THE DAILY BLITZ

Remembering Tom Lantos

2008-02-11T09:30:47+00:00

It's been a long time since I posted anything here but a news item just appeared on CNN that jolted me into action. Tom Lantos, a very good man has passed away at the age of 80. Tom ...

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Can Someone Please Give Me a Good Reason

2007-07-16T09:13:29+00:00

Why these two complete wastes of space should not be sterilized by the state of Nevada? The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl ...

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Random Friday Afternoon Art - Sometimes the Bull Wins

2007-06-15T14:40:48+00:00

This is "The Dead Toreador," an 1864 painting by Édouard Manet, which was originally the bottom half of a larger painting. It can be seen at The National Gallery of Art ...

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Friday Afternoon Poetry - Again and Again

2007-06-15T12:49:13+00:00

A little something by the wonderful early 20th century German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (who was a man, in case you're wondering): Again and Again Again and again, however we know the landscape of love and the little churchyard there, with its ...

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Judge Sentences Man to My Life

2007-06-15T12:22:51+00:00

I wonder if I can get credit for time served?

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Passover Post: When is a Synagogue Burning Not Really That Bad a Thing?

2007-04-02T11:02:40+00:00

Look, I'm against arson. It's a damned stupid thing to do and it often kills people, even when no one is inside the building. Cleaning crews, maintenance people, vagrants, mischievious children, pets and, too often, firefighters are hurt or killed when ...

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The Amazin's Have The Best Record In Baseball

2007-04-01T23:49:17+00:00

I'm just sayin' ...

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Cat Question

2007-04-01T15:25:24+00:00

OK, I need some input. Very late last night, I was walking home in Washington, DC when I suddenly saw a cat near a parked car on a fairly busy street. What made this skinny, light orange cat different from the many other cats that I normally see around the ...

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Friday Poetry - Baseball Begins

2007-03-30T14:59:29+00:00

The new baseball season is about to begin. This is the magical time f the year when even Cubs and Royals and Tampa Bay fans believe, if only a very little bit, that this might, somehow, finally be their year. Here's an old poem by Franklin Adams about the ...

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A Truly Vile Troll

2007-03-28T11:48:52+00:00

The blogosphere is, sadly, full of stalkers and trolls and other mentally and emotionally damaged people who use the anonimity of the net to maliciously give form and direction to their derangements. Many, many prominent bloggers (and some not so prominent ...

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