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Cooking the Books
Author: BobR    Date: 03/05/2014 12:32:31

Paul Ryan (R-WI) - the failed veep hopeful of 2012 - has made it clear what he thinks of government programs that help the poor. Give a man a fish - he eats for a day, kick his ass out the door - he'll learn to fish on his own. So it's no surprise that he considers The War On Poverty to be just more of that liberal entitlement nonsense. He dislikes it so much, he's willing to cook the data to "prove" that it doesn't work.
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44 comments (Latest Comment: 03/06/2014 01:17:37 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/04/2014 11:22:24

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,537th 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: 2,310
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,111

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

$ 1, 518, 517, 500, 000 .00

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38 comments (Latest Comment: 03/04/2014 22:54:05 by Mondobubba)

Fear and Confusion in the Ukraine
Author: Raine    Date: 03/03/2014 14:24:16

I had hoped to write of the events occurring in the Ukraine today. With Russia seemingly invading Crimea and now with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordering construction of a bridge to Crimea, I am not sure what to make of all of this. For those that don't know the geography of the area (like me), here is an image.

http://i.imgur.com/NPzK81w.jpg

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45 comments (Latest Comment: 03/04/2014 01:37:33 by BobR)

Open Oscar Sunday
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 03/02/2014 15:50:49

It's Oscar night! Who will win tonights little man?

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1 comments (Latest Comment: 03/02/2014 19:14:31 by Raine)

Forward, March!
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/01/2014 11:12:50

Good Morning, and happy March!

I've got a few ideas swirling around in my head for writing, but never really had the time to flesh any of them out this week. I'm off to Plymouth and the delightful Camp Massasoit in about a half-hour for a full day of Woodbadge staff activities. (Course in four weeks!)

It is now just 20 days to spring....but of course there's more snow headed our way for Monday.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 03/01/2014 19:31:34 by Raine)

Africa is Burning
Author: BobR    Date: 02/28/2014 13:43:00

Conflict is the bread and butter of television. Whether it's between political parties, or the U.S. and "terrorists", or the "real" housewives of some random city, the media loves to show it. If we can take sides, we can be coerced into watching. Eyeballs on the screen translates into advertising dollars, and the dollar is the bottom line.

That makes international news a little dicier for the American consumer. The conflicts in Egypt hold some interest because it appears to be Muslim -vs- non-Muslim. The power struggle in the Ukraine is a little more difficult. Everyone is white, so the bad guys aren't immediately obvious. There is concern, though, because we can see what looks like cities and white faces getting hurt, and explosions which look scary (yet safe) in HD.

But what happens when the victims AND the villains are both black? Africa as a continent is huge - much bigger than the U.S. and Europe combined. It contains over 50 countries and 15% of the planet's population. Yet discussion and footage of power struggles and war and the downright horrific atrocities occurring there are practically non-existent on TV. The continent is on fire with violence and suffering, and we go about our lives, complaining about our 1st-world problems, blissfully unaware of it all.
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60 comments (Latest Comment: 03/01/2014 05:47:59 by Will in Chicago)

Mid morning, things will be getting interesting.
Author: Raine    Date: 02/27/2014 14:07:47

For those that watched the Rachel Maddow Show last night, it was revealed the embattled former Christie ally, David Wildstein will be revealing his un-redacted emails to the NJ state legislature -- and in turn the public.
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70 comments (Latest Comment: 02/28/2014 02:08:14 by TriSec)

Gay is the New Black
Author: BobR    Date: 02/26/2014 12:39:52

The history of humanity is certainly a mixed bag. For every hero of human rights, there is a villain. Every time there is a significant advancement in law securing those rights, there is a lawmaker looking for and exploiting loopholes. Slavery required the 15th Amendment. Jim Crow laws required the 24th - and then the Civil Rights Act. Even those have been circumvented via voter ID laws and limiting the number of voting machines in minority districts.

The latest battlefield in the fight for equality is in the LBGT arena. The overturn of DOMA and Don't Ask / Don't Tell, and the victories in the courts against state-instituted measures have turned the haters into creators of anti-LGBT legislation and other initiatives. It's the final frontier in hate.
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37 comments (Latest Comment: 02/27/2014 01:35:08 by clintster)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/25/2014 11:08:44

Good Morning.

Today is our 4,524th 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 : 2,310
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,111

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

$ 1, 516, 624, 125, 000 .00


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55 comments (Latest Comment: 02/26/2014 00:26:10 by Will in Chicago)

Christie is the victim here.
Author: Raine    Date: 02/24/2014 14:19:17

Watch this:


Now tell me again, why people aren't getting the funds? Governor Christie is blaming the President first, and a little bit of Congress... however.... Could this be part of it? I'm well aware of the source I am using.
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 02/25/2014 04:03:46 by Raine)

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