Daily Archives: December 17, 2008

Weird

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Big hubbub today on the progressive blogs about how Rick Warren, minister of the Saddleback Church, will deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration. I haven’t spent a lot of time getting riled up over the moves Obama’s made since … Continue reading →

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Red Menace!

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From AP: Substances commonly used as industrial dyes, insecticides and drain cleaners were included on a list of illegal food additives China released Monday as part of a monthslong government crackdown aimed at improving the country’s shoddy food safety record. … Continue reading →

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Dispatch from the Rust Belt. Urgent – Send PVC piping, lots of sponges, and a stimulus package!

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One should expect a 150 year old water system (older than Wichita itself!) to break from time to time, especially when we neglect our, ahem, more mature cities. For at least the third time this year, a major water main … Continue reading →

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