Sometimes it's good to step back and take a look at things with a historical eye. President Obama is probably losing sleep about what to do in Afghanistan. Or maybe he's just wondering where to find all those soldiers that General McChrystal is requesting for the war.
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Amazon.com has just released a free program for your PC that enables you to view Kindle Books on your computer. The current version is compatible with IE-7, Vista, and Windows 7. The 'Whispernet' link is also included. It takes up about five megabytes of space on your computer.
Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. An officer who was looking for an assault victim nearby Monday night heard the man screaming for help. Police supported him to prevent further injuries until medics arrived and took him to a hospital, where he was in serious condition in intensive care on Tuesday.
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PORTLAND, Oregon — The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug.
A first-term Republican Congressman from New Orleans, Joseph Cao, had the guts to vote for today's health reform bill. He was the only Republican to do so, and for that he will probably be ostracized by his own party leadership, who stood universally against the President's plan.
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It's a trap. It always has been, and always will be, as long as we remain. Afghanistan isn't called the 'graveyard of empires' for nothing. Many have tried, and many have died, as the saying goes.
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In Native American lore, the volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains chatted with each other like girlfriends. Scientists, however, have long held that Mounts Rainier, Baker and their snow-capped sisters don't really communicate in a geologic sense.
As oxygen levels decline in southern Hood Canal, sea creatures are showing signs of stress, according to scuba divers visiting the area. Wolf eels are sluggish and seem to be panting; sea cucumbers are reaching out with filamentous tentacles; and dead octopuses are being reporte …
If Boeing chooses cheap over quality by starting a slow-walk to South Carolina, the Puget Sound region will rely more than ever on idea-based, talent-based work, as well as its international connections. So Microsoft and its spawn matter more than ever.
I've seen jeremiads for the American Dream... I've seen 'viners write op-ed pieces on almost every topic...
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