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University Says All Whites are Racists
If you haven’t looked into the practices of the University of Delaware, and you are considering the in state tuition costs of $20,000 a year or the out of state cost of about $30,000+ and see for yourself if this is the right place for you. For your hard earned money, and you’re white, you can be called a racist, and be asked deep personal questions as part of the “treatment”. The University of Delaware recently made a decision to subject its students to mandatory “treatment” (‘treatment’ is a term used by the university) where they learn that “all whites are racist”, racism by the ‘people of color’ is impossible, and George Washington is merely a “famous Indian fighter, large landholder and slave owner”. The university requires that the students … Read entire article »
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Global Warming Data Dumped
While everyone is stuck on the Tiger Woods story, I’d like to point out that the BIGGER story over the weekend is that scientists who are predicting gloom and doom of global warming have been caught manipulating the data and scheming to show that the earth is warming in order to help the entity that is Al Gore and friends control our every day lives and more important our wallets. Along with that, now scientists now admit to throwing away the data showing their “proof” of warming. SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a … Read entire article »
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Serial Killers and Politicians Share Traits
According to Baltimore’s Examiner, serial killers and politicians share traits. The traits include glibness, superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, and the manipulation of others. The affective traits include a lack of remorse and/or guilt, shallow affect, a lack of empathy, and failure to accept responsibility. The lifestyle behaviors include stimulation-seeking behavior, impulsivity, irresponsibility, parasitic orientation, and a lack of realistic life goals. More here … Read entire article »
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Our Thanksgiving
Our Thanksgiving was spent at Linda and George’s. Everything was perfect as usual. Anxious for food? And yes, that is Miquel sitting on poor Jenny’s lap! AFTER the dinner…Jenny and Miquel look done for! Laura is sitll alive though. Some just prefer good old peanut butter and jelly! Celebrating Laura’s birthday again during dessert time! The desserts…. There was lots of football too. We drove home in some interesting fog, and when we got home safely, it was another thing to be thankful … Read entire article »
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Thankful
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. ~ Psalm 75:1 I am thankful to God, his provision, his love, his grace. I am thankful for family and loved ones. I am thankful for my children under one roof filling the house with love and laughter. I am thankful for moms and dads with no limits to their love. I am thankful for friends far … Read entire article »
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The Judge
The Judge A young man ins brought before a judge for drunk driving. When his name is announced by the bailiff, there’s a gasp in the courtroom-the defendant is the judge’s son! The judge hopes that his son is innocent, but the evidence is irrefutable. He’s guilty. What can the judge do? He’s caught in a dilemma between justice and love. Since his son is guilty, he deserves punishment. But the judge doesn’t want to punish his … Read entire article »
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Climategate
It comes as no surprise to me, perhaps because I deal in REALITY, and not the popular “Crisis modes” of the day, however there seems to be files released that exposes Global warming scientists of falsifying evidence to their claims of global warming. When you read some of those files – including 1079 emails and 72 documents – you realise just why the boffins at Hadley CRU might have preferred to keep them confidential. As Andrew Bolt puts it, this scandal could well be “the greatest in modern science”. These alleged emails – supposedly exchanged by some of the most prominent scientists pushing AGW theory – suggest: Conspiracy, collusion in exaggerating warming data, possibly illegal destruction of embarrassing information, organised resistance to disclosure, manipulation of data, private admissions of flaws in their … Read entire article »
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Security Tool
When my friends and family have computer issues, they often come to be for advice or help. I like to help. Often their issues are challenging, but none more challenging than the spyware I had to deal with this week. I thought to share it as someone could be looking for help. It’s called Security Tool. It’s a rogue antivirus application that deliberately gives reports of false system security threats on your computer and displays fake security alerts or notifications to make you think your PC is infected with malware. Once running, the bogus program will block legit programs and especially anti-virus software. Another interesting thing is that if you click on Updates button, you will see “Updating”, but actually there is no network activity. One such warning it gives is: “Security Tool Warning … Read entire article »
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Laura’s 16th
Laura’s birthday party was a small gathering of family and friends. What wasn’t expected was the HILARITY that made the meal and cake. Yaya made a funny and the laughter didn’t stop all the rest of the night. We started the evening with one of Laura’s favorites, Alaskan crab legs. Jenny was in from college and joined us for our family get-together. For her cake, Laura chose from Cold Stone Creamery, Strawberry Passion. Basically its a red velvet, strawberry … Read entire article »
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My Little Girl is 16
It’s hard to believe that 16 years ago today I waddled into the hospital, with the entire staff looking at my stomach and accusing me of eating the whole Thanksgiving turkey. Eight hours later, Laura was born. She was perfect. Smiling. The most beautiful little girl. She was a perfect 10. Her brother held her and she looked deep into Enric’s eyes as if he was her hero. Happy birthday, my princess. … Read entire article »
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In the University, All Men Are Not Equal
“This campaign to equalize test scores among unequal students is utopian and unattainable, and amounts to a scam by the education industry.” ~ Pat Buchanan We pour all kinds of money into education, but is it working? Are the young people learning? Pat Buchanan says… In a ranking of 50 states and D.C. by how much each spent per pupil in public schools in 2005, New York ranked first; D.C. third. The state spent $14,100, and New York City just a tad less. And the bountiful fruits of this massive transfer of taxpayers’ wealth? In D.C., nearly half of all black and Latino students drop out. Of those who graduate, nearly half are reading and doing math at seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade levels. D.C. academic achievement ranks 51st, last in the U.S. Yet last week came … Read entire article »
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Obama Rewards Big Donors
According to Politico of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to career diplomats, according to records kept by the American Foreign Service Association. Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was nominated to serve as ambassador to the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. She and her husband generated between $200,000 and $500,000 in donations to Obama’s presidential campaign and an additional $100,000 for his Inauguration, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The Welters can be counted among the nearly two dozen Obama bundlers — fundraisers who together organized and solicited more than $10 million in donations during the 2008 campaign — who now are being dispatched to some of the world’s greatest cities. Charles H. Rivkin, … Read entire article »
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Really? Still Making Things Up?
