Items by Silke

• The Greatest Show on Earth

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  This week marks the 150-year anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Speaking of books on evolution, I just finished Richard Dawkins’ most recent book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. Here are a few choice quotes: …a good theory, a scientific theory, is [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:56pm EST
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• More Celebrity Advice on Medicine

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 4
  Bill Maher is at it again. He recently responded to his critics who have criticized him for speaking out against the H1N1 vaccine and “western medicine” in general. Here’s Maher’s explanation for why he keeps speaking out against vaccines: I’m just trying to represent an under-reported medical point of view in this [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:00am EST
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• Ask Y

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  Number of comments: 7
  “I gotta tell you man. I love South Park. Sometimes it just nails it…” – Glenn Beck I agree but I wonder what he thought of this episode: [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:48pm EST
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• Sarah Palin: Change She Can’t Understand

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  How can anyone take this woman seriously? [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:47am EST
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• Happy Carl Sagan Day!

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Today is Carl Sagan Day. I have loved Carl Sagan ever since I watched his television series Cosmos. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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• The 11/3 Project

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  Number of comments: 1
  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:13pm EST
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• Shooting at Fort Hood

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  Fort Hood holds a special place for Greta and me. That’s where we met. Our kids played together in the neighborhood we lived in off post. I have very good memories of our time at Fort Hood. That’s why it’s so hard to believe that this could happen at the hands [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:28pm EST
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• More H1N1 Paranoia

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Oh great! Another celebrity who doesn’t know what he’s talking about gives medical advice. Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan is speaking out against H1N1 vaccine. “I do not trust those who make the vaccines, or the apparatus behind it all to push it on us thru fear,” Corgan explained in [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:00am EST
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• H1N1Vaccine

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  My children and I just received the H1N1 vaccine this morning and I’m glad we did. According to the CDC flu activity is now widespread in 48 states and flu-related hospitalizations and deaths continue to go up nation-wide and are above what is expected for this time of year. Vaccination is [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:14am EST
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• The Daily Show on H1N1 Vaccines

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  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Doubt Break ‘09 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
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• The Nobel Peace (Keepers) Prize

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  Number of comments: 5
  I like Thomas Friedman’s idea for the speech he thinks the President should give when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10: “Let me begin by thanking the Nobel committee for awarding me this prize, the highest award to which any statesman can aspire. As I said [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 7:52am EDT
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• Bill Maher Gets Schooled on Vaccines by Bill Frist

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  Number of comments: 8
  Whose advice would you take on the H1N1 vaccine, a doctor and heart surgeon with over 30 years of experience or an entertainer who doesn’t trust “western medicine”? [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 11:08pm EDT
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• Piano Stairs – The Fun Theory

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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:32pm EDT
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• Why Vaccines are Important

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 7
  Modern vaccines have proved to be one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions. With the exception of clean, safe drinking water, no treatment rivals immunization in reducing mortality rates. Vaccine use has resulted in the global eradication of smallpox and regional elimination of polio and measles, and [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
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• Bill Maher on the H1N1 Vaccine

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  According to Bill Maher, “if you get a swine flu shot you’re an idiot.” Given his uninformed views about vaccines and alternative medicine, this is not surprising. Vaccines are the most powerful public health tool for control of preventable diseases. I recommend listening to what the vast majority of doctors and [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
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• The Daily Show on ACORN

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  This one’s for you, Chris… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Audacity of Hos www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:40am EDT
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• Darwin at the Movies (or not)

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  Number of comments: 10
  This is sad: A British film about Charles Darwin has failed to find a US distributor because his theory of evolution is too controversial for American audiences, according to its producer. Update: Commenter Trent brings up a good point: The producer shouldn’t blame creationists when early reviews indicate it’s very possible [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
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• The President on Health Care Reform

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  Number of comments: 6
  In a nutshell, here are the President’s goals for health care reform: [C]onsumer protections for those with insurance; an exchange that allows individuals and small businesses to purchase affordable coverage; and a requirement that people who can afford insurance get insurance. I support these goals and I think the President’s willingness to [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 10:19am EDT
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• Stephen Colbert “Defends” Glenn Beck

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  Number of comments: 10
  The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Protests [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 9:19pm EDT
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• More on Health Care Reform

