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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Is the U.S. Military Preparing to Court Martial Christians? - posted by Larry at The Teaparty Lobby

The crazies are loose .

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http://lobby.cunitedusa.oo.gd/blogs/post/134

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

30 April :: Spring in the Botanic Garden.

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3013132

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

29 April :: Manoday Acrylic

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3013128

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

28 April :: Jacob and friends

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3013127

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

27 April :: Continuing my survey...

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3013126

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Monday, April 29, 2013

12 Uncommon Suggestions for Amending the Constitution

Someone suggested: "Each year every member of Congress shall spend at least one consecutive day and night in a regular cell inside a randomly selected federal prison that is located inside his or her state. " Chances are, most members of Congress will get to do this in the normal course of events.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/12-uncommon-suggestions-for-amending-the-constitution/275363/

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Dan Hotsenpiller: Drop Charges Against Jamie Dowling - Sign the Petition!



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http://www.change.org/petitions/dan-hotsenpiller-drop-charges-against-jamie-dowling?share_id=iAvlYrEjeZ&utm_campaign=share_button_action_box&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

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Is It OK To Eat Cloned Fruit?

Good question.

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Source:

http://www.science20.com/agricultural_realism/it_ok_eat_cloned_fruit-110537

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Big Love

I have often wondered how monogamy became the norm in what is referred to as "Western Civilization"

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201304/big-love

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Why plural days and nights in Spanish greetings?

Japanese greetings are declarative, not wishful. "Ohayu Goizamas" e.g. means "It is Morning", and so on. Very practical, and it avoids the need to wish people well when one really wants them to rot in hell.

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4589

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Preposition choice is hard

One must be very careful choosing words when speaking to children. They are unforgiving.

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4590

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Ramps, chives, garlic, and other members of the Allium genus

YEAH!

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4591

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The Vicious Babushka: Holocaust Survivor Dies with $40 Million Fortune, No Heirs



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http://shar.es/lfunf

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Is It Worth the Time?



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http://xkcd.com/1205/

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External Link: 50 Million Impacted in LivingSocial Data Breach

Ladies and Gentlemen, change your passwords!

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http://allthingsd.com/20130426/livingsocial-hacked-more-than-50-million-customer-names-emails-birthdates-and-encrypted-passwords-accessed/

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External Link: Alexander Graham Bell Speaks from Wax Recording

Dr. Who knows this already.

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Had-No-Idea-What-Alexander-Graham-Bell-Sounded-Like-Until-Now-204137471.html

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Congress tries to reset science grants, wants every one to be “groundbreaking”

The beginning of the end of the US as a leader in research?

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http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/fdfuXNzB7jI/

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UK Passes Controversial Copyright Act, May Yield a ‘Firestorm’ of Litigation

So now the Brits want to steal our photographs if they can't figure out who the owner is?

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PetaPixel/~3/UsY3Lh6lG10/

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Dilbert comic strip for 04/29/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.



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http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-04-29/

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Africa's 10 best national parks

Maasai Mara is the best I have visited.

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http://travel.cnn.com/africas-10-best-national-parks-218773

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Tom Brokaw Bashes WHCD: 'We're Versailles'

Good for him.!

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/26/tom-brokaw-whcd-criticism_n_3162095.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=1070391,b=facebook

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Friday, April 26, 2013

I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

26 April :: Change Room

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2998982

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

25 April :: Ice Cream, Ice Cream

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2995764

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

24 April :: Pick your Poison

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Source:

http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2993313

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

23 April :: James

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2993255

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Here's Why You Shouldn't Take Antibiotics for a Sinus Infection



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http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2013/04/sinus-infections-antibiotics-resistance

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Guns and the Terrorist Watch List

Will not happen. The NRA will block it!

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/24/17897510-guns-and-the-terrorist-watch-list?lite

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You Will Not Believe What It Cost The NRA To Make Sure Background Checks Got Killed

In what way is this not bribery?

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http://www.upworthy.com/if-it-talks-like-a-duck-and-walks-like-a-duck-then-we-should-call-it-a-bribed-senator?c=la3

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Kentucky Derby Bans All Interchangeable Lens Cameras for 'Security Purposes' - PetaPixel

The ineluctable stupidity of security personnel wrt photography!

