Category: Politics
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Photo by Steve Holden. MORE LIKE THIS! CURRENT EVENTS No big change for us on the COVD-19 front. We continue to be vigilant and focused: #wear_a_mask; #wash_your_hands, #social_distance, and #stay_home_if_sick. The good news is that Christy's school as been able to go back to teaching kids in person with a…
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I found the following article on the "Entebbe Operation" pretty interesting reading from a historial and political perspective. More via Wikipedia. As a Cold War history buff, I wish a similar in-depth article was written to expand on this short blurb about CIA efforts in Istanbul in the 1980s.
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Newt Gingrich has some interesting thoughts on what happens when politicians with the right policy frameworks end up in within the DC Beltway for too long. They have a hard time on implementation. That part that resonated with me included: He cited a series of blunders under Republican rule, from…
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It looks like Google Romance is a new endeavor by the search engine giant Google to help those who looking for better match making options. There is a beta supposedly being talked about on Slashdot and Digg.
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This analysis chart by USA Today is pretty startling. All this talk about smaller governement being a focus of Republican leadership doesn’t appear to turn into policy implementation.
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From Daniela Deane (Washington Post Staff Writer): President Bush sidestepped the U.S. Senate on Monday and installed controversial nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, saying the post was "too important to leave vacant any longer." [Monday, August 1, 2005; 1:39 PM]
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A Rip and Read podcast posted in early May has a great segment on First Lady Laura Bush’s roast of the President and others at an event in DC recently. It is very funny. My wife is currently listening to it in the kitchen and she is laughing out loud.
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This seems a little strange to me: The government has told Rogue Ales to lower the flag on its American Amber Ale. The Oregon brewery has been ordered to stop using the stars and stripes to advertise American Amber. According to U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8, Item…
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Online article examines what is "reportedly" on President Bush’s iPod.
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It looks like Hillsdale College is going to put a great deal of published work from William F. Buckley online for free access. It doesn’t look like it will include audio content just written transcripts.
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