The Democrats Contempt Play – TIME Conyers, in his own nod to civility, warned three often-outspoken members of his own caucus to respect the civil tone of the hearing before they made their remarks. Indeed, nary a member on either side raised their voice and the panel had occasional moments of laughter, as whenRepresentative Chris Cannon accidentally voted against his own amendment in a voice vote. Oh, they’ll love this in Utah. What a maroon.
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The Salt Lake Trib has a surprisingly robust editorial on the passing of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. I’ve never approved of televangelists whose conspicuous consumption while spouting the so-called “prosperity gospel” seemed out of keeping with the Biblical message of helping the poor – it was too much like helping themselves to as much cash they could cadge from a gullible public. But even so, “nil nisi bonum” and all that. Although, I’m pretty taken with the image of Tammy Faye’s spackle – you know, that stuff she laid on with a trowel. Salt Lake Tribune – Tammy Faye Messner:…
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NTSB Report Brief I never knew there were two plane crashes in Lambs’ Canyon, an old family haunt of ours in Utah. This is one of them. (tags: utah plane crash)
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Untitled Document Young woman buys cute cheap Chinese flipflops at Walmart, wears for a few hours, suffers painful burns for weeks.
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Pot crops, campsite found in preserve — chicagotribune.com n a Cook County forest preserve, about 200 yards from a highway commuters hum along every day, authorities uncovered an elaborate marijuana-growing operation, with 6-foot-tall plants nearly ready to harvest and campsites stocked with beer, canned food, insect repellent and, on one cot, a copy of High Times magazine.On Tuesday, as an Illinois National Guard helicopter circled above the Crabtree Nature Center Forest Preserve near northwest suburban Barrington, federal agents joined local police in chopping and burning as many as 30,000 marijuana plants found last month when a Forest Preserve District intern…
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BBC – Radio 4 Document – Greenham’s Hidden Secret The link from Boing Boing looked pretty intriguing, so I’m giving this a listen. Contrary to BB’s original headline, W’s grandad probably wasn’t a leader, although he later expressed admiration for Herr Hitler.