Seems Sarah Palin begrduges members of the press-the same freedoms she espouses elsewhere. Can somebody explain to me how this isn’t a despicable thing for Palin to do? She describes McGinniss as the author of “the bizarre anti-Palin administration oil development pieces that resulted in my Department of Natural Resources
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First you get down on your knees, Fiddle with your rosaries, Bow your head with great respect, And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect! Do whatever steps you want, if You have cleared them with the Pontiff. Everybody say his own Kyrie eleison, Doin’ the Vatican Rag. Follow the link to see pictures
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When a Canadian understands the Constitution better than a lot of Arizonans or teabaggers do: I haven’t objected to the new Arizona “papers please” law, SB 1070 (PDF), on the basis that its racist, although it probably is. I object to to it because it violates the Supremacy Clause (Article
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I work with two other retired Navy guys. Because of where we work we have insight into a lot of current Navy news and events. Plus-all of us travel to Navy facilities. We have a saying when we read something particularly atrocious -and for some reason we are reading a
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For a short while anyway. This week will be a busy one as we prepare to make the Haj-no, not that Haj-but a pilgrimage back to familiar and far better scenery. For today however, it is off to work. I tried an experiment of sorts uploading a whole lot of
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“Qualifications?” “Stampeding cattle”. “That does not sound like so much” ” Through the Vatican?” For some reason this guy objected. (Link to pix to follow when I get back home this weekend.) But I did get to play with my Digital SLR today-and got some pix from the Sistine Chapel
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Greetings from Bella Napoli. Herbal wins the prize for correct guess. Rode the bus to near Bagnoli last night, but never came close to the location of its most infamous former denizen. The remarkable thing about Naples is how little it really changes-even while it changes. The trams no long
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Long day of travel, yesterday and today. Spent most of the afternoon sleeping. Guess where? This city the world’s 91st richest city by purchasing power, with a GDP of $43 billion. The city is an important port, one of the most important in Europe. Even though the city has had a
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I’m ready to go. So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you’ll wait for me, Hold me like you’ll never let me go. ‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again – Oh Babe, I hate to go. Ok-the last statement
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Glenn Beck-explained: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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