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http://petapixel.com/2013/04/23/kentucky-derby-bans-all-interchangeable-lens-cameras-for-security-purposes/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

22 April :: Sarasota Bay

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2986762

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Local NBC Anchor Suspended After Major Gaffe

Not a KU grad, I hope :-)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/nbc-aj-clemente-suspended-on-air-flub_n_3131044.html

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Tom Skilling



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http://www.facebook.com/TomSkilling/posts/10151556139476760

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Senator McCaskill grills FAA chief over 'arbitrary' electronic device restrictions

Gee - who knew - apart from everybody?

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http://bit.ly/Zh0Fhu

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Meet the revisionist George W. Bush -- pretty much the same as the old George W. Bush



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http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/22/meet_the_revisionist_george_w_bush_pretty_much_the_same_as_the_old_george_w_bush

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How to tell a story | TED Playlists | TED

Powerful. Worth a listen.

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http://www.ted.com/playlists/62/how_to_tell_a_story.html?source=facebook#.UXX1kV1xY5p.facebook

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Jordanian Journalist: The Jews And The American Right Are Behind Boston Bombing, Just As They Were B

Can he spell Fumb Duck?

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http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7137.htm

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Senate passes “online sales tax” by 74-20 vote

This will cost me -- but it is the right decision.

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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/senate-passes-online-sales-tax-by-74-20-vote/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

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This Website Will Tell You How Rich You Are Compared To The Rest Of The World | Redmond Pie

So stop whining...

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http://www.redmondpie.com/this-website-will-tell-you-how-rich-you-are-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-world/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RedmondPie+%28Redmond+Pie%29

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Who Is Defending Austerity Now?

Austerity never had a basis in economic theory. My first economics class was in 1961 and even then austerity was clearly a bad response to recession. Only ignorance and/or political allegiance could claim otherwise.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/who-is-defending-austerity-now/275200/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

21 April :: Shoes

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2983425

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

20 April :: Old House in Riverwoods

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2983423

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

19 April :: Sensory Overload - Shopping

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2983421

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

18 April :: Ignoring each other

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2983418

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

The Digital Public Library of America: adding gravitas to your Internet search

This could get interesting...

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Source:

http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/index/~3/VY4e5rz6h78/

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

After Senate collapse, a background check for speaking out, but not for buying a gun

Shame on our Senator. Shame on the NRA. Background checks for exec exercising 1st Amendment rights, but not 2nd Amendment rights. Once again our pols side with the killers and and against the speakers. Guns don't kill - words do?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-senate-collapse-a-background-check-for-speaking-out-but-not-for-buying-a-gun/2013/04/18/9438e9d8-a852-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html

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David Remnick: The Brothers Tsarnaev



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http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2013/04/29/130429ta_talk_remnick?mobify=0

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Stabilized, interpolated video footage from the 1900s gives more realistic look at the past

I have always wondered why old movies were not processed this way.

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http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/04/19/stabilized-interpolated-video-footage-from-the-1900s-gives-more-realistic-l

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This New Zealand Politician Unleashes One Of The Funniest Gay Marriage Speeches On Record

Oh that we could have politicians like this on both sides of the aisle!

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http://bit.ly/NewZealandBill

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After Calling Sandy Aid Wasteful, Ted Cruz Asks For All Available Resources for Texas



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http://www.politicususa.com/flashback-ted-cruz-lecture-sandy-victims-texas-begs-handouts-feds.html

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Is Waking Up \u003Cem>Really\u003C/em> Early the Secret to Artistic Success?

I'm screwed.

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http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/features/2013/daily_rituals/daily_rituals_is_waking_up_early_the_secret_to_artistic_success.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_toolbar

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

17 April :: City Snail

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2968472

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The Best Gun Control Commercial Ever Produced?



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http://www.buzzfeed.com/copyranter/the-best-gun-control-commercial-ever-produced?sub=2149205_1078003

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

16 April :: Our local Saks has closed down

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2965285

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Project Honey Pot



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http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151639598344073&id=241276949072

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Experiencing Existential Dread? Tylenol May Do the Trick - Association for Psychological Science

Maybe we should put in in the water along with Fluorine?

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http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/experiencing-existential-dread-tylenol-may-do-the-trick.html

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Monday, April 15, 2013

I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

15 April :: Kilimanjaro from Amboseli Reserve

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2962066

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

14 April :: Jeremy on his birthday

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2962065

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

13 April :: Eva on her due date - 3 � weeks after birth

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2962064

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

12 April :: Sam's Yahrzeit

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2962063

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Iraq cities hit by deadly bombings



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http://bbc.in/ZsFgy6

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Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek

Wonderful reporting of a sad event. This won a Pulitzer Prize - and points the way to how journalism can be enriched and not destroyed by technology. Thanks BD - I missed it the first time around.

