Now we're cookin' and it's a sound idea, too | Tech news blog - CNET News.com Two billion people around the globe still depend on open wood fires for cooking. Hmm. That can't mean that 2 billions people are...
Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: “This chamber is, for the most part, silent—ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no...
It is time to stop referring to the “fired U.S attorneys scandal” by that misnomer, and call it what it is: a White House-coordinated effort to use the vast powers of the Justice Department to swing elections to Republicans. This is...
The Democrats and the “Human Shields” Myth by Stephen Zunes Israelis from across the political spectrum, emboldened by the interim report from the government’s Winograd Commission, which investigated Israel’s ill-fated assault on Lebanon, are expressing regrets over last summer’s conflict with their...
I’ve been looking at the race for the Republican presidential nomination, and I’ve come to a disturbing conclusion: maybe we’ve all been too hard on President Bush. No, I haven’t lost my mind. Mr. Bush has degraded our government and undermined...
today marked the date of the much anticipated field trip to the knoxville zoo. mark took abel and accompanied the masses of kindergartners leaving ollie and i to carry on with all of the bed rest. the boys'...
The following is a story from the Chattanoogan.com about Kudzu grazing goats maintained by the city of Chattanooga to dine on as much Kudzu as they could possibly want. I got tickled at the guy who said he didn't know...
Tech problems again: we can't post pictures, for some reason. So this update will be entirely verbal, although hopefully not an actual kajillion words. New stuff to report:- Better, faster walking technique. Less head injuries thanks to less tripping.- New,...
My anticipation for Christopher Hitchens' debates with Doug Wilson & Marvin Olasky has been exceeded only by my surprise at their occurrence and the relatively mediocre outcome of both. Internally, I've always kept the two worlds, one of bizarre & utterly-self...
From MSNBC. In this photo provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, examines coins recovered from the "Black Swan" shipwreck with an unidentified member of the conservation team Thursday at an undisclosed location 500,000,000 dollars. See the...
Simson describes three different kinds of church gatherings, home church (10-15), congregational (50-499 ish), and area wide celebration (>500). This prayer, along with many others, has evolved from a congregational mentality. I heard it prayed in a congregation just...
Frank Bowman, law professor, says Congress should impeach Atty Gen Alberto Gonzales, and it has power to do so under Article II of Constitution; says Gonzales, having elected to testify before Congress to discuss firing of US attorneys, has no...
I've never had any aspirations of being an athlete, and that's a good thing since I'm seriously devoid of any self-discipline. But I do regularly go on a pretty good guilt trip over my "lack of stewardship" of the body...
Fuller asked for and was given cheese and popcorn earlier. The thing that is amazing is that he actually ate some of the cheese and some of the popcorn. Both were declared "Good" complete with tummy rub. The antibiotics seem...
In the absence of straight answers from this administration, journalists must resort to triangulation to determine the truth. Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified in gripping detail Tuesday about the 2004 revolt by top Justice Department officials against President Bush's...
My mom has had some visits from good friends recently. They have been assisting her in getting ready for their upcoming move to Texas. As I mentioned before, my dad got miraculously promoted to Lt. Colonel and soon after he...
Former Assistant Attorney General James Comey, a dogged prosecutor and Bush appointee unleashed a firestorm Tuesday, when, as part of his testimony in a hearing about the Justice Department's firing of U.S. Attorney's for political purposes, he told a made...
Bush, Gonzales, Card Clearly Implicated Tuesday was a remarkable day at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. The exchange between Sen. Charles Schumer, R, NY and former Deputy Attorney General James Comey provides clear evidence pointing to criminal activity by the...
Ah... after a little bit of drama, we finally managed to close on our house yesterday!Here's a picture. The current owners are moving next week, so we'll take possession then, but we'll probably do a few projects before we acutally...
When then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales went to John Ashcroft's hospital room on the evening of March 10, 2004 to ask the ailing Attorney General to override Justice Department officials and reauthorize a secret domestic wiretapping program, he was acting...
News Flash: The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the...
Am very much a fan of the "Jar" commercial, directed by Traktor, filmed in Patagonia, featuring the song "Catch the Wind" by Donovan, for GE's Ecomagination campaign, which is intended to promote the company as being involved in things, stuff,...
Tennessee Women's Economic Summit From Duffy Hudson, Hamilton County Democratic Party Assistant Director: Party Chair John Bailes and I attended this powerful event at Cleveland State College last Friday, May 11. The one-day event was well attended, and it had the...
On Thursday May 3, the conservation group Southwings provided an overflight of the Pisgah National Forest and Fontana Lake adjacent to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Here are some photos that were taken that day. They provide a...
I had kind of a bummer of an evening last night, I guess in hindsight its not a huge crisis but discouraging just the same. I got some jewelry making supplies out last night that I had taken to the...
"Their responsibility is to equip the Big Guy's people to do His work and build up the Body." Ephesians 4:12 (very roughly paraphrased) As Lisa and I have spent time at the UTC Christian Student Center and now in China, our...
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