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  Number of comments: 10
  I support health care reform because I think the current system is unsustainable. As this article in the Atlantic states: Accidentally, but relentlessly, America has built a health-care system with incentives that inexorably generate terrible and perverse results. Incentives that emphasize health care over any other aspect of health and [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
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• The Word on Health Care Reform

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  Number of comments: 8
  The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 12:55am EDT
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• The Confirmation Hearings

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  Number of comments: 7
  Well, no time like the present to jump back into blogging. No doubt this will be a politically partisan side show as all Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings are. My hope is that the questioning is tough, fair and respectful. I remember during the last hearings when Justice Alito’s wife [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
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• It’s Time to Move…Again

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  We are a military family, so we move a lot. Things are going to get very busy for me in a few days so I won’t be blogging for a while. I hope this move goes better than the last one. We had to wait over a week for our [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 10:23am EDT
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• Healthcare Reform

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  There’s an interesting article in the New Yorker Magazine on healthcare reform. I understand the concerns with government controlled healthcare but I also believe the current system is unsustainable. This article makes some interesting points: Most Americans would be delighted to have the quality of care found in places like Rochester, [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 6:52am EDT
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• Newsweek Slams Oprah

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  Number of comments: 6
  As Newsweek points out, Oprah Winfrey has a history of having guests on her show who believe and promote strange things - like you can wish away cancer, cure autism, or stop the aging process: [T]he truth is, some of what Oprah promotes isn’t good, and a lot of the advice [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 12:16pm EDT
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• How We Located Saddam Hussein, KSM and Zarqawi

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I’ll give you a hint. It wasn’t because we waterboarded someone. As this article points out, it was because of traditional interrogation methods: His larger argument is that methods like waterboarding are wholly unnecessary — traditional interrogation methods, a combination of guile and graft, are the best way to break down [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 2:29pm EDT
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• Abortion Doctor Killed in Church

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I support a woman’s right to choose but I also think that abortion is used far too often in this country as a means of birth control. People who think abortion is wrong have every right to express their opinion and they are not responsible for the criminal actions of [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2009, 1:53pm EDT
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• Conservative Radio Host Admits He Was Wrong About Waterboarding

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  Last month Sean Hannity agreed to guest Charles Grodin’s challenge to subject himself to waterboarding for charity “for the troops’ families.” The next day, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann took him up on his offer and pledged $1,000 to charity for every second Hannity withstood waterboarding. Hannity never took him up on [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
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• Fossil of Land-Dwelling Seal Found

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  A fossilized skeleton of what researchers are calling a walking seal has been uncovered in the Canadian Arctic. Scientists have found the first skeleton of a land-dwelling relative of seals, sea lions, and walruses. The 20-million- to 24-million-year-old Arctic fossil sports webbed feet instead of flippers, providing a long-sought glimpse of [...]
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  Posted: April 27, 2009, 10:41am EDT
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• I like Shepherd Smith

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  Here’s what he said yesterday on FOX’s Freedom Watch: “We are America! I don’t give a rat’s ass if it helps! We are America! We do not %#$@ torture!” [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 8:15am EDT
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• Cap-and-Trade is a Tax

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  Thomas Friedman argues that a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions is essentially a tax so we might as well go directly for a simple, transparent, carbon tax that sets goals for emission reductions and uses the proceeds to reduce people’s payroll taxes. In addition, this will also stimulate massive [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 7:03am EDT
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• Fun Ad

  —Hooah Wife and friends

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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 6:16pm EDT
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• My Tea Party Experience

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I came across a tea party by accident yesterday. I was planning to go to our local library. Unfortunately it was closed because the hours had recently been changed (due to budget cuts) and it wouldn’t open until noon. Next to the library is city hall and this is where [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 7:39am EDT
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• Time Lapse Imagery from the International Space Station

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  This is what astronauts get to see… Very cool! [...]
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  Posted: April 13, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
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• “Burn the books!”

