WHAT TO DOBy Paul Krugmanhttp://www.truthout.org/1130...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Those who do not learn from history...are doomed to repeat it
Sun-Tzu Described TheUS Iraq/Afghan War From Dick Allgire11-29-8 Sun Tzu accurately described the consequences of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan centuries ago. Just shows we don't learn from history. ...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Great show in the sky tonight and tomorrow night! Don't miss it!
Jupiter, Venus, and the crescent moon will all be together in the southwest sky -- a spectacular sight. If you have a camera, you will want to take a photo of this.http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/2008/11/29/spectacular-conjunction-dec-1...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Bush and Cheney must be held accountable!
I agree fully with Turley's opinion. We either uphold the principles on which our country was founded, or we acknowledge we have become a different kind of country entirely--just another untrustable rogue nation on the planet. Bush and Cheney took us down a very dark road...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
TRULY AMAZING! Gin the dancing dog
Unbelievably talented dog! You've got to watch this video!!! http://www.familytiez.com/video/gin.htm...
The Lamest Duck -- Bush's Last Days
An excellent essay in TIME Magazine by Joe Klein. The author has crafted some perfect descriptions of Bush: "stupefying ineptitude," "overweening arrogance," and "paralytic incompetence." Read it fully at: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862307,00.htmlEXCERPT: At the end of a presidency of stupefying ineptitude, he has become the lamest...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Scientists are trying to understand dark matter
How little we really know about the universe -- and about our own origins. In so many ways we act as if we are superior beings, while acting like nursery school children. Amazing, isn't it? This is an intriguing article:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/science/25dark.html?_r=1&8...
Monday, November 24, 2008
NEWSWEEK: Think Again about the Value of Mammograms
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2008/11/24/the-value-of-mammograms-think-again.a...
Germany is first country to admit clandestine chemtrail operations
This is big news -- especially for those of us who, for years, have been warning about chemtrails, while being scoffed at for our "conspiracy" theories.http://www.chycho.com/?q=Chemtrails EXCERPT: For all those activists who have been investigating and reporting on clandestine government operations around the world to manipulate our weather patterns,...
Why America Feels Like It's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier
After Eight Long Years of Hell, THANK GOD Competence and Intelligence are returning to lead the country! We have been in the neocon wilderness far too long!Why America Feels Like It's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier for the Past Eight YearsBy John HallmanEXCERPT: It's like America lost a war, suffered an occupation and had to pay a 5 trillion dollar...
David Brooks, ultra-conservative Republican, thinks Obama team is great
A true miracle: David Brooks thinking the Dems are smart and are doing the right thing. Too bad he'll never be able to convince the farthest right wing of his party who have Sarah Palin pegged as their intellectual giant. But then, they thought Bush was wonderful, too.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21brooks.html?_r=1&oref=slo...
Further update on Store closings ...No Gift Cards this year
BE CAREFUL When BUYING GIFT CARDS this holiday. It would be better to give cash or a present. Here's why. Stores across America are being scheduled to close after the Christmas season due to economic difficulties and bankruptcy. If the store closes, the gift cards would be no good....
Sunday, November 23, 2008
You can read the entire short story of Benjamin Button online
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald is now a movie with Brad Pitt in the title role. In preparation for seeing the movie (or in lieu of seeing it), you can read F. Scott Fitzgerald's mystically intriguing short story in about 20 minutes online at: http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/...
An important health tip for the women who read this blog
I recently received the following e-mail from Dr. Susan Lark, who puts out an informative newsletter especially for women. This is such a simple tip -- and is worthwhile trying. I am using baking soda daily now -- and am grateful to Dr. Lark for giving us this important information. Of course, this tip isn't only for women -- men can use it, too,...
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Here's my answer to you, "Anonymous"
I just received a query from a reader of this blog who signs himself or herself "Anonymous." Here is what he/she wrote, in regard to the article about Obama trying to bring us 2.5 million new jobs by 2011: :How many really believe he will add 2.5 million jobs? How many really believe the dozens of other promises that he has made prior to the election?...
THE AMAZING LYREBIRD!
You’ll meet an amazing bird in this video. Some birds sing majestic and beautiful songs. Some just have ear-splitting squawks. The Lyrebird’s song is something else entirely. In this short video, David Attenborough tracks down one of these unusual birds. The Lyrebird can easily mimic other birds’ calls. More than that, it can mimic nearly any sound...
Store closings and potential impact on gift cards
Here is an updated list of large retail chains that are either going to close outlets by the end of 2008 or are in financial difficulty that may entail their closing soon.http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/storeclosings.asp...
Obama announces plan to create 2.5 million jobs
See video of his talk with the American people at www.huffingtonpost.comWe are a country without leadership in the White House until January 20, 2009. Bush is an empty suit sitting in the Oval Office, taking up space while Rome burns all around him. Cheney is in his "undisclosed location" where he's been for many months now -- and good riddance!...
Treating cancer with sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/20/winning-the-war-on-cancer.a...
Friday, November 21, 2008
Outlook for U.S. into 2025 doesn't look so good...
Many changes in sight for our kids and grandkids...it will be a very different picture on earth than it was for us...http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSN2041155720081...
