Anniversaries, Part II

When a young couple gets married, there are always adjustments. Ours was no different. Oh, we thought we knew each other pretty well, and I suppose we knew as much as any young married couple.But it's those little things that you never knew you didn't know, if you know what I mean [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 04:15:00

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IAS Public Administration PRELIM - 1997 Question Paper

Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 300 1 . Which one of the following statements is incorrect in respect of Simon’s decisions making theory? ... is false. 2. Means also entail value assumptions. 3. Traditional ends-means approach is not logical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:58:03

Australia: Haneef “terrorism” inquiry produces a whitewash

By Mike Head Dec 29, 2008 The Rudd government's Clarke review of last year's aborted terrorist witch-hunt of Dr Mohamed Haneef has proven to be a whitewash of the former Howard government and a vehicle for the current Labor government to bolster the country's draconian counter-terrorism measures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 16:34:30

It’s News To M_A - 1/16/09

cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk…. Here’s a glimpse of some of the headlines featured below the fold: Detroit auto show reveals electric future Miliband condemns war on terror as ‘mistaken’ U.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:51:24

DrumBeat: September 23, 2008

Oil Short Squeeze Prompts Call to Curtail Speculators (Bloomberg) -- U.S. lawmakers may seek to include commodity speculation limits in legislation designed to rescue banks from bad mortgage investments after a squeeze in oil trading sent crude to a record gain. .. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 13:51:42

One Woman’s Confession: I HATE SUBURBIA (Sep, 1965)

view additional pages One Woman’s Confession: I HATE SUBURBIA Yes ... —split-level, ranch or colonial style—in a suburb close enough to the city to offer entertainment ... colonial style house you see. Then Deena came along (she’s fifteen now) and Robbie (he’s seven [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:21:10

Confessions of a cleaner

By Michelle Guest In 1876, the Old Government Building in Wellington became the first building in the world to have a smoke-free policy. Then, 127 years later, in 2003, New Zealand finally made this a nationwide policy. All indoor public workplaces and hospitality venues became smoke-free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:43:25

Real estate redux In Pakistan

A recent article about the future of the real estate market in Pakistan threw me off completely. It quoted a real estate agent stating that the slump in the Pakistani real estate market was a unique opportunity to invest in Pakistan before an expected upsurge later this year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:30:04

When Hardliners Collide

Posted by Cernig Most people - especially experts on such matters like General Mullen and Bob Gates - think that an attack on Iran would be a ... War Two colonial mindset. "The world has changed ... The people of Iran have worked out plans [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 17:48:17

We have a date!!! A bunch of other stuff!

The countdown has begun! I was able to chat with Chad and via special code he was able to tell me aprox. when he'll be home for R&R!!! ... and was truly knocking on Heaven's door, but God had other plans...her husband Scott will be dedicating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:11:00

The British Invasion

(A short version of this post can be found here,) From the get go, they tried very hard to not be American. They succeeded ... as experience - first in colonial insurgencies in Malaysia, then in Northern Ireland and peacekeeping [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 11:52:44

The Path from Petroleum Shortages to Electricity Shortages

It seems to me that there is likely to be a very short path from petroleum shortages to electricity shortages. There are a lot of issues involved, from the fact that the fuels used in electricity production are themselves dependent on petroleum for their extraction and transportation, to the current state of the US electricity infrastructure, [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 13:43:40

Obama Hopes Bill Clinton Will Help Him Campaign, Govern; Denies Public Financing Flip-Flop

CHICAGO, Ill — Barack Obama said he’s not worried that Bill Clinton hasn’t delivered a splashy endorsement, and that he’s committed to helping Clinton’s wife pay down her substantial campaign debt in a wide-ranging press conference at the Westin Hotel today [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 21:58:37

Life Skills 101: A Curriculum for Food, Finance, and Other Real World Basics

“They didn’t teach this in high school.”How often do you spit out that phrase in frustration? Monthly? Weekly? Minute…ly? ... -pink? Puzzling over how your parents could afford a two-story colonial in their mid-20s [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 17:00:00

Transition Training on Tour Blog Post 2

Vancouver – Victoria Island We landed in Vancouver in pouring rain, reflecting on the new meanness of air carriers, ... was more sensible. Jamie opened with a traditional welcome from the First Nations people of the area. Down [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:32:28

