Monday, November 23, 2009

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The politics of whining

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This morning I found an article newly published on Alternet entitled "Why Do Conservatives Love Sarah Palin? Because She Never Stops Wh...
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Oh, this date

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Image from Wikimedia Commons Younger people may well not have this experience but I cannot ever be conscious of today's date without re...
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Oh, how lovely

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I'm offering this in memory of JFK. It's a variation on Taps: Il Silenzio from Brandon Noonan on Vimeo . The trumpet soloist, Meli...

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

And that's not all ...

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Oooh: very snarky snark

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It's from Letterman , of course: Sarah Palin's book is big, 400 pages. She wrote the book herself and agonized over every word, and ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Friday cat blogging!

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Photo from Wikimedia Commons
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Crumbs: we're losing Moyers

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Well, it had to happen. The New York Times is reporting that Bill Moyers is retiring from weekly television: The PBS mainstay Bill Moyers ...

Ha!

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I nicked this one over from MadPriest's place (of course!):
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Something about choices

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I came across this today and I think it bears reflecting upon: To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Underreported Army suicides

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This is very, very disturbing: According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been c...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Excellent snark on Palin

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Just take a look: In her new book, Sarah Palin claims that before John McCain chose her as his running mate, his campaign spent $50,000 on a...
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What the Republicans want to do

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I just read an article over on the Alternet site entitled "15 Awful Things Republicans Would Do If They Had the Chance" . It's...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Take the trouble to say "thank you"

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Okay, folks. Even though I am strongly, strongly anti-war, every time I see someone in military uniform, I go up to that person and thank hi...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

There must be a better way...

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Back when I was a novice in the convent, our chaplain (who is now Professor of Ascetical Theology at Emory University) gave a lecture on Bu...

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