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On The American Street
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Returning after a few weeks off from my usual Monday stint at The American Street, I provide a re-mix about the duty to warn.
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On The American Street
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Returning after a few weeks off from my usual Monday stint at The American Street, I provide a re-mix about the duty to warn.
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Okay. So I probably could have found my “If today is your birthday” horoscope on the actual day of my birth, which was this past Saturday, August 12. And I have to confess, I didn’t even know that the Plain Dealer had Monday’s horoscope in on Saturday (haven’t you always wondered just how far in advance Jacqueline Bigar can predict your horoscope?) until I saw the correction notice in Sunday’s paper.
That said, I was bummed big time and tried to squeeze out some existential meaning from the faux pas. You know, do I get to not turn 44 this year? Do I get an extra year? Or am I just owed an especially nice horoscope now?
Well – here’s what I read for August 12, published on August 14 in the PD but located here on the Internet. No complaints:
For Saturday, Aug. 12
Those with birthdays today: You are unusually desirable this year. In many ways, you will find a special niche or a place in life where you feel very comfortable. Your choices encourage you to head in a new direction. Be willing to explore new realms or different styles. Allow judgments to melt away in light of new insights and understanding. People, especially if exotic or different, add to your happiness. If you are single, someone quite different enters your life. Love knocks on your door during 2007. If you are attached, your magnetism melts any difficulties you could encounter. Do a better job of understanding. ARIES helps you see the big picture.
I can’t think of any Aries right off the bat – my friend Linda whom I’ve known since I was four. Wow – we’ve known each other 40 years. That’s something.
Any other Aries out there I should know about?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:32 pm August 14th, 2006 in Politics | 1 Comment
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Child’s bare shoulders=passport rejection for fear of being offensive in Muslim countries
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I can’t make this up.
What do you think?
Too far?
Not far enough?
Where do we draw the line?
Who do we let make these decisions?
Who do we let draw the line?
How do we decide where to draw the line?
Hopefully it won’t give Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell any ideas for how to further restrict voting rights.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:15 pm August 14th, 2006 in Politics | 8 Comments
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Hattip to The Moderate Voice for this news about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blog. Here’s the Jerusalem Post’s take on it and the BBC’s. So far, I’ve been unable to connect to it. Maybe he’s been banned already by his government’s own filters?
From the Moderate Voice’s news link:
“Do you think that the U.S. and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world war?” the president asks visitors to the site, offering them the choice to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Ahmadinejad describes how in the first grade at school — for those aged about seven — he read newspapers with the help of adults about how the then shah of Iran gave Americans living in Iran immunity from prosecution under Iranian laws.
“I realized that Mohammad Reza (Shah) attempted to add another page to the vicious case history which was the humiliation and indignity of the Iranian people versus Americans,” he said.
He describes listening ardently to the speeches of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shah’s vociferous critic and later leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
He also discusses Iran’s bloody 1980-1988 war with Iran in which Ahmadinejad fought as a Revolutionary Guard.
But he admitted his opening blog, which runs to more than 2,300 words in the English version, was too long. “From now onwards, I will try to make it simpler and shorter,” he wrote.
You know, this reminds me when Amy Fisher, “The Long Island Lolita,” and Pamela Anderson got their own newspaper or magazine columns. Totally bummed me out – there went my shot at a prime piece of print.
Now comes this guy, ready to bump me from my spot on Technorati as the 15,654th most read blog. Out of 52 million. Jeez. Just when I was feeling so popular.
Russell, you won’t need to worry about the Big Boxes anymore. Just worry about the heads of state.
Here’s the direct link to the Pres’s blog.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:32 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | 1 Comment
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On The American Street
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Returning after a few weeks off from my usual Monday stint at The American Street, I provide a re-mix about the duty to warn.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:19 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Aug
14
Okay. So I probably could have found my “If today is your birthday” horoscope on the actual day of my birth, which was this past Saturday, August 12. And I have to confess, I didn’t even know that the Plain Dealer had Monday’s horoscope in on Saturday (haven’t you always wondered just how far in advance Jacqueline Bigar can predict your horoscope?) until I saw the correction notice in Sunday’s paper.
That said, I was bummed big time and tried to squeeze out some existential meaning from the faux pas. You know, do I get to not turn 44 this year? Do I get an extra year? Or am I just owed an especially nice horoscope now?
Well – here’s what I read for August 12, published on August 14 in the PD but located here on the Internet. No complaints:
For Saturday, Aug. 12
Those with birthdays today: You are unusually desirable this year. In many ways, you will find a special niche or a place in life where you feel very comfortable. Your choices encourage you to head in a new direction. Be willing to explore new realms or different styles. Allow judgments to melt away in light of new insights and understanding. People, especially if exotic or different, add to your happiness. If you are single, someone quite different enters your life. Love knocks on your door during 2007. If you are attached, your magnetism melts any difficulties you could encounter. Do a better job of understanding. ARIES helps you see the big picture.
I can’t think of any Aries right off the bat – my friend Linda whom I’ve known since I was four. Wow – we’ve known each other 40 years. That’s something.
Any other Aries out there I should know about?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:32 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | 1 Comment
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14
Child’s bare shoulders=passport rejection for fear of being offensive in Muslim countries
Filed Under Politics | 8 Comments
I can’t make this up.
What do you think?
Too far?
Not far enough?
Where do we draw the line?
Who do we let make these decisions?
