What the heck is “artisanal” as in “fresh express artisanal salad”?
Is that a word?
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What the heck is “artisanal” as in “fresh express artisanal salad”?
Is that a word?
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Campbell Ohio Open Carry Protest 2010
When presented with an unreasonable policy, don't get mad. Just non-violently ignore it. "They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me, then they will have my dead body. NOT MY OBEDIENCE!" — from the movie Gandhi (1982) spoke by Ben Kingsley <unsure if it's a real quote. might or might not. but it was true to his spirit imho.> Maybe it was my "Homeland Security" shirt that depicted a Old West posse that did it.
ECTO, my desktop Client for blogging, is unable to post to the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom!
http://dumpdc.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/wikileaks/
Wikileaks
Who’s Hiding What and Why
by Fred Reed
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If you don’t think that contracts—money—have a great deal to do with wars, reflect that all those hundreds of billions of dollars end up in pockets, and those pockets do not belong to soldiers. Makers of body armor, boots, ammunition, helicopters, on and on, are rolling in gravy. All this half-watched loot flows in cataracts at the price of at most sixty dead American kids a month (and lots of brain-damaged droolers, but what the hey). A bargain. Afghans don’t count.
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Who’s getting rich off the AfPak war?
Is this another case of privatizing the profits and socializing the losses?
Time to change policy. And if, like baseball, we can’t change the policy, change the head coach!
In this case, ALL incumbents should be shown the door. While the new politicians may be worse than the current, we should just keep the revolving door spinning. Could we do any worse?
How about we pick folks from the unemployment office? At least, then they will have a job. And, when they select their staff, they have to take folks from that unemployment office. It may increase costs a little, but it may cut down on the graft and theft.
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“Do or do not… there is no try.”
(To do it justice, you must say the word try with all the revulsion and disgust you can put on it. Like you were talking about a rapist, a child murderer, or a politician!)
– Yoda (Fictional character from George Lucas's "Star Wars" movie)
I now try to never ever say the word try!
I've learned the hard way that idle speculation on what might have been is counter productive and a waste of time.
Probably the day I decided which College to attend.
I had been accepted to: Stamford, Notre Dame, Fordham, and Manhattan. I chose Manhattan because it was easiest and cheapest. It's hard to imagine one day in my life that was so pivotal. That decision determined so much of my future. It was the choice that cut off three other branches.
In my novel, I'd have the ability to see "… the Eternal Possibilities Machine, which generates all the possibilities for use in creating the alternative worlds. In all those probability lines …" CHURCH 10●19●62 (Vol 1) 978-0-557-08387-9 page 45.
That would tell me how things would have been different. Unfortunately, unlike the Bill Murray movie "GROUNDHOGS DAY", you don't get the benefit of do overs.
So, I'll never know what could have happened.
Shoulda, coulda, and woulda! They'll kill you.
… … to make it easy to recommend this to a friend, an enemy, or just the Universe.

“Try it. You’ll like it.”
It’s in the top right hand corner of every page.
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No complications. Not what they thought it was. (They thought cyst; it was “gunk”. Technical medical term?) Some what longer incision than I thought. Several days of care required. Two weeks later I get the stitches out. Then I’ll have a scar. Make me look like pirate?
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Green Police: Audi Super Bowl Ad
Absolutely hits too close to home. Even the non-political types who were watching the game were upset by the commercial. It may have started a small “tea party” on its own.
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How To Hack Wireless
Safe for work
Warning for WEP users. Don’t do your banking, or anything important, on that connection.
Don’t you just love command line stuff? How long until it is packaged for the script kiddies?
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“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
-Winston Churchill
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Bullion Is A Girl’s Best Friend
ROFL!

The movie made him look old and fat. frau was disappointed. (her pick!) made old people look pathetic. And the kids look like idiots. Typical hollywood stereo types. I thought it was a bust like Mama Mia. Wait for it on free tv. imho
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Obama has sex with China – chinese president bends over for Obama!
NOT SAFE FOR WORK
But absolutely funny!
The fact that it is right on target makes it sadly funny.
Sound track is LOUD.
And, SnL does mistate the size of the Chinese Debt with is easily 5T$.
Enjoy. I found it to be a hoot.
POLITICS: Stop the Abortion Mandate
In what realm is it fair to make people (like me) pay for what is morally abhorrent? Where does the Constitution say that the federal gooferment has the right to do this?
