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Good Times article
Published a couple days ago, but I'm outta the loop anyway. Still worth reading. And I'm leaning towards Poli 175. ;-) Who Are Americans to Think That Freedom Is Theirs to Spread? - New York Times Other democratic leaders may suspect Bush is right, but...
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Oh no.....
Paul Winchell, Voice of Tigger, Dies at 82 - Yahoo! News Over six decades, Winchell was a master ventriloquist — bringing dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff to life on television — and an inventor who held 30 patents, including one for an early...
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Took a ride this morning...
...and took my camera along in hopes of seeing the baby turtles coming out of their nests along the trail. Didn't see them and didn't see the bald eagle today for some reason, but took a few other pics. These are all along the Hiawatha Trail which runs...
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Weather Forecasts
Considering the forecast here is "hot with clouds and sun" ( sorta covering any sky situation, there, eh?) and NINETY-TWO degrees, I thought today's horrorscope was appropriate. Daily extended (by Astrology.com) Whatever you do, don't lose your cool....
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I will spare you the pictures......
Cyclists ride naked in London protest LONDON - Hundreds of naked cyclists rode past Big Ben and the U.S. Embassy in London on Saturday to protest the West's dependence on gas-guzzling cars - and to push for more use of bicycles. The organizers of World...
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US Gulag
US Undermines Rights, Guantanamo Like 'gulag' - Amnesty - New York Times "``The USA as the unrivaled political, military and economic hyper-power sets the tone for governmental behavior worldwide,'' Secretary General Irene Khan said in the foreword to...
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Holy Hypocrisy, I feel the need to riot
OpinionJournal - Featured Article With the revelation that a copy of the Quran may have been desecrated by U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay, Muslims and their governments--including that of Saudi Arabia--reacted angrily. This anger would have...
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Leaving the left
Leaving the left Nightfall, Jan. 30. Eight-million Iraqi voters have finished risking their lives to endorse freedom and defy fascism. Three things happen in rapid succession. The right cheers. The left demurs. I walk away from a long-term intimate relationship....
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Strike Shuts Down Finnish Paper Industry
Strike Shuts Down Finnish Paper Industry National Conciliator Juhani Salonius, who mediated the talks, said major disagreements hinged on the use of temporary employees and production breaks during national holidays. The paper workers union said employees...
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Hardest way to earn $950 that I ever heard of
Blogcritics.org: Life without the Internet Across the board, participants reported withdrawal-like feelings of loss, frustration, and disconnectedness after the plug was pulled." The article says, "The temptation to go online was so great that the participants...
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Interesting new Typology test
Pew Research Center Political Typology Upbeat Based on your answers to the questionnaire, you most closely resemble survey respondents within the Upbeat typology group. This does not mean that you necessarily fit every group characteristic or agree with...
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First we win the Cold War, then we sell them a new kind of "sickle"
JS Online: Long after Bolsheviks, the bikes are back Harley opened its first dealership in Russia in 1913 in St. Petersburg, then the capital of the czarist empire, said Maxim Belousov, director of the Moscow outlet. That office was closed after the communist...
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Man wakes up after 10 years
CNN.com - Brain damaged for 10 years, firefighter makes astounding recovery - May 3, 2005 ORCHARD PARK, New York (AP) -- Ten years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute during a 1995 roof collapse, he did something that shocked his...
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By Cheese Possessed
The New York Times > Dining & Wine > By Cheese Possessed Hard-core enthusiasts may seek out formaggio di fossa, an Italian sheep's milk cheese that is aged in the ground, but few would go as far as Cielo Peralta, a worker at Murray's since 1995 who has...
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Missing Bride Found Alive in New Mexico - Yahoo! News
Missing Bride Found Alive in New Mexico - Yahoo! News ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A Georgia woman who vanished just days before her wedding was found in New Mexico early Saturday after she called her fiance from a pay phone and said she had been kidnapped, authorities...
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The bills are starting to come in
NCHC | Facts About Healthcare - Health Insurance Coverage Economist James Smith found that insured households paid an average of $26,957 in total medical spending after the diagnosis of a serious new health condition; uninsured households paid $42,166....
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Bono and Bill
CNN.com - Bono bunks at Bill Gates's house - Apr 26, 2005 "I was one of 20,000 screaming fans," Microsoft Corp.'s co-founder Gates told Reuters. Gates, the world's richest man, said he got to know Bono through his work with his philanthropy. Gates said...
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Cassandra calls for a contest!
Villainous Company: Book Lovers Read Cassandra's absolutely hilarious posting on personals ads in the London Review of Books--and the comments are even better!! I couldn't begin to come up with ads as hilarious as some of these!! I also followed her link...
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What IS it with Cheeseheads and freezers?
La Crosse Tribune - 6.0 Authorities believe the body found in a chest freezer in Schuth's basement is that of his elderly mother, but the body has not yet been identified. Schuth told investigators that he placed his mother's body in the freezer after...
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Just in case I need it
The Metaverse Excuse-O-Mat Because you never know when you will need a GREAT excuse!!! Like this one... "I am scum-- an ocean of scum. You've reminded me-- oh, it is a torment that can never be consoled-- that I have been a selfish, slime-wallowing hog....
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Yahoo! News - Roundup Naps More Than 1,000 Fugitives
Yahoo! News - Roundup Naps More Than 1,000 Fugitives Roundup Naps More Than 1,000 Fugitives By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - More than 10,000 fugitives, many wanted for violent crimes, were rounded up over the past week in a coordinated...
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Down the slippery slope..
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...
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Feingold Using Leadership PAC to Raise Profile - from TBO.com
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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mmmmmm.....guitar.......
Ever since I read about this guy on another blog, I have been playing his tunes......and iTunes has made a bit of $ off me as a result--great stuff. Bonamassa.com and then I read on his tour schedule page: 8/20/05 Wausau, WI Big Bull Falls Blues Fest...
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Rachel always says it best......
Blue-Eyed Infidel: BATSHIT INSANE Humanity is seriously fucked up. That's all there is to it. Seriously, hopelessly, unforgivably fucked up. People are debating fine points of law about due process and states' rights and blah blah blah, but for the love...