BeldarBlog has an excellent post on the Kerry Naval discharge story, examining some of the pertinent Naval regulations and source documents through Lexis/Nexis: Was Kerry’s original discharge less than honorable?
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This webinar, chaired by Josh Rosenau, shows activists, educators, and other concerned citizens how to counter science denial attacks in the classroom and in the community. This is the first in a new series of online workshops aimed at broadening and deepening the networks that make NCSE's work possible. Where: online When: November 25, 2013.
These excerpts are from one of the many defining speeches that Nelson Mandela gave, from the Rivonia trial where he was found guilty of sabotage. In it he gives a clear answer to accusations of communism, and the reasons the ANC chose sabotage over other forms of active resistance. After he was sentenced he would not be heard again for decades. I have always ...
Justice! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by him between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles - including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Some of the juveniles he sentenced were as young as 10-years old. Ciavarella was convicted of 12 counts, including racketeering, money laundering, mail ...
Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh looked at the number of reported cases of polio, measles, rubella, mumps, hepatitis A, diphtheria and whooping cough before and after vaccines were available. The projections are based on how many cases would have occurred if a vaccine was not developed for each. We already knew that vaccines were behind the eradication of smallpox and will be a ...
(CNN) -- My first investigation as a new Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer with the Centers for Disease Control was of a large outbreak of measles, mostly among Hispanic children, many under a year old, and many who became infected when they visited hospital emergency departments for other reasons. I will never forget how nervous I was. I wanted to do a good job ...
I Can't tell you how sad this is. One of the many, many sad tales that have resulted from domestic abuse. ST. LOUIS • Police say a reported "knockout game" attack that recently attracted national attention to St. Louis is false. Ashley DePew, 23, and her boyfriend Justin Simms, 25, were charged Friday with falsifying a police report. The pair had claimed DePew was ...
Been working with a new torch and some different ways to capture the fire. So I stepped back behind the torch and handed my 7D to a lurkin lizard by the handle of Leftwingconspirator. He is expert with the camera, and we do enjoy partnering up on projects like this and my recent purple gold video. More: Ballard Light Capture: Playing With Fire
This is a nice piece of writing about winter and climate. Reminds me of my late Aunt Pat who said, 'When I think back to summer, it's like I was sleeping and dreaming. Only in winter am I wide awake.' A modern snowmobile is more powerful than any machine that existed on the planet 200 years ago. Today's snowmobiles go far and fast. In ...
A group of law professors have written to the House and Senate blasting a controversial amendment to the farm bill currently undergoing negotiations. Originally published in a study, the letter penned by 14 law professors was obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle and not released publicly. In it, they reportedly criticize the Protect Interstate Commerce Act introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an amendment ...
So I saw an article linked from FARK this morning that, while brief, was absolutely unhinged in its tone. Since the source article is so short, I'm only going to link it here rather than posting an excerpt. However, I do want to talk about its source article: A Washington Post report on the FBI surveillance of a suspected terrorist. The key point I ...
There are many reasons why this guy sucks, here's but three: The Time Mark Driscoll Said that Men Should Prune and Fertilize Their Wives Like a Prize Turnip or Something Via The Stranger: A husband should be the firm and responsible head of his household, the leader of a "little flock called home and family." He should think of his wife as "a garden" ...
Bharatiya Janata Party is projected to emerge as the single largest party in the Delhi Assembly elections winning between 32 and 42 seats in the 70 member House, said a post poll survey today. The poll conducted by CNN-IBN-CSDS-The Week said the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress party would receive a major drubbing getting only between 9-17 seats and debutant AAP notching 13-21 seats. Indicating their ...
File under: HOW DID I miss this? YouTube Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R) awkward attempt to link Vice President Joe Biden to the GOP's policies against womens' reproductive health was smacked down hard by Democratic National Committee chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) on Tuesday. "Democrats like to complain about a Republican 'war on women,'" Gingrich said on Crossfire, before mentioning Biden's visit ...
There is some very good news concerning blood cancers. University of Washington in Seattle and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have had some very successfully studies and results. Please read the articles from yahoo: news.yahoo.com and from Newsworks.org: newsworks.org
You know how its been said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic? Youtube Video And in case you don't believe the video has proof that its real! Update 12/7/13 at 1:57Pm It turns out The first video was of an April fools day joke, but people liked the idea so much, they made this real one. Youtube Video
Adventurer! The fellowship of Friends and Family brings you a large assortment of tabletop roleplaying games especially designed to introduce young players to the joys of roleplaying. With these .PDF ebooks, parents can teach these introductory games to their kids, and the kids can learn and play some of these games all by themselves. For just US$4.95, you get all the rulebooks in our ...
More: The Vicious Babushka: IT'S PIE DAY! the Lemon Meringue Pie We have not had a Pie Day! in a while, and we also neglected to even post to this blog during Hanukkah while we were on vacation in Alabama. Anyway this Lemon Meringue Pie was made the old-fashioned way and took over an hour of back breaking hard work so try it out! ...
I am just not sure if this is a serious concern or trivial. But the more ISP's and companies like adobe that get hacked, well I am considering doing much more to keep my data, computer and net traffic private. If Wired is right, and I see no reason to doubt this point-Emails, credit card data, passwords to online banking are all at risk. ...
There are indeed things we don't talk about and it's long past time we do talk about it, share it and stop feeling it's our fault. Mental, emotional and financial abuse is widespread. It may not leave bruises, but the injuries run deep. Women from all walks of life can be subject to it. It happens to people of all races, all faiths, all ...
Posting this as a San Diegan and why I haven't bought that fish rag called the Union Tribune in years. I've literally turned down free copies of it, its that worthless a paper: Recently Papa Doug has taken time out from cheerleading for a new football stadium that will cost the local taxpayers upwards of around $300 to 500 million (the same taxpayers who ...
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