The Plank (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Jon Meacham is clearly an intelligent person and skilled writer, but his judgment about America and what America needs is somewhat inferior to that of my cat Lexie. Last November, he was telling us that the election affirmed the nation’s conservatism. Now he is urging Dick Cheney to run for president in 2012. It would be “good for the country,” he argues, “because Cheney is...
Sanguine et Purpure (Free subscription) | yesterday
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy, speech prepared for delivery in Dallas the day of his assassination, November 22, 1963 35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)
Silent Words Speak Loudest (Free subscription) | yesterday
The rise of the machines JAPANDROIDS / 4 OR 5 MAGICIANS / WILLIAM, LONDON MADAME JOJO'S, 27TH OCTOBER 2009 Tell someone you're off to Madame Jojo's in Soho for the night and they'd be forgiven for thinking you'll be spending the evening naked and face down on a plastic-sheeted bed while a 50-something-year-old wench who looks like EastEnders ' Mo Slater dressed up like Catwoman, with dinner lady arms...
Key West Diary (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Solares Hill, the free weekly paper subsumed into the Key West Citizen's empire has not been my favorite paper for a while. I used to enjoy the Thursday read when Nancy Klingener used to edit the paper. She was the best to come after David Ethridge got tired of running the paper and faded away to retire someplace Up North. These days I feel the paper is being edited by a reporter, and to me that's...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
“It took a lot of courage on Kennedy’s part to defy the Pentagon, defy the military — and do the right thing,” said Col. Larry Wilkerson, USA (ret.), according to Robert Dreyfuss in his recent Rolling Stone article “ The Generals’ Revolt .” Wilkerson, who was chief of staff at the State Department (2002-2005) and now teaches at George Washington University,...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Quote of the Day (James Agee, on Silent-Film Comedy) “When a modern comedian gets hit on the head, for example, the most he is apt to do is look sleepy. When a silent comedian got hit on the head he seldom let it go so flatly. He realized a broad license, and a ruthless discipline within that license. It was his business to be as funny as possible physically, without the help or hindrance of...
Appulo.us Newest Apps & Updates (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
HandWriting Mail (1.1) Ultie, Inc. Category: Social Networking Price: $0.99 Cracker: Crii Application Description: $$ Free for Thanksgiving $$ The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would...
FemaleScienceProfessor (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
So far I am only about 70 pages into the book by Gail Collins, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present , but I've already decided to get another copy of it for my mother for Christmas. Although I am not accustomed to comparing some of my male colleagues to John F. Kennedy, this passage felt very familiar (and made me laugh out loud): .. the publisher...
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Obama: Profile in Courage, or Cave-In? By Ray McGovern The 46th anniversary of John Kennedy's assassination passed by last Sunday virtually unnoticed. The unfortunate thing is this: his legacy on Vietnam is so widely misunderstood that it is easy to miss the relevance of his decision making in the early Sixties to the dilemma faced by President Barack Obama today as he decides whether to stand up to-or...
The Sci-Fi Gene (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The sun is spewing out more and more neutrinos – and they’re not the usual ones that pass through the Earth without so much as a blip on a billion dollar detection facility. No, these are special neutrinos that boil the Earth’s core. Cue a series of plucky, lucky escapes as cardboard cut-out characters drive their cars or fly their planes away from continental collapse, earthquakes,...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
JOHN Kennedy admits the decision to call time on his career after eight operations failed to clear up his knee injury came as a relief.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
US Navy file photo Navy Seeks Proposals For USS JFK -- Boston.com Wanted: A new home for a piece of surplus government property. But you'd better have a lot of space and a lot of resources if you want this behemoth. The Navy says it's offering the former USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, which is 1,052 feet long and weighs in at 82,000 tons, for free to any state, municipality, or non-profit that...
Safe Democracy (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Michael Gerson 11/25/2009 Robert Mugabe has made the people of Zimbabwe destitute and dependent. Magodonga Mahlangu and Jennifer Williams, leaders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise and recent recipients of the John F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, have lead and engaged in non-violent protests against social injustice. Protesters are organized via word of mouth so that their communications [...]
The Goode Life (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy - Happy Thanksgiving! Dr. Emoto's water crystal of love and gratitude
Lets have a cocktail (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy A little pic from the sandy beach of Cabo. To everyone celebrating Thanksgiving, where ever it finds you, and with old traditions or something that will begin as a tradition today, I hope you have an amazing holiday. There is much to be thankful for... http://feeds.feedburner.com/letshaveacocktail.blogspot.com...
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