The Debates’ Unasked Question

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Tuesday October 23, 2012 · 4:48 AM PDT

2012/10/23 · 04:48

It’s a question that could have been asked in any one of the three debates because it has implications on domestic policy, on the economy and on international affairs. It’s estimated it will take a few billions out of our economy every year, and yet no one saw fit to ask about climate change policy at any of the debates.

Neither Romney nor Obama addressed it directly, though Obama made several references to alternative energy research in terms of job creation.

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Friday August 10, 2012 · 2:32 PM PDT

2012/08/10 · 14:32

An inspiring diary by Smoh made the Recommended list today, about a woman with bladder cancer, who we're calling "Beth."

Smoh has provided more info about Beth, and I urge you all to add Beth to your prayers/positive energy thoughts/ and hopes for her improving health.

What Smoh already shared in her diary about Beth is inspiring, both in terms of Beth's attitude in wanting to help the Obama campaign, and the way smoh really made the extra effort to include Beth in a very meaningful way.

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Monday May 21, 2012 · 4:13 PM PDT

2012/05/21 · 16:13

“I'm 16 and I have terminal cancer. I've created a bucket list because . . . “ So starts a blog by Alice from Ulverston [in northwest England] who has had cancer for four years, and says that it’s “gaining on me.”

Alice started her blog to “document this precious time with my family and friends, doing the things I want to do.” She adds, “I always make sure that there's something to look forward to and something to do.”

Here’s a very short section of her list, which she describes as things “I'm trying to get done before I have to go.”
*To go whale watching
*To train dolphins
*DONE - To swim with sharks
*DONE - To stay in the Chocolate room at Alton Towers
*DONE - To enter Mabel [her pet dog] in a Labrador show
*DONE - To have a purple Apple ipad

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Monday February 27, 2012 · 6:50 PM PST

2012/02/27 · 18:50

“Exhortations to think positively – to see the glass half full, even when it lies shattered on the floor – are not restricted to the pink ribbon culture.” –Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in The Guardian, Jan. 1, 2010.

Most everyone admires a positive attitude. Especially in circumstances where the outcome is in doubt. A diagnosis of cancer brings this doubt into very sharp focus, and combined with the well-known difficulties of treatment, many are apt to ascribe toughness, a fighting spirit, and general mental strength to a cancer patient they meet or know. This may be especially true in cases where the person with cancer is really just trying to survive.

Nurses in the cancer clinic are a part of the culture which cheers striving and a positive attitude. Not only do they cheer on any perceived positive attitude, they underline it. It’s happened to me many times.

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Monday February 27, 2012 · 4:05 PM PST

2012/02/27 · 16:05

“Exhortations to think positively – to see the glass half full, even when it lies shattered on the floor – are not restricted to the pink ribbon culture.” –Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in The Guardian, Jan. 1, 2010.

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Sunday November 22, 2009 · 11:49 AM PST

2009/11/22 · 11:49

Various comment threads lately have posited a variety of points about where our educational system is failing, primarily in teaching cognitive skills such as logic (being able to determine logical fallacies, for instance) and discrimination (as in being able to look beyond advertisers' or pundits' claims to understand whether there is any validity in the claim being made.)

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These students

64 votes Vote Now!

These students

were home-schooled and then entered public school.

5 votes

were home-schooled by winger parents.

13 votes

are trying to make something out of nothing.

7 votes

are at least amusing.

30 votes

Where did you find my junior high test papers????

9 votes

What's for Dinner: Japanese, sans sushi!

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Sunday March 29, 2009 · 2:54 PM PDT

2009/03/29 · 14:54

My family's latest food fad: Okonomiyaki: (pronounced "Oh-ko-no-me-ya-key") Literally, it's "[cook] what you like." Defining okonomiyaki is a bit more tricky. Omelette? Pancake? Pizza?
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Okonomiyaki. My response:

61 votes Vote Now!

Okonomiyaki. My response:

Looks good: I'll be right over.

32 votes

O.K. Filing your recipe in an undisclosed location.

5 votes

Love it. I make it when I can.

5 votes

Oh-kay-not me,-- yucky. Not to my taste at all.

3 votes

You do it all wrong. It's better this way (explain)

0 votes

I'll wait till I go to Japan to try it.

0 votes

I want the Hiroshima version, with yakisoba noodles in it.

8 votes

Pie, where's my pie?

