Tag: current events
member name: paul w.
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December 06, 2007 11:52 AM EST --
Does this bother anyone else?
On the way in this am, I heard that NASA is having sensor problems again, delaying today's launch. OK. But then, they suggested that the window to launch . . .
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September 12, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
As I reported earlier, the ACLU in NC jumped on the news story about the flag clothing ban. They indicated that they had already placed a call to the school district this morning.
This afternoon, . . .
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September 10, 2007 02:50 PM EDT --
Just heard a remark that made me say "Whoa!" I believe it was from ex-Army Col. and current professor Andrew Bacevich. I will paraphrase:
---Gen. Petraeus has picked up the mantel . . .
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November 25, 2007 07:49 PM EST --
Not quite. But, I think it is good to read a POSITIVE story about someone who entered the U.S. illegally on (or about) Thanksgiving, and who was next day sent back whence he came. AFTER saving . . .
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February 15, 2008 01:25 PM EST --
A couple of days ago, I wrote an ARTICLE about the new "promotion" between Gather, Hallmark, and Gatherers, to benefit Project (RED)/The Global Fund. I asked some questions that I . . .
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February 27, 2008 02:53 PM EST --
Gotta hand it to Mr. Drudgery - people use his site religiously to find support for their various and sundry right-wing theories. This morning, he posted this headline/link: Temperature . . .
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January 18, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter published an editorial in the Washington Post today. More of the same, unfortunately. Find it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/17/AR2007011701712.html . . .
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August 27, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
Gonzales did not give a reason for his resignation, so this comedian (borowitzreport.com) filled it in for him:
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Gonzales to Spend More Time Eavesdropping on His Family‘Domestic Surveillance . . .
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October 08, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
...and must be held to account under law for the incident that occurred in Nasoor Square a few weeks ago. All accounts are that the Iraqi uproar is growing, and a senior U.S. military official . . .
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December 03, 2007 04:24 PM EST --
Carol L. has outdone him/her/itself on this rant, about what "gays" are supposedly doing in the military. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977193371
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January 17, 2007 03:10 PM EST --
Hmmmmmmmmm.
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by Liang Youchang
TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday . . .
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September 02, 2007 09:43 PM EDT --
Found the following on Huffington Post. The article's satire is pretty gentle, but the first comment after it got more harsh, tho it was a bullseye (IMHO).
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President . . .
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September 12, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
Modern Day Publius was one of the first anywhere on the Internet to link to a story out of NC. http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977114966. I also recommend you read the article . . .
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September 25, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
Whoaaaa! In their article about the dim prospects for the Republicans to pick up seats in the House next year, and their infighting, is this bleak passage:
"The GOP’s budget is already . . .
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November 29, 2007 07:40 PM EST --
...at a Cincinnati high school. When Agatha Christie first wrote it, it was about Blacks and was often called "Ten Little N______"! The NAACP protested the upcoming performance at . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
As a long-time Arizonan, I am proud to be the one to tell fellow Gatherites that Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) has decided not to run for re-election in '08. It was a shame that he snuck by . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Just read an article here attacking the Move-On ad that they hadn't seen. I found the ad (wasn't hard, tho maybe it wasn't released earlier) pretty quickly. Other than the catchy . . .
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October 19, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
Turns out that the wealthy woman whose foundation bought the letter from the 41 Senate Dems to Clear Channel coomplaining about Rush's "phony soldiers" comment has maxed out for Barack Obama. . . .
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October 23, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
This update came from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism ( www.rac.org ):
Current federal law offers no protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees who are discriminated . . .
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December 17, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
This am, on Morning Edition, NPR teased a longer story to run this afternoon (on All Things Considered) featuring interviews with several Iraqis who were wounded and/or witnessed the infamous Blackwater . . .
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