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Hypocrisy of the Voucher Opponents

While we're hot and bothered about education policy, I thought I would add another log to the fire ... hypocrisy on display in American politics today. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:35:17
Blog: 11D...

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How To Create An Official Seal - Part 2: Credentials

This is the continuation of How To Create An Official Seal - Part 1: The Mechanics and, like its predecessor, is part of the grand scheme to first solve the puzzle of the McHenry County, Illinois County Seal redesign and then revolutionize the art and science of County Seal design [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:00:17
Blog: Heck Of A Guy - If thi...

The Introduction of Dani Rodrik's One Economics, Many Recipes Via Political Theory Daily Review, over at Princeton University Press: ON A VISIT to a small Latin American country a few yearsback, my colleagues and I paid a courtesy ... and North American academics. And if there were justice in the world in matters of this kind, the country [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:26:35
Blog: 3quarksdaily...

Katrina and the Wildfires

Katrina and the Wildfires If only it were a band and not a series of recent American disasters ... conditions by guards with guns. And I thought to myself, "If I were a black American, or if I were [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:00:25
Blog: The Agonist | thoughtfu...

Do You Know The History Of The Bikini?

Do You Know The History Of The Bikini? Friday 26 October 2007 @ 2:32 am Who doesn’t love bikinis ... in the movie, “And God Created Woman,” created an instant retail demand in the American swimwear market ... of how widespread this swimsuit style was becoming in the popular American marketplace. After the songs [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:32:05
Blog: Article Ace...

You Create The Caption #100

(Usually) Everyday I'll throw out a photo from the AP or one of the bigger sites and you provide the caption. Hilarity ensues ... WWF On Coach (The Beautiful Game) A Hilarious Piece On Fenway Vendors (Naughty American [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:02:53
Blog: Awful Announcing...

A Message to All 'Values Voters' (by Jim Wallis)

I'm grateful to Tony Perkins and FRC Action for hosting the Oct. 19 dialogue focused on the "values" for values voters. I also thank Richard Land, my frequent dialogue partner and friend. I believe we found areas of real agreement and also healthy disagreement - and that is good [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:02:15
Blog: God's Politics - Jim Wa...

Condi and Holy Land Christians (by Deanna Murshed)

An open letter to Condeleeza Rice regarding her recent diplomatic trip to Israel/Palestine in an effort to re-ignite the peace process ... ? You don't often hear about these folks in American media. I caught one photo of you and your entourage [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:02:15
Blog: God's Politics - Jim Wa...

VIDEO: Sen. Biden’s Remarks At Today’s Health Care Forum

VIDEO: Sen. Biden’s Remarks At Today’s Health Care Forum October 25th, 2007 by Erin Medlicott Oct. 25: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Joe Biden spent an hour today answering questions about his comprehensive national health care plan in front of a four-member expert panel at the Families USA/Federation of American [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:27:36
Blog: Joe Biden for President...

OmniVision: AmTech Cuts Rating To Sell, Slashes Target

OmniVision (OVTI) shares are down sharply today after American Technology Research analyst Doug Freedman cut his rating on the stock to Sell from Buy. He also slashed his target price to $17 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:06:08
Blog: Tech Trader Daily - Bar...

Put her down as a maybe

Democrats in the U.S. House today resurrected debate on the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or S-CHIP, ... the tobacco companies for a long time lied to the American public. So, after that, that was in 1996, after [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:15:08
Blog: The Buzz: Florida Polit...

Biden Would Expand Federal Role In Health Insurance

Joe Biden, Democratic senator and long-shot presidential candidate, is next up at the presidential health-care forums ... by a bunch of nonprofit groups including the Federation of American Hospitals, Families USA [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:35:15
Blog: Health Blog ...

Alex Ross knows everything

I'm so convinced of this fact that I'm recommending Ross' brand-new book The Rest is Noise: ... on American composer John Adams. Now, John Adams is another rather famous person I'd never heard [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:24:10
Blog: Veer: The Skinny...

Wal-Mart Blasted for Rolling Back Health & Safety

Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota is pushing for legislation that would make goods manufactured in sweatshops and prisons illegal in the United ... States that are made abroad in sweatshops or by prisoners, said American consumers should consider [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:37:11
Blog: Wake-Up Wal-Mart Blog...

Dinner (menu testing) in South End

Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:30 PM - Boston, MA - RSVP: 0 Places left: 3 - "Sibling Rivalry combines the simple elegance of classical cooking with the rich, bold flavors of Modern American cuisine. On Mon..." [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:29:19
Blog: Boston Linkup Events...

Watched For The Very First Time

I want my M(adonna)TV! I didn't write this—I'm not sure how many of these I'd remember so vividly—but some friends were comparing notes on when they first saw all of Madonna's various videos. Remember: "WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO!" used to mean something [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:01:28
Blog: boy culture...

Trailer 101

Let us take a brief break from sports to watch the preview for American Gangster. If you’re making a trailer, this is how you do it: this is straight out of Trailer 101. The movie even looks pretty [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:29:40
Blog: Bryan Joiner...

