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Independence Day Reads
Good Morning!! So Egyptians staged a whole lot of protests and with the help of the army, overthrew the president they elected about a year ago. From the Boston Globe: Egypt’s army ousts Morsi, who...
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Saturday Reads: We’re Having A Heat Wave Edition
Good Morning!! The long weekend continues, and so does the heat wave here in Greater Boston. This is our second heat wave of this summer. I know these are just normal temps for you hardy souls in the...
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Tuesday Reads: The Snowden Conundrum
Good Morning!! I’m going to focus on the Edward Snowden/NSA leaks story today, because there has been quite a bit of news breaking about it over the past few days. As of this morning, Snowden hasn’t...
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Edward Snowden Emerges; Seeks Temporary Asylum in Russia
NSA leaker Edward Snowden attends a press conference at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, July 12, 2013, in this image provided by Human Rights Watch. At 5PM (9AM...
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
Abortion rights advocates fill the rotunda of the State Capitol as the Senate neared its vote Friday night (Tamir Kalifa/AP) Good Morning Sky Dancers!! There sure is a lot of news out there for a...
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Tuesday Reads: Rachel and Trayvon, Reid Going Nuclear, Spy Stories, and Much...
Good Morning!! I’m not sure if it’s the heat or the depressing news, but I’m having a hard time getting going this morning. We’re into our third heat wave of the summer, and I’m actually getting...
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Wednesday Reads: Forest for the trees
Good Morning My internet has been acting strange lately, so I am writing this post on the fly and comments will be at a minimum. First up, sad story from India, according to BBC News: School meal kills...
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Thursday Reads: Hot and Bothered Edition
Good Morning!! Today is day 5 of the latest heatwave, which isn’t scheduled to break here in southern New England until Sunday. I don’t think I’m capable of writing very much today–we’ll see how it...
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Saturday Reads
Good Morning!! The heatwave continues here, but I hope this will be the last day of extreme weather for the time being. It’s already 83 degrees outside my house at 7:30AM. I’m hoping and praying for a...
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Open thread: Little Blue Dot
Good Evening My, the British press has been busy today, but I am not going to mention or link to any royal baby news…the only English thing I am paying attention to tonight is watching the film Georgy...
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Tuesday Reads
Good Morning!! I have a varied selection of stories for you today. I’ll begin with one that doesn’t involve politics, racism, murder, woman-hating, or any other depressing topics. A new study released...
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Edward Snowden Apparently Will Defect to Russia
Edward Snowden “press conference” July 12, 2013 It’s being reported in Russian newspapers that Edward Snowden has left the tiny hotel room at Sheremetyevo International Airport that has essentially...
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Wednesday Reads: Good Day, Yes?
Good Morning Yesterday was a good day, at least for me and a few of the people I love. My daughter is feeling better from her staph infection, my friend out in the cornfields of Iowa got a new job with...
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Thursday Reads
Good Morning!! Yesterday the House narrowly defeated (217-205) an amendment to the defense spending bill (proposed by Michigan Republican Justin Amash) that would have prohibited NSA from collecting...
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Sunday Reads: Hero Shrews, Jim Crows and Deep Fried Hexapus
From Veronica goes to Petunia’s farm written and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin Good Morning It’s the last Sunday in July, can you believe it? I’ve got a variety of links for you this morning, several...
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Hillary and Barack Have Lunch at the White House
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have lunch at the White House, July 29, 2013 Good Afternoon!! Tongues are wagging in Washington over President Obama inviting Hillary Clinton to lunch today. The White...
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Tuesday: Something’s Gotta Give!
Good Morning!! I’ve finally reached a point of such frustration with politics, with the do-nothing Congress, and the mostly unserious media, that I wonder if the bottleneck of corruption,...
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Thursday Reads: Edward Snowden Becomes a Refugee in Russia
Good Morning!! The news is breaking as I write this (around 8:15AM ET) that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has received papers that grant him refugee status in Russia for one year. From Reuters: Fugitive...
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Sunday Reads: Attack of the Killer Deer Heads
Good Morning I swear, if things here in Banjoland weren’t so backwards already…lately our internet service has been slower than the sweet sorghum syrup our county is famous for… So, because of this...
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Tuesday Reads: The End of an Era
Katherine Graham meets with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Howard Simons and Ben Bradlee. Good Morning!! The big news today is of course the Graham family’s shocking sale of The Washington Post to...
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