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Isolationism as reverse psychology
Sometimes, thoughts just pop in my head and I wonder if they have any possible real value?
With all the problems in the world community today and the inability of fixing anything by anyone, I wonder what would happen if all of a sudden the United States just pulled out of …
What is the truth?
What is the truth ?
Does it matter?
Today it seems that the truth takes a backseat to the opinion. Truth, to many (at least the MSM) is not important, the opinion is. And how popular and how well marketed the opinion, how successful the story. And if the truth does not …
Tex Parte Named to ABA Journal Blawg 100 List
Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte blog has been named to the ABA Journal's list of the top 100 law-related blogs (blawgs if you prefer) and here's what the magazine had to say: "Any blog that gets to focus on Texas’ legal news is already riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels. And Texas Lawyer’s blog makes the most of its opportunity with its conversational posts and profiles." Just call us the Little Engine That Could. So now comes the voting. Show your Texas pride by clicking here (scroll to the bot
Etsy News
First - new cards are up, and more are planned for the next couple of days. Second - thanks to Diane for featuring my "Round Robin" painting on her blog.
Ancient Peruvian plaque
Discovery News reports: Dental plaque scraped from the teeth of people who lived as much as 9,200 years ago revealed traces of cultivated crops, including squash and beans, according to a report in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Guess they didn't floss back then.
Nine Illinois State Employees Face Suspension for Accessing Obama's Address
ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports: Nine Illinois state employees face suspension after officials found that they had used state records to look up President-elect Barack Obama's address, as first reported Thursday evening by the Associated Press. "I don't think that there was any indication that what they did was anything serious," Dave Druker, spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White, told ABC News. "We take it seriously, but they were just being busy-bodies." Druker said the nine employees
Last word on Clifton Smith -- for now
Just wanted to share this tidbit gleaned from today's locker room interviews. Spent a little time talking with Clifton Smith after learning the news that he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month. I asked him whether he's seen any differences in the way teams are defending him on kicks and punts now that he has established himself as a dangerous return man. He had a very interesting response. "During the New Orleans game, I thought it was going to be a battle of keep away," he sai
Breaking News On Obama Speech
Along with the trial balloon that Barack Obama may give a speech in an Islamic capitol during his first 100 days in office, after learning that some people insist this discovery on Mars is actually a wooden plank, Obama has asked his advisers to seek out an off-world captiol for a similar speech. Aides defended the plan, claiming there was nothing wrong with at least trying to find someone somewhere in the universe who hasn't heard precisely what they wanted from Obama - or perhaps have not ev
Final Official Obama Fundraising Number -- a Record-Setting $745 Million
From October 16 until November 24 (the Federal Election Commission filing period) the Obama campaign reports raising $104,124,845 from 1,124,238 contributors, in an FEC reported filed this evening. That means President-elect Obama campaign raised roughly $745 million for his 2008 presidential campaign. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., raised roughly $320 million, including the $84 million from entering into the public financing system. This does NOT include money from the DNC and RNC. When those n
Iran Bans "Satanic" Clothes
Via Hot Air. Poor Iran, their fragile theocratic dictatorship is threatened by Western haircuts, neckties, human rights, female athletes on TV, Barbie, and now ... SATANIC CLOTHING! It really is a miracle that they've lasted this long. Police have arrested 49 people this week in a northern Iranian city during a crackdown on "satanic" clothes, IRNA news agency reported on Thursday. The measures are the latest in a country-wide campaign against Western cultural influence in the Islamic Repub
New Bucs license plate among state offerings
For those that might be interested, this link will take you to our news blog where you can read about some of the new Florida license plates being offered, among them a redesigned Bucs plate. Here's your random fact of the day: Did you know Bucs specialty plates are the most popular in the state? Over 31,000 of the old design have been sold.
