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Political Show Trials are a Bad Idea

As the Republican administration winds down, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is making more audible noises about investigations the Bush ... .  Some of these actions, like water boarding, are really debatable - and I would tend to agree with Senator McCain ... s suspension of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War.  Should President Bush or his delegates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:39:31

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The Bush Legacy

Tomorrow, the world will collectively celebrate the end of our 43rd president’s term. As much as people enjoy deriding him, President George W. Bush has left us with some things worth remembering. While Americans have taken great pleasure in maintaining the moral high ground against our departing executive—his policies of coercive interrogation ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:07:58

Impervious

It’s seven o’clock on Wednesday night and I’m walking down down Central Park West. I’m scheduled to interview a guy at 7:30 for my new book. Since my bus made it in from Jersey quicker than I expected, I have half an hour to kill. I decide to use my time constructively and pass out my business card to the doormen and livery drivers shivering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:48:16

How To Clean Upholstery Without Causing Damage

by Chris Channing The upholstery one owns usually isn’t the target of a cleaning regimen- but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real ... in question. Before any cleaning is done, the first step is to maintain a logical composure and assess ... with some form of wet cleaning solution if it becomes a problem. For vacuum use, a brush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:23:41

Time for a New Divestment Campaign

By KEVIN ALEXANDER GRAY Barack Obama’s inauguration coming as we celebrate of Martin Luther King Day predictably draws linkages between the two. Many use Obama’s election to claim a realization of the “dream.” Others mumble something about a post-racial America. I suspect that King, if alive, would reject such nonsense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:56:05

Louisiana sees flooding

(CNN) — Louisiana — for once spared a direct hit by a Gulf Coast hurricane — still saw its share of damage Friday as areas still soaked from ... s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration said. In Plaquemines Parish, hard-hit by Hurricane ... . Floodgates throughout New Orleans were closed and officials reported water levels rising in Lake [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 19:55:33

Obama: Free Trade the Union Way

There's a sinister backwash to all this "free trade" discussion. Having lost the out-sourcing argument based upon sound macroeconomic principles, unions now point to their labor brethren as victims of coordinated assassination plots by multinational corporations such as Coca-Cola. When the dems were debating last February, both Hillary (PBUH) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:22:00

Ahead Of Myself

I keep forgetting that it's the middle of January. That there are three months until Easter, ... are sleeping, I'm going to finish cleaning and preparing for next week's onslaught of activities ... to replace cracking grout? It's behind the kitchen sink and will need to be taken care of pretty soon before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:38:00

Airliner’s engines lost power at same time

NEW YORK (AP) — A jetliner that crash-landed in the Hudson River had lost power simultaneously in both engines after reaching an altitude of only 3, ... carrying 155 people maneuvered the plane over New York City and safely into the water after striking ... by barge Sunday night to New Jersey, where investigators planned to inspect the extent of the dama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:48:36

Wicked

Photographer: Annie (YAY, photo from my point and shoot!). Hy did the coloring (post processing)This week, my company (the full time job one) ... , but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:55:26

Tiny farming in January

If I happened to be looking for monthly tiny farming themes, this particular January is clearly all about chickens and tools ( ... and the like (they get hit by a certain amount of damage and destruction each year), and generally cleaning ... been lugging this chest each way, just in case I need tools… As for the chickens, well, it’s water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:20:26

Gaza: Recovering, but not rebuilding

Predictably, the true extent of the damage wrought upon the walled-in refugee camp ghetto that is the Gaza Strip by Israel is only just beginning to ... to avoid civilian targets). A further 15,000 have suffered extensive damage. 50,000 people ... to flee their homes again under threat of Israeli fire and destruction. The worst part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:52:01

6 Tips to Maintain Your iPhone & Protecting It

by Dave Sanders You made a fairly substantial investment in your iphone now you want to preserve its newness by looking after its appearance and any ... of chemicals when cleaning it. Just plain water and a micro fiber cloth is all you require ... is just one more way that you provide proper iPhone Maintenance. Cleaning The Screen: This is one part [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:57:31

