2008-02-11T09:30:47+00:00 An Extreme Moderate for Moderately Extremist Times
]]> Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Blogo.it, P. IVA 04699900967. http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/ Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/702730/Remembering+Tom+Lantos 2008-02-11T09:30:47+00:00 2008-02-11T09:30:47+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com It's been a long time since I posted anything here but a news item just appeared on CNN that jolted me into action. 

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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/670308/Can+Someone+Please+Give+Me++a+Good+Reason 2007-07-16T09:13:29+00:00 2007-07-16T09:13:29+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/665481/Random+Friday+Afternoon+Art+-+Sometimes+the+Bull+Wins 2007-06-15T14:40:48+00:00 2007-06-15T14:40:48+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/665472/Friday+Afternoon+Poetry+-+Again+and+Again 2007-06-15T12:49:13+00:00 2007-06-15T12:49:13+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/665461/Judge+Sentences+Man+to+My+Life 2007-06-15T12:22:51+00:00 2007-06-15T12:22:51+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com I wonder if I can get credit for time served?

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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/652429/Passover+Post%3A++When+is+a+Synagogue+Burning+Not+Really+That+Bad+a+Thing 2007-04-02T11:02:40+00:00 2007-04-02T11:02:40+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/652331/The+Amazin%27s+Have+The+Best+Record+In+Baseball 2007-04-01T23:49:17+00:00 2007-04-01T23:49:17+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com I'm just sayin' ...

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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/652277/Cat+Question 2007-04-01T15:25:24+00:00 2007-04-01T15:25:24+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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 ...

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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/652026/Friday+Poetry+-+Baseball+Begins 2007-03-30T14:59:29+00:00 2007-03-30T14:59:29+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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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                                                                  ]]> http://dailyblitz.us.splinder.com/post/651592/A+Truly+Vile+Troll 2007-03-28T11:48:52+00:00 2007-03-28T11:48:52+00:00 Jheka http://dailyblitz.motime.com 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 ...

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