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Etc. 27 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
Obit: Longtime CBS foreign reporter Bruce Dunning, 73, died after a fall. A much longer obituary is at CBS News. Make sure to watch his famous and hair-raising report from Da Nang at the CBS link. ...
2013 Travers 27 Aug 2013 | 05:01 am
While I was busy trying to get my things put in a UHaul trailer in Reno Saturday, Will Take Charge took charge of the Travers field and won the race:
Miscellaneous News 27 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Obit: Muriel Siebert, 80, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has died from complications from cancer. It wasn't that long ago women weren't allowed there: Siebert, who was...
The Pressure Really Should Be on Congress to Impeach Him 27 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
I am referring to impeaching Arne Duncan, not his boss, though it sure as hell wouldn't break my little heart if a movement to remove the president were to start. The GOP wouldn't do it to Obama anywa...
Ed Etc. 26 Aug 2013 | 05:06 am
As we know, or should know, the whole point of vouchers is to circumvent Brown v. Board of Education. Milton Friedman came up with that voucher nonsense in the 1950s. No surprise the feds believe the...
Obituaries 26 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
Actress Julie Harris, 87, noted for her many stage and screen appearances, has died of congestive heart failure. She was always somebody who always looked much younger than she was. I remember her b...
No Blogging This Weekend 23 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
I am going to be out of town to get the rest of my stuff out of Reno, Nevada. It may be the last time I ever go there. I hope not, but the way things are financially for me, I can't even think of a re...
Etc. 23 Aug 2013 | 07:48 am
Oregon is trying to do something about aging manufactured homes, which are abundant in the state. _____ It sounds like the Penn State "scandal" has turned into a McMartin Pre-school-type mess. I wrot...
User Fee America 23 Aug 2013 | 06:12 am
Thanks to neoliberalism's twisted "philosophy" to justify unbridled greed and parasitism of the tiny elite at the expense of everybody else, the "public good" isn't even mentioned anymore though it is...
Time to Impeach Obama and Duncan 23 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
over their completely unconstitutional intrusion into the system of public education. They aren't just stopping with K-12--now they want to put NCLB/RTTT in higher education. It won't be the tiny num...