City Picks: Events you should check out Oct. 24-31

FAIR | Corndogs and Country The Coastal Carolina Fair has been entertaining the young at heart since the 1950s with the same simple pleasures year after year — corn dogs and cotton candy, down-home country music, barnyard animals, fireworks, and carnival rides [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:17:02
Blog: Calendar Girl | Charles...

Appetite for destruction 2

Looking at the ghastly mess in Iraq, at the death and the suffering and the destruction, ... with American here: a country where destruction and extermination are part of the national psyche, whose ... . American thinking about the world is highly normative: all states should admire and envy [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:22:29
Blog: The Clausewitz Blog...

US Designates, Sanctions, Iran Guards Force & Banks

By Cernig Well, we knew this one was coming: The Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday - the harshest in nearly three decades - cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran's alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:14:44
Blog: The Newshoggers...

Coast Guard Conducting First North Pole Flight

Coast Guard Conducting First North Pole Flight October 25th, 2007 — Ice Operations, People, Coast Guard, Marine Safety, Law Enforcement, Aviation, Marine Environmental Protection, History If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Mission part of increase in Arctic operations WASHINGTON – The U.S [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:14:08
Blog: U.S. Coast Guard News -...

Sad: Delta's Plummeting Dufflebag Incident Results In Tragic Loss Of Favorite Dolls

We feel really bad for Abby, the 9 year-old girl who lost her favorite dolls when they plummeted from an open Delta ( ... is rather traumatic for them." The family has been contacted by American Girl Place about replacing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:10:31
Blog: The Consumerist: Shoppe...

Book Summary: Colonial Presbyterianism

Below is my summary of a book required this year for Presbyterian Church History at Greenville Presbyerian Theological Seminary: Book Summary: ... exciting times then and they continue to be for those interested in this period of American history ... Calhoun, and is the most “comprehensive study of this formative period in American Presbyterian History [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:16:55
Blog: Countercult Apologetic...

Always Fighting the Last Election

Fred Thompson slow to attract deep-pocket donors - 10/24/2007 - MiamiHerald ... American politics should be a pie-eating contest. ‘’I've got over 100,000 contributors [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:55:18
Blog: Daily Pundit...

In DC, Your Phone is a Luxury

Tom Bridge: No. Really. Your cellphone is a luxury, even if you've kicked the landline to the curb. How do I know? ... for having a cellphone? Really? Well, at least we're not paying for the Spanish-American War [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:37:15
Blog: Metroblogging DC...

Reverse Mortgage Loan - A Quick Review

A banker old friend of mine from India sent me this note (Thanks Anjan!) (note given at the bottom) ... like a great thing, some aspects from the British and American perspectives should be checked as well [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:45:37
Blog: Desicritics.org: Media,...

There is no mute button for real life

The common criticism of Americans from anyone who isn't an American is that a lot of them seem so loud. I know enough Americans ( ... adjacent to the bedroom of one of our neighbours who is one such loud American. At all hours of the day [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:31:36
Blog: Dale...

race

I am of mixed race. My birth certificate says that my father is "White" and my mother is "Negro," terminology that gives you some idea how old I am ... of the European American middle class female that ends up in most media reports. I know a family whose African American child showed up at an ER after fainting, dehydrated and underweight, unwilling [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:06:14
Blog: Are you "Eating With Yo...

American South Scorched for Water

American South Scorched for Water While firefighters continue to battle raging fires in southern California — from the Mexican border as far north as Irvine — Georgia declares its own state [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:08:14
Blog: Flavorpill | Daily Cul...

Jamie Foxx Will Star in 'The Zebra Murders'

Jamie Foxx Will Star in 'The Zebra Murders' Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Casting, Paramount, Newsstand, ... , one of the policemen responsible for apprehending the murderers, and the first African-American ... told Silicon, "The two cops that were instrumental in catching these six guys were African American [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:34:32
Blog: FLiXER - Inside The Ent...

Environmentalists In Need Of Perspective

Environmentalists In Need Of Perspective Posted in In General on October 25th, 2007 by MorningStar Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff finally exercised his authority to make the border fence exempt from the law because further delays in the construction effort, such as those brought into play by a plethora of environmental groups, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:20:35
Blog: FUNGAZI.COM ...

Single Observation - Week 2

Here is my mass observation diary for last week. In the spirit of the original I have included something on what people are saying on current ... attention. Of course he was an American which could explain it. I read my haiku aloud [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:12:41
Blog: ganching...

Permanent Link to Eleven Questions with T.E. Pouncey: Paul O’Connell

Eleven Questions with T.E. Pouncey: Paul O’Connell Posted by T.E. Pouncey | October 25th, 2007 at 2:10 pm ( ... recommended and bloody funny too.” O’Connell said some of his comic book favorites have been American [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:11:10
Blog: Geeks of Doom...

Ken Burns at Costco

A couple weeks ago I wanted to run into Costco in Dedham to pick up some delicious whitefish salad I had spread onto a ... into the American spirit at a time of war. And while a fair share of gift seekers in search ... harassed by German U-boats between the American coast and Greenland. Sweeney remembered being [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:20:22
Blog: Dispatches from Seth G...