Lichborne: Gearing up to tank Naxxramas

Welcome to Lichborne, The weekly Death Knight column, where your host is recruiting only the most pro critters for his raiding team. So by now, I’m sure many of you Death Knights have managed to follow our last tanking gear guide and have put together a pretty decent tank set that’s gotten them through a few heroics, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:46:26

Yo ho ho and a gallon of paint

You had to know that today was going to be an update on the backhouse painting project. At this point painting the backhouse feels a little bit like heaven, not so much in the “there will be no tears or sorrow” kind of way, but more in the “this will be how I spend eternity” kind of way. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s going to kill me [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:58:24

Worst Bush Moments: #3, Strumming While New Orleans Flooded

As the 9th Street Levee was gushing forth a torrent of water, water that was filling up New Orleans like a soup bowl, our president was doing this: ... , but even minor hurricanes do tens of millions of dollars in damage, and a hurricane of Katrina’s size ... , and that the damage might not be catastrophic. But it was cautious optimism, optimism that would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:42:38

Worst Bush Moments #3: Strumming While New Orleans Flooded

As the 9th Street Levee was gushing forth a torrent of water, water that was filling up New Orleans like a soup bowl, our president was doing this: ... , but even minor hurricanes do tens of millions of dollars in damage, and a hurricane of Katrina’s size ... , and that the damage might not be catastrophic. But it was cautious optimism, optimism that would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:25:13

Tips To Maintaining Your Garment Steamer

by Martha Serensford The cleaning procedure below is recommended as a regular maintenance measure to help your steamer maintain its maximum steaming ... it to be disassembled to properly clean and prolong the life span of the unit. It is recommended ... by sediment build up. This will remove any build up that occurred inside the hose. 3. Clean the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:46:21

Beyond Vietnam

Just read it. (Or listen.) Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered 4 April 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam at Riverside Church in New York City You can also click here to listen to Dr. King delivering the speech and download an MP3 file to replay any time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:58:58

The History of the Samurai Sword

Article brought to you by Fantasy Weapons and Swords The history of samurai sword making is often unclear as it is surrounded by legends and myths ... of iron ores by mixing with carbon and anvil water for harder blades. Swords from this period are highly ... and a curved weapon caused greater damage when wielded in an upward motion. However when the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:03:18

FIGHT ISRAEL: From South Africa to Israel - Time for a New Divestment Campaign

Barack Obama’s inauguration coming as we celebrate of Martin Luther King Day predictably draws linkages between the two. Many use Obama’s election to claim a realization of the “dream.” Others mumble something about a post-racial America. I suspect that King, if alive, would reject such nonsense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:24:53

SH’D B Bhutto’s Letter to A A Zardari (Mumbai Investigations)

Dear Zardari For the last one week India is agitating before the whole world that Pakistan is not doing enough to solve the issue of Mumbai attacks though they have provided a pack of evidence to the Pakistani authorities. The Indian foreign office is pressurizing Pakistan through all diplomatic means alleging that we are not admitting the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:32:34

The Bush Years, as Told by The Onion

I remember snickering at the once-amusing, now eerily-prescient classic article in The Onion titled Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over:   What better day than on the last day of the Presidency that made a virtue of willful ignorance to present a catalogue of George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:00:00

Wish Came True?

