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Reverend Patrick McLaughlin, Unitarian Church Manchester, NH
This is an open letter to the minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, NH. Dear Pat. Welcome to your new post. Don’t get too comfortable because your new congregation may present well but you really need to get … Continue reading
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The End of an Era in New Hampshire Politics and The Loss of a Friend
On 12 November 2013 a very good friend to very many people, Raymond S Burton Executive Councilor for District 1 in New Hampshire passed away at the age of 74 after a lengthy battle with liver cancer. Ray passed away … Continue reading
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NHGOP Head Quarters Vandalised
Someone in the NHGOP said, “Our building was clearly vandalized by liberal political activists who disagree with our fiscally responsible values. Instead of trying to engage in a serious debate about the issues facing our country, these cowardly extremists decided … Continue reading
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I am glad to see
that the democrats have grown a pair. House speaker Boehner said, let’s do this again on Thanksgiving and crash that holiday too and the President said: No. Let’s not. Here in New Hampshire it’s Columbus Day weekend and hundreds of … Continue reading
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I Call BullShit Mr. Cornyn!
In the weekly Republican radio address, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex., said that “it has become disturbingly clear that the Obama-Reid shutdown is no longer about health care, or spending, or ideology. It’s about politics, plain and simple.” You also said … Continue reading
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Speaker Boehner!
“The minority party needs to sit down and shut up!” No matter who says this it certainly ain’t the way to build a consensus. Shutting down the government until you can eliminate legislation that has already been passed and signed … Continue reading
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And They Shut the Government Down
Because they can’t have their way. One party of our sort of two party system of government wants to govern the United States of America according to their own ideology. Now ideology means according to the OED, noun * 1 … Continue reading
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Art and the GOP or Is this really going on?
Two things popped into my little mind this week and the first involves the grand old party and their stated intention of not allowing anything the opposition party wants to do happen. Especially the lawfully elected president. So once again … Continue reading
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Johns Hopkins Crypto Prof asked to remove blog post regarding NSA.
Crypto prof asked to remove NSA-related blog post Predictable backtrack from Johns Hopkins comes a few hours later. by Nate Anderson – Sept 9 2013, 4:55pm EST Matthew Green is a well-known cryptography professor, currently teaching in the computer science … Continue reading
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Be prepared to litigate: Boy Scouts pressures Hacker Scouts to drop “Scouts” The Boy Scouts of America insists it has a trademark on the word “scouts.” by Megan Geuss – Aug 20 2013, 11:25pm EST
I’ve totally ripped this piece off from the Ars Technica web site because of this sentence: Since 1919, the Boy Scouts of America has held a congressional charter that protects the organization’s “exclusive right to use emblems, badges, descriptive or … Continue reading
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