tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34655302012-01-23T09:11:06.722-05:001 + 1 = 2Jomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10358298194918183025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465530.post-39492076958476055322011-11-27T23:54:00.003-05:002011-11-28T00:13:04.824-05:00

Is sex discrimination prohibited by the Constitution? The Texas Law Review is about to publish a paper that turns prevailing Originalist arguments on their head, asserting that sex discrimination is indeed unconstitutional.I'll see what I think about that after I finish studying for finals.(h/t to The Volokh Conspiracy)

Jomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10358298194918183025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465530.post-7024451242042955682011-10-12T23:21:00.001-04:002011-10-12T23:23:13.782-04:00

Now that that's cleared up...

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So now I can't shop at Whole Foods?John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, spouts off in the WSJ.The recent ("activist") Heller decision to apply the 2nd amendment to individuals,shows how the definition of "rights" evolves - even for supposed strict constructionists. The majority's reasoning is based on "historical background" and not on a strict reading of the Constitution itself. So when Mackey

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From the New York Times:“The outcome of this trial has never been in doubt,” Jared Genser, her international counsel in Washington, said Tuesday after the verdict was announced. “The real question is how the international community will react — will it do more than simply condemn this latest injustice?”The charge against Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi was prompted by a strange incident in early May when

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Since this has been the main subject of my recent posts, I might as well relay the latest... by way of The Root, which links to the Post piece about Lucia Whalen, the 911 caller. Reports of her actions - and supposed racist motives - are just wrong. Instead of catching a case of alarmism from the elderly woman who asked Whalen to call the police, she went and took a quick look at the situation

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Nice piece by Yale Ph.D candidate Brandon M. Terry... (h/t to Huffington Post)

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I guess it was all just a misunderstanding...(h/t to Huffington Post)

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I heard this on Al Sharpton's radio show today. He was interviewing Professor Charles Ogletree. Of course, when I got home and did a quick search for this post, Ta-Nehisi Coates had already beat me to it...

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For those interested in the latest events in Iran, check out persiankiwi's Twitter feed. May the Iranian people's voices be heard. May the powers-that-be exercise restraint. May peace return to the streets.May democracy and justice prevail.

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Marta showed me this picture a while ago. After reading the background (h/t Bossip) - that li'l man wanted to know if the President's hair felt like his own - my snarky, earlier impression and immediate comment on the historical practice of rubbing Negroes' heads for good luck seems, shall we say, to have slightly missed the point. Point taken.

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President Obama's message:

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Late-night, couchified thought: some people like Omelas just the way it is, thank you very much.

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Of all the wi-fi networks I've tried connecting to while waiting on Greta's door cable to get fixed, the "Apple Store" broadcast is the only one that actually works. Go figure.

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(h/t to Boing Boing)

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for Carlos (haiku)black magic shamaneighteen inches mind to heart journey of the soul

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white noise pause white noise rewindrules bending pulp to wood standwind filtering stone

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From Wired:1975: The pioneering computer-hobbyist group, The Homebrew Computer Club, holds its first meeting in a Silicon Valley garage. From its ranks will emerge industry pioneers like Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and hacker John Draper, aka Captain Crunch.It started with a flyer just for geeks posted on bulletin boards (the cork kind). "Are you building your own computer?

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...I really needed to check my memory against the video evidence.Yep. Still holds up."Brand New Funk" is one of my suggestions for PJ's mixtape project. Go check out his post and leave suggestions in the comments.

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We're ready now: BBC archive

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An interesting article by Jay Rosen I stumbled upon while scrolling through Huff Post takes a look at journalism's soft underbelly. Audience Atomization OvercomeIt's helpful to see an alternate model to journalistic "objectivity" used to analyze the inherent politics of news-making. (...I shouldn't have kept you)

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Marta's former colleague, our friend, and a father of 3... I present: Mr. Ross.(Today's word - agita - makes an appearance at about 1:50).

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In case you missed it, Marta's working on the Transition Team! Gettin' face-time on the change.gov website, too!

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I told some friends this weekend I'd have to buy Ebony magazine for the first time in my adult life. Why? Why ask why?

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(h/t to Ta-Nehisi Coates)

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President. Barack. Hussein. Obama.