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  From Little Green Footballs… At a “Project 912 Glenn Beck Tea Party,” an unnamed speaker rants about “infiltration by the Communist Party” (a John Birch Society talking point), says that digital cable boxes are “brainwashing machines” planted in our homes by the government, and swears to stop paying taxes. The rant [...]
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  Posted: April 10, 2009, 5:42pm EDT
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• Military Children

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 4
  Last month, Michelle Obama visited the Prager Child Development center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as part of her first major advocacy mission as first lady. I appreciate her efforts to focus on military families and welcome the attention she will bring to this very important issue. Speaking of military families, [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 3:07pm EDT
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• The 10-31 Project

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The 10.31 Project comedycentral.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest In the spirit of bringing everyone back to the place they were on October 31st, Stephen Colbert wants you to ring doorbells and demand that your neighbors make a tangible commitment to America in the [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 7:16am EDT
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• IndigNation

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 6
  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c IndigNation! Populist Uprising ‘09 - The Enragening comedycentral.com Daily Show Full Episodes Important Things w/ Demetri Martin Political Humor [...]
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  Posted: March 21, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
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• The President on Stem Cell Research

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 9
  At this moment, the full promise of stem cell research remains unknown, and it should not be overstated. But scientists believe these tiny cells may have the potential to help us understand, and possibly cure, some of our most devastating diseases and conditions: … But that potential will not reveal itself on [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:00am EDT
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• Coolest Ad Ever

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  Number of comments: 3
  This looks like fun… [...]
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  Posted: March 04, 2009, 12:10am EST
  by Silke

• The President’s Address

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  In watching President Obama speak to a joint session of Congress last night I found a number of things to be optimistic about: History reminds us that, at every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas. In the midst of civil war, [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 6:00am EST
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• Happy 200th Birthday

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Today is the 200-year anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Both men had a profound impact in their own times and even continue to do so today. Last night, PBS aired Looking for Lincoln, a 2-hour feature examining the man behind the legend. Perhaps a man’s character was [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 1:49pm EST
  by Silke

• President Obama Takes Responsibility

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  Number of comments: 4
  I find this very encouraging: [...]
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  Posted: February 05, 2009, 8:32am EST
  by Silke

• Science for Celebrities

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  Sense About Science is an organization in England which promotes the dissemination of good scientific information to the public. Among other things they are working to counter celebrities who are making pseudo-scientific claims: A roll call of public figures such as Cruise and Delia Smith have offered bogus advice or “quackery” [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 6:58am EST
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• Wordplay

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  I never would have thought a documentary about crossword puzzle nerds could be so entertaining and suspenseful…but it was. Even if you’re not a big crossword puzzle fan this is a good movie. If you’re interested in doing a NYT crossword puzzle you can go here. [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 6:53am EST
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• Obama on Day One

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  This is promising… Speaking to his senior staff, Obama said, “However long we are keepers of the public trust, we should never forget that we are here as public servants, and public service is a privilege. It’s not about advantaging yourself. It’s not about advancing your friends or your corporate clients. [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 9:48am EST
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• Military Spouse Unwritten Rule #9

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  Honor those who are leaving and welcome those who are new Change is a constant in the military. People are always moving on and new people are always arriving. One of the things I have always liked about the military community is their commitment to honoring those who have served and [...]
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  Posted: January 18, 2009, 6:27pm EST
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• Critical Thinking – “Knowin’ things that ain’t so”

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I just finished reading Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller a professor of physics. He brings up a very good point: Equally important to understanding the physics of modern life is unlearning the things that you may think are true but aren’t. Mark Twain [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 7:19am EST
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• Oil Prices and Speculation

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 2
  Watch CBS Videos Online 60 Minutes had an interesting story on the role of speculation in oil prices. In less than a year, the price of oil went from somewhere in the 60s to $147 near its peak. “This was the period of the spike,” Masters agreed. “So you had the largest [...]
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  Posted: January 13, 2009, 1:10pm EST
  by Silke

• Obama on This Week

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  During an interview yesterday on This Week, President-elect Obama made it clear he understands the threat we face but that compromising our principles and our Constitution is not an option. OBAMA: I think that was pretty good advice, which is I should know what’s going on before we make judgments and [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 9:41am EST
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• Celebrating Science in 2009

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 4
  2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first astronomical observation through a telescope and the publication of Johannes Kepler’s first two Laws of Planetary Motion. The International Year of Astronomy marks this occasion with a worldwide celebration, promoting astronomy and its contribution to society and culture, with events at [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 10:46am EST
  by Silke

