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Monthly Archives: January 2007
A Backyard Hawk on Wildlife Wednesday
Another picture with a story. I met Emily in 1964 when I was 13 and she was 12. Our Dads were working on a high school textbook and we were staying in the same apartment block in Boulder, Colorado. She … Continue reading
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"The long national nightmare" Isn’t Over Yet
Nearly the only rational thing said about this business in the past few days. Pardoning Nixon Saved the GOP, Not the USAPosted by Jon Ponder | Jan. 2, 2007, 2:34 pm Gerald Ford was a solid and even-tempered Old School … Continue reading
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Just Regular Folks Like You and Us …
Debutante Ashley Walker Bush, granddaughter of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and niece of U.S. President George W. Bush , represents the United States as she curtsies on stage in the Grand Ballroom of New York’s famed Waldorf … Continue reading
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He Cares All Right !!!!
… about how thickly his and his friends pockets will be padded when it’s all over. The White House assures us that Bush cares I’m not a historian, but doesn’t the recurring insistence that the president “feels” the losses in … Continue reading
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The Naked Truth? Or Something Else Altogether …
Invasion of the Body ScannersNew airport X-Rays may be a useful way to detect hidden explosives—but officials will have to keep a tight rein on their useby David H. Holtzman Phoenix flyers will soon be the first travelers digitally stripped … Continue reading
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Further Distortion of the Constitution
Next big test of power to seize property?The US Supreme Court will examine whether a private company can demand payment in exchange for not seizing private property.By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Bart Didden wanted … Continue reading
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Extremist Twenty-First Century Jacobins
Predatory Capitalism, Corruption and Militarism: What Lies Ahead in An Age of Neocon Rule?by Stephen LendmanGlobal Research, January 2, 2007 Borrowing the opening line from Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities – “It was the best of times, it was the … Continue reading
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Paul Spencer for President in 2008
I am running for the office of President of the United States of America in the election of 2008. I should say that I am running on a program for an administration to implement, starting in 2009. There is, of … Continue reading
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Apocalypse II in Samarra – Juan Cole
Apocalypse II in SamarraUS Kills 6 at National Dialogue Front Office CBS/AP report that an angry crowd of Sunni Arab demonstrators in the northern city of Samarra, protesting Saddam’s execution, broke “broke the locks off the badly damaged Shiite Golden … Continue reading
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Assessing the Human Cost
And of course, since we are arrogant Amerikans, we ignore the cost in Iraqi lives (dead, maimed, injured) for our permanent military bases in the Middle East. How much Blood for Oil?Published on Monday, January 01, 2007.By Michael Munk To … Continue reading
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