Entries from July 2006

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Today’s Blogmarks

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‘Girls Are Taking Over’ — Nerdiness and the New Gender Gap
The nerd has persisted as a consistent character of high school practically since the invention of group education. We see him with frequency in our own lives, and in pop culture, too. The nerd reliably makes an appearance in [...]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

ACLU Opposes the Public Expression of Religion Act

Crossposted from Stop The ACLU

Well it comes at no surprise to us at Stop The ACLU and the New Trommetter Times that the American Civil Liberties Union is opposed to passage of H.R. 2679, the Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005.

A review of the bill is as follows:

PERA would eliminate the ability for [...]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

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For the Common Good - Making the Future SAFE for Posterity
Recently, the White House announced that this year’s federal budget deficit would be $296 billion. Believe it or not, that was taken as good news: Earlier projections had pegged the deficit as high as $425 billion. Next year, the [...]

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Mosaic Header

I created a new header image using one of FD’s Flickr Toys and four of my own photographs. The pictures included show my recent travels through Maryland to New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
1. Greyhounds, 2. Moravian Symbol, 3. Tunnel, 4. Ocean Waves
Not sure if I’m going to keep it yet. What do all y’all think?
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

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A teen’s Y chromosome problem
In an age when we continue to debate “a woman’s right to choose” when it comes to a girl aborting her baby and we are told that it is the girl’s body and no one else should make decisions affecting it, a boy has no [...]