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Easily the best form message I've ever received:Dear Jomo,You're in this video. Check it out!Remember Florida in 2000--the election was decided by just over 500 votes. Imagine what it would feel like if you didn't vote, the election went the wrong way, and, well--it was actually your fault?With the help of our friends at MoveOn.org, we've prepared a video that paints that picture, with you, Jomo,

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As a subscriber to Modern Jackass, I'm glad to see the Bradley Effect explained and examined in this post by Daniel Okrent. His five points seem reasonable enough to me. But racism confounds reason, so I guess we'll have to wait and see how this all plays out.

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Setting aside for the moment who's to blame for this mess, what about getting us out of it? Your paper endorses the senior citizenSenator from Arizona. What's he doing these days to resolve the fiscal crisis? Let's check in on that real quick:And so, a bailout proposal that once seemed likely to pass now is back to negotiations. In the process, Secretary Paulson was reduced to getting on his

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On WTOP this morning, some nutjob from the Washington Times said the current fiscal crisis is the fault of overregulation, specifically the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. A primer:The Community Reinvestment Act (or CRA, Pub.L. 95-128, title VIII, 91 Stat. 1147, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law that requires banks and thrifts to offer credit throughout their entire

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We thought Hanna was supposed to be some kind of storm. I actually bought a tarp, finagled it into the gap between our porch and the Nicholson's porch, and set up an elaborate system of towel rotation-to-spin cycle water damage prevention in our leaky basement. For what? A little bit of a trickle? It's been an hour and my towels aren't soaked through. Hanna, you disappoint.P.S.,Not to disregard

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It's Saturday morning. Luz is asleep and Marta's off to Babies R Us. I, for the first time since the historic acceptance speech Thursday night, am taking a moment alone to let it all sink in:I am about to celebrate my 5th wedding anniversaryLuz turned 8 months yesterdayOn the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington, Barack Obama spoke to more than 38 million viewers - plus the rest of the

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I smell a new theme song in the air!

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Since her book inspired the poem in my last post, I thought I'd feature some of her work directly. Here goes:from Variation on the Word SleepI would like to be the airthat inhabits you for a momentonly. I would like to be that unnoticed& that necessary.Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)"Variation on the Word Sleep" from Selected Poems II: 1976-1986 by Margaret Atwood, published by Houghton Mifflin.

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handmaidensobjectivitytreats spin as truth's rebuttal...carborundorum

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As told by the Washington Post:The House yesterday apologized to black Americans, more than 140 years after slavery was abolished, for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow" segregation. The resolution, which passed on a voice vote late in the day, was sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a white Jew who represents a majority-black district in

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ArticleGood corporation - not an oxymoron. DistillationTimbo's on my toes.../I like the way it's goin' down... (Q-Tip of ATCQ)

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That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! The media need to stick together. Big up to Vanity Fair!Alright, break's over. Back to work.

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For the people in Prince William County, VA and the anti-immigrant lobby...What!But the memory of the Holocaust has a way of making the world feel smaller. People of different nations can imagine they share a single human drama. Salvadorans have been as surprised as anybody to rediscover their part in it. To have been on the side of the angels at one of the darkest moments in history, when other

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Elissa (and some other reporter) wrote a great piece on DC's illustrious mayor. Seems he has a penchant for forging ahead, imperial-style like that other DC-based executive branch guy. You know the one.

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Trey Ellis on Obama 'moving to the center'. I've had some head-scratching moments the past few weeks watching the Obama camp switch up the game for the general election - most recently with the swift dis of Wes Clark and the faith-based initiative pledge.All this makes me want to dig out that old Harper's article about how Obama isn't some new-style politician. Hope we didn't toss it out with the

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I just happen to work there. Dave's a good guy, and I'm glad to see him published.

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Oprah at Stanford Commencement. Lots of multimedia content in the right-side nav bar.

