…Taking Todd up on his request. It occurred to me the other morning that nothing has any value except that which an individual gives it. To some, this probably seems simplistic. For me, it was a minor revelation—perhaps even an epiphany. It was, in some sense, a recognition of perception in an area that I [...]
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As I have been utterly swamped in my life right now, I’ve asked a few people to guest blog here until I can return. Look for new voices and new content soon.
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Lamborghini Police Car Nice! (tags: lamborghini) Going for a blast into the real past Don’t read it, Gidman. (tags: Science quantum) NOTE – Sorry about the Digg here. I was testing the plugin. No one actually Dugg this post.
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Milton Friedman, dead at 94.
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1 GB, and the USB connector is bigger than the business part of the drive.
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‘Okinawa’ John fails in his bid to become the #2 Democrat in the House. While I regret losing years worth of blogging material, I still would like to thank the Democrats for being sane. Now can you work on that Alcee Hastings thing? UPDATE – So, what does this mean for Pelosi? She lobbied for [...]
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Our favorite McGovernite nutball, Denis Kucinich (D – CLEVELAND) pipes up with some squishy idealism today. “I want to say that there’s one solution here, and it’s not to engage in a debate with the President, who has taken us down a path of disaster in Iraq, but it’s for Congress to assume the full [...]
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The Democrats are holding their elections for House leadership positions tomorrow, and John Murtha seems to be the front-runner for the Majority Leader slot. I thought it would be a good time to post this little nugget from the past, from June of this year. Okinawa is 4,900 miles from Baghdad, straight line…which means we [...]
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There are forty-nine Republican Senators, and this is the best they can do? Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the chamber’s No. 2 GOP post Wednesday. Trent Lott?! The man who killed the amendment to introduce transparency [...]
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I think we’ve been conducting our own chases improperly, compared to this.
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List of faux pas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What not to do. (tags: culture howto) » How Alphabets evolved (tags: language)
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Chafee, now that he has safely lost his seat and can speak truthfully, doesn’t want to be a Republican anymore. “I haven’t made any decisions. I just haven’t even thought about where my place is,” Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: [...]
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231 years of excellence. Cross-posted at No Quarter.
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Fascinating to see what passes for news in Africa. In typical “domestic abuse” fashion, President of the United States, George W. Bush, has already instilled fear in Nancy Pelosi, and she has promised not to impeach Bush. What CIA facts he has on Pelosi will never be known, but this is the Ruling Right Mentality [...]
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Well, this looks like backwards thinking. George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June. If Democrats don’t take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they [...]
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Conventional thinking from the MSM is the loss of Rumsfeld is a blessing to those wearing the uniform. While I’m sure plenty of soldiers have a problem with the man, this story suggests the discontent isn’t as widespread as the Media thought (or should I say hoped?). Half of America and the upper echelons of [...]
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Lincoln Chafee, spineless to the end. But Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who was defeated in this week’s election, said he would block Bolton’s nomination. Chafee, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that he did not believe Bolton’s nomination would move forward without his support. “The American people have spoken out against the [...]
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Something funny to brighten up the mood.
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We won’t know what Pelosi will do until she actually does it, but we’re starting to get an idea of how she’s going to move forward. Rep. Nancy Pelosi plans to sideline colleagues who are hawkish on national security in the Democratic leadership in the House. Democratic Party sources said as House Speaker, Ms. Pelosi [...]
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You’ll notice the new theme immediately. I’m going to leave this up for a day or so while I try it out. One of the benefits is the ability of the reader to customize the colors. Feel free to give it a go. I really don’t like the defaults, and I’ll be working on tweaking [...]
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