Government is the meme that kills! All of us. First our souls; then our bodies. Separate Government from all the various things it has intruded upon.
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Yeah, and I feel real special. You used me as an unpaid testing staff, and now I can pay you. I don’t think so. I’m not interested and why do I have to do anything?
<Just Shaking My Head>
How to win friends and influence people?
“effective today”
Adding this to my not recommended!
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Trying the the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom capability to post from an email. This would eliminate the need for ECTO which is causing me problems now with blank posts.
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Unfortunately, the gooferment writes the history book. And, now teaches the young to bey. Secrets are hidden almost forever. A sad day for the American experiment in so many ways. Did the experiment end with the bloody “civil” war? If not, Shay’s rebellion? We’re just kidding ourselves that we control this monster called government. That’s why I call government the meme that kills and enslaves us. Time to update out thinking?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/medicalrecords/
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Whether CCHIT should have such power is arguable, said Fred Trotter, co-founder of the Liberty Medical Software Foundation, a group devoted to promoting open-source EHR systems. In a blog post published in June, he described their certification process as “a check-list for a Proprietary, Rigid, Overweight, Bloated, Loaded, Expensive, and Massive (or PROBLEM for short) EHR products.”
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Great find!
Can apply to most IT infrastructure projects today.
I’d call “o” as over-budget!
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Shona Holmes- Against Nationalized Health Care Ad
One minute ad about health care. Very powerful stuff.
Send Obama-Care to where we sent Hilary Care. The discard pile.
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The Power to Create
45 seconds! ROFL. Maybe this is what the Pope was thinking about!
June 26th Dollar, Greenspan, Cap & Trade, Clinton, Amazon
Calling them as he sees them. And, he really nails “Helicopter Ben”!
France ponders a burqa ban: No cover up | The Economist
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France ponders a burqa ban
No cover up
Jun 25th 2009 | PARIS
From The Economist print edition
The government takes on a âwalking prisonâ
WHEN the French government decided in 2004 to ban the Muslim headscarf in state schools and other public buildings, it set off a heated debate over religious expression and womenâs rights in a secular state. Now Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked another by calling the burqa, a head-to-toe Islamic garment, âa sign of subjugationâ¦of debasementâ that is ânot welcome on French territoryâ.
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Wonder how this will play in America?
We have “religious freedom”. But, no overt religious symbols law, but will this stretch “tolerance”.
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Newsroom June 12
This is pretty funny. Especially the “government sucks” slip.
Five minutes well spent!
Worth the price.
Not a classic.
Certain “science” was weak.
Last action stunt unbelievable; I’ve had the parasail jump training. Landings on water hurt; slamming into a building, you ain’t walking around.
Hanks only “name”; second string actors gave very credible performances.
Biometrics can tell a “dead” eye.
BUT, (there is always a big butt), a fun viewing.
Certainly not as good as the original.
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Keep Your Rhythm
30 April 2009
By Frank Scoblete
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I am fully aware that some casino players think that a necessary ingredient of going to the casinos is for the player to lose control. They view their casino time as some kind of “letting it all hang out” experience. According to the Captain, not only is that dangerous to your health, it is also dangerous to your bankroll and you peace of mind.
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My greatest flaw is probability.
Especially on a slot where I have played for a long time, the jackpot just has to hit.
I’ve proven in my own mind that a long run without a jackpot means one is “due”.
In group play, with Luddite and our wives, I’ll stay on a machine that has “broken” us. Say a penny slot, playing for 45 or 75 cents a spin, has taken 80 bucks from us. Haning on for so more play at max coins has been very profitable. Not at progressives where I don’t think they ever pay or it’s hard to get away with winnings.
In personal play, I try to be very disciplined. Sometimes it even works. On non-progressive pennies, I try to find one that hasn’t been “hit”. Either by observation or looking at the last cash out. I’ll play minimum coins maximum lines for half my stake and max for the last half. Jury’s still out at that.
Drinking or tired are two fatalities to disciplined play. Together it’s a killer.
Argh!
