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  • Copies of Kenney/DiCicco Bills

    Philadelphia Bicycle News

    Number of comments: 2
    City Councilman James Kenney and Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced bills on Thursday, November 19th to increase penalties for sidewalk riding, riding with headphones, riding bikes without a brake, and to mandate registration and bicycle license plates.

    The Bicycle Coalition obtained copies of the bills from Council staff today. Click [...]
    Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:26pm EST
    by Sarah C. Stuart
  • Writer's Cramp

    Geeky Mom

    Mouse and keyboard

    Image by lorda via Flickr

    Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have seen me deliberating yesterday about whether to write through the pain of the repetitive stress injury I seem to have developed. For the record, I decided to write by [...]
    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:25am EST
  • CC: Bard Coffee

    Pure Coffee Blog

    'What's does "CC" mean?Subject: Bard Coffee Location visited: Portland, MEFree WiFi ? : yesRating: 6+ [see key]Maine. Land of LL Bean, lobster and luxurious woodsy vacations. Before this recent trip, I had only really been to Maine once to take in Acadia National Park and neighboring Bar Harbor but I' [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:55pm EST
    by Bill
  • Pizza for lunch

    Foodie at Fifteen (now 16)

    Number of comments: 2
    Over the summer I made pizza non-stop-- it's just such a summery food and when smeared with pesto made from basil from the backyard, there's nothing better. I actually made plenty more dough than I could cook, so I have a lot of dough that's been lying around in a [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:54pm EST
    by Nick N
  • WoW Wednesday: Weird PvP Behavior

    Geeky Mom

    I'm continuing to level my priest primarily through PvP, with a few quests thrown in here and there. She's at 48 now. I'm hoping to get her to 50 before the weekend since I'll be switching back to my death knight on Sunday for the holiday achievements (more on that' [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:59am EST
  • Piling On Palin

    Dan Cirucci

    From Andrew Malcolm at the Los Angeles Times:

    Wow, for somebody who's supposed to be such a political joke, an Arctic ditz and eminently dismissable as a serious anything except maybe a stay-at-home hockey mom, Sarah Palin is sure drawing an awful lot of attention from Democrats and eager critics.

    [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:44am EST
  • Linky Luv

    Katey's Kafe

    Number of comments: 0
    Lately I've been into mostly political blogs as of late. There are still a few others that mean a lot to me, such as Law Enforcement, FF, EMS and especially Military.

    Being home with the Worker's Comp injury has really opened my eyes to what's really going on' [...]
    Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:04am EST
    by kateykakes
  • Some Good News in Climate Change Negotiations

    MyDD

    The past few days have not been kind for those who would combat climate change. On Sunday, it was announced that the goal of an international treaty is being postponed from next month's Copenhagen conference to maybe next year's Mexico City summit, never mind the looming scientific tipping point. [...]

    Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:00am EST
  • The Alexander-Webb Nuclear Initiative

    MyDD

    GOP Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at doubling nuclear power in 20 years and increasing funding for research into low carbon sources of energy. Their bill, introduced on Monday, would provide $100 billion in loan guarantees for carbon-free electricity [...]

    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:59am EST
  • Imperialism

    Geeky Mom

    Today in my social studies class, we enter the 1880s with imperialism. It's a very strange idea and concept, and personally, the separation from poor and rich, making them very far apart. Anyways here is how it went down.

    Imperialism, for those of you who don't know, is one' [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  • Nope...

    Katey's Kafe

    Number of comments: 0
    Decided against the post. I mean, it wasn't anything traumatic or something that would crush anyone - at least I hope it wouldn't, but I did what I wanted to do quietly and if someone notices and asks, I'll tell.

    I'm all puppied and kittied out. My petting zoo [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:47pm EST
    by kateykakes
  • 2009 Corruption Index

    MyDD

    New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are the top five least corrupt nations according to a new survey released today by the NGO Transparency International. The United States with a 7.5 (out of ten) score ranked 19th just behind the United Kingdom and Japan. Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, the [...]

    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:03pm EST
  • Senator Sessions' Affront to the Constitution Fails

    MyDD

    Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III of Alabama who back in 2005 called the filibustering of judicial nominees an "affront to the Constitution" today did just that on the nomination by the President of Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

    Sessions, a nominee to the [...]

    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:24pm EST
  • to answer CN's question

    rubber hose

    TPM reader CN asks a question:Let me get this straight: we kept KSM and his buddies in Gitmo for eight years, no trial, no process, under harsh conditions including torture -- and now that we're finally giving them a trial in civilian court, NOW Al-Qaeda wants to retaliate? NOW they're [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:08pm EST
    by upyernoz
  • moon

    rubber hose

    hey look at that, rich miniter is filing a complaint against the moonie times for discrimination. now there's a name from my college days!what the hell is up with that crown? does reverend moon get those things from burger king?i'm not trying to be mean. but if i were the' [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:54pm EST
    by upyernoz
  • self-fulfilling prophesy

    rubber hose

    saudi arabia is convinced that the houthi rebels it is fighting along the yemeni border are backed by the iranian government. they base their charge on the following reasons:1. the houthi are shiaum, that's pretty much it. the yemeni government has claimed it intercepted a ship that proves that iranian [...]
    Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:45pm EST
    by upyernoz

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