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This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Political Message
Get out there and make yourself be heard. For some that is getting out there in a vocal “march”, hindering commerce, etc. (think Code Pink in Berkley, or the protestors and vandals in Olympia). For others, it is a well … Continue reading
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Obama as President?
Over at Flopping Aces, one of the contributors put some perspective on Presidential Politics this year. He sat down and said to himself how would some of previous CIC take today’s messages. I was going to excerpt a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics
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Today’s Political Humor
Hillary Clinton goes to a primary school in New York to talk about the world. After her talk she offers a question time. One little boy puts up his hand. The Senator asks him what his name is? ‘Kenneth.’ ‘And … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2008 – Other’s Words (IV)
Over at The Sandgram Taco has one of those, “This is what we are about” posts that gives you a little bit of a different viewpoint, from those that are leading our Marines in the Global War on Terror. Go … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2008 – Video Tribute
Ok – this is the last one that I am going to put up here. The team over at Flopping Aces is responsible for this one, and a fine job they did.
Posted in Heroes, Holidays, Uncategorized
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Knife Rights
Ok I think we all recognize that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is guaranteed by the second ammendment to The Constitution. That is pretty clear cut. Shortly, the Supreme Court will rule on the Heller case and is … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2008 – Videos
There are some folks that have the time to put together some fantastic visuals as tributes for Memorial Day. I wish that I had the time, and the talent to do half as well. Since I don’t enjoy these and … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2008 – Other’s Words (III)
I received this email this morning: A Small Town’s Remembrance Echoes the Nation Each year a sign appears on the Village Green in Lake Bluff — a small but charming Midwest community with a New England-look, bordering on the shores … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2008 – Other’s Words (II)
Aw, hell. I just keep running across this stuff. Now, I get to steer you over to one of Raven’s posts. Simple, eloquent and concise. Enjoy it here.
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Memorial Day 2008 – Other’s Words (I)
As is typical, I find others have more to say on this subject and are more eloquent in doing so than I can hope to be. Over at Blackfive they have several great posts on this topic. I would like … Continue reading
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