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American : 2008-11-17 LiberalDesert
"Core Principles" vs. ResultsThis time,
a real headline kvetch. My suggestion
was above, but the editor's choice
("Dems focus on results while GOP
ponders ideology") makes me sound more
certain than I am (after all, I am a
Democrat) that the new administration
and Congress actually wi...
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Obama : 2008-11-18 Hullabaloo
Beware of Histo-tainmentby ddayI'm very
glad that Matthew Pinsker penned this
op-ed today taking a more critical look
at Doris Kearns Goodwin's pop
pseudo-history "Team Of Rivals". As a
yarn, I hear the book is quite good, but
as a piece of history it's not exactly
true to the source....
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America : 2008-11-18 John Goodman's Health Policy Blog
Should healthy people take drugs? Half
of heart attacks and strokes occur in
people without high cholesterol. Several
million of these potential victims could
benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering
drugs anyway. [link]
Should 80-year-olds
get heart surgery? The study "followed
1,062 ...
Hits drugs heart obesity
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tv : 2008-11-18 Mike's musings
Sickness - and not mine
So, the girls
are fine, but Mel phoned early to say
that she was still feeling a bit off.
She decided to have breakfast and see
how she was feeling. I took the day off
to look after the girls, but Mel phoned
me around 1000, very keen to come in:
really bored, ...
geekery illness
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Christmas : 2008-11-16 Searching for Sophie
It is hot, dry and windy here(almost 90
yesterday). I know people are having
snow in other places of the world and
are jealous of our weather but it is not
pleasant. It is wildfire season and
there are fires near where we live. Not
near enough to put us in danger, but
near enough that...
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videos : 2008-11-19 Godless Business
Christopher Hitchens ILLUSTRATED 2 of 2
by 43alley
Videos
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God : 2008-11-18 Hullabaloo
Beware of Histo-tainmentby ddayI'm very
glad that Matthew Pinsker penned this
op-ed today taking a more critical look
at Doris Kearns Goodwin's pop
pseudo-history "Team Of Rivals". As a
yarn, I hear the book is quite good, but
as a piece of history it's not exactly
true to the source....
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United States : 2008-11-18 The Male Biological Clock
Working Dad: An Unauthorized Guide to
Parentingfathersworking parentsworking
dadsparentingfatheringSeattle« Divorce
less popular in bad economic times |
Main Older dads have their own
biological clocksCan you hear it? Men's
biological clocks are ticking louder
than ever.I keep stumbl...
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President : 2008-11-17 O Mighty Crisis
"Twenty-Three Years and Thirteen Days"In
terms of female friendships, I have
sixty-eleventeen inspirations but only
three true Women of My Life. One of
these three I met in 1985, in a dorm
lounge, where she was being way too cute
and cynical and cutting for her own
good. Intimidated, I...
presidents Obama guest hope Grant
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People : 2008-11-18 Judicial Reports
SIX-FOOT DEEP POCKETBy Mark
Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted
11-19-08New York County Justice Barbara
R. Kapnick drew an unusually sharp
rebuke from the Appellate Division for
her role in keeping alive a prison
inmate’s lawsuit against a lawyer
who died before he was sued.Amin M...
Reversal
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