Miltilingual Voices Call for a Poliglot Internet at IGF
For the World Wide Web to deserve its title, many other languages must find their way to the information superhighway. That's the conclusion by several speakers at the Internet Governance Forum that is being held in Hyderabad, India. Here is from IDG News Service: "When we talk about Internet for all, we have to go beyond the people who speak English," said Manal Ismail, vice chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Tremendous news from the world of TV comedy
The Kids In The Hall are making an eight-part TV mini-series! These guys are brilliant, and I can't wait to see what they come up with.
Midway has 50 days to come up with $150 million
"""""""""" Sumner Redstone's sale of the struggling videogame publisher may have been good news for him (as good as new can be after you've lost $500 million-plus in equity) but it has made things even tougher for company management. As diclosed in an SEC filing today (I had help understanding what it means), the change in control triggered a provision allowing holders of the "Mortal Kombat" publisher's debt notes to request payment of the principle. Given Midway's dire financial state, they'r
Marc Jacobs strips down for Sprouse Graffiti Collection In Harper’s Bazaar
Ever since Louis Vuitton's Creative Director, Marc Jacobs has lost weight and toned up he is not afraid to show off his new bod. Marc Jacobs is bringing back Stephen Sprouse’s Graffiti print back to Louis Vuitton . As part of a tribute to Sprouse Louis Vuitton will be releasing special tribute items to honour the late designer. These tribute pieces feature Stephen Sprouse's motifs- the graffiti and the rose . These motifs are superimposed on the classic monogram print. In the Januar
Wal-Mart Black Friday Stampede Update
The latest on the Black Friday Tragedy from ABC News...
Dems Give Bush Ultimatum on Auto Bailout
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: Democrats sent a clear message to the White House tonight - make some of the $700 financial industry bailout money available to the domestic auto industry or else. And they want an answer by Friday. Auto makers returned to Capitol Hill today two weeks after a chilly reception from bailout weary lawmakers. And while pleas from GM, Chrysler and Ford for bridge loans seemed to have some effect, prospects remain dim for an auto industry bailout passing Congress
Independent journalism benefit
I'm heading into San Francisco now for this event: Support Independent Journalism in the Bay Area! Benefiting: Newsdesk.org and The Public Press When: Dec. 4, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin (bet. Geary & O'Farrell), San Francisco For more information: Support Independent Journalism in the Bay Area! About The Public Press: "The San Francisco Public Press is a new nonprofit local news organization whose aim is to increase the coverage of important
Bush bought it for the wet bar.
From the Daily News: The President and Laura Bush are going home - to the leafy, affluent neighborhood of Dallas where they lived before scoring public housing. White House officials confirmed today that the Bushes had purchased a house in Dallas' Preston Hollow neighborhood, home to such out-sized Texas millionaires as T. Boone Pickens and Ross Perot. The Bushes paid about $3 million for the sprawling 8,501-sq. ft. home, a source close to the deal told the Daily News. ... Built in 1959,
Rejoice!
$1.89. I weep with joy. You may now return to your regularly scheduled program.
gleans at 6:15 PM MT, 12/04
Review: MiBook is cheap, colorful e-book reader The difficulty in finding the finest olive oil Oil pressed from the first green olives is a taste like no other. But fraud means that finding a good one is hard <== just one damn thing after another Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants Israel has drawn up plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities but concedes it would probably fail without back-up from the US Endangered truffles set to be reared in test tubes Frenc
Baltimore Opera Goes Down; Opera Chic Stands By Her Nov. 12 Report, Spring 09 Season Not Happening
On Nov. 12, Opera Chic had very bad news to report, that Baltimore Opera was in dire financial straits, nearing bankruptcy: the chorus for Norma was facing the news that the company "is funded through November and that's all they know at this point...". Two days later they gave the Baltimore Sun's Tim Smith a carefully worded statement, admitting to a diminishing cash flow and announcing a "re-positioning project". Opera Chic stands by her Nov. 12 report, where she wrote that the spring 2009
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