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New definition of legality

New AP story:"DOJ: NSA Could've Monitored Doctors' Calls By KATHERINE SHRADER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency could have legally monitored ordinarily confidential...

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Blowing into the Wind

I played a concert today blowing into a full gale coming off the water.  The band was distraught; not just music blowing away, but stands falling over, instruments damaged.  The infinite frustration of...

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Doughnuts and senior votes

"As you wander throughout life, brother Whatever be your goal, Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole."    (On wall mural in old Mayflower Hotel coffee shop in Washington DC) This is...

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Soldier Inadequately Treated for PTSD Kills Iraqui Family

Ken Kesey would be so proud of the cuckoo's nest we seem to have flown into in the war on Iraq.  Inadequate treatment of the mentally ill, the PTSD victims, the soldiers stressed beyond any ability to...

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Individual Health Policy Cancellations: systematic, routine and unjustified

Every single one.Blue Cross in California has been routinely cancelling the coverage of women who (horrors!) become pregnant, or people who (heaven forfend!) get sick and need medical care.Kudos to...

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FDA plans to mislabel your food

I thought about calling this "Vegetables of Mass Destruction--purloined edition" but figured I wouldn't come close to meeting the high standards set by the author of that brilliant series.  However, I...

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A "shelter dog" and a "mutt like me"

In these days of hard economic times, thousands more homeless animals are dropped at our local animal shelters, which cannot keep up with the overflow. Some come from families that find they can no...

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Alert 7.3 Quake off Haiti coast

And Tsunami warning through Bahamas and points south.  BBC reportsThere were no confirmed reports of damage or casualties in Haiti.But witnesses in the capital Port-au-Prince spoke of feeling the shock...

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We need to treat well the least among us

Flying late last week, 3 back to back flights.  2 or 4 am I was up late, annoying the steward and stewardess in the galley by standing in their already cramped space, because I couldn't take the seat...

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Beyond sick-making

Washington Post has just reported in their blog that the Loudon County Republican Party has a halloween montage prominently featuring President Obama with a bloody bullet hole in his forehead.  I won't...

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A tunnel (or bridge) too far?

Skimming the local news, I ran into an astonishing quote regarding possibly tunneling from Virginia to Maryland.  I'm not sure this county supervisor was quoted correctly, but if he was it certainly...

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Bloomberg Endorses Obama

Bloomberg just endorsed Obama.Storms have consequences.Wanted to get the word out quickly, because I think this is a significant endorsement coveted by both parties.

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Breaking: Saudi King Abdullah has died

90 years old.  More or less a friend to the US.  It will be interesting to see what happens next.Washington Post storyNYT story

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