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http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

News Corp. COO: If we lose Aereo lawsuit, Fox may stop broadcasting

News Corp. COO: If we lose Aereo lawsuit, Fox may stop broadcasting. This is bad, how?

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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/news-corp-coo-if-we-lose-aereo-copyright-case-well-stop-broadcasting/#p3n

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Google Inactive Account Manager Lets You Decide What Happens To Your Account After Death | Redmond P

For my older friends...

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http://www.redmondpie.com/google-inactive-account-manager-lets-you-decide-what-happens-to-your-account-after-death/

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

9 April :: Abigail's Logo for me

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949934

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

10 April

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949931

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

11 April :: The Devil Wore...

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949929

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

7 April :: Abigail

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949305

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

1 April :: Tree and Apartments

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949273

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

2 April :: All our Grandchildren

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949271

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

3 April :: Ava and Hilda

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949270

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

4 April :: Tree and Family

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949269

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

5 April :: Abigail and Ava

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949267

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

6 April :: Highland Park

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949265

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I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

8 April :: Sarasota Sunset

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2949264

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Amateur Photography Gone Wrong

Now I have something to aspire to :-)

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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83187111/

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Plant a tree with a Facebook 'Like'



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http://act.credoaction.com/sign/plant_a_tree/?source=fb1&r_by=7256.5145814.XFDeM0

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Rand Paul Falsely Says He Never Opposed The Civil Rights Act

His untrammeled belief in personal liberty will lead to total anarchy. Any law that restrains individual action is bad, he seems to think. Wild West, here we come.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/10/1847751/rand-paul-falsely-says-he-never-opposed-the-civil-rights-act/

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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

The Cultural Fight for Guns



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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/the-cultural-fight-for-guns.html

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‘The House I Live In,’ Directed by Eugene Jarecki



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http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/movies/the-house-i-live-in-directed-by-eugene-jarecki.html

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McCandlish Phillips, Times Reporter, Dies at 85

Huh!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/business/media/mccandlish-phillips-times-reporter-dies-at-85.html?pagewanted=all

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Monday, April 08, 2013

20 Photos That Change The Holocaust Narrative | Pop Chassid



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http://popchassid.com/photos-holocaust-narrative/

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Friday, April 05, 2013

Memo to President Obama: Expand Social Security, Don't Cut It



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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/memo-to-president-obama-expand-social-security-dont-cut-it/274728/

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“Dihydrogen monoxide” joke gets DJs suspended

We are doomed. When the public gets to vote on science all liberties are lost. Democracy is is a great idea, except when it is not.

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http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/dihydrogen-monoxide-joke-gets-djs-suspended/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29

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Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim | Video on TED.com

A damning indictment of the legal scheme of bribery and corruption known as our electoral system.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html?source=facebook#.UV8AEVT9CR9.facebook

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Thursday, April 04, 2013

Brewing a solution

So, coffee is now good for us, but bad for the environment. Win some, lose some.

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http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21575743-genetic-engineering-may-clean-up-processing-coffee-brewing-solution?fsrc=rss%7Csct

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Fox News Not Cool With AP Dropping 'Illegal Immigrant'

Problem is - what our history books call "Founding Fathers" were actually Illegal Immigrants!

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/fox-news-ap-illegal-immigrant_n_3007711.html

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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

The Reason Stick: The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense



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http://bit.ly/10AsfCE

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Next stage in the culture war: official state religions

Here we go!

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/03/17588359-next-stage-in-the-culture-war-official-state-religions

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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

U.N. passes sweeping international arms regulation viewed by some as Second Amendment override

"With the Obama administration supporting the final treaty draft, the General Assembly vote was 155 to 3, with 22 abstentions. Iran, Syria and North Korea voted against it." Now we know whose side the NRA is on.

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/2/un-passes-international-arms-regulation-treaty/#.UVuCTwdOafU.facebook

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The Simple Reason Why Goodreads Is So Valuable to Amazon

Hoy Shit! Is this why we get the government we have? "a little more than half of all American adults reported reading a book that was not required for work or school* during the past year"

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-simple-reason-why-goodreads-is-so-valuable-to-amazon/274548/

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Monday, April 01, 2013

I published a new Blipfoto journal entry

31 March :: Dinner

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http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2911445

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Photo A Day on Blipfoto - Clive

I made the quarter - a photo a day. Now to finish the year!

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http://smu.gs/14Ive30

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