Archive for August, 2006
Friday, August 18th, 2006
I was reading an article on The Swamp, one of the Chicago Tribune's blogs, about an email Senator John Kerry sent to his supporters today. In the email, Senator Kerry lambastes Senator Joe Lieberman for repeating Vice President Cheney's rhetoric that voters who fail to support the war in Iraq ...
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
This New York Times piece provides some pretty clear evidence why "staying the course" in Iraq simply won't work, for us or for the Iraqis:
Along with a sharp increase in sectarian attacks, the number of daily strikes against American and Iraqi security forces has doubled since January.
Our troops are facing ...
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
You have probably heard about the most recent terror plot that was unfolding in England over the past couple of days. The plot was to use seemingly innocuous ingredients to construct a bomb on an airplane and subsequently detonate it when the plane was over the Atlantic Ocean.
My first thought ...
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
I was sitting here eating lunch in the lab, and while I was reading some news online, a fly proceeds to fly about half way between my face and my monitor. One or two times of this happening is alright, but it really gets old after a dozen times or ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
As you may know, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) started on July 28 and is scheduled to finish this Thursday, August 10. The winner of the event gets $12 million. Other top finishers win millions, or hundreds of thousands, of dollars as well. It's quite a payout.
Almost all of ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Tonight after softball practice, Ariele took me to KFC to pick up some dinner for myself (she was having leftovers). When we pulled up to the restaurant, I got out so I could get in line while she parked the car. Very soon after I got in line, a man ...
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