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Jayne Lyn Stahl's Blog
November 26, 2009
- We give thanks for those who came before We give thanks for those yet to come for those who have served in war and those who have served to make peace. We give thanks to the farmers the teachers the iron workers the skydivers those in prison who have not abandoned hope those who bring us our daily newsthose who bring us into this world naked and bloody and those who follow us out. We ...
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November 24, 2009
- The local news was replete today with images of First Lady Michelle Obama in the elegant, strapless designer gown she wore for this White House's first state dinner. Don't get me wrong, I like to look at gowns by Naeem Khan as much as anyone, but as we edge closer to that holiday most often associated with abundance, and overindulgence, one can't help but be distracted by the equally stunning ...
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November 18, 2009
- Don't know if you happened to catch Frank Schaeffer last night on Rachel Maddow, but it was a riveting show. Given his own background as the son of a right-wing evangelist who recently converted, it would be wise to listen to Schaeffer pushing the panic button.
I confess, too, that I can't help thinking about what Sean Penn said when he learned that Barack Obama was elected. We have "an ...
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November 17, 2009
- On my way home from work today, I stopped in to the local 7-11 to pick up a few things. It was late in the day and, as usual, there was only one cashier at the register.
In line in front of me was a young lady who I observed rushing into the store before I got there. She looked to be in her early 20's, a brunette.
Anyway, she bought a half dozen items or so, and stood at the counter with ...
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November 16, 2009
- Astonishingly, more than 30,000 foreign born detainees face deportation at some 350 facilities nationwide. Nearly half are legal residents who committed crimes that range from homicide to misdemeanor drug possession, and were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement after serving their prison terms.
Reportedly, about 10% of those foreign born detainees, or 3,000, have served in the ...
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November 11, 2009
- Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, but thanks to their recent headline, the Associated Press may be the first news organization to take first prize for headline of the year. About an hour ago, while munching some leftover chicken, a stunning headline streaked across my laptop: "Official: Obama wants his war options changed." At first, I thought --hmmmmm..... at least he isn't asking to have ...
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November 10, 2009
November 10, 2009
- John Allen Muhammad, the so-called D.C. sniper, is scheduled to be put to death today by the state of Virginia for the mass murders he carried out in our nation's capital. The Supreme Court refused to stay the execution as did Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. No one will argue that Muhammad is innocent, or that what he did was not a heinous act, and one for which he deserves to pay the ultimate ...
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November 8, 2009
- Okay, so here we go.... I swore I'd never write about this, and haven't in the nearly 40 years since it happened, but since there's been so much attention focused on a similar crime committed more than 30 years ago by Roman Polanski, I thought it might be helpful to hear from someone who knows firsthand the difference between statutory rape, and rape as conversion of genitalia into lethal ...
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November 6, 2009
- After this week's big losses for Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, one can't help but speculate about the impact the far right, bible belt conservatives will have on the landscape that is the Republican Party over the next eight years. Some see civil war already in the works with faux moderates being tackled by the nouveau neo-conservative movement.
The John Birch Society, which has been ...
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November 5, 2009
- There are lots of places to start looking if we want clues as to what happened today at an Army base at Fort Hood, Texas. One obvious place to start is Virginia Tech. We know that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan, who perpetrated the largest shooting at a military base in U.S. history today, graduated attended the college.
There are striking similarities between the modus operandi in both cases: ...
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November 3, 2009
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Text and drive? If you live in England, and someone dies because you rear end them while texting, you will face jail time. In 2008, Great Briatin issued a directive which clearly states that "prolonged texting" may be prosecuted as inflicting "death by dangerous driving."
Consider the wrenching, horrific case of a young Oxford woman, Victoria McBryde, an aspiring fashion designer who ...
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October 29, 2009
- Look, I'm as thrilled as everyone that the House reached agreement on a health care reform plan that will ensure medical coverage for 96% of Americans. This is a milestone, and a landmark piece of legislation which will make it through voting process next week. But, here's my concern. In the proposal, there are numerous references to employers, as well as what happens to those who lose their ...
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October 25, 2009
- Okay, now that you've had your evening glass of wine, and that hot bath, you're maybe ready for a bedtime story, so what comes to mind is the time I saw Andy Warhol walking down Madison Avenue (Mad, for short).
Yes, that's right, it was, I'm guessing, somewhere around 1980, and I was somewhere around Madison and 33rd, in mid-afternoon, half-in, half-out of reverie---pushing my way through the ...
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October 24, 2009
- Hoping for a 3rd party to come along, and do away with the two party paradigm whcih has quickly become Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dee Light? Well, stay tuned because something is happening in a New York congressional race which portend that change is en route, maybe not the change you had in mind, though.
While she may have left politics in Alaska, over the past few days, Sarah Palin proved that ...
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