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seemed like a decent day to post. man, i haven't done anything since christmas. no laundry, no work outs - finally getting to it all today... dang shoulder just seems to keep getting worse, not sure what to do. *whine* * * * * * * * * * * craig sent along a link to Bruce Sterling...
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some thoughts from a brother on things auto industry: Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 09:32 Subject: more car stuff & economics ... "From some rough approximations, the car companies have added more value to the autoworker (and population) pocketbook than most other industries. Due to the...
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... or movies. big "wtf?!" moment this evening: getting back from the conference today, i think how i will be early enough to kick back with a beer or three and catch the the third harry potter movie (prisoner of azkaban) that was advertised by abc last week during the showing of the second...
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years ago, shortly after the first gulf war, it was very clear what was and was not to be done in such a situation, once the path had been chosen. it was very simple: let the generals do their jobs no half measures these two points stood out especially in contrast to the conduct of the vietnam war, at...
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Detroit Museum Reinvents Itself in an Effort to Stir Arts Renewal The Detroit Institute of Arts completed a six-year, $158 million makeover in 2007, including the addition of interactive exhibits and a spotlight on local artists. Jeffrey Brown reports on the new efforts to attract visitors and survive...
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a brother writes: In a message dated 2007.05.23 09:10:50 Eastern Daylight Time, writes: If you agree with this reporting, this sounds like more blog material. (I've never heard of Ron Paul in written or audio media) Maybe he doesn't fit the corporate image, or the presidential field is to weak, or his...
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In a message dated 2006.01.13 20:08:46 Eastern Standard Time, sowajf@ writes: JEEP WRANGLER JK Taking place of the current TJ. It has many "features" that will be discussed for months (years?). http://jpmagazine.com/featuredvehicles/154_0601_07jk/ piece of shit. it took sixty years, but the fucking germans...
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i was wondering why i haven't seen many items by new york times op-ed columnists in the news lists lately. so i visited nytimes.com . apparently, all of these regular nyt columnists are now premium content . a great deal of their influence comes from exposure on the web - the free web, i should say....
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craig passed this on: corporations now running the show . “Of the world's 100 largest economies, a majority -- 52 -- are corporations.” definitely compatible with many arguments i've presented here. i just wasn't aware of these sorts of particulars. there are a number of scifi stories that...
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ok, time for at least a brief statement of my position with respect to things political. i'm neither right nor left, nor laissez faire. over the years, i have been alternately claimed and disowned as all of these things and more. at one early point, to my amusement, it was both left and right simultaneously...
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and this one's just stupid and bull headed: why are we turning away international aid when the pricetag on this whole thing is unbelievable ? oh, that's right - bush is more worried abiut his appearance than the pocketbooks of averagae americans. on the “plus” side, at least we accepted mexican...
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latest thing that's ticking me off (so many ticks, i need fumigating): ... But soldiers who had been brought in over the past few days to help in the search were not seeing that kind of toll. "There's nothing at all in the magnitude we anticipated," said Maj. Gen. Bill Caldwell, commander of the Army...
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...the events of last week, as a capstone to the continuing appalling failures of the bush administration, don't lead to any impeachment talk, but one inconsequential sexual escapade of clinton had us up in arms ? “Breaking News: President Bush said Tuesday that he will lead an investigation into...
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iraq, aka “new texas” ? there must be more of these... in other news, it seems the military's force transformation initiative is directed at creating a global protection racket. read between the lines of “ Base closings hint at new air strategy ”. you don't think ? then how will...
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double category entry here, and an unusual flag. this one isn't about politics, but is still has social impact. i was in a local drugstore during a recent heatwave, and the power went out. instead of servicing the customers already in the store before shutting down, they kicked everyone out then and...