Genealogy and Family History Community - Henderson Judd and Outrage on the...
In central North Carolina, the Cape Fear River is formed at the county line between Chatham and Lee Counties from the merging of the Haw and Deep Rivers. It is a blackwater river, deep and slow in...
View Article"Protect the Unborn" vs "Protect Fat Profits"
I picked up my morning newspaper today and saw this bit of corporatism gone wild: "Company to Raise the Price Of High Risk Pregnancy Drug 14,900 Percent" http://www.star-telegram.com/... Incredible....
View ArticleI'm a Fighting Liberal
Steve Gilliard was a ferociously good writer, an acute student of history, and a brilliant polemicist who was taken from us far to soon. (He died in 2007 at the age of 42). He was also one of the...
View ArticleIs the Governor a Sociopath?
Interested in figuring out what makes the Governor tick, I decided to do some psychological research on his personality type, his actions, his words, and his general behavior throughout the Wisconsin...
View ArticleBWOW: Biking While OverWeight
Is exercise a chore? Do you think “drat, I’ve got to go to the gym” Is it boring? When we were kids, we didn’t drag ourselves through exercise, we played. We had fun. For me, the key to sticking...
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The Daily Bucket: the world goes on
The Daily Bucket is a place to catch your casual observations of the natural world and turn them into a valuable resource. Whether it's the first flowers of spring or that odd bug in your basement,...
View ArticleMeet the jury of the future: HAL
Attorney liability for legal malpractice or negligence may become even harder to prove, at least in high stakes, multimillion dollar lawsuits. That's because lawyers are being replaced by software....
View ArticleWisconsin Collective Bargaining Battle is Over - the War Continues
The Wisconsin State Senate Republicans, in a parliamentary maneuver which rivaled their Democratic counterparts’ tactic of leaving the state, took the ban on public union collective bargaining out of...
View ArticleI'll still speak...from a different place
Circumstances mean I'm moving to Ohio as of April 1. Some friends and family share my politics. Some do not. There's good and bad about it. But that's not the point. My internet is driven by speech...
View ArticleThe One Boycott
As working people, there are 3 basic ways we can make ourselves heard by the powers in Washington, Wall Street and even Main Street. We can donate money to our favorite candidate running for office....
View ArticleChange we can believe in.
I think we miss the point when we argue that it’s Democrat vs Republican. As it has been all through history, it’s rich vs poor. Have’s vs Have nots. It’s about greed and desire for power. We...
View ArticleJohn Bellamy Foster, The Vulnerable Planet
I subscribed to the Monthly Review for years and only let my subscription lapse this past year because I allowed myself to become overwhelmed with other things in my life, much to the detriment of my...
View ArticleStatus of the American Woman and a Big Kiss for our President
It's is overdue I know, no matter how much I wail and scream sometimes... I would like this chance to blow a big kiss to our President. I know his heart is in the right place whether I agree with what...
View ArticleSarah Palin inspired Sit-In Your Cars Protest
Ahhh... the joys of a slow day at the office. The Polish Princess just discovered the Newest! Greatest! (and because Tea Party affiliated) Stupidest! idea of protest evah! Citing Queen Sarah's...
View ArticleWisconsin Republican Felonies?
As America looked on in shock and horror, Wisconsin Republican Senators steamrolled a bill stripping rights from tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens. They had been discussing this action and...
View ArticleMideast Players MIA
It's difficult to get interested in exerting US Military Power in Libya (the Mideast) when we have neither a foreign policy there or anything resembling an intelligence operation (who are the rebels...
View ArticleMassive Kos Failure to Observe Basic Fact
Much ado seems to have been made over the following CNN statistics 2006 Percentage of Electorate Liberal 20 (87% voted for Democrats) Moderate 47 (60% voted for Democrats) Conservative 32 2008 Liberal...
View ArticleKinzer says the law is unenforceable and no one is being harmed by it.
Kinzer says the law is unenforceable and no one is being harmed by it. That quote is the problem with this country. It saddens me to even think about it.
View ArticleBlue Cross and Blue Shield's Hiring Practices Let Criminals Through the Cracks
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BC/BS) handles massive amounts of medical data about individuals it insures. BC/BS employees have access to personal information for more...
View ArticleTesting, Testing, 1...2...3...
Recently, my high school participated in the Colorado Student Assessment Program. I thought that, perhaps, it might be enlightening for those outside the field of education to see what that process...
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