Hillary as Sec. of State is a brilliant, though risky, move
Clinton might play bad cop to Obama's good copBy Steve Clemons EXCERPT: Clinton deploys ideas, tears them up when they don't work and relaunches them. She's tenaciously committed to results. If Obama wants to change the strategic game on Iran, Israel-Palestine, Syria, Cuba, Russia and other challenges, he will need partners who are perceived as tough,...
Dick Cheney indicted in Texas
An encouraging word from Texas!...and the following is a statement and video on the subject that I just received from brasschecktv. "I'm not sure anyone can fix the trashed world financial system...but I'll personally feel a whole lot better when Dick Cheney and George Bush are in jail. Half of that ideal may be on the verge of being achieved. ...
Sarah Palin outdoes herself -- in stupidity
Just when you think it can't get any worse. Sarah Palin (whom many in the Republican party would like to see in the presidency!) is blundering her way into all-new stupid territory, giving Duhmbya a run for his Dumbest-of-them-all title! Thinking Republicans will soon have to give up on their party altogether -- if they haven't already.Sarah's latest...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Lincoln quote - so very true!
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."--Abraham Linc...
Bush is the worst president in history
The following articles were written several months ago -- and the Bush presidency has gotten worse since then--to the point that he is now a pariah in the world. It couldn't have happened to a more deserving man. His only friends now are Barney the dog and Laura the wife...and I have my doubts about Barney. Maybe Laura, too, although she is cast...
An intelligent post from a reader of Huffington Post
Speaking of President Obama's casting a wide net--even into the Republican Party--for his cabinet members, a Huffington Post reader made the following observant remark:They drew a circle that shut me outHeretic, rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to win.I drew a circle that took them in.If you surf the right wing blogs, you'll see the...
VIDEO: World Leaders Snub Bush at Summit
Not one of them shook his hand or acknowledged him as he walked in a line of other leaders where everyone else was acknowledged with a handshake. If there was any doubt before, now there is no missing the scorn in which he is held. What is that old saying from the Bible? Oh yes: Pride goeth before a fall. The bullying arrogance of the Bush/Cheney...
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State? Maybe Not.
From the Huffington Post: Update 11/20: The New York Times reports that suspected leaks from the Clinton team are angering Obama aides and may threaten Hillary Clinton's position: Both sides were engaged in a delicate public and private dance, maneuvering for position and reputation in case the deal falls through. Aides in each camp have grown increasingly...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Chuck Hagel takes aim at Bush, Rush, and his own party
A very intelligent, introspective man who sees things as they really are, Republican Senator Chuck Hagel is speaking out to any Republican with brains and the sense to use them, should there be any of that type still left in existence. I hope Obama finds a place for Hagel in his administration. Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel...
Jabberwocky: Rush Limbaugh Style
Excerpt from following article: (This says it all in a nutshell)Lewis Carroll, creator of “Alice in Wonderland,” had a word describing what Limbaugh does regularly, and on which he has become a specialist. The word is jabberwocky, defined as nonsensical poetry, but generically means spouting perpetual absurdity, that which is totally lacking in reason...
Monday, November 17, 2008
NY TIMES HEADLINES WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE!
This (unfortunately) is only a "spoof" NY Times put out by pranksters...but oh, don't you wish the stories were true?!!! It's a Keeper, if only to buoy our hopes! As one of the pranksters said, "It's about what's possible, if we think big and act collectively." The Obama interview on 60 Minutes last night also gave me great hope. We will...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Change: How Political Eras End and Begin
by Ron Suskind, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/magazine/16change.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin EXCERPT: Bush, locked in his Oedipal struggles — father and son, World War II and Vietnam, a faded generation and a fading one — again and again mistook rigidity for fortitude and never really evolved in...
What a Depression Would Look Like
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/11/16/depression_2009_what_would_it_look_like/?page=full A depression today might look different from the one in the '30s, but its effects would be just as devastating on the public....
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Maya Angelou quote
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." --Maya Angelou...
Robert Frost quote
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."- Robert Fr...
Jokes to make you belly laugh
SUBJECT: And then the fight started........ My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping the channels. She asked, 'What's on the TV?' I said, 'Dust.' And then the fight started... ====================================================================== ...
Psychopaths in our midst
When I saw Bush recently being interviewed with the question, "What do you most regret from your eight years as president?" and heard his pitiful answer, I realized for certain that the man is incapable of feeling guilt or empathy. "Compassion" to him is just a word. Read the following to get Bush's answer regarding his "regrets" -- and other suggestions...
New Yorker article of Interest
For those who would like to know how the Sarah Palin VP choice came about, the following is a Very interesting article!The Insiders: How McCain Came to Pick Sarah Palinhttp://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_ma...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Doctors tell which vitamins they take
Notice that ALL of them take Vitamin D. The right kind to look for is Vitamin D3.http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/13/ep.vitamin.primer/index.html?iref=mpstoryviewEXCERPT: Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis, as well as other conditions....
Mysterious glowing aurora over Saturn confounds scientists
From the Keeping-Us-Humble Department: Another strange mystery to prove there is still so much for us to learn! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1085354/Mysterious-glowing-aurora-Saturn-confounds-scientists.h...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Frontline last night was well worth watching-- A Sad and Tragic Life
It showed the documentary Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. This video should be required viewing for all right wingers -- but, unfortunately, they would probably not see the real point being made in it. Instead, they would no doubt praise Atwater for his slick lies and wasted life, which spawned proteges like Karl Rove, who continue the same Machievellian...
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