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One shouldn't go to war in his parade gear!
Tartan plaids came undone very easy during battle resulting in
frequent tripping over
and fighting butt-naked. They were too complicated and took too long

Just like the USA civil war in the 1860s, carpetbaggers
swarm in after the battle.
With continuing weak leadership it's a free-for-all.
Babbling nonsense about Keynes & the FDR 'new deal', the

Yes, the Venona Papers have shown that Nixon was right about Alger
Hiss and other Democrat-Communists in Government.
If Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover and others had not rooted out and exposed
these second-string Democrats they would later have become

History of art project launched:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1105/1225523373659.html
Medieval Leper Stories Shrouded in Myth and Misunderstanding:
http://www.fordham.edu/Campus_Resources/eNewsroom/topstories_1407.asp

I am a student working on my dissertation titled: Diffusion in social
networks: A model of member diffusion behavior.
As part of the dissertation, I am conducting a survey of social
network members.  The survey is in the pilot stage, so I am looking

On Oct 31, 9:46 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:

While reading up on the black death, I came across this interesting
point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic
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Christopher Hitchens of "God Is Not Great" fame debated god and
religion with a rabbi recently...
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Sure hope so.  Now that the banks and their sort have bilked
the taxpayer of billions 'n billions, General Motors,
Chrysler & Ford don't see why they can't do it too.
The share prices of these three once-great companies have

The sense of entitlement to gifts and payoffs has been the downfall of
this cantankerous senator.  And his arrogant demeanor at court has
surely contributed to the quick guilty verdict.
And he hasn't learned a thing...

One archaeologist who specializes in execution spots wants to bring
them all back so the children will have a place to play their games so
that can be ready when they grow up.
BONES IN THE BACKYARD

Coroner declares brooch is a medieval treasure:
http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirenews/3751256.Coroner_declares_brooc
h_is_a_medieval_treasure/
1,700-year-old jewels uncovered in Ephesus :
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=117214

No, the answer is not, "like Ned Beatty did in his Deliverance film
debut."
But close.
After very private and intense moments gnashing their teeth, however,

McCain's last and best debate has been judged so by the single line
saying that he was not president Bush.
It's by far his best counter-punch: timely and well delivered.
But fate would have it that Obama, who daily proves he is immensely

In 781 AD the East Syriac Catholicos, Timothy I, was invited by the
Abbassid Caliph al-Mahdi to answer a series of questions about
Christianity over two days.  The questions and his replies are extant
in Syriac.  I've placed the English translation by Alphonse Mingana