Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
The campaigns' and Super PACS' junk mail has injected cash into our strapped postal system: The 2012 election season couldn't have come at a better time for the U.S. Postal Service. While still low on cash, the postal service has enough to avoid insolvency this month, thanks in large part to the mountains of political …
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Works even for a "place" like WikiLeaks: But leading Anonymous accounts on Twitter...have now withdrawn their support (of WikiLeaks)...Calling the split “the end of an era”, Anonymous tweeted: “It was an awesome idea, ruined by egos.” I've commented on the adverse effect of "egos inflatable to any size" ruining efforts in the church, especially with …
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With winter coming on us, I felt that this, coming from another of my sites, might be interesting. I always wondered why my family instilled in me such an intense dislike of promoters, those uniquely American creatures so prominent in our landscape. I think I discovered why. Vulcan Iron Works started out as a foundry, …
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The state that almost invented auto mobile living grinds to a halt: Gas prices shot up nearly 13 cents in some areas overnight Saturday, fueled by what's being called "a perfect storm of factors" that drove inventories across California to near-record lows. The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in L.A. County was …
I see many postings on Facebook about American "classic" or more explicitly "muscle" cars of the 1960's and 1970's. It's a mix of photos from the day, photos of other people's restored cars, or in some cases their own children or grandchildren restoring them. Few things will warm a Boomer's heart than more than this …
A program from--where else--Tennessee: Temple Israel and Unity of the Palm Beaches are collaborating on a project that is soulful — and sole-ful. Rabbi Cookie Lea Olshein of the temple and the Rev. Rhonda K. Liles, senior minister at Unity of the Palm Beaches, will go barefoot Oct. 11, to raise awareness for Soles4Souls, a …
Al-Jazeera takes note of the events across the Gulf: Iranian riot police have clashed with protesters in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the rial, the country's currency, which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in a week. Police on Wednesday reportedly fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators, including currency exchange …
Getting out of bed and checking the email must be getting painful for Chuck Murphy these days: The archbishop of the Anglican Church of Congo, the Most Rev. Henri K. Isingoma has sent a formal letter to Canon Kenneth Kearon, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, saying that the Congo will not grant any canonical …
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Ross Perot, the man who messed up the 1992 election, is at it again: “We’re on the edge of the cliff, and we have got to start fixing it now. Otherwise, we’re leaving a disaster to our children’s and our grandchildren’s future,” he said. Wolf spoke with Perot as part of an interview for C-SPAN, …
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And they certainly have one: “He's got to continue to concentrate on jobs,” Rep. Bill Pascrell said last week as the House was leaving town for a long, pre-election recess. “I'm hoping he'll do immigration reform,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). “We should get back to an energy policy – one that acknowledges that climate …