Reality within big tent parties

Reality within big tent parties Posted by Greg on October 25th, ... and the institutional rape being committed on American principles and institutions by the administration it’s perfectly [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:20:36
Blog: Greg Prince’s Blog...

New Definition for Myocardial Infarction

Representatives of four major worldwide organizations dedicated to treating heart disease (the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Sociey of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation),... [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:15:14
Blog: The Heart Disease and C...

U.S. Military Killed in Action In Iraq: 10/24/07: 2

U.S. Military Killed in Action In Iraq: 10/24/07: 2 Current Total: 3,866 Wounded 10/11/07 to10/17/07: 105 Wounded Total (to 10/17/07):28,276 Killed in Action, September 2007: 66 Wounded, August 2007 Total: 725 KILLED IN ACTION: SPC Francisco G. Martinez, 20, U.S. Army, Ft. Worth, Texas (hostile fire--small arms fire) SGT Paul W [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:26:05
Blog: Politico's U.S. News an...

The Waxman Chronicles

Episode Fifteen: Secretary of State Defends Widening Embassy Scandal Well, ... was up and running, maybe Iraqis would be policing themselves - and fewer American serviceman [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:27:39
Blog: JoeTrippi.com ...

hotel rwanda: no room for the truth

For anyone who followed closely the 1994 crisis in Rwanda the highly touted film Hotel Rwanda is merely propaganda statements ... American and move on. Such a scene did occur in Rwanda, but mark the difference. Dallaire [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:02:09
Blog: kagablog: great art dai...

Illegal aliens caught stealing Calif wildfire relief supplies

Let's all remember what the open borders folks tell us. They just come here for work, and a better life. They're good people that don't harm anyone. And remember, we have to give them free health care, social security benefits, American jobs, welfare, Section 8 housing, provide them with interpretors [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:00:00
Blog: Lake Minnetonka Liberty...

Rangel's Trillion Dolllar Tax Attack

Hillary Would Defer To Rep. Rangel To Reform The AMT; Does She Back His Nearly $1 Trillion Reform Plan For Higher Taxes? Today, Ways And Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) Plans To Unveil The "Mother" Of All Tax Reforms: Rep. Rangel Is Unveiling His "Mother Of All Reforms" Tax Bill Today, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:59:00
Blog: Lake Minnetonka Liberty...

Palm Bay, FL is trying to limit the number of Chinese products sold in its city limits: The ordinance as written has many exceptions ... if it is not available otherwise. Finally, if an alternative product, for example an American-made [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:16:18
Blog: They Turned Me Into A N...

Clinton Defends Fundraising

Clinton Defends Fundraising October 25th, 2007 ... I am pleased to have a lot of first-generation American support as well as people who have been longtime [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:30:38
Blog: Blog @ MoreWhat.com ...

Housing flameout; California falls into the sea

"... nearly half of homeowners with ARMs don't know how their loans will adjust, and three-quarters don't know how much their payments will increase if the loan does reset. 73 percent of homeowners with ARM's don't even know how much their monthly payment will increase the next time the rate goes up [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:03:12
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

To hell with Godwin's Law. If it struts like a Nazi, talks like Nazi, and tortures like a Nazi, then it's not a duck

The "Hitler Comparison" The "Hitler comparison" should be shouted from the rooftops, as should the Goebbels comparison, the Himmler comparison, ... of American taxpayers cash simply disappeared into the black hole of "privatization" and reason itself came [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:35:42
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

The world is impressed and surprised

letters@washingtonpost.com 30, Smithy Drive, Ashford, Kent England TN23 3NS 25the October,2007 01233 500229 Dear Sir, ... on the basis of uncontrolled decisions, not supervised by the American people. The risks of corruption [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:05:05
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Ron Paul supporters welcome at the Dish

Andrew Sullivan takes sides in the Ron Paul Revolution vs. RedState dispute: I don’t think I qualify as a Neo-Nazi or a Code Pink activist ... cursory look at the degenerate state of American conservatism would not lead you to think your problem [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 18:30:30
Blog: M Rebman ...

Did the Muslim Chaplain at Wellesley Commit these Questionable Acts, or are these Accusations Baseless? Calling all Sleuths…

By Phyllis Chesler I am working on my remarks for tomorrow night at Columbia University as part of Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week on the American campus. I will speak in solidarity with Muslim [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 17:12:39
Blog: netwmd.com - The War t...

ABC Gushes: Clintons Are 'Masters at Turning Bad News Into Good'

In early October, ABC reporter Kate Snow sprang to the defense of Senator Hillary Clinton's much maligned laugh ... to, essentially, spin the American public. The GMA reporter featured comments exclusively from liberals [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 16:09:35
Blog: NewsBusters.org | Expos...

DREAM Act’ backers still dreaming

From the Politico: By: Martin Kady II The immigration issue has become so toxic in American politics that Congress is now unable to pass even modest measures that once had widespread support [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 15:35:32
Blog: NoisyRoom.net: Courage...