• Winter Medical Myths Debunked

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  This article from the BBC offers another great lesson in skepticism. As with anything, don’t believe everything you hear. Examine the evidence for yourself. Hangover cures: There is no scientific evidence of an effective cure or method of preventing hangovers. Eating late and gaining weight: Ultimately taking in more calories makes [...]
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  Posted: December 30, 2008, 12:06pm EST
  by Silke

• SNL on Gov. Blagojevich

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
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  Posted: December 29, 2008, 10:00pm EST
  by Silke

• Colin Powell on “Don’t ask, don’t tell”

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 8
  I agree. It’s time to re-evaluate “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 7:14am EST
  by Silke

• America is a Nation of Laws

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  This is encouraging… A dozen retired generals met with President-elect Barack Obama’s top legal advisers Wednesday, pressing their case to overturn seven years of Bush administration policies on detention, interrogation and rendition in the war on terror. “President-elect Obama has said that Americans do not engage in torture, that we must send [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2008, 6:39am EST
  by Silke

• “He and I share a reverence for those who serve…”

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Obama picks Eric Shinseki for Secretary of Veterans Affairs: [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 7:46am EST
  by Silke

• Military Spouse Unwritten Rule #6

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 5
  When it comes to moving, expect uncertainty and be flexible. Next to deployments, moving is probably one of the most stressful times for military families. We move every two to four years and although you get used to some aspects of moving there are other aspects you never get used to. [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2008, 6:34pm EST
  by Silke

• How We Found Zarqawi

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I’ll give you a hint…it wasn’t through waterboarding or even “harsh interrogation techniques.” I personally conducted more than 300 interrogations, and I supervised more than 1,000. The methods my team used are not classified (they’re listed in the unclassified Field Manual), but the way we used them was, I like to [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2008, 8:56am EST
  by Silke

• 18-Year-Old Female Medic Wins Silver Star

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  Watch CBS Videos Online Private Monica Brown is only the second woman to be awarded the Silver Star since World War II. She’s an Army medic who risked her own life to save two critically wounded paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan. Hooah! [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2008, 11:01pm EST
  by Silke

• A Colbert Christmas

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Toby Keith has a remedy for the “War on Christmas”… [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2008, 6:09am EST
  by Silke

• The Year of Darwin

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 2
  There’s a great [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2008, 5:06am EST
  by Silke

• The President-elect on Climate Change

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  President-elect Obama recorded a message for the bipartisan Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles. I liked this part… My presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process. … This investment will not only help us [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2008, 8:30am EST
  by Silke

• The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Scientific Consensus

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  According to an article in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: There was no scientific consensus in the 1970s that the Earth was headed into an imminent ice age. Indeed, the possibility of anthropogenic warming dominated the peer-reviewed literature even then. The article examines the scientific origins of the myth, [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2008, 7:34am EST
  by Silke

• What We Are Reading

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure by Paul A. Offit, M.D. This is a wonderful book and not just for parents of autistic children. It’s an excellent lesson in good science and critical thinking. There is so much bad information out there about what [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2008, 7:40pm EST
  by Silke

• Military Spouse Unwritten Rule #5

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Don’t get burned out on volunteering. Military spouses volunteer a lot. They volunteer for the unit’s Family Readiness Group (FRG). They volunteer for Santa’s Workshop that gives toys to underprivileged children. They volunteer at the thrift shop on post which then gives money every year for scholarships. They serve as [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2008, 10:06am EST
  by Silke

• Judged not by the color of his skin…

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
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  Posted: November 07, 2008, 9:03am EST
  by Silke

• Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 4
  Dihydrogen Monoxide is a chemical compound that is colorless, odorless, and kills thousands of people each year. It is used as an industrial solvent and American companies are dumping millions of gallons of it into our lakes, streams, and oceans. Nothing can be done because this practice is still legal. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2008, 9:17am EST
  by Silke

• Palin and the Base

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  How could this woman be so popular with the base? Is it that they didn’t know or they knew but didn’t care? I guess this explains why she never did a Sunday news show. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2008, 6:53am EST
  by Silke

• What do the Terrorists Think?

