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He also had the ability to inspire. His charisma came not from any personal grandeur—indeed, his hands shook and his voice was sometimes thin and reedy when he spoke. Yet he was able to convey a genuineness and sense of empathy unusual in a politician. These qualities were on ample display on...

The term "streaking" was coined by a reporter for a local Washington DC news station as he watched a "mass nude run" take place at the University of Maryland in 1973. That nude run had over 500 participants. As the collected mass of nude students exited Bel Air dorm with the lead runner using a...

I'm really, really tired of this "liberal" vs "conservative" bull**** that is creeping up here from the US. ---------------------------------------------TenPenny----------------------------------------------- Actually, now with Harper as your PM, liberal vs conservative knows no borders nor is...

The theme for today is..... ooooooooooh yeah.... Say it with me. Now...um... Say it again. oooooooooohh yeah. Feels good eh ? Say it again.

Thinking of birthdays at the end of April... The George Washington Hotel lives again.....after 30 years of being either empty or barely used for some formerly homeless... A Gala Black-Tie Opening. All the beautiful people getting out of their beautiful BMWs, LEXUSs, Cadillacs leaving the...

How's Langley BC ? Looks nice on Google earth. We might get some property on 204th Street.

Well it's a good thing. China and the Olympics. It's forced the spotlight on China. Now they got to answer for : 1. Tibet 2. Darfur 3. Uighers

Can anyone recommend a good GREP for Windows ? Does anyone have one they use and do they like it ?

Should we look into a new way of selecting our candidates ?? We've gone from state legislatures selecting our senators until 1913, then we went to smoke filled backroom party decisions, to the public caucus method we see in Iowa, to the closed primary system and then to the open primary system...

You can scan for the bold print if you just want to quickly read this: Meeting Iraq’s foreign insurgents Cache of individual records leads U.S. military to reassess assumptions By Karen DeYoung The Washington Post updated 1:52 a.m. ET, Mon., Jan. 21, 2008 Muhammad Ayn-al-Nas, a...

Happy New year everybody. Great board. Funny group. Like, uh, real funny. If you know what I mean. :) Anyway, at least we have 4 more years until the Mayans say we're done here.

I've been following your posts for a bit and, as someone who's been (thankfully) blown apart a couple of times myself, I read your recent posts and kept returning to what I know is true, which that we invite pain when we deny the facts. You're a smart man. You will never convince me, however...

TomG posted this back on February 8th, 2007, 03:44 PM I’m not sure it’s natural at all for humans to live in mass society nation states. Nations don’t have conflicts because they are, well just nations—constructs that only exist in the mind. National leaders have illusions of advantage or...

Where are some of my favorite members? Curiosity Dexter Sinister I Think Not Agent 99 has dropped my locator device and then she stepped on it.

Everyone has an inner story line. An unspoken presumption we have of ourselves. A lot of people don't even know they have an ongoing inner narrative. That's why repeating patterns occur in our lives. For example: Do you know of people who always contradict you and contradict everyone...

Tomorrow, Finland will be celebrating its Independence Day. 6 December 1917. They have the most hunters and guns in the world per capita after the US and Yemen. No reindeer jerky is available. Illegal. This is Santa enforced.

We will engineer changes. Nanotech will marry biology with electronics and chemistry. We are THE GODS. We are Dr Frankenstein. What is our idea of perfection ? Usually when when think of our bad habits and bad behavior and miscues and mistakes, we think of the following as an improvement...

1877: Nez Perce Chief Joseph surrenders to the U.S. Army with the words “I will fight no more forever.” Learn more about Chief Joseph. Chief Joseph surrenders 130 years ago today. I remember reading the story in a Classics Comic book (remember them ?) and very moved as an 8 year old...

I am dealing with an estate of a person in Vancouver BC which is somehow with the Public Guardian's office. What is the Public Guardian office and its duties ?

Let us take a philosophical commercial break and contemplate : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640 Now there's a guy who does 4 balls but I still don't think he outclasses this act.