This is an extension of the last post and its comments, specifically: "and this graph suggests that the patients essentially moved next door into our prisons" " If there is ever a place where the parable of the blind men and the elephant fits like a glove, this is it" "I begin to wonder about […]
Andy Lipscomb the gentlest soul to ever pass our way… September 24, 1939 – April 21, 2014 Al Clayton darker days finally passed… June 14, 1934 – April 27, 2014
from UNHCR 1441 4. Decides that false statements or omissions in the declarations submitted by Iraq pursuant to this resolution and failure by Iraq at any time to comply with, and cooperate fully in the implementation of, this resolution shall constitute a further material breach of Iraq’s obligations and will be reported to the Council […]
On Friday, we had a tornado. You can see my photos of the damage here. The good news is that no one was killed. The bad news is that because no one was killed, our little county has to pay for all the repair & cleanup on its own. The number of crews & trucks […]
The current National Hurricane Center GIS files 5 day prediction [green] show Gustav taking a dramatic turn. It’s predicted extent is outlined in yellow. Looks like it might be headed to parched North Georgia to me! And Hannah might cooperate too!
It’s funny how hobbies start. For most of my career, I took the month of August off from work. Meaning that all my vacations were during Hurricane season – often involving a week at a friend’s place on the Gulf Coast. So I got into "tracking" Hurricanes. Back then, it was dots on a map. […]
As a child 30 year old, I went to the 1972 Munich Olympics. At the time, I was a reluctant draftee in the Air Force, living in England where I was stationed in the early days of my marriage to a sports nut. So off we went to Munich with a fist full of tickets […]
The unexpected and untimely death of Tim Russert has evoked a mammoth media response and commentary from just about everybody. I don’t watch the Sunday Talking Head shows anymore, so my exposure to Tim was on the nightly news or on election coverage. In Bush’s first term and a half, I was down on […]
Well, I came into Kucinich’s Impeachment articles about halfway through on CSPAN. I have no idea where it will go, but he did one fine job of presenting them. With each point, he seemed to get a new wind and enthusiasm, and he had certainly done his homework. It was like hearing the history of […]