Jakarta floods 2009

While December was quite sunny and pleasant, the New Year has brought angry torrential downpours, massive cracks of frequent lightening, and of course, annual flooding. As some of you may know, I live in the north of Jakarta; within 3km of the ocean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:44:10

Senegal: The Wild Wild West of Africa

The country of Senegal is beautiful and incredibly diverse. The government is stable, the people more that very friendly, the climate is nice, and it is full of modern conveniences. It is also a country of contrast from large tourist hotels to mud huts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:36:00

Blogging Hiatus

It has been a month since I last posted on this blog ... my callings, to create a "HOUSE OF ORDER"...more on that later) that I haven't had much time ... to spend in DC because we had dinner plans with more old DC friends in New York. Here is Oliver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:39:00

Zionist Control of US PolicySourceEverything you wanted to know about how Zionists control US policyby MaloogaI was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:00:26

Sunday Real Estate Round-Up. 09/21/08

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping From the LA Times Hot Properties: ... their house in the Hollywood Hills at $7,395,000. We first saw this home back in 2006 ... Jason Kendall has listed a house he owns in Manhattan Beach at $7.3 million. The listing is here [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 09:05:00

Bush Legacy for Obama’s Reference

Posted by: abc on: January 14, 2009 In: dr. abdul| world affairsComment! By Dr. Abdul RuffA reckless or devastating legacy left behind by an elected ruler could harm the prospects of a new incumbent any where and USA could be a testing ground for this notion’s efficacy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:02:32

Latin America: Perspectives for Socialism in a Time of a World Capitalist Recession/Depression

by Prof. James Petras Introduction A serious discussion of the perspectives for socialism in Latin America today requires several levels of analysis, moving from world economic conditions, to US-Latin American relations, to their specific impact on Latin America [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:43:08

Like ants. Really dumb ants. - Berg/COLB update

For those both stubborn and soft in the head, who are willing to believe anything no matter how stupid, I present this short course in "What you Must Believe to Be a Birther". You must believe Obama was born in Kenya. And Hawaii. And maybe even Canada [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:23:17

AARP are CROOKS?

From Bloomberg:AARP’s Stealth Fees Often Sting Seniors With Costlier InsuranceBy Gary Cohn and Darrell Preston(Bloomberg) -- Arthur Laupus joined AARP because he thought the nonprofit senior-citizen-advocacy group would make his retirement years easier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:07:00

Sheik B Hussein Obama picks a Hamas operative to deliver an inauguration prayer

Muslim Ummah Sheik B. Hussein Obama, the illegal immigrant and al Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood) ... the Ummah of Islam, under the direction of al Ikhwan, plans to take over the world including key ... the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands [more...]

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

Muslim Brotherhood Project document

Muslim Ummah Sheik B. Hussein Obama, the illegal immigrant and al Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood) ... how the Ummah of Islam, under the direction of al Ikhwan, plans to take over the world including key ... civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:43:00

'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion'

This post contains extensive interviews and information about “Sometimes a Great Notion,” the Jan. 16 episode of Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica." Below, “Battlestar Galactica” executive producer Ronald D. Moore talks in detail about several big developments in the episode [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:00:00

The Cooler

Before I forget, today is the last day to vote for SFDB's December Post of the Month. Make sure your vote is counted ... of friends, was sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday followed by two years of house arrest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:40:00

Sunday Scribblings: Pilgrimage

The prompt over at Sunday Scribblings is “Pilgrimage.” A long journey or search of great moral significance ... of the small town’s bank president, she lived a privileged life in a house on the lake, a monster neo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:14:00

International Terrorism: Image and Reality

International Terrorism: Image and RealityNoam ChomskyIn Alexander George (ed.), Western State Terrorism, Routledge, December, 1991There are two ways to approach the study of terrorism. One may adopt a literal approach, taking the topic seriously, or a propagandistic approach, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:55:00

Gaza News From Around the Net

As part of our duty to try to at the least stay informed on some of what is happening, ... separate incidents. The mother, father and eight children were killed when their house was bombed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 06:55:41

Houses for a Californian imagination

Author D.J. Waldie ruminates on the Spanish Colonial Revival style, ... imagination. I still miss the solidness and shapes of my Spanish-style house south of South Carthay, built ... and Scott McAuley. From his blog at KCET Local: The architects of the Spanish Colonial Revival managed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:49:31