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Joe Lauria's got an interesting piece on Thabo Mbeki's "quiet diplomacy". It's hard to fathom how Mbeki makes sense of his position, given this exchange:I asked him: "Do you feel you can be objective about Robert Mugabe, given his legendary status as a fighter against colonialism and the loyalty you might feel towards him that may make you unable to see what he is today, 30 years later?"Mbeki

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Another thought-provoker, Jeff Chang, writes today:The most frustrated surrogate of all is Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the nation's first Muslim congressman, who has seen efforts to bring the Muslim communities in greater contact with Obama stopped dead by the campaign. It's hard not to notice that this is where the "change" message gets run over by the still largely white mainstream

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One day the people of Zimbabwe will be free of Robert Mugabe. Unfortunately, today is not that day.Background reading for those interested:1. a network of Zimbabwean activists has a site and a blog.2. Human Rights Watch puts out great reportsOr, if you just want the prophetic Bob Marley take...(Verse 3)To divide and rule could only tear us apart;In everyman chest, mm - there beats a heart.So soon

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Here's my man, Sami Miranda, founding member of the Tres Raices collective.

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I'm digging Raul Midon. Do you? Leave a comment with Top, the music lover who put me on to "Sunshine".

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If he writes it, I'll read it. You should, too.via TPM.

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It's H-O-T!!But Ali Farka Toure is cool. PJ graced me with a double-CD a few years back. Luz is sleeping in the sling, just got off the phone with my man, Jaasi, and the fan is on energy save mode. Not a bad way to spend the morning.Beats being outside.

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From Tim's El Salvador blog: "Women in El Salvador sewing $165 jackets for North Face and $54 shirts for Eddie Bauer cannot afford milk and other basic necessities for their children as their wages fall behind soaring food costs. Some mothers report they will have to take their children out of school.The women are paid just 94 cents for each $165 North Face jacket they sew—meaning that their

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A proud day for my country. Long overdue, but right on time!Obama. Barack Obama. Democratic nominee for President, Barack Obama. Next President of the United States, the Senator from Illinois - Barack Obama. Say Word!

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luz and papi, amid-morning stroll, maya slungnap while i mop sweatorluz and papi strollmaya slung mid-morning, shade sweat like dew-moist leaves

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(h/t to a 'friend of a friend' who emailed this link)From the Boston Globe

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I just applied to law school thirty-eight minutes ago. Big thanks to everyone who helped me with my personal statement: Marta, Marian, Omar, Jaasi and Debbie. Big thanks to Rey, Ariana and Pam for their letters of recommendation. Big thanks to everyone who encouraged me from day one. Let the waiting begin!

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First day as a Project Manager at CITI.

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Props to Americablog. Props to the producers of this video.

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Courtesy of the U.S. State Department's america.gov site:> the restored Lincoln Cottage, situated up the street from our home, is opening in February 2008. Years ago, I took an "1860 - 1960" tour of DC monuments led by Ed Smith of American University/the Smithsonian. At the Soldiers' Home, and Professor Smith told us how Lincoln's ideas on race were shaped by his discussions with Frederick

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I've been wanting to go back and read Morrison's original "Clinton is the first Black President" thing after the recent South Carolina debate and the whole SC primary bullsh*t. I never read it back in the day, and I'm tired of the moniker being bandied about seriously, when she could only (in my non-having-read-it-estimation) have been making a point metaphorically. Anyway, here's the relevant /

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W.W.B.D.?(What Will Billary Do?)

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it was supposed to be a quick rub-down;calves salved - not menthol fumingyour gas-taut lungs.nor a fuming wifesending me to shower and changethe sheets, lest we asphyxiate.

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Luz on my chest, slung Maya style;Marta taking a well-earned nap.

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About this: "These kids make Robert Downey, Jr. look like all he had was a little cold."- Marta

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Born December 29, 2007 at 10:40pm.Amazing!!

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From Jack and Jill Politics

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Me and my Boo, laid up...D'Angelo docked, croonin' overbelly-rubs. talkin' to Baby Girl,Urquilla-GrahamWe have 23 days to go, folks! All the books and advice and doctor's visits and therapy have us at least a little prepared for what awaits. But little B.G.U.G. will show us what's up.Excited, anxious, happy, together. Marta and I are enjoying this last phase of the next phase of our lives.

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Apparently, I don't know how to use the spell-check function.So...B-a-t-t-l-e-s-h-i-p.I stand corrected.

