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HILLARY’S COURAGE . . . LESSONS the MEDIA & a HOST of DEMOCRATS COULD TAKE FROM HRC’S CAMPAIGN

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:13:34 -0500

Courage takes on many forms, sadly, it is rarely used in conjunction with women, their sacrifice and hard work. Like many, I’ve been watching the terrific HBO series John Adams, fascinated & quite taken back with both John and Abigail Ad

“Racial” vs. “Racist”?

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:23:06 -0500

I was just listening to C-SPAN while washing dishes (as I often do on Sunday afternoons) and they happened to be re-airing Fox New Sunday. (On Sundays they re-air all the major Sunday TV politics talkshows, that I know of). The “panel” wa

Puerto Rican Film Series in Chicago

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:56:00 -0500

Saddam Hussein’s Nuclear Program Was Real After All

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:25:51 -0500

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program, a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium, reached a Canadian port Saturday, July 5, 2008, to complete a secret United States operation that included a two-week airlift from Bag

Karl Rove Is NOT Immune From Testifying

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:55:30 -0500

Karl Rove’s attorney, Robert Luskin, had submitted a letter advising the Committee that Karl Rove would not be appearing before the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee on July 10, 2008. Instead, Robert Luskin offered to make Karl Rov

The Baltic Sea resort Svetlogorsk

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:16 -0500

Svetlogorsk is a resort on the Baltic coast is Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast. The city’s began as a 13th century village and has undergone many transitions as political control of the area changed hands. The city’s modern history dates ba

Book Review: City of Fear by Robin David

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:15:09 -0500

My friend Shoba was in Bombay last week, and she invited me to a book reading at Crossword. It was Robin David's 'City of Fear', set in the backdrop of the Godhra Hindu-Muslim riots.I don't particularly like book readings. I speed-rea

Cool Obama Family Campaigns & Celebrates

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:08:00 -0500

Barack with Michelle & daughters and sister Maya and her family Pink cowboy hats for Malia & Sasha courtesy of Montana's Senator Baucus before the parade were carefully placed by the girls in front as they clapped for the animals and the fl

Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:19:00 -0500

This is one of the books in a series published under the sponsorship of The Institute for Advanced studies of World Religions New York, U.S.A. with the aim of making religious texts translated from various languages accessible in English. The Collec

Still excited about Diablo III?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:53:50 -0500

I was poking around looking for whatever it is I was looking for (honestly, I’ve forgotten) when I encountered this page at Something Awful. It’s an article written by Dennis “Corin Tucker’s Stalker” Farrell, and it̵

History of the Solar System Chapter 36: A small Martian Exodus (based on an epic web-poem)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:21 -0500

(Moons of Jupiter, 1000-900 B.C) When the Phoenicians returned from their initial surveys of the outer planets, their results were received with limited interest by the space-traveling nations. Although the reports of new life

History of the Solar System Chapter 35: New Territories (based on an epic web-poem)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:26:49 -0500

(Middle and Outer Planets, 1100-900 B.C) In the meantime the Phoenician trade Federation continued to explore new trade routes throughout the galaxy. They continued to visit Mercury, Venus and Mars where there were large, estab

Organic Food and Obama

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:57:00 -0500

Everyone is going green and organic, including the host committee for next month's Democratic National Convention.Denver organizers want to stage the event as carbon-neutral as possible, which is quickly becoming a logistical nightmare.Easier said th

Jail Talk

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:22:54 -0500

They got us sucking our own tails Since day minus something They got us doing their dirty work And much worse under draped hypnosis And or multi-dimensional travel They got us exactly Where they want us And since they got us Tagged numbered and numbe

Adventures in Missing the Point, Part Deux: Abortion Again

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:12 -0500

Sorry for so many posts about this lately, but the Dr. Henry Morgentaler controversy has stirred up the abortion issue again. The great and awful thing about the Internet is that any idiot can post their opinions online; unfortunately, many do. You m

Politically Moderate College Professors: The Wave of the Future?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:42:55 -0500

A recent cultural development could go down in history as the worst scourge ever unleashed upon Western Civilization: the installation in the past 40 years of an indomitable and ubiquitous presence on college campuses of baby-boomer professors. Forge

July events at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:00 -0500

The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill CampusErrol Barrow Centre for Creative ImaginationpresentsIMAGINE YOUTHArts Development Programme for Talented Youth11 - 25 years oldJuly 7th – August 7th, 2008 – 9:00am – 3:00pm**Workshops includ

Religion in Cuba

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:20:00 -0500

Religion in Cuba reflects the island’s diverse cultural elements. Cuba is traditionally a Catholic country. In some instances Catholicism is much modified and influenced through syncretism. A common syncretic belief is Santería, which originated i

Shore Throat in One City

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:07:00 -0500

Don't bring any girls to watch the game, if you don't wan't end like this XD Poor himajinomoto stadium

It’s Their Country, Too…

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:56:11 -0500

One of the “Top Posts” on WordPress over the 4th of July holiday was CheapOair’s suggestions for the ten best places in the country to view fireworks. All of the locations were cities and, as I read through the list, the crit