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TwitterTo view the video, please mute the "Ave Maria" music widget on the right hand side of the page.Post Memorial Day/Pre- Fourth of July Mess...
Monday, May 31, 2010
11:06 PM
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Rivalies in sports are great fun, but here's what its really all about: With two runners on base and a strike against her, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her best swing and did something she had never done, in high school or college. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence.But it appeared to be the shortest of dreams come true when she missed first base, started back to tag it and collapsed with a knee injury . . .members of the Central Washington University softball...
5:59 PM
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A lot of stuff has been said about these the two teams still standing in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, but there is something I have yet to hear anyone say. That is, however, until we were chatting at work today. I wasn't aware of this, but the last time that current Blackhawks defenceman Brian Campbell played against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, this was his lasting impression.Wow. That hit is still one of the best to date. Shoulder on shoulder, and Campbell didn't give...
12:05 PM
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The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) recently reviewed candidate designs for the 2011 Army Commemorative Coin Program. The program includes a $5 gold coin, silver dollar, and half dollar. The US Mint provided three to five design candidates for the obverse and reverse of each coin.Before the weekend, an article on Coin Update reported on the CCAC meeting...
Sunday, May 30, 2010
9:11 PM
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For posts like this, I'll let Madame speak for herself:“Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”- General Orders No.11, Grand Army of the Republic Headquarters, May 5, 1868This weekend, as we enjoy time with family and friends, we should stop and remember the meaning of...
6:54 PM
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LEST WE FORGETTODAY'S COLOR ALERT:RED, WHITE and BLUEIt is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble. It is the VETERAN, not the lawyer, who has given...
12:16 PM
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Firedoglake posted this amazing piece:People are desperately looking for someone to blame for the gulf oil leak -- British Petroleum? Obama? Bush? Is it a right-wing failure or a left-wing disaster?I think maybe we could assign some blame to ideology itself.Ideology helps us believe that everything can be simple -- if we just believe in "free enterprise" then we can let private companies like British Petroleum do what's best because after all they wouldn't do anything that would hurt their bottom...
9:23 AM
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In looking at the rosters of this year's Stanley Cup Finalists, there's a strong connection to the province of Manitoba. What is slightly more coincidental is that the last time the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers won their respective Stanley Cups, there was a strong Manitoba presence on those rosters as well. Now, there's a good contingent of other players also contributing, but the...
Saturday, May 29, 2010
2:20 PM
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With the start of the Stanley Cup Final mere hours away, I thought it would be good to review a few books regarding the Stanley Cup itself, and some of its adventures through the course of its history. Today, Teebz's Book Club is proud to bring to you a great book that shows the many places the Stanley Cup has visited. Travels with Stanley, written by the Keepers of the Cup and published by the Fenn...
9:12 AM
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When we watch the Harper Conservatives, it's always wise to remember Roseanne Roseannadanna -- it's always something! if its not one thing its another!Once again, the Harper Conservatives are getting cute and trying to have it both ways on the Afghan prisoner documents -- they want to be able to talk about how open and cooperative they are being, but they still don't want to actually be so open and cooperative that Parliament gets see the damned documents: “It’s part of a pattern of the government...
6:46 AM
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I've been inspired to write this post from a question: "Why are there hospitalizations from marijuana use?" It made me think about that question seriously. As long as I've been smoking (7 years) and growing (3 years), I have not ever come across someone who has been hospitalized for smoking marijuana. However, I have read the articles from various sources claiming hospital visits for marijuana use. The main theme in all of these articles comes down to someone who is simply not ready to get high,...
Friday, May 28, 2010
9:52 PM
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Its always fun to see a politician shoot himself in the foot, isn't it.I could understand why neither Pennsylvania Democratic senate nominee Joe Sestak nor the White House were saying anything about the supposed job-offer bribe story -- I suspected all along that both sides just hoped the story would die because they didn't want to embarass a Democratic candidate who had puffed up his own importance by lying about what he was offered. But the truth is starting to emerge now, exposing Sestak as a...
5:56 PM
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The man to the left is sports reporter Damian Cox. Damian works for the Toronto Star as a sportswriter, and works a weekend gig on TSN on a show called The Reporters. There's no denying that Damian Cox likes to stir up some discussion, but he occasionally goes way over the edge of sanity in doing so. Heck, there was even a blog that highlighted some of his greatest misses. I have to admit that today's...
5:06 AM
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Several roads will be closed on Sunday May 30, 2010 to accommodate the “Rolling Thunder” event.At about 11:30 am, the following roads will be closed. They are expected to be reopened at about 3:30 pm.• Memorial Bridge and Memorial Avenue from Route 110 to Arlington Memorial Circle• Ohio Drive from Independence Avenue to Virginia Avenue• Ohio Drive, riverside, from Inlet Bridge to Independence Avenue• Independence Avenue from 1st Street SW to 23rd Street SW• Constitution Avenue from Pennsylvania...
Thursday, May 27, 2010
8:23 PM
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You knew that after Obama's second annual press conference that Madame would have something to say, especially after he dissed drilling. The President got a little bit pottymouth-ish, so Madame had to clean up the title of her newest post a bit--just in case Piper read it! I haven't gotten to use those symbols much in our work.I think she wishes she was at the press conference today, as we started today's post with a series of questions to the president. She also typed out some pieces of her record...
8:10 PM
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It's taken a while to announce the upcoming outdoor games for the NHL in 2011, but it appears that we'll have two teams who have appeared in an outdoor game once already battling two teams who have not played outdoors. The best part is that there will be an outdoor game in Canada once again, albeit much later than the New Year's Day Winter Classic Game. However, beggars cannot be choosers, and I,...
6:23 PM
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"DOCTORS & THE UNEMPLOYED !!" An Israeli doctor said;"Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks." A German doctor said;"That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks." A Russian doctor said;"In my country, medicine is so advanced...
1:05 PM
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Yesterday, prices for the US Mint's available First Spouse Gold Coins should have been reduced in accordance with the pricing policy for numismatic gold and platinum coins. Prices were not adjusted lower and no adjustment will take place this week.The full story is available on Coin Update News: US Mint Fails to Reduce Numismatic Gold Coin Prices in Opposition to Published PolicyThe First Spouse Gold...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
6:56 PM
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I'm fairly certain that I can count the number of people who predicted a Chicago-Philadelphia Stanley Cup Final on one hand. The two teams had entirely opposite seasons with Chicago flying high while the Flyers needed a shootout in the final regular season game to get in. However, both teams will square off on Saturday night in Game One for the NHL's biggest prize.If we flashback to March 13, 2010,...
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