so the question is: who botched the presidential oath office? on a nearly flawless inauguration day, which leader of two of the three branches of government botched the constitutional presidential oath of office? the answer: it was chief justice john roberts. the oath is as follows: ‘i do solemnly swear (or affirm) that i will [...]
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i find this story fascinating: An Australian author was sentenced Monday to three years in prison in Thailand after falling foul of a Thai law that makes it a crime to insult the country’s royal family. first of all, it is utterly ridiculous that laws like this still exist in modern nations. however, those are [...]
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here’s something i put together after hearing sen. clinton talk about ‘smart power’ at her senate confirmation hearings. i’ll be back with something clever to say to go with the pic shortly. -bc
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here is the word from my publisher, gorgias press: ====== 1/7/2009 A New Series from Gorgias The Bible in Technology (BIT) is a series that explores the intersection between biblical studies and computer technology. It also includes studies that address the application of computer technology to cognate fields of ancient history. The series provides a [...]
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new data on teenage pregnancy rates were released today. i shall limit my comments to the following: it has been said that the greatest form of birth control is a middle class income. that is, middle class families tend to think about and plan pregnancies around their budgets. meanwhile, the ends of the bell curve [...]
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i could not agree more. rick reilly has nailed it on the head. why not use the bowl games as the playoff? rotate the bowl that serves as the national championship game like we do now. top 8 teams play in four bowl games. the winners play in another two. then create a new, real [...]
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it is simply perhaps one of the funniest things i’ve seen this year or last. someone is getting sued (or a free vacation back to vail). and i cannot help but think of the copious amounts of comedy that will come from this. think about it: this redefines the concept of ‘hanging out on the [...]
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happy new year all! i am in the process of shifting from facebook to this blog for all of my online activities. as many of you (on facebook) know, i regularly post peculiar news items and original thoughts and commentaries on the protected realm of facebook. this will continue. but i shall begin to post [...]
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