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Are you shopping?
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/24/2012 12:44:31

Good Morning!

I trust we all boycotted WalMart yesterday?

As for me, I'll be heading in to our mid-sized local retail chain about 9:30 today. By now you know the drill...shop local today, and support those Main Street businesses!

We did not shop yesterday, nor are we today, or tomorrow. (Although I may go online and order a couple of things tonight.) I have our gifting carefully sussed out, and will be spreading over a little time, including a layaway item I've been paying for since the end of September.
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6 comments (Latest Comment: 11/25/2012 14:45:38 by velveeta jones)

Looking Back, Moving Forward
Author: BobR    Date: 11/23/2012 14:14:18

With the presidential election 17 days behind us, there is still a lot of analysis about "what happened" and why. Some moderate Republicans are beginning to understand that the crazies and extremists and idiots in their party that get all the media attention are hurting them. The prognosticators are also doing a bit of their own naval gazing. And now that much of America has heaved a huge sigh of relief, we all wonder: what now?
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27 comments (Latest Comment: 11/24/2012 03:12:37 by livingonli)

Thanks...
Author: BobR    Date: 11/21/2012 15:33:55

It's hard to believe that it's that time of year again. Tomorrow is the traditional "turkey" day, where we ostensibly give thanks for our blessings while we stuff various foods in our faces that we only eat once a year (seriously - how often do you eat cranberry sauce?). We all have a lot of things to be thankful for in our personal lives; we also have some things to be thankful for as a nation.
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47 comments (Latest Comment: 11/23/2012 02:20:08 by clintster)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/20/2012 11:24:40

Good Morning.

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: 2,145
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,071

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1,394,877,175, 000. 00

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37 comments (Latest Comment: 11/21/2012 03:24:28 by Will in Chicago)

Prove it
Author: Raine    Date: 11/19/2012 13:58:38

I forgot to ask if someone would fill in for this Monday, so instead, I would point you back To Velveeta's post from yesterday:

Ill add one important point. I am of the opinion that if Anonymous does indeed have this information, it should be turned over to federal authorities.
This isn't a game. By not handing that information over, they are potentially sending the message that Rove is untouchable.

The owness is up to them to prove it. These shenanigans have gone on far too long.
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30 comments (Latest Comment: 11/20/2012 04:14:20 by livingonli)

R.A.T.s in the sewer?
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 11/18/2012 15:15:34

Good morning, I was going to write an open blog filled with silly pictures and random cartoons because, frankly, my brain is broken. But then I stumbled on this:
Through the website Wonkette today, the hacker collective Anonymous released a statement on the election, and the content of the statement is an eye opener:
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1 comments (Latest Comment: 11/18/2012 22:12:50 by Will in Chicago)

Rear View Mirror
Author: TriSec    Date: 11/17/2012 13:24:05

Well, it's been a bit since the election now. With thoughts moving on towards the fiscal cliff and perhaps filibuster reform, most of us have put the bitter battle behind us.

I want to call it back for just a moment to ponder something - the electoral college.

We all know how this works; none of us actually cast a vote for either Obama or Romney. In this Commonwealth, it was listed on the ballot as "electors for Obama". Here, we have what's called "winner take all"...whoever wins the popular vote in the state gets all the electors too, and they must vote for the candidate as required by the Constitution.

But is that really the best way?
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/18/2012 14:31:03 by TriSec)

Generals Gone Wild
Author: BobR    Date: 11/16/2012 13:45:34

It's been a strange confluence of stories recently: two Generals (so far) have had their marital affairs revealed... the attack in Benghazi being investigated... one of the women involved disappearing... It has all the makings of a Hollywood thriller. We may never know what is going on behind the scenes, but what's happening in plain view is pretty amazing.

Prior to the election, the Republicans were trying to create an aura of scandal around the attacks on the American Consulate at Benghazi in Libya. The accusations were all over the place, from "Obama did nothing for 7 hours", to "Obama lied to Americans about what happened", to "Obama is incompetent" (you can't be simulaneously a devious genius and incompetent). As a result, the Republican witch-hunter Daryll Issa decided to hold hearings on the attacks. Like the "Fast & Furious" scandal that they tried to create, it looks like there will be no "there" there.
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92 comments (Latest Comment: 11/17/2012 04:24:47 by BobR)

The Gift.
Author: Raine    Date: 11/15/2012 13:49:54

I am now officially waiting for my gift...
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119 comments (Latest Comment: 11/16/2012 03:32:55 by Raine)

On the Road Again
Author: BobR    Date: 11/14/2012 12:58:48

I am currently traveling for work, which is why I have't been around here this week. It's also why it slipped my mind that I needed to write a blog this morning. So if anyone feels inspired to post anything - please do, and then merge this lame blog stub in.
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103 comments (Latest Comment: 11/16/2012 02:48:57 by Raine)

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