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Apr.17.2013
I admit, my first thought was not one of sympathy, but “Hope it is not a Muslim” on hearing about the bomb blasts.
Is she dead? Injured? Her limbs blown off? I will never know. I knew her only as a pseudonym. She often spoke about training for the marathon. She was, from all accounts,...
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Mar.01.2013
photo: from the film's Wikipedia page
I'm posting this entry quite a bit after I'd seen the film because I wanted to post the entry for Silver Linings Playbook before Sunday's Academy Awards--as at least Jennifer Lawrence should win something from that very good film--and because I wanted...
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Nov.07.2012
Amid all the angst over Iraq and the War on Terror, I never hear anybody talk about what our enemies are thinking, yet any military commander knows that to know the enemy - his intentions, fears and internal dissensions - is vital intelligence. With that in mind, let's just say that in 1861 some...
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Sep.09.2012
Osama bin Laden was a huge industry when alive. He continues to be one in death, shrouded in mystery. No surprise, then, that ‘No Easy Day’ by a former Navy SEAL has topped the charts. Matt Bissonnette used the pen name "Mark Owen".
Had I read the book, and the contradictory version the...
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Feb.20.2012
Now exchanging mails, sending text messages, and disbursing information on social networking sites will assure you posterity. At least for one year.
Unlike most people who talk of censorship and freedom, I am quite excited about the UK government move for a new “spy plan” simply because it...
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May.06.2011
MAY QUEEN
This year’s Beltane makes for an amusing array of apparent coincidences, starting with the lethal crowning of the Queen of May with Venus in Cetus.
First published by Klaudio Zic Publications, 2011 http://stores.lulu.com/astrology Copyright © 2011 by Klaudio Zic. All Rights Reserved. No...
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Feb.19.2010
Check out this recently published non-fiction book titled "Developed Minds, Developing Minds and the Stupid Terrorists". This book talks about the many socio-economic and political issues rattling a number of countries around the globe. Very interesting read.
Amazon link to the book:...
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Jan.30.2008
The following passage is excerpted from Richard Behan's article, Nancy Pelosi, You Must Impeach! in Information Clearing House
THE WARS ARE NOT ABOUT TERRORISM
The Bush Administration's Curious Behavior
Hours after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush told the world...
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