I dunno if you have read me here last Christmas that i’ve been wishing na sana mag winter sa Pinas ... extreme cold because they lost their homes in the strong winds and deep water.  I head on TV tonight ... that Iligan is not one of the declared under calamity places because it means there is not much damage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:54:57

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 19 January

UN DAILY NEWS from the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE19 January, 2009 =========================================================================SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT CEASEFIRES CALLED BY ISRAEL, HAMASVoicing relief at Israel’s unilateral decision to halt its 22-day military offensive in Gaza and Hamas’ announcement of a temporary ceasefire, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:14:00

Robeez Guitar - Pastel Blue - 6-12 Months

Robeez Guitar - Pastel Blue - 6-12 Months The whole world a stage for your budding rock star when he slips on his electric brown guitar and belts ... cannot skimp and that is on infant formula. A new report states mothers are adding water to infant formula to make it last longer and for one baby, it was nearly fatal. Babies get all the water they [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:53:02

The End of Hypocrisy: Crime's Gleeful Abandon in Gaza

More and more, comment on Israel's savage attack on the people of Gaza seems superfluous. The facts -- even the modicum of facts that can be gleaned through the deadly wall of Israeli censorship and the perverse and sinister distortions of the American media -- speak loudly, with horrifying clarity, for themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:44:14

The End of Hypocrisy: Crime's Gleeful Abandon in Gaza

More and more, comment on Israel's savage attack on the people of Gaza seems superfluous. The facts -- even the modicum of facts that can be gleaned through the deadly wall of Israeli censorship and the perverse and sinister distortions of the American media -- speak loudly, with horrifying clarity, for themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:44:14

COLD

We had a very unusual cold snap last week here in NC ... section of our hot water plumbing was apparently not as well insulated or as near to the heat envelope in our house as we thought it was.  Fortunately, there was no damage, and my favorite plumber was able [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:37:36

Downed jet lifted from ice-laden Hudson River

The airliner that was piloted to a safe emergency landing in the Hudson River was hoisted from the ice-laden current and placed on a barge, ... plane was slowly lifted from the frigid water at the southern tip of Manhattan late Saturday ... engines. Police and Coast Guard boats patrolled the water Sunday morning around the barge holding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:48:54

How to Let Time Tell You

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Look at your calendar, if you have one handy. Pretty boring, right? Check out this new app, ECOcal - now available in iTunes. It’ll make your day (or year, potentially). The calendar runs in a linear fashion, and shows what’s going on in nature at that time of year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:01:02

Rebuttal: Dr. Valerius Geist Responds To Newsweek Article On Trophy Hunting

By permission of the author: Valerius Geist, PhD., Professional Biologist, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science, The University of Calgary, sent the following note to Newsweek in response to an article published in their online magazine, “It’s Survival of the Weak and Scrawny“. The note is followed by a direct response from Dr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:13:04

The Economics of Housing Development

Hat tip to Unrepentant Individual, who also has some good information on what it means. The genesis of this article is Something's Gotta Give, a report (.pdf format) from the Center For Housing Policy. Furthermore, there is an article in the Washington Times from UPI that connects the dots on the tactical level [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:10:06

Frozen Pipes

A few years ago I redid my master bathroom.  Not two weeks after I had moved in, my pipes froze up on me ... .  My repair to the sink three years ago was working fine.  We had flow between all the water consuming ... down.  That frees up the cold water line.  The hot water line is still frozen.  I need to keep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:55:18

Orange’s doggie collar packing some serious tech!

Orange, and a company called Retrieva have launched an anti-theft doggie collar - and it’s packing tech - GPS, GSM and radio frequency apparently! There’s also some “pet-inpenetrable” waterproofing (yep, need that in case your dog likes the water), and an alert in case someone tries to remove/damage the collar - I was thinking an electric [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:21:59

Roatan, Honduras Beaches

Roatan is an easy travel destination. American, Continental, Delta and TACA are the major carriers that fly into this area. Roatan is on the edge of the Cayman Trench that provides clear water from the depths as well as a variety of pelagic animals such as whale sharks, turtles, dolphin, and rays. The trench plunges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:14:00

Absinthe, Absinthe, every where…

Slowly, but surely, I’ve been collecting absinthes. Not always the most obscure of brands1 or styles2 , but certainly a fair representation of what’s found it’s way on the market since early last year when it became legal it was realized the 10ppm thujone restriction actually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:51

