Good evening all..
Sunday, March 6, 2011
No skin off my back.. the tip of the spear.. the boiling point.. don't pull the wool over my eyes: The war over circumcision in San Francisco
Anti-circumcision groups want to stop the cutting. Some Jewish groups oppose.
In a few years, will San Francisco be filled with foreskin or will it be cut? The debate rages..
No skin off my back.. the tip of the spear.. the boiling point.. don't pull the wool over my eyes: The war over circumcision in San Francisco
This is the Daily Beast and Newsweek.. Will it be newsweak with Tina or strong again? The redesign features bulky verdana letters.. And Hillary in her finest of light..
Tina Brown going where others have gone before: The logical choice for a logical cover.. The redesign looks a lot like the previous if you ask me. But no one did.
Government gets its first three subjects from Schuylkill County
A local story of interest to me, and maybe even you.. Three babies have been born in Schuylkill County, PA, and are going to take part in a decades-long government study on children..
The government study, according to the report, intends on asking not why children get sick, but instead why some children are healthier than others..
My wife and I were offered the chance to stick Ayden into the study a few weeks before he was born, but we declined. I am not accusing anyone of anything nefarious.. I just didn’t have the interest and maybe even the paranoia of untrustworthiness for any government study that will watch my child until the drinking age of 21..
As far as health? Schuylkill County!? If you’ve never been here, you’ll most likely not know it’s the home of a vast array of abandoned former coal mines.
Nothing unhealthy in the ground there, right?
And it’s the home of a sulfur creek that many have labeled the ‘shit crick’.. Yes, I said crick. Local word..
And this county of Coal Speaker home base is also the home of a rare cancer that has been seen more and more in the region.
So I hope the 21-year-long study goes well. I’ll be 51 by the time we find out why certain kids are sicker than others.
The Lincoln history books neglect to mention
New book sheds new light on Lincoln’s racial
views
He wanted to send free blacks to Central America.. While that fact has been tossed around for generations, few took hold to it and spoke about it. And the new book by Philip Magness and Sebastian Page, they write about newly uncovered documents found in London on America’s hero president.
According to AP’s reporting on the new Lincoln book, Magness and Page’s book offers evidence that Lincoln continued to support colonization, engaging in secret diplomacy with the British to establish a colony in British Honduras, now Belize
It’s a history lesson few know.. and one most history teachers aren’t comfortable telling.
But we should face facts of American history more often.
History is interesting, filled with complexities, and must (MUST) be viewed in the prism of then, and reflected on now with the knowledge of today.
After all, does anyone really think Dwight Eisenhower opened-armed loved African Americans enough to send forces in to help desegregate a school? No. He was just enforcing a Supreme Court decision. And in doing so, IKE accidentally became one of the most important presidents in history concern racial desegregation.
As far as honest Abe? He probably could tell a lie. He most likely was a typical politician. He probably did the 1800s version of Dick Morris type triangulation. And he was really successful.
And he, just like Ike, also accidentally did something wonderful: He spoke the Emancipation Proclamation as leverage against the South during the Civil War, held strong, and ended up freeing slaves, though Radical Republicans in the aftermath of his assassination would undue his successes through their punishments.
And yes, racial intolerance continues today.. Racial segregation continued for generations. Horrible racial crimes took place within the North and South of the United States. And even today, a few places proudly fly a confederate flag without abandonment.
So while Lincoln helped push the nation into the future, it is more than worthwhile to know the full history of the man who the 21st century feels to be a saint. He was not a saint, most likely a sinner, and a complex man who shaped history in ways he most likely never knew he would.
And since we’re talking about real history, he also declared Martial Law, suspended freedoms of press, fired lots of generals, mismanaged and micomanaged the Civil War, and had a really high pitched voice. But people said he knew how to tell a joke. Unless people were just laughing at how he sounded…. Those things don’t make history books.
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Flashdance What A Feeling - Irene Cara
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
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Happy evening all
ABBA starts it with DANCING QUEEN
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Don't put your iphone next to your head.
Today in things that creep me out.
Indeed.. creepy is to understate it..
Don't put your iphone next to your head.
I actually received a sympathy card from the veterinary hospital where my dog Bailey was put down two weeks ago signed by the entire staff..
Even if they do it for all their cases, it still was very kind..
I miss Bailey. Hope she’s doing well.. Even if it risks sounding crazy, maybe one day I’ll write about how she stopped by to visit the house the night she was put to sleep..
Hey man, sorry I've been out of touch! Congratulations on the new offspring! It's a heavy responsibility, for sure. Did you change blogs? Suddenly Tumblr erased your question to me and says you're deactivated. Not sure what's up with Tumblr these days. Anyway, hope you're well, man!
I’ve had some issues with Tumblr recently.. not sure what happened. I also had a problem with posts being eaten as well..
Thanks for the message back.
As in disagreement with Tumblr, I am not at all deactivated. Unless Mr. Karp just hasn’t told me yet..
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