THE FOLLOWING POST, FROM SF GATE, MADE ME DO A DOUBLE-TAKE — THE BILL OF RIGHTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS SUPPOSTED TO PROTECT REASONABLE SPEECH, ESPECIALLY THAT WHICH CHALLENGES ABUSES OF POWER AT ALL LEVELS. AS A LONG-TIME ANTIWAR ACTIVIST, THE REPORT SENT A CHILL THROUGH ME. THE BASIC FREEDOM OF REPUBLICAN […]
I cannot say that I made up (fabricated) the following from the local Janesville Wisconsin paper.
I often hear my real estate friends talk about a “flat” market, or a “dead” one.
But this, friends, is too, too much. Wouldn’t it have been great to be along for the tour……….
OWNER LAY DEAD WHILE PAIR TOURED HER […]
WISH THAT I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GREAT SAM BIRNEY, MY SEVENTH GRADE TEACHER AT NORTH HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOL (CA) IN 1953-54, WHO OVERSAW A GREAT CHANGE IN ME FROM CLASSIC BRILLIANT UNDERACHIEVER, TO SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT THAT, HEY, HE MIGHT MAKE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF. BIRNEY, WHO ALWAYS WORE A BOW TIE, RODE ME […]
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Best from the rainy and chilly golden state!
Hope all are thriving and continuing to work against Bush and Harper.
HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES….THIS IS A NEAT STORY FROM THE AP TODAY. WE COULD MAKE A FILM…..OR DO A PLAY……OR SIMPLY PONDER ……
RUNAWAY, NINE, SNEAKS ONTO TWO FLIGHTS
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (Jan. 18) - A determined 9-year-old runaway who managed to board flights from Seattle to Texas in efforts to rejoin […]
One of the top historians in Canada, Dr. Karen Dubinsky of Queen’s, has hit the front pages again, this time as part of the solution to a long-standing mystery, connected (of course) with her interest in crime and violence against women……the local paper picked up the story today….
THE HISTORY OF A HUSBAND KILLER
By Jennifer Pritchett […]
One of my favourite people from years gone by will be a published author come April. She is also a possessor of wisdom, beyond her years. Check out the website. This is for real and do watch the best-seller lists……getting cold now, so time to read. Eh?
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The Line Painter is […]