Strike One…
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court strongly limited the power of Bush and his administration to conduct military tribunal for the detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote: Congress has not issued the executive a ‘blank check’”.
The 5-3 ruling means officials will have to come up with a new policy to prosecute […]

Posted on June 30th, 2006 by Daniel
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It’s sometimes hard letting go of something you’ve created. Take blogs, for instance.
I worked very hard to create my very first blog. It was the first incarnation of The Tempest. Up to that time, my experience with HTML and CSS and RSS was limited to “Huh?” and “Do what?” and “I don’t […]

Posted on June 29th, 2006 by Daniel
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The 2006 mid-term elections. Time to start thinking about candidates and what they stand for…or ’say’ they stand for.
Years ago, I just used to be excited at a time like this because I would get to vote. The candidates didn’t matter to me, as long as they were Democrats.
While I would have a vague […]

Posted on June 28th, 2006 by Daniel
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The year is 1906.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!

Here are some of the US statistics for the Year 1906:

The average life expectancy in the US was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. […]

Posted on June 26th, 2006 by Daniel
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Well, now I've seen it all. Fred Phelps is now producing music videos and documentaries. Let's examine them…shall we…? Don't forget to see the last one…it's what gives me hope in mankind.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-NRQGUZjs]
I think this one should be sent to all those mentioned in this video.
 
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzKe97ybmZ4]
What I want to know is how he […]

Posted on June 25th, 2006 by Daniel
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Living Out Loud on the Blogs
(Cross posted at Booman Tribune)
At least once a month it seems I have a “Judith Moore day”, Judith being Holly Hunter’s character in Living Out Loud:
“Awful, awful, what do they expect us to do with all this information? What am I supposed to do about crack babies? Terrorism? I can’t […]

Posted on June 23rd, 2006 by Steve
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The following is a post from Kelly Stern. It deserves an honorable mention.
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Here's a challange…come on, you know you want to…
I was thinking tonight as I was going through some old posts and file pictures…There are a lot of things going on in the world (I mean, NO Katie tomorrow morning???)…So I took […]

Posted on June 21st, 2006 by Daniel
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Okay, today I had a doctors appointment, and no Knotty, it wasn't due to my previous post.
Silly dude.
All who know me know how much I loathe driving into town. I hate the traffic, the idiots driving while on the phone, the construction, the smell.
Big surprise, I got cut off on I-70 when I was […]

Posted on June 20th, 2006 by Daniel
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Every now and then, I'll open the Pandora's Box that is my blog email. I am fortunate in that it is quite able to filter out the SPAM, leaving the legitimate mail for me to paruse through.
It's usually the typical letter either praising or panning the blog, all of which I take with a grain […]

Posted on June 19th, 2006 by Daniel
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As we all know, sometimes we come face to face with the fact that it may be time to relocate.
The big question is:  Where to?    Here are some tips:

 
You […]

Posted on June 18th, 2006 by Daniel
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