No easy road to riches!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dNcfDyWGaI&feature=player_embedded
New Series Profiles Dallas DA’s Efforts to Find Wrongly Convicted
Radley Balko | March 29, 2009, 10:29am
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Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins—a former defense attorney—has garnered national headlines for his efforts to uncover wrongful convictions in his jurisdiction. He’s actively working with the Innocence Project and with Dallas defense attorneys to seek out possible injustices perpetrated by his predecessors in the DA’s office.
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Yeah, another myth. Better one innocent man go free?
And, the gooferment’s justice system is about “justice”!
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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTkzMzllNmE3MDM3NDhmMjcxZjA5MTE0OTk5NDJkODQ=
NRO BLOG ROW – THE CORNER – Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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Accordingly, conservatism will return to prominence when it uses time-honored and unchanging free-market principles to address new problems, and when it finds advocates who both are adept at communication with non-traditional audiences (e.g., why it is in the interest of African-Americans to be skeptical of abortion on demand, why Hispanic small-business people need to be wary of intrusive regulations, why Asian-Americans should fear affirmative-action-driven de facto racial quotas at the University of California, why talented teachers should not have to join bureaucratic, ossified unions, why today’s young people should not have to pay off Obama’s annual $1.7 trillion deficits, etc.) and believe in their message’s resonance, without trimming[?] for the applause of the moment.
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As “conservatism” seeks to return us to the “classical liberalism” of the First American Revolution, a little L libertarian like myself can agree that it’s a good first step.
Unfortunately, for as smart as I feel the DOWGs were, and they were far smarter than I, and more courageous as well, I don’t think we can rewind the clock.
We have to take those “classically liberal” principles and move forward applying them to today’s problems.
Just as the King was rightly opposed as tyrannical, so to must we oppose the new “king” — the overpower all-encompassing gooferment.
Empowering the individual to make their own choices and bear the consequences of bad choices.
So, we have to have miniscule government. Close to the people. With it’s only mission being to protect the rights of individuals.
Argh!
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Dear Blog Reader,
Time to take this “publishing press” out for a spin. Not for me, but for a little girl. It’s a long shot, but you wouldn’t happen to be drinking buddies with a “pediatric GI specialist”?
My fellow alumi, Bern Kelly, is looking for some help at getting a pediatric GI specialist at NYP-Cornell Medical Center to review her case sooner rather than later. Know anyone who can help?
If you can, I’ll owe you one and have to do pennance for all the mean things I’ve said about bloggers, blogging, and blog readers.
thanks,
fjohn
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Welcome to Caitlin’s Chronicles – created to keep our network of friends and family around the globe updated about our darling Caitlin Anne.
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Well, we’ve been quiet about being at home, because poor Caitlin’s colon continues to have troubles. She wasn’t ‘sick’ enough to keep in the hospital, but she isn’t well enough to be OK either. I called the pediatric surgeon on call at the hospital on Sunday and got Dr. LaQuaglia himself. He said to skip the low residue diet and revert back to lots of liquids, but can give yogurt, custards, some eggs, etc. After a very wakeful and painful night, I sent the following email to the Nurse Practitioners on the surgical team:
“Just checking in to find out if there has been any progress with getting a GI specialist to look at Caitlin’s case. She is experiencing quite a bit of pain – I assume it is gas pain; it is relatively random, although it seems worst not too long after she eats and at nighttime. The issue I struggle with is that there doesn’t seem to be a game plan to help her until a GI specialist examines her and I don’t know whether I am helping her by feeding her (and filling the empty stomach/giving nutrition) or if it is actually hurting her because it is creating a ‘backlog’ of gas that she is having issues expelling due to the inflamed colon. There are times where she is perfectly fine and times where she screams in pain. Please help me help her for I am at a loss.”
I was quite surprised when Dr. LaQuaglia himself called me back. He is confident she needs a colonoscopy and if things continue the way they have, there was talk of putting the ileostomy back until chemo treatments end and try again then. After all, this leukemia monster lurking in the background (for the time being) isn’t going to sit and wait patiently for the GI issues to resolve themself. We have an appointment with Dr. LaQuaglia tomorrow for him to examine Caitlin’s surgical site and, we hope, come up with a game plan. Apparently, getting the pediatric GI specialist at NYP-Cornell Medical Center to review her case sooner rather than later is easier said than done. I also placed a call to Caitlin’s pediatrician to fill them in and they are looking into pediatric GI doctors as well. Anyone got a pull at NYP?? (Hey, got to ask……..) We will let you know how the appointment goes……
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