8 votes

What's for dinner: Cuisine française

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Saturday February 14, 2009 · 3:03 PM PST

2009/02/14 · 15:03

Cuisine, by the way, originally just denoted the kitchen. So I'm inviting you into the French kitchen to look at some of the facets of French food that make it so renowned. Maybe French is not your favorite romantic cuisine, but it qualifies in my house, and we've had several things French this week for dinner.
Are you thinking that French is too tricky to make easily? Sure there are some advanced techniques, I guess, and apparently a whole pantry full of specialty supplies and food molds to make things the right way, with the correct shape: molds like bombe, brioche, madeleine, cassoulet, parfait, savarin, petit-fours, charlotte and many more. A French cook's batterie de cuisine can include an implement designed for every conceivable food preparation task.
But the real secret, I think, is far simpler.

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My preferred romantic food:

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My preferred romantic food:

Cuisine franÃ§aise du jour

46 votes

Wine & cheese

29 votes

Saganaki

1 vote

Steak

10 votes

Chinese Dim Sum

8 votes

Sushi

23 votes

Thai curry

22 votes

Love me some veggies

9 votes

Anything made with love

66 votes

Something aphrodisiac

6 votes

Nothing but chocolate

24 votes

Something Hearty

4 votes

Pie

25 votes

What's for Dinner: All for Love

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Saturday February 07, 2009 · 2:51 PM PST

2009/02/07 · 14:51

For Love of Chocolate, that is!

It's been used as money, but also for love, and for comfort. It's been called the food of the gods. Some think of it as the ultimate sensual eating delight.
It's not for nothing that it's associated with St. Valentine's Day.
So here's to chocolate. And to luscious chocolate desserts, good enough for any chocolate lover.
And worth sharing with your romantic love, too. In one week.
Or sooner.

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Best way to describe chocolate:

62 votes Vote Now!

Best way to describe chocolate:

romantic

1 vote

tempting

1 vote

delicious

20 votes

addictive

10 votes

sensuous

11 votes

an upper

3 votes

a guilty pleasure

4 votes

poison: I'm allergic

3 votes

ignorable

4 votes

pie --did you say Sweetie pie?

5 votes

Crunch Time: GOTV

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 1:12 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 13:12

You already know that November 4 is just over one week away. You also have seen all the polls indicating Obama's in the lead, and you are breathing a little easier.
For those of you focusing a little closer, you've noticed that Iowa has been in the blue column for a while now.

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What I'm doing for 4 Days to Win: GOTV!

24 votes Vote Now!

What I'm doing for 4 Days to Win: GOTV!

1. Knocking on Doors on Nov. 1 & 2

2 votes

2. Making Phone calls on Nov 1 & 2

1 vote

3. Calling on Monday

1 vote

4. Knocking on Doors Monday

0 votes

5. Putting up some out-of town volunteers

0 votes

6. Taking food in to the local campaign office.

0 votes

7. Poll reporting/watching on Tuesday Nov. 4

1 vote

8. Calling to remind on Tuesday Nov. 4

1 vote

9. I'm a precint captain.

3 votes

10. Writing a Kos diary each day about how McPalin sux

0 votes

11. I'm voting on Tuesday.

3 votes

12. Watching voting results on Tuesday

4 votes

13. Several of the above. Comment below.

7 votes

14. I'm eating pie on Tuesday.

1 vote

May Day: Fertility & Regrowth

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 11:15 PM PDT

2008/04/30 · 23:15

The first of day of May, has meant a variety of things over the years in the western world, and is commonly thought of these days as worker rights day, although it gained some infamy in 2003, when on May 1, Bush announced that "major combat operations in Iraq had ended."

I prefer to think of May 1 in terms of the old pagan celebration of new life and the fertility of the earth. ("At this time of the year, the Earth softens under the caress of the sun and all the world is new.") Such celebrations include vestiges of a Druidic worldview, as well as Celtic customs, with perhaps some cross-fertilization from the ancient Roman Floralia, which was three days of licentiousness beginning April 28th and cresting on May 1st.

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 6:58 AM PDT

2008/04/30 · 06:58

The good news hasn't stopped on the Iowa march to support Barack Obama.

Iowa held district conventions on Saturday, the next step along the line from precinct caucuses to the state Democratic convention in June. Another delegate was added to Obama's total of committed delegates fron one congressional district.

The March 15 county conventions had flipped 9 delegates to Obama, adding to the totals of January's precinct caucuses.

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