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9-11: Big News Day

Twelve years since we were attacked, and America is weaker than ever, still losing. But both Carlos Danger and Client Number 9 lost in NYC, and the gun grabbers lost in CO, so some good news. Big news...

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And the news flood continues...

The news just keeps rolling in. Syria at the end, as per usual lately. ~BobMurder in ChicagoLocal TV news this morning reported that out of 306 murders in Chicago this year, 5 of the victims were...

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For your weekend reading

Feels like fall in Chicago this morning. Offline for the weekend and slammed today, so a limited amount for your reading pleasure. More next week—“if I’m spared,” as the Scots say. Syria at the end....

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Give Bob’s Books for Christmas and help these Charities

Give Bob’s Books for Christmas and help these CharitiesFor the political junkie on your list who is concerned about the future of the country:All author royalties from these books go to The Injured...

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Quatrains

I’ve always liked the inspiration you can find in a four line poem called a quatrain, and have written a few myself. Enjoy this collection. ~Bob QuatrainsHe either fears his fate too much,Or his...

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The weekend news flood

While you were worrying about politics on Saturday, Bonnie and I were at the Waterloo, WI, Weiner & Kraut fest, and town wide yard sale. Love that small town stuff. Outside Madison and Milwaukee,...

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Today's news

Today’s news. Syria at the end, but I think I’ll stop having to group them there, as the Media aids Obama’s efforts to have you forget all about Syria, and there is less coverage. ~BobThe Washington...

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September is Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month

September is Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month Pulmonary Fibrosis literally means lung scarring. This disease is very unpredictable. It can advance very quickly or very slowly. There is no medication...

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Toda's (mostly) political news. Syria fading

As predicted, less on Syria today. By next week, it will be forgotten, Assad will still be in power, Putin will be stronger, Syrians will still be dying, both sides will still be evil, and someone will...

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Today's news

Today’s News. Stopped segregating Syria. You remember Syria, right? Still hoping that gmail will return to their old, user-friendly compose window. The new one still sucks. I would not recommend...

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Your weekend reading

News for your weekend reading. House voted to defund Obamacare today, but I didn’t include. If you don’t already know that, you are asleep. I’ll be offline for the weekend. Have to help my wife with a...

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Compassion for Immigrants

Compassion for ImmigrantsRobert A. HallThis past Sunday, our pastor preached a homily on immigration, the thesis of which was that providing citizenship to illegal immigrants was not some kooky,...

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Guest Post: Why Advisors Can Be Important

Why Advisors Can Be ImportantColonel Donald J. Myers USMC (Ret)There is no way that a president of the United States can possibly be knowledgeable about everything that he is responsible to supervise...

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Lots of news over the weekend

The weekend’s huge news haul, while I was herding 11 to 13-year old girls at a birthday sleepover. They overran the position, but we survived with no casualties on either side. ~BobICYMI: Compassion...

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Today's news

ObamaCare Exchanges: One Big Headachehttp://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=23628&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPDExcerpt: Purchasing health insurance can...

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The latest news

Listening to the local news as I dressed for work, hoping for a weather report, I heard a commentator ask, “What could be the reason behind the senseless violence at the mall in Kenya?” Gee, the...

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Your weekend reading

This is your weekend reading, as I’ll be away for three days. Then next week, I’ll be moving my flag to Madison, WI and be tied up being poked and prodded at the VA for a couple of days. Posts will...

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Guest Post: Obama Scandals and NPR

Obama Scandals and NPRTo the everlasting surprise of my more liberal friends, I regularly listen to NPR when I'm driving. It's not all slanted liberal stuff, some of the stuff they do is apolitical and...

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Today's dose of depression

Ender's GameTwo thumbs down. I read the great book decades ago, so despite the terrible hatchet job Hollywooddid on Robert A. Heinlein's classic Star Wars, we went to see the movie. Most of it is...

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Guest Post: How Stupid Do They Think We Are?

How Stupid Do They Think We Are?Colonel Donald J. Myers USMC (Ret)I continue to be amazed by the antics that comes out of Washington D. C on a routine basis. It seems that far too many of our elected...

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