Cuba 1959-2009: 50 years of socialism

The Long March of the Cuban RevolutionRicardo Alarcón de QuesadaThe Cuban revolutionary victory of January 1, 1959, was a news event of epochal proportion even for those who knew little about that country. For many, it was like discovering a new world [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:09:18

a gracious and hopeful invitation to public dialogue about reconciliation's challenge for New Monasticism ... of colonial control and condescending service. We can find new life by submitting ourselves [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 05:00:42

Nafeez Ahmed on Israel's War Crimes

Gaza Catastrophe: Resource Conflict? Natural Gas, Palestinian Elections, ... fundamentally threatened these plans. Operation Cast Lead, the concurrent Israeli military venture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:44:00

This Isn’t An Aberrant Market, It Is The Market

A report from Crains New York. “Manhattan’s residential real estate market frenzy is fizzling ... Bloomberg on New York. “Transactions are declining as financial firms have announced plans to cut almost [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 14:35:05

Dandelion SaladBy Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed January 07, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“Natural Gas, Palestinian Elections, ... elections in 2006 fundamentally threatened these plans. Operation Cast Lead, the concurrent Israeli [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:57:27

Mr Mubarak, Tear Down That Wall!

WRITTEN BY Franklin Lamb in Beirut (Illustration by Carlos Latuff) ... Mediterranean.  When the correct photo-op was selected for public distribution, it showed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:45:18

coral reefs

What are Corals and Coral Reefs?Appearing as solitary forms in the fossil record more than 400 million years ago, ... polyps have structurally simple body plans, they possess [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:04:37

Eat Your... Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Here in North Carolina, where a full 40% of the U.S. crop is grown, the sweet potato is king ... ). In the United States, sweet potatoes have been used by Native Americans since pre-colonial times [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 21:31:08

Gaza catastrophe: Resource conflict?

Israel claims it is fighting in Gaza to stop Hamas rocket-fire against Israel, ... threatened these plans. Operation Cast Lead, the concurrent Israeli military venture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 23:34:00

L.B.: Meta-Buck gets saved

Left Behind, pp. 449-451 And so the final chapter, the big showdown begins ... , one former reporter who never actually publishes anything. Oh, and Nicolae plans to brainwash [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 19:14:42

Obama and the World Crisis by Richard C. Cook

December 7, 2008 — dandelionsalad by Richard C. Cook featured writerDandelion Saladrichardccook ... and powerful. Ironically, it was John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who restored the Virginia colonial capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 03:53:20

It’s News To M_A - 1/20/09

cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk… ... had been building a new house for himself; it had been pulverised and lay in ruins. Earlier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:38:07

Natural Gas, Palestinian Elections, and Israel’s Subversion of the ‘Peace Process’

Gaza Catastrophe: Resource Conflict?Natural Gas, Palestinian Elections, ... victory in democratic elections in 2006 fundamentally threatened these plans. Operation Cast Lead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:11:00

Gaza: Une menace clairement existentielle (And the unconventionality of the threat makes it particularly difficult to counter)

Quand les Palestiniens ont rejeté la proposition (celle du Premier Ministre Ehud Barak) en juillet 2000 et la proposition de Clinton en décembre 2000, j’ai compris qu’ils étaient peu disposés à accepter la solution de deux Etats. Ils veulent tout. Lod et Acre et Jaffa. (…) Les explosions des bus et des restaurants m’ont vraiment secoué [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 07:41:38

Interview with David Ebershoff, Author of The 19th Wife

Please welcome David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife for a great interview! ... where he talks about his research process, fact checking and fictionalization.  Random House hosts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 05:50:09

The Year That Was

"The past exists only in our memory, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality."-Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"All that really belongs to us is time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:11:00

Media and Power: How politicians use media

(This article was written by Bhrikuti Rai and Tshering Dolker Gurung) ... all influence the condition of Nepalese democracy. History of media’s influenceSince colonial days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:10:24

Go Coast to Coast Across the United States

The third largest country by size in the world, the U.S ... to alpine peaks in the Rocky Mountains, from rolling prairie lands and barren deserts in the West [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 08:38:00

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