Be home in a minute honey , traffic is a mess today.
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at 10:46 PM PDT
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Be home in a minute honey , traffic is a mess today.
quizzicalWhy Afghanistan is a continuing waste of money...no cohesiveness in efforts to help a country with too much glue but nothing to hold it together.
Its worse than too many Indians and not enough chiefs and too many cooks spoil the broth.
"a melting pot of failure of developmental policies."
Getting a lot of press time these days is Ahmed Rashid (interviewed on Charlie Rose recently) author of
Descent into Chaos. (Viking Press).
Multimedia on Ahmeds sweeping wide ranging estimations and piercing observations that call for
a stark reassesment of approaches to the solutions for this problematic country.
can be found here.
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More support for the main thesis of 'the failed state were in' ("We would like to tell you the story of $150m going up in smoke,") comes from Clare Lockhart - Co-Founder and Director at the Institute for State Effectiveness
and also Overseas Development Institute
Hat tip to Daniel Finkelstein who does a full circle dance around the press gallery story gaining steam on the 'American who would be Afghanistans next President'. Is that (really!) James Woods?
And finally, if we ever do see oil hit 200 dollars a barrel and gas prices rise with blood pressures and high tempertures and taxing of our collective patience for politicians to "do something" as costs rise for everything from food to...well, food,...why it's so important.
(edit: oh yeah I almost forgot: Iran pulls $75b from EU banks.)
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World gas prices on a map.
caffeinatedAlways something new and snazzy, fresh bold and exciting
Here at Machizwells Cafe we aim to please
Please enjoy the following item with your brew
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and come again soon.
Hiram Bingham, the Yale archaeology professor who uncovered Machu Picchu, is widely believed to be the model for Indiana Jones.
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Attention, archaeology department!
Rocketman!....first in the world to use metal cylinders...throw into the dustbin of history!
Well, sometimes one mans junk is not always another mans treasure. Sometimes its just junk.
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.... China is drilling for oil in places America wont or cant how come we are told they are driving up our costs at the pump thanks to their economic juggernaut....? I think we are really paying for all those cheap t-shirts about now.
I am beating those Black Flaggers around the block to come from behind and kick their butts.
(kidding.)
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/17/healthscience/17mund.php
Some news about bisphenol A in plastic ...
http://www.newsanchormom.blogspot.com/
...and cans.
Get your safe drinking water bottle here.
Sigg, the little company with the big brand
CHICAGO (Reuters.com) -- A company doesn't have to be big to go global, but it helps to catch the right wave..
caffeinated"What time did I kill your friend?"
A healthy person can eliminate 15 ml of alcohol per hour, the equivalent portion found in a single 355 ml of beer.
So, if she were twice the legal limit two hours after the accident...
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Roberts, a vehicle mechanic with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was waiting to be deployed to Afghanistan next February.
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http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=1e5dc745-6998-47a3-b901-e2b53df4e0e8
special4 copies left.
Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals (Paperback)-- -
"In 1992—the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Guatemala—the Guatemalan Catholic Church issued a public apology for abuses committed against the Indians during its evangelization of Guatemala."
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