Month: September 2007

Draft Dodgers Make a Comeback

No, not the US variety from the hippie-dippie 60’s. We now rely on poverty, patriotism, fake promises and economic hopelessness to fill out the ranks of our military. But in Israel, they still have a draft, and a movement...

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The Space Age Turns 50

I see by the NY Times that it is the 50th Anniversary of the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, the first successful space satellite that launched us into the space age. Because of Sputnik, which beat our first successful...

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Tuesday News Bucket

“Don’t you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’ but it doesn’t work.”  – Gallagher

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Power elite closed feedback loop

I am cross posting this entry from GOTV blog because it illustrates how it is possible for members of our power elite to believe that Up is Down.LANGLEY PRECINCT Voting history 1996, Clinton 35%, Moran, 57% 1997, Beyer, 44%...

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