What Experts Recommend For Removing Graffiti

Graffiti and the best way to repair the damages done to a building by graffiti artists, has become a subject of concern to building owners ... removal: There are four methods of removing graffiti recommended by commercial painting contractors ... a professional for the correct techniques. Chemicals for removal The five types of graffiti removers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:30:31

Ice follies

I see Billy had fun battling the elements, citing new data points of cold, ... into the pipes where it would do any good. The new water line was frozen somewhere in the yard. Frost line ... brought home gallons of water from Wal*Mart, and I poked a hole in the thin lake ice so as to carry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:20:45

MISSING PUZZLE TO YOUR DEEP TISSUE 90 days DETOX!

Girls and Boys ! Raw Divas and Dr. Tel-Oren are back again with an amazing proposition ! I am simply thrilled. Being a student of Dr. T and admirer, I know that he and his medical background is the missing piece of our raw food movement. Take a look, read, commit and ACT ! A 90 Day Deep Tissue Detox! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:21:53

Yes we Ken

By Kate Sheppard Ken Salazar. At his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, ... Resources Committee seemed to think he'd do a fine job. Salazar pledged to "clean up the mess ... like the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. He also said he would prioritize the construction of the Alaska [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

Things Fall Apart

January 19, 2009 in boring everyday life, cantankerous moi, family I am tired of fixing other people’s things for them.We arrived in Morocco the end of August and moved into a furnished apartment, not our own.  Everything there belonging to someone else [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:35:47

Flight 1549: PR Scramble from Airline, Unions

US Airways management, as well as unions for pilots and flight attendants, are scrambling to re-position themselves on the US Airways crash-landing in the Hudson last week -- amid richly deserved criticism that the co-pilot and the three flight attendants did not get proper credit for their roles in the amazing evacuation and rescue from the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:23:00

Sauna Suits Have Many Advantages

by Gerald Beatty Why do people use sauna suits? Some people like them because they’re so efficient at ridding your body of excess water weight ... to temporary weight loss because you’re losing your water stores. Some people think they’ll lose ... , only water weight. It’s important to drink lots of water when you work out in a sauna suit because [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:52:26

Epic failures

Vox Day January 19, 2009 A little more than three months ago, the debate was raging over the $700 billion Paulson Plan. And while there was never any doubt that House and Senate Democrats would support the notion of handing over astronomical sums of money to anyone with a pulse, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:21:05

Another War, Another Defeat

The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure.By John J. MearsheimerThe American ConservativeJanuary 26, 2009 Issuehttp://www.amconmag.com/article/2009/jan/26/00006/Israelis and their American supporters claim that Israel learned its lessons well from the disastrous 2006 Lebanon war and has [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:33:31

RealTouch a USB Pleasuring Gadget for Men

If you thought Geek Gadgets couldn’t help you pleasure yourself, you must try and consider the RealTouch, ... , which cushions your manhood while the variegated rubber and water based lubricant work together to help ... . What beats me is that the device cannot be cleaned easily and you cannot submerge it inside water, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:09:22

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

STS-125/400 Single Pad option progress - aim to protect Ares I-X

Managers are closing in on facilitating a July launch date for Ares I-X, via a Single Pad option for STS-125’s mission to service Hubble and the supporting STS-400 LON (Launch On Need) shuttle. The plan would free up Pad 39B for transition to Constellation, but likely delay STS-125 by a few weeks as a result [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:27:38

Reviewed and Rejected: YonKa After Sun Lotion Tan Prolonger

Posted by Marta I’m not sure how I came by YonKa After Sun Lotion Tan Prolonger ($48) ... more susceptible to free radical damage from the sun. I’ve literally only just discovered this and it seems terribly ironic to me. We use fake tan because we want to avoid sun damage but, in reality, we’re [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:35:11


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