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  The Daily Show reports on the reaction of Al Qaeda to the election. [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 6:45am EST
  by Silke

• Joe the Voter Elects Obama

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 3
  After all the talk of Joe the Plumber and Joe Six-pack in this election the only one that really mattered was Joe the Voter. More than 130 million people voted yesterday, the most ever to vote in a presidential election (64 percent of the electorate). And they elected the first [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2008, 6:30am EST
  by Silke

• Election Day 2008

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  It’s finally here. Happy voting everyone! [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 8:07am EST
  by Silke

• Science and Politics

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 2
  Science in politics is important. The next president of the United States will control a $150 billion annual research budget, 200,000 scientists, and 38 major research institutions. For this reason, Seed Magazine is endorsing Barack Obama: Science is a way of governing, not just something to be governed. Science offers a [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2008, 3:25pm EDT
  by Silke

• McCain Supporters Confront Intolerance

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  This is so encouraging… [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 7:33am EDT
  by Silke

• On “Spreading the Wealth”

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 7
  That’s what a progressive income tax structure does. It asks those who can afford it to pay more. But this isn’t anything new. This is the tax structure we use now. So why are some all of a sudden calling it Socialism? Barack Obama’s plan calls for a targeted tax [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 7:10am EDT
  by Silke

• The Picture Powell was Talking About

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  Number of comments: 10
  Colin Powell on Meet the Press yesterday: I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” Well, the correct answer is, he is not a [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2008, 7:00am EDT
  by Silke

• More from Powell

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  Number of comments: 1
  This is the kind of pragmatic Republican I would vote for… Unfortunately he’s not running. I wish he had run eight years ago. [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2008, 3:52pm EDT
  by Silke

• Cool Bumper Sticker

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  Number of comments: 7
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  Posted: October 18, 2008, 5:53pm EDT
  by Silke

• Peggy Noonan on Palin

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  Number of comments: 6
  In today’s WSJ: “What is it she stands for? After seven weeks, we don’t know.” But it’s unclear whether she is Bushian or Reaganite. She doesn’t think aloud. She just . . . says things. … No news conferences? Interviews now only with friendly journalists? You can’t be president or vice president and [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2008, 7:50am EDT
  by Silke

• The Final Debate

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  Number of comments: 7
  I thought it was an interesting debate. As I’ve stated before I think it’s useless to say who “won” or “lost” because that’s usually determined by which candidate you liked to begin with. One issue I would like to touch on is autism. John McCain stated: And I just said to [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2008, 8:12am EDT
  by Silke

• Military Spouse Unwritten Rule #3

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  No spouse wears the rank of their military spouse. This may seem obvious but it’s probably one of the touchiest subjects among spouses and one not often talked about – if at all. To be honest, I have never personally found this to be an issue. I have socialized and volunteered [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2008, 2:04pm EDT
  by Silke

• SNL on AIG (ROFL)

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Skip forward to 2:12… Pure genius. [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2008, 10:58am EDT
  by Silke

• “We will be respectful.”

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  Number of comments: 10
  This is the John McCain I respect and admire. I just wish it hadn’t gotten to this point. [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2008, 11:06pm EDT
  by Silke

• Town Hall Debate

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  Number of comments: 10
  I think it’s useless to try and determine who won or who lost. It’s so subjective and it’s usually a reflection of that person’s own bias to begin with. But I do think it’s useful to highlight certain comments. I liked how each candidate answered these questions: Obama on the resurgence [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2008, 1:54am EDT
  by Silke

• Vaccines & Autism

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 2
  This is certainly a compelling video but I disagree with her on almost every point. I too am a proud military wife and the mother of a child living with autism. Does that mean people (let alone the next President) should listen to me about something as important as vaccines [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 7:54am EDT
  by Silke

• McCain vs. Palin on Climate Change

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  Number of comments: 10
  Here’s John McCain on climate change… And here’s Sarah Palin on climate change (fast forward to 1:30)… Not only does she disagree with her own running mate but she contradicts herself in the space of two sentences. How can we “affect the impacts” if we are not having an impact? [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2008, 8:20pm EDT
  by Silke

• The Blame Game

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  Number of comments: 10
  The Bailout Bill failed in the House yesterday. Here were the reactions from each campaign: McCain: Our leaders are expected to leave partisanship at the door and come to the table to solve our problems. Senator Obama and his allies in Congress infused unnecessary partisanship into the process. Now is not [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2008, 8:50am EDT
  by Silke

• Huh?

