Jun 27 2008
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A new litmus test
{via DF}
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North Korea Destroys Tower at Nuclear Site
North Korea giving up its nuclear program. Iraq stabalizing. Are Bush’s foreign policy demons being put to rest? And to think that the mainstream media has been calling him a “lame duck.”
Jun 26 2008
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Three women who might join the GOP ticket
Until reading this article, I didn’t know anything about Sarah Palin. Sounds like a pretty amazing woman. Correction, human.
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Jun 24 2008
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“ Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose, and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Study to see if you can fix any limit to his power in this respect, after having given him so much as you propose.
— Abraham Lincoln in a letter to his law partner, William Herndon (1848)
Jun 20 2008
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“ This guy is the whole Chicago package: an idealistic, lakefront liberal fronting a sharp-elbowed machine operator. He’s the only politician of our lifetime who is underestimated because he’s too intelligent. He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.
— David Brooks on Barack Obama {from The Two Obamas}
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Strobist: How To: DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio
I will be attempting to build one of these tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!
Jun 19 2008
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U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran
I am still surprised that a strike has yet to happen. My guess is that Israel might strike right after the U.S. presidential election.
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“ It’ll be like George Steinbrenner’s Yankees in the ’90s — an All-Star at every position — against the ’90s Kansas City Royals, barely able to meet their payroll.
— Democratic consultant Chris Lehane in Obama: The $500 Million Dollar Man?
Jun 18 2008
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A little old, but Justin did a great job with this project (and got a fair bit of press for it).
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On Martha’s Vineyard on a Budget. Seriously
I second the opinion that the Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority buses are a great deal.
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Keeping the Water Pure Is Suddenly in Demand
Clean water had always occured to me as an issue Third World countries had to deal with. Guess not.
Jun 15 2008
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Jun 09 2008
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