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In the Spirit of Geeks Everywhere...
This is a reprinting of a post by Heather over at KelticKaos that interested me. My entire life before computers was spent with my nose in a book so as you read you can see why it interested me. The bolds were changed from hers to mine. To see hers click...
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30 Sep 2008 3:03 PM
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Wall Street, R.I.P.: The End of an Era, Even at Goldman
Ok, call me a geek but this article was a very interesting read. It lays out specifics of the Wall Street collapse, but for the most part is about Goldman Sachs, in a way I've never read before. I'm sure you all get the gist of what happened but...
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30 Sep 2008 2:53 PM
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Pisser Mondays...
I know I said I would find some humor/satire to post about the bailout today but instead I think I will start a new series called Pisser Mondays...because honestly I can not for the life of me find any humor in this day... It seems as though I have lost...
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29 Sep 2008 3:17 PM
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Here it is--A Section by Section Breakdown of the Bailout
Click the title link for the MSN page. Click here for a full pdf (110 pages) of the drafted bill. Click here for related articles from The Washington Post. Click here for articles from The New York Times. Tomorrow I'll try to find some humor or at...
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29 Sep 2008 4:14 AM
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The Debate
You all know I suffer from AADD don't you? The one thing that is annoying about it, aside from the obvious, is sometimes during lectures I hit on and can-not-for-the-life-of-me-understand-wtf-the-lecturer-meant-by-the-statement. This drives me crazy...
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27 Sep 2008 4:40 PM
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Post on the debate later...but for now...
I have to make the chili, but first I have to go buy the stuff to make the chili :) So I'll just leave you with some cool posters I found... Click each one for a larger image. These are a representative (the first six pages of 17!) sample of what...
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27 Sep 2008 1:20 PM
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You Just Gotta Love Wanda Sykes!
Usually I make a point to stay up to watch Wanda Sykes when she is on Leno because she is just sooo damn funny, but this week I missed it, so I'm posting it here because it's priceless :) Read More...
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26 Sep 2008 3:41 PM
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USC...OOPS!...Sorry...NOT!
Jacquizz Rodgers , I think I love all 5'6", 180 pounds of you! Now, most of you know that I don't watch football...mainly because I get the yard-by-yard-minute-by-minute updates from the boy, who, as most of you know, would die for the Georgia...
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26 Sep 2008 2:44 PM
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The numbers are debatable, but the idea is one I could live with :)
Hockeydino , my favorite republican has a post on his blog from yesterday that I started to repost, then decided not to, then decided, oh, what the hell... " Financial Bliss Could Be Yours Posted on 9/24/2008 07:47:00 PM comments (5) Labels: AIG...
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26 Sep 2008 11:27 AM
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Attack Your Limitations: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths from Zen Habits
If you haven't made it to the Z in my blogroll yet you should really put Zen Habits in your reader. "Attack Your Limitations: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths “Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Something that...
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26 Sep 2008 4:36 AM
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Craig Ferguson on John McCain Suspending His Campaign :)
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25 Sep 2008 9:44 PM
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Michael Weiss's White Paper to Congress--Final Draft
Be sure to watch the video, it's long but worth it. "Dear Subscriber, Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. We believe Congress may be on the verge of making what could become one of the greatest policy mistakes of modern times, passing bailout legislation...
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25 Sep 2008 12:12 PM
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Letterman on McCain's No-Show
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25 Sep 2008 4:32 AM
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Hilary in the Senate....OMG! This is Hilarious!!!
*EDIT* ok, I stand corrected. The Onion is a satire magazine so it is parody...but OMG it is still funny. Would be funnier if it was the truth... *EDIT* At first read, I thought surely this had to be some form of parody....then I kept reading. After spitting...
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24 Sep 2008 2:45 PM
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$5 Billion Down...$695 billion to go...Next?
Go to the New York Times to find the perfect answer :) This is the way it should be. The people who have made the billions should now take this time to put back in to the country so in need and not put it on the taxpaying, working class. Warren Buffet...
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24 Sep 2008 10:51 AM
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October 11, 2008--Global Day of Civil Disobedience--Mark Your Calender!
This article has been reprinted from OpEd News. Please click the title link for the article and related links. "Global Day of Civil-Disobedience by chris rice www.opednews.com End the war. Stop the bail-outs. No more warrantless surveillance. No...
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23 Sep 2008 2:35 PM
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An Interesting Email from Martin Weiss...
"To Congress: Please Do Not Spread the Panic by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. Dear Subscriber, Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. The proposal before Congress for a $700 billion mega-bailout is far too little to repair the damaged debt and derivatives markets ... and...
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23 Sep 2008 12:28 PM
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Sometimes You Just Have To Feel Sorry For Dogs...
This morning is one of those mornings. 4:15 am. I am awaken with this god-awful crashing, running, banging, scrambling, tumbling noise in the attic, right over my head. It sounds, like it always does, as if whatever it is will come crashing through the...
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23 Sep 2008 11:36 AM
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More on the Proposed Bailout Plan...
I sincerely hope that you, my readers 1)will read, 2)will use the widget on the left sidebar to contact everyone you can think of to voice your protest. It is just ludicrous to pay Wall Street for their greed and their complete and total disregard of...
