Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The coffee place is at it again: Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will begin collecting donations of $5 or more from customers to stimulate U.S. job growth through its “Jobs for USA” program. The …
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Well, that's the way it is in North Carolina, at least: "I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me …
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Yes, he does: Biden told the group of rabbis that he’s had disagreements with President Barack Obama over some of the language that he uses regarding Israel, said Klein, a Democrat who represented Congressional District 22, which includes Palm Beach. “I will defend, down to my last breath that this administration has one of the …
NPR picked up on the origin of Barack Obama's appeal "if you love me, you got to help me pass this bill.:" But that doesn't mean there still isn't the occasional moment reminiscent of a Bible story...Here's John 21:15, the New International Version, describing a scene between Jesus and his disciples: When they had finished …
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This coming Sunday, of course, is the tenth anniversary of al-Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Most of the blogosphere (to say nothing of the press, mainstream and otherwise) will fill up a great deal of space dealing with the subject. When approaching the date, I figured I'd join in the …
The recent move The Help has focused a great deal of attention on the whole relationship between wealthy white people (and "wealthy" is a relative term) and their black domestic help. The movie (at least, I haven't read the book) cuts across many stereotypes on every side of the issue. And it's always dangerous in …
Looks like it: But despite the Lockean tenor of much of the constitution, the inescapable clause lies right in Part 1, Article 1: “Islam is the Religion of the State, and the principal source of legislation is Islamic Jurisprudence (Sharia).” Under this constitution, in other words, Islam is law. That makes other phrases such as …
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That great Socialist Bernie Sanders evidently does: Senator Bernie Sanders, a staunch critic of oil speculators, leaked the information to a major newspaper in a move that has unsettled both regulators and Wall Street alike. In a June 16 e-mail reviewed by Reuters, a senior policy adviser to Sanders discusses how his office received private …
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Even the Black Caucus has just about had enough: The problem, Waters said, is that Obama is not paying enough attention to the problems of some black Americans. The unemployment rate for African-Americans nationally is a little over 16 percent, and almost twice that in Detroit. And yet, Waters said, the president is on a …
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A few years back I was involved in an extraordinarily complex business transaction. It was complex not only because our legal system makes even the simplest transaction a mess, but also due to the nature of both sides of the transaction. On my side, I was set as the chief negotiator of a group of …