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My wife and I are "playing Batteship" this morning; laptops back to back: Facebook, Huffington Post (yikes!), and fresh-squeezed orange juice.Thirty-two days till baby-girl "to be named" is due. Life is beautiful :)

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I took the LSAT this morning at Howard University. (Not in Ernest E. Just Hall, as advertised, but in the Dental Building, as re-located). I chose a seat in the front row, right corner, figuring it would offer me less distractions.In a bold violation of test center rules, I stowed my jacket, gloves, scarf and (black brushed wool) Kangol on top of the piano in the corner rather than under the desk

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Saturday, December 1, 2007 - the countdown is in effect.

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Was it Eddie Murphy who did a sketch about "President Jesse Jackson's Inauguration" - wherein he ducked and dodged throughout the speech to confound would-be snipers?The truth ain't too far from fiction.

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Depressing realities statistically confirmed. Thanks, Pew!/lede/Nearly half of African Americans born to middle-income parents in the late 1960s plunged into poverty or near-poverty as adults, according to a new study -- a perplexing finding that analysts say highlights the fragile nature of middle-class life for many African Americans./snip/"That's a stunner," said Orlando Patterson, a Harvard

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Northern Virginia welcomes foreign-owned companies while Prince William County is up in arms about the foreigners in their midst.

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Benazir Bhutto has an excellent op-ed in today's New York Times, challenging the world - particularly, Western democracies - to act against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's Martial Plan.Much can be - has been - said about Bhutto's own bona fides, but she is correct to call the question: do promoters of freedom and democracy actually believe what they are saying?Aaaah... now I'm thinking

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Astounding.

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Rev. Al Sharpton gets the business this time.Remember Cosby?

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A worthy candidate at a critical juncture.

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Genarlow Wilson - freed from jail. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that his sentence violated the Fourth Amendment.

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From Americablog:One + One = Two

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What can I learn from Tyler Perry?

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My family isn't evacuated yet, but the bags and cars are packed just in case.My alma mater, Mira Mesa High School, has been converted into an evacuation shelter.Worried. Very worried.

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Check out Times Files - a service of NYT online that lets you save articles to their server.The cooler trick is putting the Times File button on your toolbar. Presto! You can archive all the stories you like and empty out that 'Articles' folder you've set up in your e-mail account.

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Quaintly, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution asserts: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be

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Is it a battle if one side doesn't have any weapons?

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Lesson One - Write a strong opening sentence.

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Over 26,000 people entered the 23rd Army Ten Miler.I had a good race. Although the official results haven't been posted (actually, the race site is down as of this posting), I clocked my Self at 01:41:41:48.This time around, I ran two miles, then walked, then ran two miles... It was different than last April's Cherry Blossom 10-miler, which I ran in one long stretch. The more I run, the better I

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Sign a petition. It's not that hard.

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From another blog via another blog.

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/snip/Some analysts compare the strategy to Japanese penetration of auto manufacturing in the United States in the 1970s. Just as the Japanese learned to make cars in America without Japanese workers, Indian vendors are learning to outsource without Indians, said Dennis McGuire, chairman of TPI, a Texas-based outsourcing consultancy.

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walking through PetworthUpset the Setup t-shirtFleet Feet sneaks; DC

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How to Draw Graffiti Names

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a head-scratcher

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Justitia omnibus

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up the steps feet dragwet sand in burlap overconcrete: back to work

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It's (gonna be) a girl!

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Rest In Peace

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This American Life Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class ExistenceCHICAGO—Producers have documented every single existential crisis or self-congratulatory epiphany that has been or could be experienced by a left-leaning agnostic..onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);border-width: 4px 0 1px 0;margin: 10px 30px !important;padding

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Something's fishy. I agree with a Washington Post editorial.

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Our second week-long vacation on Martha's Vineyard is coming to a close. We didn't bike all over the place this year. Instead, we maxed, relaxed and took the car all over the place.Either way, the island's beautiful, and we had a great time together before Marta heads off to Penland to re-connect with her Muse, via Clarissa Sligh's workshop, for the next 2.5 weeks.I'm gonna miss her somethin'

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Courtesy of the Washington Times:/lede/A question for President Bush on immigration rose up like a ghost from the grave this afternoon in Ohio. Only the questioner was a 13-year old blonde-headed girl, Jessica Hackerd, from Brecksville, Ohio, who immediately broke into tears after making her inquiry.

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