Archive for ‘October 29th, 2007’

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Oct29

Whatareyadoing?

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
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Man (sigh!), there was something going on with the previous template that was causing the backend to screw up big time. Buried in the coding was a script that was overloading my database and frankly I do not feel like spending the hours to look for it. It is going to take me about a [...]

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Oct29

What socialized health care looks like in the U.K.

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
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“But everybody gets access.”
Record numbers go abroad for health treatment with 70,000 escaping NHS
dailymail.co.uk
Record numbers of Britons are travelling abroad for medical treatment to escape the NHS – with 70,000 patients expected to fly out this year.
And by the end of the decade 200,000 “health tourists” will fly as far as Malaysa and South Africa [...]

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Oct29

15 Laterals Miracle Play

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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Two words: IN–SANE!
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Oct29

Some Republicans love nanny goverment, too!

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
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Connecticut School District Wants Report Cards for Parents
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans
Foxnews.com
Parents in Connecticut might be the ones getting the report cards if a proposed plan makes the grade at a Manchester public school district.
Steve Edwards, a Republican member of the Manchester Board of Education who’s up for re-election Nov. 6, wants parents to be evaluated on [...]

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Oct29

Yet another example of how the media likes to portray Blacks as “confused”

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 10:31 am
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Black voters torn: Obama or Clinton? [Link]
Well suh, I jus don knows what I’m ‘pposed to do. Do I’s vote for a colored man, or do I’s votes for Mister’s wife?
I don’t know about you, but I have had my fill of articles talking about how Blacks are “torn” between two candidates. Last I checked, [...]

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Oct29

When “victims” don’t tell the whole story

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 10:15 am
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‘Ex-Gay’ Controversy Mars Gospel Concert Tour for Obama
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
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However, Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX), told Cybercast News Service on Friday that such activities by homosexual activists “demonstrates a disregard for diversity and a refusal to respect a basic human right to dignity and self-determination.”
“Ex-gays [...]

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Oct29

“Stop talking down on Black folks!”

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 3:34 am
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This is by far the #1 whine I hear and see all the time online being directed towards individuals who are simply stating what they see within certain segments of the Black community. I have met more than my fair share of Black folks who are oftentimes very hesitant to state the obvious when there [...]

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Oct29

600 rapes a day

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 2:57 am
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Kenya: Report Shows 600 Women Raped Daily
East African Standard (Nairobi)
29 October 2007
Edith Fortunate
Nairobi
More than 600 females are raped daily, a new report shows.
The report, compiled by Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC), indicates that the youngest rape survivor is five-months-old while the oldest is 86.
The statistics, which have been compiled in hospitals and community-based organisations where [...]

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Oct29

Dance making its way back to center stage in hip hop

by Duane on October 29th, 2007 at 1:15 am
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Dancing is all the rage again as hip-hop lightens up
By MALCOLM VENABLE, The Virginian-Pilot
Rapper Soulja Boy might be just a kid doing a simple, extremely popular dance, but he also represents a sea change.
Back in the glory days of hip-hop – the late 1980s and early ’90s – every real fan could perform a catalog [...]

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