Since this whole SNAFU began a little more than a year ago I’ve read a lot about the fallout, and I’ve inferred a lot of what caused it, but I never could assemble the whole story. Thankfully, there is This American Life to explain it all to me. Their show (click on the [...]

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Tonight the New York Times released the first public draft of the US government’s proposal for pulling our economy out of its tailspin. They’re calling it the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008″. In the short section at the very beginning of the bill it describes very broadly the purpose of the bill: [...]

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As if the financial crisis, Sarah Palin, and racist kindergarten teachers weren’t enough to drive us all to despondency, now we have to worry about f’ing pirates!
Somali Pirates Seize Ukraine Ship

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Friday night was all good and well, but we didn’t have enough time to fit in the full beach experience. Saturday allowed for a full celebration of all the beach had to offer. But first, there was that that little issue of practice. We (Mike D and I) had planned it all [...]

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The Los Beach Trip was JB’s idea, his brainbaby, and although he couldn’t be there in person, he was certainly there in spirit. We felt his presence from the time we arrived Friday afternoon to the last departures on Monday morning.
The weather was perfect…blue skies mottled lightly with clouds, not too hot during the [...]

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Here are (hopefully stable) links to Oreilly’s 4-part interview of Obama ranging over a variety of topics. O’Reilly gets in his digs, but I think Obama’s arguments hold up very well…now let’s just get to those debates with McCain.
Part 1: Diplomacy, Iran, Iraq
Part 2: Taxes, Economy
Part 3: Obama’s “Associations”
Part 4: Oil Crisis, Energy Plan

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to speak or write verbosely and windily

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1: exuding fragrance : aromatic
2 a: full of a specified fragrance : scented b: evocative, suggestive

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