Category — General

U.S. Grant Winds Up as 2 Ships Gone Awry – New York Times:
Coast Guard records show that the ships have been providing those services in the South Pacific since the medical mission took possession of them in 1999.

In reality, the ships never got any closer to the South Pacific islands than the San Francisco Bay. The mission group quickly sold one to a maritime equipment company, which sold it for substantially more to a pig farmer who uses it as a commercial ferry off Nicaragua. The group sold the other ship to a Bay Area couple who rent it for eco-tours and marine research.
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yep, religious organizations cheat and swindle as much as, or more than, governments i’d guess. this probably isn’t an uncommon result of giving public money and resources to faith-based organizations.

LOL: Too many topics, too little time.:

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from shane… loltmttlt

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, & Social Change:
Q: So, who does rule America?

A: The owners and managers of large income-producing properties; i.e., corporations, banks, and agri-businesses. But they have plenty of help from the managers and experts they hire. You can read the essential details of the argument in this summary of Who Rules America?, or look for the book itself at Amazon.com.

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website for the book who rules america by noted sociologist.

YouTube – TRIUMPH ROCKET III – 21ST CENTURY MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURE:
TRIUMPH ROCKET III

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only the u.k. can build a motorcycle this good…..

Watch This:
This is among the most important things I’ve pointed to on my blog.

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2007/02/020507.html

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pederson says this is worth it, i agree. hope you have a surfboard.

Librarians as Enemies of Books by Randolph G. Adams:
Librarians as Enemies of Books
by Randolph G. Adams

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keep in mind, they love the books…

Richard Rorty, 1931-2007:
Richard Rorty, the leading American philosopher and heir to the pragmatist tradition, passed away on Friday, June 8.
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from telospress…

General Wesley Clark – Bush Administration intends to “take out 7 countries in 5 years.” | The Skeleton Project:
General Wesley Clark – Bush Administration intends to “take out 7 countries in 5 years.”

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yes, this will cause terrorism. attacking other countries militarizes the population.

haarlem
haarlem town hall
department store

Interpretation in policy analysis conference <– why i took the trip

I met up with my friend and colleague Frank Schaap and we had some nice pie, and some beer, and some dinner and chatted.

i stayed at my friend Todd’s house for a while, and played with his cats.

I saw the Renee Descartes house

I took pictures of many churches inside and out:

st. nicolaskirk
black church…
oude kirk
new church
grote kirk haarlem

oh there are around 2000 pictures from museums including the pearson, the frans hals, the teylers, and house boat museums. there is even a few pictures of a windmill.

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I boycott godaddy because of the owner’s politics, which has seemed borderline fascist to me. mr. diety which was a good and occasionally funny video podcast did an interview with godaddy ceo, I’m afraid this means I’m no longer going to partake of their humor, which was particularly funny in that it was centered on a critique of theism of the xtian variety.