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A Peculiar Pasta for Foodie Friday
Crab, Pine Nut and Gorgonzola Lasagna (25 March 2004) Now this is interesting !! As lasagna is the simplest pasta to make, this is a very good starting point for beginners. Thanks to Nick Peirano and Saveur magazine (March 2004) … Continue reading
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More On Internet Regulation
This article raises some burning issues for serious bloggers, and many other Internet entities. We’ll be following this case and other similar cases closely in the coming months. Threats To Internet Freedom All Too RealPublished on Thursday, November 30, 2006.Source: … Continue reading
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Mealy State Mouthpiece Hard at Work
Actually, Glenn Beck is a moronic asshole and little more than a common North American bigot. Dime a dozen ’round these hya parts. But he plays a fine part for CNN, we’re sure. Glad we disconnected the television more than … Continue reading
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Psychoanalysing the Bush Phenomenon
And this may also go part of the way to explaining why any sort of constitutional rights have become irrelevant. Psychotics 4 Bush!Posted by Melissa McEwan at 9:04 AM on November 28, 2006. Study finds the more psychotic the voter, … Continue reading
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Trash-Talkin’ Thursday
Today’s theme is trashing constitutional rights. Yeh, trash-talk Thursday. Even fits with what our venerable leaders actually do. Well, we’ll just leave it at that, and let the facts speak for themselves. 1,245 Secret CIA Flights Revealed by European ParliamentNovember … Continue reading
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The Plastic Turkey
Pun intended. CHENEY CHICKENS OUTBy Mike Hudson A few years ago, President George W. Bush made a surprise Thanksgiving Day trip to Baghdad to have his picture taken helping to serve the troops their turkey dinner. The sight of a … Continue reading
Hear, Hear
Impeachment Hearings for Bush & Co.? How about War Crimes TribunalsBy Heather Wokusch While Bush administration members have made a sport of breaking the law, both domestically and internationally, their intransigence will come back to haunt—one way or another. The … Continue reading
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Habeas Corpus, Gone
KILLING HABEAS CORPUSArlen Specter’s about-face.by JEFFREY TOOBINIssue of 2006-12-04Posted 2006-11-27 President Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus in Maryland on April 27, 1861, two weeks after the Confederate attack on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter. “Lincoln could look out his … Continue reading
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Down With the Constitution
At least, as far down as the Bush administration can bury it.RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The InternetPublished on Wednesday, November 29, 2006.Source: Prison Planet – By Paul Joseph Watson U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making … Continue reading
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Staring A Gift Horse Down
Science Teachers’ Organization Refuses To Accept Copies of Inconvenient Truth In tomorrow’s Washington Post, global warming activist Laurie David writes about her effort to donate 50,000 free DVD copies of An Inconvenient Truth (which she co-produced) to the National Science … Continue reading
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Breaking: Saddam Escaped
One of our members thinks this is “dumb,” and there will certainly be no argument from me.But I’m posting this, too, just to make the point that there are no known limits of dumb …Oh, this second piece is titled … Continue reading
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A Red-Shouldered Hawk on WW*
This photo comes from Mariann Wizard, who says, “A gorgeous red-shouldered hawk photographed on the ground at Canton in late October — he did not appear to be feeding, but just strolling around; I believe I could have gotten closer … Continue reading
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