Who do we let draw the line?
How do we decide where to draw the line?
Hopefully it won’t give Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell any ideas for how to further restrict voting rights.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:15 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | 8 Comments
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14
Iranian president starts own blog (no, this is not a joke)
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Hattip to The Moderate Voice for this news about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blog. Here’s the Jerusalem Post’s take on it and the BBC’s. So far, I’ve been unable to connect to it. Maybe he’s been banned already by his government’s own filters?
From the Moderate Voice’s news link:
“Do you think that the U.S. and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world war?” the president asks visitors to the site, offering them the choice to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Ahmadinejad describes how in the first grade at school — for those aged about seven — he read newspapers with the help of adults about how the then shah of Iran gave Americans living in Iran immunity from prosecution under Iranian laws.
“I realized that Mohammad Reza (Shah) attempted to add another page to the vicious case history which was the humiliation and indignity of the Iranian people versus Americans,” he said.
He describes listening ardently to the speeches of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shah’s vociferous critic and later leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
He also discusses Iran’s bloody 1980-1988 war with Iran in which Ahmadinejad fought as a Revolutionary Guard.
But he admitted his opening blog, which runs to more than 2,300 words in the English version, was too long. “From now onwards, I will try to make it simpler and shorter,” he wrote.
You know, this reminds me when Amy Fisher, “The Long Island Lolita,” and Pamela Anderson got their own newspaper or magazine columns. Totally bummed me out – there went my shot at a prime piece of print.
Now comes this guy, ready to bump me from my spot on Technorati as the 15,654th most read blog. Out of 52 million. Jeez. Just when I was feeling so popular.
Russell, you won’t need to worry about the Big Boxes anymore. Just worry about the heads of state.
Here’s the direct link to the Pres’s blog.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:32 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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14
A Year of Being Unusually Desirable
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Okay. So I probably could have found my “If today is your birthday” horoscope on the actual day of my birth, which was this past Saturday, August 12. And I have to confess, I didn’t even know that the Plain Dealer had Monday’s horoscope in on Saturday (haven’t you always wondered just how far in advance Jacqueline Bigar can predict your horoscope?) until I saw the correction notice in Sunday’s paper.
That said, I was bummed big time and tried to squeeze out some existential meaning from the faux pas. You know, do I get to not turn 44 this year? Do I get an extra year? Or am I just owed an especially nice horoscope now?
Well – here’s what I read for August 12, published on August 14 in the PD but located here on the Internet. No complaints:
For Saturday, Aug. 12
Those with birthdays today: You are unusually desirable this year. In many ways, you will find a special niche or a place in life where you feel very comfortable. Your choices encourage you to head in a new direction. Be willing to explore new realms or different styles. Allow judgments to melt away in light of new insights and understanding. People, especially if exotic or different, add to your happiness. If you are single, someone quite different enters your life. Love knocks on your door during 2007. If you are attached, your magnetism melts any difficulties you could encounter. Do a better job of understanding. ARIES helps you see the big picture.
I can’t think of any Aries right off the bat – my friend Linda whom I’ve known since I was four. Wow – we’ve known each other 40 years. That’s something.
Any other Aries out there I should know about?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:32 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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14
Child’s bare shoulders=passport rejection for fear of being offensive in Muslim countries
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I can’t make this up.
What do you think?
Too far?
Not far enough?
Where do we draw the line?
Who do we let make these decisions?
Who do we let draw the line?
How do we decide where to draw the line?
Hopefully it won’t give Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell any ideas for how to further restrict voting rights.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:15 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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14
Iranian president starts own blog (no, this is not a joke)
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Hattip to The Moderate Voice for this news about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s blog. Here’s the Jerusalem Post’s take on it and the BBC’s. So far, I’ve been unable to connect to it. Maybe he’s been banned already by his government’s own filters?
From the Moderate Voice’s news link:
“Do you think that the U.S. and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world war?” the president asks visitors to the site, offering them the choice to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Ahmadinejad describes how in the first grade at school — for those aged about seven — he read newspapers with the help of adults about how the then shah of Iran gave Americans living in Iran immunity from prosecution under Iranian laws.
“I realized that Mohammad Reza (Shah) attempted to add another page to the vicious case history which was the humiliation and indignity of the Iranian people versus Americans,” he said.
He describes listening ardently to the speeches of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the shah’s vociferous critic and later leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution that overthrew the monarchy.
He also discusses Iran’s bloody 1980-1988 war with Iran in which Ahmadinejad fought as a Revolutionary Guard.
But he admitted his opening blog, which runs to more than 2,300 words in the English version, was too long. “From now onwards, I will try to make it simpler and shorter,” he wrote.
You know, this reminds me when Amy Fisher, “The Long Island Lolita,” and Pamela Anderson got their own newspaper or magazine columns. Totally bummed me out – there went my shot at a prime piece of print.
Now comes this guy, ready to bump me from my spot on Technorati as the 15,654th most read blog. Out of 52 million. Jeez. Just when I was feeling so popular.
Russell, you won’t need to worry about the Big Boxes anymore. Just worry about the heads of state.
Here’s the direct link to the Pres’s blog.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:32 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Ohio public school report cards released this week
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You will go here to find yours on Tuesday, August 15, but no doubt the newspapers will contain articles and graphs and editorials about them too.
Good luck to your district. Cleveland got zero out of 25.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:14 am August 14th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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