December 2009
80 posts
“Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion to...”
– Albert Einstein (via iamtea-rriffic)
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Put-in-Bay Brewing Company. →
This and Kelley’s are two breweries I have left unexplored. :(
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Kelley's Island Brewpub. →
I’ve been spending a lot of time around Lake Ontario since I moved to Sackets Harbor, NY. It makes me want to get back to Ohio’s Islands.
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Finally! Yay Senate! →
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Ottawa buzzing with talk of proroguing Parliament... →
smarterthanyou:
SRSLY?
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“The City Council passed a measure Tuesday legalizing same-sex marriage, making...”
– D.C. Council Approves Gay Marriage (via ryking)
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Thanks Lieberman!!
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Damn, just when I was getting excited. →
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“Christian living does not mean to be good, but to become good; not to be well,...”
– (Martin Luther, LW 7:336)
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Blatant Discrimination
theanniehour:
41% of Pakistanis and 31% of Bangladeshis are denied visas to visit the UK, while that figure is only 14% for India. Pakistan and Bangladesh are right next to India, but because of the borders that some “almighty” power drew on a map, the people from Bangladesh and Pakistan are discriminated against more strongly.
Read this article, it goes more into depth on the reasoning...
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Beer is an important portion of NY economy.
Breweries in New York State provide
49,880 jobs with wages totaling
$1,378,903,327. That is an Economic
Contribution of $3,956,907,067.
Breweries in New York State paid
$772,214,473 in Federal Taxes and
$615,379,270 in State and Local Taxes.
That is a total of $1,387,593,743 in
Business and Personal Taxes, including
property, city, and payroll.
Breweries in New York State acquired
...
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NY is First State With a Beer Trail. →
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“If two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it”
– ~Hemingway
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Christmas Time.
It’s that time of year again when the louder version of Christianity begins spouting off about “keeping Christ in Christmas.”
If keeping Christ in Christmas means forgoing the secular marketing of Christmas to spend a humble time with friends and family I’m all about it. After all, Jesus came into the world in the most humble of ways, being born in a stable surrounded by...
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Important News in the Fight Against Cancer →
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A Democratic Socialist →
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Just to Clarify
so⋅cial⋅ism–noun
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3. (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the...
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“Sex offender” label is an attack against... →
When I was young, I was taught that if you thought something to be stupid you should educate yourself about that subject as much as possible.
This blog, although it points out a major moral problem with the sex offender label, does not take into the legal considerations of a specified state. And remains inconsistent in its rant within Ohio law in relation to: tiers or levels of offenses, the...
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“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.”
– edward hopper (via nearingtide)
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Tomorrow in Iran. →
“As the Iranian people prepare for a day of protests across Iran on December 7, the Iranian government has stepped up its efforts to halt the flow of news out of the country.”
Transfer of Authority
mattmcdaniel:
Today our battalion conducted the transfer of authority (TOA) cerimony with our replacement battalion, an Airborne unit. The TOA cerimony is a military tradition that dates back to earlier wars when troops often had to wait long periods of time for their replacements to arrive. It is common for commander’s to “case the colors” (put away the battalion flag) during these...
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