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Monthly Archives: December 2009

A question of semantics

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Max Baucus has a girlfriend. John Ensign has a mistress. This engendered some lively discussion around our breakfast table this morning. I took the position that the usages are correct. A mistress, to my way of thinking, is the paramour of a married man. “Married” in the sense that the other person in that marriage […]

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Take two Our Fathers and see me in the morning

Sunday, December 6, 2009

In an oddly named article (To a Divisive Debate, Now Add Religion ) the Times relates that the Christian Scientists have now gotten into the act on health care. I say the article is oddly named, because of I’m not mistaken, religion has been dividing the debate on health care for months now, with the […]

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It begins-the Christmas Season, that is

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Some months ago my wife and I signed up for a bus trip to New York sponsored by the Groton Rec Department, which trip occurred yesterday. The fates decreed that the 5th of December should be a miserable day. To rub it in, it was sandwiched between two glorious fall days. Such is life. We […]

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Friday Night Music-Layla

Friday, December 4, 2009

Various incarnations, with one necessary common element. Take your pick, or watch several. Just a great song. Derek and the Dominos Acoustic with Mark Knopfler 2008 concert version Jazz version

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They can dish it out, but they can’t take it

Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Republicans are still whining about the fact that mean old Al Franken made them vote in favor of rapists a few months back. This from the party that has made a habit out of proposing resolutions designed solely to force Democrats to cast votes that can be easily misrepresented (or, to be fair, that […]

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Thought for the Day

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Would you buy a used war from these men?

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Another Fun Fact about Health Care

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Those opposing health care are always telling us we have the best health care in the world, but, aside from your occasional Shah, how many people exile themselves from their native land to get the benefits of that system? Just another example of the Daily Show being more incisive than what passes for television journalism […]

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