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  Number of comments: 10
  I have been disappointed that Sarah Palin has not taken more questions from the press. We know very little about her and there isn’t much time before the election to find out. Unfortunately, this exchange during a recent interview with Katie Couric doesn’t inspire much confidence: What is she talking about? [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2008, 8:15am EDT
  by Silke

• Military Spouse Unwritten Rule #1

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Before I discuss any of the “unwritten rules” in the military spouse community I should first explain my own experience as a military spouse. I started as a single soldier first. I married my husband (also a soldier who is still serving) a few years later but continued to serve [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2008, 12:29pm EDT
  by Silke

• McCain and the Financial Crisis

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  In a recent Op-Ed George Will had this to say about John McCain’s response to the financial crisis: Under the pressure of the financial crisis, one presidential candidate is behaving like a flustered rookie playing in a league too high. It is not Barack Obama. John McCain furiously, and apparently without [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2008, 7:42am EDT
  by Silke

• $700 Billion

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  That’s how much taxpayer money could be used to buy up bad loans, taking them off the books of financial firms with the hopes these banks can resume normal operations. I don’t know if this is the answer. Our government is already in record debt and the more we spend [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:06am EDT
  by Silke

• Gay Marriage in California

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  Number of comments: 9
  This Op-Ed in the San Diego Tribune brings up a good point… The second argument made by supporters [of the anti-marriage Proposition 8] is that children should be raised solely by a father and a mother, not by two fathers or two mothers. Yet the debate over child-rearing is entirely beside [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 1:02pm EDT
  by Silke

• About Those Earmarks…

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 4
  I don’t know why the McCain campaign continues to make claims that are demonstrably false. He doesn’t need to. He has a strong and honorable record. [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2008, 1:03pm EDT
  by Silke

• About That Bridge to Nowhere…

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  According to Sarah Palin she said “thanks but no thanks” to the “bridge to nowhere.” Who exactly did she say this to? It certainly wasn’t to the citizens of Alaska. During her run for governor she supported the bridge and the federal earmark for it. It certainly wasn’t to Congress. [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2008, 9:14am EDT
  by Silke

• Palin on Climate Change

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 8
  I’m glad that Governor Sarah Palin agrees with John McCain on climate change. Climate change is the single greatest environmental challenge of our time. The preponderance of scientific evidence points to the warming of our climate from the burning of fossil fuels. But this is what she said before she was [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2008, 11:23am EDT
  by Silke

• Remembering 9/11

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 1
  Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of Circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of Chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2008, 7:36am EDT
  by Silke

• Anti-Vaccine or Pro-Safe Vaccine?

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 2
  Anyone who thinks movements like “Green Our Vaccines” (GOV) is harmless needs to look at the latest numbers from the CDC. Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease, is making a comeback. According to the CDC, 131 cases have been reported in the US so far this year - extrapolating that is about [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
  by Silke

• Karl Rove vs. Karl Rove

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
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  Posted: September 06, 2008, 10:08am EDT
  by Silke

• Gov. Palin’s Speech Last Night

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  I think she gave an effective speech. I liked this part: To the most powerful office on Earth, he would bring the compassion that comes from having once been powerless … the wisdom that comes even to the captives, by the grace of God … the special confidence of those who [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2008, 3:19pm EDT
  by Silke

• The LHC Rap

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  Number of comments: 2
  Who would have thought physicists could rap? The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is scheduled to send the first beam of particles on September 10th. It is the biggest, most expensive experiment in history and will involve thousands of physicists from around the world. The Economist has a great article on [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 9:02am EDT
  by Silke

• No torture, not now, not ever!

  —Hooah Wife and friends

  Number of comments: 10
  John Kerry at the DNC last night: ….and make clear once and for all, the United States of America does not torture, not now, not ever. My biggest disappointed with John McCain is that he voted “no” on the bill that would have banned waterboarding. It’s also one of my biggest disappointments [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2008, 9:54am EDT
  by Silke