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Friday, February 25, 2005

AIDS Rate Doubles In Black Community

The 12th Annual Retrovirus Convention, the foremost meeting to discuss the AIDS epidemic, met in Boston today and released some startling numbers -- especially for African-Americans. It seems that although there are stronger drugs to combat AIDS, treatments that slow the devastating effects of AIDS,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Bush Is Terrorist No. 1

I saw an amusing picture today. It was of a protest in Germany over Bush's planned European tour. Big banners and placards with Dubya's likeness and "Terrorist Nr. 1" emblazoned on them. Now, what in the world would get the Germans thinking that Bush could be likened to a terrorist? It couldn't be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 19, 2005

Director Of National Intelligence, Position Without Substance

The Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte, has been christened the new (and first) Director of National Intelligence. It is a thankless position that would oversee all the intelligence agencies the United States government and its military branches have to offer (or hide, whichever the case may be).... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 12, 2005

Homeland Security And Education Among 154 Programs Getting Bush-Whacked

The title of this post says it all. Did Dubya learn nothing from September 11? (And how about all those memos and communiques just released for public perusal that shows the Bush Administrations negligence before and just prior to those dreadful attacks?) And what about his No Child Left Behind? Am... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 11, 2005

Death Of A Playwright

The man who created everyman Willy Loman has died. Arguably the best playwright in American history, Arthur Miller, who won the Pulitzer Prize for "Death Of A Salesman," a play he wrote in only six weeks, was 89. Miller said he was surprised at the success of "Salesman," describing it as "a literal... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Military Conduct Unbecoming

Eleven servicemen who received Purple Hearts are having them rescinded, taken away, award reversed. The Pentagon states that the men were given the awards during the first days of Operation Iraqi Freedom without regard for the manner in which the men were wounded. Since a Purple Heart is awarded for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 6, 2005

America's Unofficial National Holiday

Superbowl Sunday. A day created by commercial interest and corporate greed and promulgated by the media to become the very definition of hyperbole. A day millions of Americans take off from work (if they do not already have the weekend off) to enjoy the game and the festivities that surround it,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 3, 2005

State Of The Union

With the Union in such a state, shouldn't it be more like a State of Disunion address? And consider the fact that it paid way too much attention to the affairs of a foreign nation, Iraq, damn near the 51st state but still foreign, it goes almost without saying that it was just another pompous speech... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 30, 2005

Secretary Of State Rice

Sounds terrible, doesn't it? Does to me. Absolutely horrid. In fact, it's taken me several days just to be able to type that name at the end of that title. It sickens me no end. My brain is having a very difficult time wrapping itself around everything that is wrong with it. Hell, it's a virtual... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

The Minuteman Project

I was just watching CNN when they aired a segment on a group of concerned citizens that were patrolling the Arizona/Mexico border of their own volition. Equipped with firearms and infra-red scanners (to detect thermal readings -- warm bodies), these volunteers are taking into their own hands the job... Sign in to see full entry.

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