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Tuesday November 13, 2012 · 9:10 PM PST

2012/11/13 · 21:10

Once you get away from the cacophony of the Petraeus Affair, it's pretty quiet out there in Newsland America. It's late, late Tuesday night, and I've been waiting for some news to be delivered all day, but... there is barely a whisper, hardly a murmur. A dearth of data. A meeting was held today at the White House; the Progressives and the Unions met with the President, but the sign I've been waiting for all day is not present! So, I'm reaching out, hoping my questions can be answered here.

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Saturday April 25, 2009 · 7:18 PM PDT

2009/04/25 · 19:18

I have been watching the events unfold in Mexico with interest and some trepidation. There's no way to tell what will come right now, not enough information is out there. But I thought it might be useful to give a brief sketch on what some of the history of influenza is, what the possibilities are, what you and others can do.

First let me say that I'm not an expert. I have had an interest in the flu for a number of years now, and have read some good books on the subject, written by people who have researched the hell out of every aspect. So, I'm not aiming to give out earth-shattering information or to be irresponsible and try to scare the daylights out of everyone. But I think that things that are pretty common knowledge among those who are medical professionals and scientists would be useful to everyone. Most of what I'll give out today is from a book titled "The Great Influenza" by John M. Barry, along with good ol' Wikipedia.

See you after the jump.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 12:34 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 00:34

Four days after Obama won the Presidency, the celebration is still going. Dems are delirious! Every day there has been a shiny new blue state, district or governorship to wonder over. It's Christmas and Hanuka come early. But I think that with all of the hoopla, our elected Democrats have forgotten something ...change is on the way.

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The last big change in my life was....

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The last big change in my life was....

easy-peasy

4 votes

a bit of a pain in the arse

3 votes

lost some sleep on that one!

8 votes

sleep? what's that?

3 votes

my life is a wreck

6 votes

I am in therapy or I would be if I could afford it

5 votes

Please, god. Why me?

4 votes

none of your beeswax!

4 votes

McCain losing the D&D vote?

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 10:51 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 22:51

My first diary entry, so please bear with me.

McCain has been twisting himself into a pretzel to win votes. Yet, his tendency to bash groups usually found nowhere near a political campaign may be having an effect.

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