Sarah Palin’s new book is out, but the anti-palin crowd did something I felt was almost illegal. Sarah Palin’s book is called “Going Rogue” I guess the liberals, in fear, had to do something to prevent sales. They created a book, almost identical in look and title, “Going Rouge”. Incredible. Now suppose you want HER book, but you see these two at the bookstore. How easy would it be to pick up the wrong one? It’s my … Read entire article »
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The Maze Game
Many years ago, a game arrived from Spain called Laberinto 2. Enric took to the game immediately and poured many hours into it, trying to win this challenging game. It ’s made from plastic and had two knobs which is used to move a tiny ball around a maze, avoiding the many holes in the board and to get all the way around to the end. It was fun for me to see Enric with the game … Read entire article »
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Club 19
Saturday night, Miquel and band, Embers For Ashes, played at Club 19 in York, Pennsylvania. It had been a hard and exhausting week, so I really didn’t feel like the drive, but Forrest was so kind to take us. The band played like professionals. They were confident, in sync, and showed character. Even though I had cotton stuffed in my ears, I was proud of my son. More images from the evening HERE … Read entire article »
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Enric is Back!
It was so nice to see my dad’s old truck back in the driveway! We have a lot of unloading, unpacking, stacking, putting together, and trips to the dump to make. Anyone, stop by at your own peril, you may be put to work! Here are the guys unpacking. Mrs. Moore stopped by to lend a hand, too! Thanks, Lisa! … Read entire article »
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Buy a Better Grade
We have all seen the pie charts how much education takes from our budget, be it on a federal level or state level. It’s usually very substantial and schools are always crying for more. (I wonder how much of those taxes the schools actually get to use, and how much ends up in bureaucratic pockets?) I think a lot ends up in someone’s pockets because schools are always using students (and their tax-paying parents) to peddle the latest chocolates or other fund raising items for schools. Having said that, the U.S. Department of Education says: Education in America is primarily a State and local responsibility, and ED’s budget is only a small part of both total national education spending and the overall Federal budget, ED currently administers a budget of $62.6 billion … Read entire article »
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Don’t Send a Man to the Grocery Store!
My sister sent this to me, and I thought it quite cute. For some reason she calls her husband “Left Brain.” Enjoy. … Read entire article »
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Changes
Change is a part of life…. The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble. ~Henry Miller Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher If you’re in a bad situation, don’t worry it’ll change. If you’re in a good situation, don’t worry it’ll change. ~John A. Simone, Sr. There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place. ~Washington Irving He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human … Read entire article »
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Gerrymandering
ger⋅ry⋅man⋅der - noun. U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible. I remember the first time as a young girl that my mom read the local paper and how upset she got about the lines of our district changing. I didn’t understand then the implications. What’s … Read entire article »
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237 millionaires in Congress
At a time when unemployment is at double digits, at a time when gas prices are again rising, why are we electing people to congress who are millionaires? Could there be a bunch more out of touch with the average folk? I don’t think so. Politico reports: Among the highlights: Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall. CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa … Read entire article »
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PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
“This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.” “H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional tax.” [page 1] • Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year. • Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3] When confronted … Read entire article »
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Future of Media
Saw this on Rodney’s site, and thought to share it here at Barb’s Blog too. Future of media: Changing times, changing rapidly! … Read entire article »
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Treaty of Copenhagen
The draft Treaty of Copenhagen, to be signed in mid-December 2009, would create an unelected world government with direct power over all financial and trading markets, and direct power to intervene over the heads of elected governments in the economic and environmental affairs of all nations that sign the Treaty. The word “government” actually appears in the Treaty as the first of three purposes of a huge, new, supranational bureaucratic entity that will have the power to require wealthier nations to redistribute up to 2% of their annual gross domestic product to third-world countries in imagined reparation for imaginary “climate debt”. Watch the video. On October 14th 2009, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change expert, gave a presentation at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN. He has a strong warning … Read entire article »
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Depression Glass Bowl Set
Now that I have been in the barn for a week cleaning out things, I found my grandmother’s depression glass bowls. When grand-mom passed away, my sister, my mom, and I set about to the task as to sort through my grandmother’s things. When I found this set of bowls, being the only one who didn’t have a set, and since Linda and Mom didn’t want them, I took them. I thought they would come … Read entire article »
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