current affairs - Growing Old Disgracefully

Aw, they're upset.....

Published on September 16 2006

CNN.com - Pope upset that Muslims offended - Sep 16, 2006 In his speech, the pope quoted 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus who said: "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman,...

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Wondering about the legal process...

Published on September 14 2006

Ya gotta wonder just a teensy bit about Judges these days. Judge warns victims' mother not to cry on stand BARTOW, Florida (Court TV) -- Warned by the judge that tears could trigger a mistrial, a mother was stoic in front of a Florida jury Tuesday as...

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Great Roundup

Published on September 11 2006

of links at WizBang

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beautiful pic

Published on September 10 2006

Check out this photo, of the Pentagon lit up in memory.

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for this day

Published on September 10 2006

In the calling out to one another of the lovers up and down the strand In the sound of the waves and the cries of the seagulls circling the sand In the fragments of the songs carried down the wind from some radio In the murmuring of the city in the distance...

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Dan Shanower (1961-2001)

Published on September 10 2006

[UPDATE: I purchased the Sept. 11th edition of US News and World Report today. Inside, I found an article concerning Cmdr. Shanower's family and the man who recovered him. Read the article here. It's worth it.] Every one of us remembers where we were...

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Sooooo...

Published on September 10 2006

.....What's everybody watching on TV tonight?? This is what's on here And in discussing all the controversy and the blaming and "whose fault was it's" going on about this movie; as usual, Lilecks says it better than I ever could.... Just so you know:...

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These are your parents on drugs

Published on September 7 2006

CNN.com - These are your parents on drugs - Sep 7, 2006 Some moms and dads might want to take a lesson from their kids: Just say no. The government reported Thursday that 4.4 percent of baby boomers ages 50 to 59 indicated that they had used illicit drugs...

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5 years of Time

Published on September 3 2006

CNN.com - What we have learned since 9/11 - Sep 3, 2006 "We saw back then what we were capable of at our best, and now find ourselves just moving on, willing to listen to our leaders but not necessarily believe them, supporting the troops but disputing...

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slow day in protest land

Published on September 2 2006

CNN.com - Pluto demotion draws protest - Sep 2, 2006 LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) -- Size doesn't matter. "That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, gathered on the New Mexico State...