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Slip-sliding Away
Author: BobR    Date: 2014-02-19 12:08:40

Yesterday in the blog comments, Scoopster posted two seemingly unconnected stories. One was about the sudden death of a guitarist, the other about the retirement of a congressman. But in an odd way, they sort of are connected.

The retiring congressman is Rush D. Holt, Jr (D-NJ). He is actually a research physicist from Princeton University who has long advocated for science:
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47 comments (Latest Comment: 02/19/2014 21:52:19 by Will in Chicago)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/18/2014 11:20:00

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,517th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,308
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,111

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 514, 734, 625, 000 .00

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32 comments (Latest Comment: 02/18/2014 21:18:04 by wickedpam)

woke up...
Author: Raine    Date: 02/17/2014 14:11:39

juat now...
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32 comments (Latest Comment: 02/17/2014 21:38:47 by Will in Chicago)

Another White Guy
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 02/16/2014 15:25:34

While it may appear that Velveeta is on a man-hate rampage after last weeks blog, I assure you this is just coincidence.

Another white dude in Florida violently kills a black teenager, even brags about it, yet does NOT get convicted of murder.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 02/17/2014 16:24:10 by Scoopster)

When Christians Kill
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/15/2014 12:05:37

Good Morning.

No, I'm not planning on killing the weatherman, despite what he's telling me about later today. Besides, I'm not really Christian anymore anyway.

Actually, we're heading out to Nashoba Valley with the Cub Scouts this morning to play in the snow, but I digress.
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4 comments (Latest Comment: 02/15/2014 23:57:03 by Will in Chicago)

We'll Have a Gay Old Time
Author: BobR    Date: 02/14/2014 13:48:32

During the Republican heydey of the last decade, there was an explosion of anti-gay sentiment across the nation, as state after state added anti-gay-marriage amendments to their state constitutions. In 2004, 11 states passed amendments prohibiting gay marriage, and sometimes civil unions as well. It was deliberate, hateful, and - as we are seeing more and more - unconstitutional. It also would seem to go against conservative small-government principals, but hypocrisy has never been seen as a fault in those people.
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19 comments (Latest Comment: 02/15/2014 02:42:16 by TriSec)

Snow Day!
Author: Raine    Date: 02/13/2014 13:48:45


A little humor from 1997
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49 comments (Latest Comment: 02/14/2014 11:00:13 by Raine)

Damned if you Do
Author: BobR    Date: 2014-02-12 11:47:30

It seems like House Speaker John Boehner is over it. He's over being in the middle of the pissing contest between the Tea Party and mainstream Republicans and Democrats and the American public. He's just going to drink bourbon and say "fuck it".
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34 comments (Latest Comment: 02/13/2014 02:12:33 by TriSec)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/11/2014 11:40:01

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,510th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,307
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,108

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 512, 846, 275, 000 .00

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52 comments (Latest Comment: 02/11/2014 22:53:33 by Mondobubba)

Opening up and coming out.
Author: Raine    Date: 02/10/2014 14:11:32

I know that Velveeta wrote a few blogs about gay players in the NFL a while back. She made a point to say that there ARE gay players in the NFL, it's just a matter of math.

Looks like it is happening. Michael Sam has publicly announced that he a gay. From DeadSpin, it does look like he is getting tremendous support.
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35 comments (Latest Comment: 02/11/2014 01:19:31 by Will in Chicago)

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