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11/18/06

Posted by Raven on November 18th, 2006

Quote for Today
He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

Ausonius

Today In History
1477 – William Caxton produced “Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres,” which was the first book to be printed in England.

1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to sight the continent of Antarctica.

1865 – Samuel L. Clemens published “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” under the pen name “Mark Twain” in the New York “Saturday Press.”

1883 – The U.S. and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones.

1903 – The U.S. and Panama signed a treaty that granted the U.S. rights to build the Panama Canal.

Headlines:

Union Leader: NH burglars hot for PlayStation 3

Boston Globe: Taxes to jump as Hub revalues homes, properties

CNN: Bush gets mixed results in appeal to South Korea

FOX NEWS: Confusion Over Iraq Hostages

NYT: Allies Wage Raid in Iraq, Seeking Abducted Guards

WaPo: House GOP Favors Experience

WashTimes: Dutch consider prohibition of Muslim veil

From The Blogs:

Michael:

He’s as American as red meat and shooting ranges.

GM:

Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) is the presumptive Speaker of the United States House of Representatives when the next congress convenes in January, 2007. The newly elected Majority Leader is ~~Jack Murtha~~ Steny Hoyer. Hoyer IS is NOT a friend of Pelosi, and in fact, lost to Pelosi in the race for minority leader two years ago.

Seth:

An emailed article I recently received provides the entire history, names, methods, intentions, chronology and all, of events leading up to what is now the plan for the North American Union. It is lengthy and will require some time, but I urge you to read it in its entirety.

It should convince you, in alarming detail, of what is to come in the next four years, no matter what else occurs in the political spectrum of the United States of America.

Cotillion:

Fausta:

For people on sugar-restricted diets, holidays can be almost an obstacle course. Usually it’s a good idea to bring dessert to a dinner party, so you can have dessert instead of simply doing without while everybody’s eating sweets. Here’s my apple pie, with no added sugar.

Kat:

Yesterday, I made the Sausage-Pasta Bake casseroles, and shoved them in the oven (on low) when I dropped the Munchkin off this morning. I swung by Food Lion to pick up the salad makings, and came on home, arriving at about 8:30am…

US Marine Corps News:

Lejeune schools to cut the fat

U.S. Marines Come Home to a Massage

Oddness:

No Grunting, They Said, and He Was at the Gym

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