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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 09:36 PM
Original article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Weird

Where is Al Kaline? he was a better fielder than Griffey ever dreamed of being.

Thursday, August 23, 2007 07:42 AM

Civil Liability

Presidential pardons do not provide immunity against civil liability.

Monday, October 1, 2007 08:39 AM

Don't remember who asked

But an excellent example of a progressive Jewish group in the U.S. that opposed the Iraq war (and opposes Israeli settlements for that matter) would be Tikkhun. A former leader of Tikkhun would be Michael Lerner.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 09:20 AM

Lynx

Actually, Ron Paul is a libertarian whack job. He opposes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws, ANY environmental protection, the FDA, agricultural inspections, chilc labot laws and on and on and on. He is the absolute worst possible choice for anything. Under Ron Paul, everyone would be totally free to be raped by corporate predators.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 08:16 AM

mattwa...

The Geneva Conventions were established as treaties and ratified by the Senate. That makes the Geneva Conventions the law of the U.S. Right there in the Constitution.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 08:32 AM

Ron Paul?

Please, Ron Paul Is not qualified to be dogcatcher in a village of 2 people. He is a libertarian whack job who opposes Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance, ANY environmental protection, food inspections, anything useful. Paul's vision is a social Darwinist nightmare where everyone is totally free to be raped by corporate predators.

Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:07 AM

ElKabong61

Anti-war is good, but everything else about Ron Paul is awful. He is a libertarian whack job who opposes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ALL environmental protection, food inspections, and on and on and on. I don't want anything to do with a small-government Rethug. I want single payer national health care financing among other things. Ron Paul is the ultimate anti-progessive. You are on the wrong site to push for Ron Paul's social Darwinist nightmare.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 04:58 PM

What?

Why must I pay for this pathetic drivel.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 09:40 PM
Original article: The turkey whisperer

Sous Vide

Means under vacuum. Enclose the turkey in an airtight plastic bag and cook it in water that's hot but less than boiling - e.g. 160 degrees until it's at the right temperature. I've never done it but that's what it is.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 09:18 AM

Anon

Nothing like fabricating history to promote your agenda. The first act in the 1967 war was Israeli air stirkes on the Egyptian airforce on June 5. After that attack, Jordan, which had a mutual defense treaty with Egypt, came into play. Israel struck first - your political agenda and your use of pathetic revisionist sources like Michael Oren do not change the facts.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 09:23 AM

Silenced

No, it is not. Stalin may have also used the expression, but it comes from Czarist Russia in the 1850s.

Thursday, December 6, 2007 08:46 AM
Original article: Mitt Romney's ominous verb

Wow

This 'verb' should provide excellent fodder for Democratic campaigns, but I'll bet not one is willing to use it. They are all too busy trying to pander to religious voters, and they know that 2/3 of secular votes are already in their pocket. So, they will let our 'freedom' hang in the wind, just like always. Plus ca change...

Sunday, January 6, 2008 09:46 AM
Original article: Remembering Bob Watts

Thanks

Thank you for this. My wife died of cancer on December 22, and I hope her friends and family remember her as well as people remember Bob.

Thursday, January 10, 2008 07:26 AM

Most good, some not

Physicians, like any other large group of people, are not monolithic. My wife died on December 22 after a 2 1/2 year battle with ovarian cancer. During that period, we dealt with many physicians of various flavors. 80% or so were just what we wanted them to be - smart, dedicated, focused, etc. - but around 20% were just arrogant pukes. Most of these arrogant ones were perfectly good physicians, but they either would not or could not communicate effectively with my wife or me.

With lots of internet research and incredible dedication from our primary care physician, we sorted out the losers, made sure we had all information necessary to make decisions, forced all the doctors involved to work as a team, and, in the end, my wife lived a pretty good life for more than twice the time originally expected.

Without the internet, it would not have been possible to obtain the information necessary to manage the process.

Friday, January 11, 2008 09:43 AM
Original article: Bank of Countrywide America

Something different

This is about BAC being able to circumvent the 10% deposit limit and move into markets that it otherwise cannot enter, at least on a retail basis. This is a major step in fulfilling A.P. Giannini's dream of a nationwide Bank of America. BAC will now have the ability to conduct retail banking in all 50 states. That's what this is about.

Monday, January 14, 2008 01:26 PM

Interesting

I own a 2008 Mercury Mariner which is a somewhat fancier version of the small version of a Ford Explorer. Why did I buy an SUV? Well, because I have 4 Siberian Huskies - no Prius' need apply - and, at the time, my wife had major issues from ovarian cancer that made the Mariner just right for her. BUT, and this is the key stuff, it's a hybrid that gets 28 mpg city, AND I only drive 5500 miles per year. You can keep your Prius, I'll keep my Ford SUV. Unfortunately, my wife died Dec 22, and it's now just me and the Huskies.

Friday, January 18, 2008 07:08 AM
Original article: Holy Constitution!

Somewhere else

I own a nice, little cottage in SW France. Before she died a few weeks ago, my wife and I vacationed there 2-3 times per year. I never expected it to become my permanent residence, but I am going to hang on to it just in case.

Friday, January 18, 2008 09:36 AM
Original article: Holy Constitution!

Abbybwood

Thanks for your comments. I needed that. LOL. Give me a year and then come back at me. I am 60, my cottage is in Pau, about 60 miles from the Spanish border. It is small, about 700 square feet, but it has a nice garden, a view of the mountains and has all the charm possible in a building built in 1648. It was my wife's and my wedding present to each other. Instead of buying a trophy house here in Portland, we bought a modest 100 year old bungalow and then bought the cottage in France. Oh yeah, I have 4 Siberian Huskies and 3 cats. Let's try again in a year. Again, thanks for that.

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