Reporting In
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:17:46 -0800
This is the Marquis reporting in to Thinking Fluidly – I’ve just gotten back from my brief sojourn in Greece and I’m still a little jet lag. I must say that Athens has certainly been somewhat transformed since the last time I visited: clean, an efficient metro à la Paris, and the air was fresh although I’m sure the beautiful November weather biased
Grieving the loss of a pet
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:13:16 -0800
This is not Gracie, who was a mutt we rescued from a shelter. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Once when I was working as a hospital chaplain a patient asked me whether or not dogs go to heaven. He was a successful and well-educated man, a little ironic in tone, and at first I wondered if he was pulling my leg. But in the end we had quite a lovely conversation about how important pets can be. I think I said something about how at the very least the love we have for them must be eternal; ha
Monday, December 08, 2008
baby einstein in the news
Fresh off getting its conservative clock cleaned, Freedom’s Watch calls it a day
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:41:24 -0800
The nonprofit group known as Freedom’s Watch is now disbanding, according to PolitickerNV. The group was hyped as the latest in a long line of conservative answers to Move On, the liberal advocacy group. The nonprofit aired ads in the 1st Congressional District race in New Mexico opposing Martin Heinrich and in the U.S. Senate race opposing fellow Democrat Tom Udall. Heinrich won by more than 10 percentage points over Republican Darren White in last month’s election and Udall won by more than
I Approve of Obama, He Does Not Approve of Me
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:39:41 -0800
If the press manages to convince people that Obama is a sensible centrist who wants to do sensible things like build SUPERTRAINS, get out of Iraq, not torture people or invade random countries, strengthen labor protections, reduce income inequality, improve education, provide health care for people, and reduce poverty, it's okay with the left
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:41:24 -0800
The nonprofit group known as Freedom’s Watch is now disbanding, according to PolitickerNV. The group was hyped as the latest in a long line of conservative answers to Move On, the liberal advocacy group. The nonprofit aired ads in the 1st Congressional District race in New Mexico opposing Martin Heinrich and in the U.S. Senate race opposing fellow Democrat Tom Udall. Heinrich won by more than 10 percentage points over Republican Darren White in last month’s election and Udall won by more than
I Approve of Obama, He Does Not Approve of Me
Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:39:41 -0800
If the press manages to convince people that Obama is a sensible centrist who wants to do sensible things like build SUPERTRAINS, get out of Iraq, not torture people or invade random countries, strengthen labor protections, reduce income inequality, improve education, provide health care for people, and reduce poverty, it's okay with the left
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