Good Morning.

The troop is off to Acadia National Park in about two hours. (8am)

Acadia is the oldest national park East of the Mississippi, and it's one of the more unusual ones. Almost entirely on Mount Desert Island, the park itself was once the private playground of the idle rich.
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An old cliche states that Rome was not built in a day. Neither is a political movement.

I would argue that we are seeing reactions to rising income inequality and a feeling among many Americans that George Carlin was right on at least some level when he made the following statement: "The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it."

The rise of a progressive movement in the Democratic Party seems to be a reaction to this frustration. Meanwhile, many Republicans are turning to a billionaire reality show star who sometimes spouts populist rhetoric about money in politics while denigrating entire categories of human beings.
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 04/14/2016 17:10:27 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

Join me in the TARDIS for a moment this morning, won't you?

We're going to an overseas airbase. There's been an increase in deployment of an iconic Cold-War era warplane; B-52 bombers are being deployed to strike at an elusive enemy, perhaps as a means to end their capability to strike at our soldiers overseas, or indeed Americans at home.
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 04/12/2016 20:47:21 by wickedpam)

Good Morning.

Time for our first day on the pitch this season, so naturally we're going to dress for January Camp to sit outdoors for an hour. Ah, spring.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 04/11/2016 12:42:29 by trojanrabbit)

Hi all. Wasn't sure if anyone was covering today, so I thought I'd get this out there.
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10 comments (Latest Comment: 04/07/2016 21:36:45 by BobR)