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22 Sep 2008 1:02 AM
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Text of Draft Proposal for Bailout Plan
This is one of those times when I think my readers need to see the entire article from The New York Times. There is a title link also. "LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL FOR TREASURY AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE MORTGAGE-RELATED ASSETS Section 1. Short Title. This Act...
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21 Sep 2008 2:40 PM
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A History Lesson
If you are thinking something just didn't sound quite right about the speech Bush gave today then click the title link for a very interesting history lesson. Also click here for the Nuts Game. Read More...
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19 Sep 2008 10:01 PM
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OK, I know I live in Po-Dunk, but this is just not fair!
"clipped from fresh.amazon.com Amazon Fresh Welcome to AmazonFresh, the Seattle area's newest online grocery service founded by Amazon! We offer thousands of fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable grocery items—from farm-fresh produce and meat, to milk...
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19 Sep 2008 2:51 PM
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Palin's Churches and the Third Wave
"Part One History and Theology of the Third Wave Sarah Palin has refused to acknowledge belonging to any specific denomination or any particular religious stream. However, it is now well documented that she spent her youth in an Assembly of God church...
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19 Sep 2008 1:18 PM
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The Jesse Levi Chronicles--Part One
So I've finally found something worthy of Prin's Pink Diamonds. It was my last attempt at actual literary writing. Be forewarned though, it's not for the shy, or faint of heart. There are eight parts and a "closure." I may or may...
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19 Sep 2008 4:11 AM
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Some days I should just never get out of bed...
Today, I think. is going to be one of those days... My search started last night around midnight actually. It is now 5am and I am back at it. Does this tell you anything? I was in search of an add on for firefox that an idiot could use to capture screen...
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18 Sep 2008 11:56 AM
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The real difference between liberals and conservatives :)
I told you there'd be more :) Read More...
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18 Sep 2008 11:56 AM
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I wish I was funny :)
I used to be funny and in fact I had someone from my middle school contact me via classmates.com asking me to join a group and all they could remember of me back then was that I was just so freaking funny :) Yep, that was me, the funny fat girl, class...
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17 Sep 2008 2:49 PM
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Steenky Bee
Not only is the writing hilarious but the pictures are just as funny :) Read More...
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17 Sep 2008 1:35 AM
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Cousin John, where did you go? Written by Adam Vaulx Boles
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17 Sep 2008 12:12 AM
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Hockeydino--My Favorite Republican :)
I can't allow myself, even for a moment, to agree with most anything he says or I will go running with flailing hands in the air off the nearest bridge somewhere :) But, and it's a nice one too, I imagine, I swear he makes me take pause and think...
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16 Sep 2008 4:16 PM
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S.1738 Needs your help, please contact your senator
This excerpt is from Senator Joe Biden's website: "Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed two bipartisan bills by U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE) designed to protect families from violence at home and on the Internet...
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16 Sep 2008 12:07 AM
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Busy Busy Busy
Let's all head on over to Jason Divett's hilarious social work student blog and give him so hugs...he's at that juncture...you remember the one..."everything is crap and I don't want to do this anymore" juncture. I for one hope...
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15 Sep 2008 9:13 PM
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Allen L. Roland's Radio Weblog: Obama's Greatest Obstacle is Voter Apathy and the Culture of War--Salon.com
Sometimes you just have to include a quote from the article, especially when it is so right on the money... "Gary Kamiya, Salon, comments on the re-emergence of the divisive Republican tactic of the culture war ~ " Bush was the great divider...
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15 Sep 2008 4:48 PM
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An Alaska Native speaks out on Palin, Oil and Alaska
Boy this was a tear-jerker. As always click the title link to read the OpEdNews article. OpEdNews also has a great resource page for potential funding resources. Read More...
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14 Sep 2008 1:55 AM
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Ike
Well, this bad boy is huge! Here's a satelite picture of him. I was just looking at the beach cam of Mobile. If the waves from the outer bands are any indication he's going to be a bad one. Imagine the nightmare of trying to evacuate a city the...
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12 Sep 2008 3:55 PM
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Vote for Palin---The Real One
Found this over at Shakesville :) I also found some cool links over at S&F Online : "S&F Online (http://www.barnard.edu/sfonline) provides public access to the Barnard Center for Research on Women's most innovative programming by posting...
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12 Sep 2008 1:26 PM
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Oh and OMG! This is funny... "The Uncle Charlie Interview" by Mike Malloy for OpEd News
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12 Sep 2008 4:06 AM
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Women Against Sarah Palin Blog
Oh, goody...I can let it go now..........maybe :) Their original call to action "Friends and compatriots, We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for...
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12 Sep 2008 3:52 AM
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Makes You Laugh :)
It's such a serious day I thought a little humor might help :) These were taken from Makes You Laugh a very funny blog :) "JOKE: A big-city California lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer...
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11 Sep 2008 4:35 PM
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T. Boone Pickens
Today on the anniversary of September 11 I think T. Boone Pickens has a great idea for reducing our dependence on foreign oil...have a listen. CNN.com/technology--Oil billionaire puts his money on wind power Build your own Model Axis Wind Turbine Notice...
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11 Sep 2008 1:29 PM
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