. Ooooooh, that wind was...
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New Toy
This is just a little experimental post. I was playing with this new version of Word, and I stumbled across a "publish to blog" option. (Ain't software wonderful these days?) Some good news, though! APUS credited me 6, count 'em, SIX!!, credits towards...
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Thank You, Captain Ed
All I hear in the discussions of the candidates is whether "Hillary is feminine enough" or whether Obama "is black enough", let alone how John Edwards is a better "woman's candidate" (WTH is a "woman's candidate", anyway??? Should I or do I vote differently...
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The Swiss are coming! The Swiss are coming!!
Liechtenstein: no retaliation for Swiss invasion | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited Swiss soldiers accidentally crossed into neighbouring Liechtenstein above yesterday. The Swiss army is not renowned for its aggressive expeditionary adventures - but...
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Honesty is *always* the best policy...
... unless you are a burglar with a healthy stash of dope back at home. Stevens Point Journal - Man reports break-in suspect -- himself Who says there's no such thing as an honest criminal?Police dispatchers were startled by a call Saturday evening from...
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Ummmmmm.....
Ya know, I used to have a really cute little Fiero; the very first one in the northern half of the state, or so I was told. Then there was the '84 GT ragtop 'stang. The worlds' most expensive hairdryer (but definitely the most fun). I used to steal the...
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TGIF. or, I {heart} my congressman
Dave Obey..... yelling at anti-war protestors about their position of an immediate end to the war in Iraq, angrily referring to them as "idiot liberals" and telling them Democrats "did not have the votes" to cut funding for the war. However, listen to...
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Tell me again why I live here?
JS Online: Damage blamed on frustration One day after 21 people were arrested during a demonstration that vandalized a U.S. Army recruiting office on Milwaukee's east side, Wisconsin peace activist groups on Tuesday said some protesters might increasingly...
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not enjoying this
I really dislike airports. Especially sitting in one for four hours waiting for connecting flights. Somebody call and distract me. Please. :-w ...... No call. Thanks tons, guys. Off to do laps and find a Starbucks. K, that didn't take long. So, while...
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Anyone else notice the date on this announcement?
Thompson Declares Candidacy, Joining G.O.P. Field - New York Times WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday joined the crowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 and proclaimed himself the ''reliable conservative''...
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Officially here
Two weeks ago, I saw the first bald eagle of the season soaring above frozen Mohawkskin. Funny, they aren't supposed to be back until there is open water, but there he was... Two days ago, early evening brought the spring solstice. Yesterday it rained...
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Let the "Beam me up, Scotty" jokes begin...
Doohan's ashes to be blasted into space - Yahoo! News LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New...
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A stalker's dream come true....
Big Brother may be watching us more closely than I ever believed. Just take a look at this site--my hands are shaking, just thinking of how we could all be followed. This is satellite tracking gone way out of hand!! Mobile phone tracking GSM mobile phone...
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Wish I'd seen this article *last* week
...before I finished writing out this paper. It was sorta the point I tried to make, but I wound up babbling for two and a half pages where Krauthammer gets the point across in two sentences. Sigh. Charles Krauthammer - Britains Humiliation -- and Europes...
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Nice to see a teacher story like this one
Continuing on the education schtick, a teacher friend, knowing the name of the University (APU/AMU) where I'm chasing the degree and thinking that somehow my association with a "military college" means I want to join up, emailed me this story. Even though...