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• Oliver Family Photograph Collections

  
  hanuman — Authority: 108
  Lots of mines and ships from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Link…
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• The Crushing Legacy of Bush and Cheney

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 707
  By Joe Conason Now it’s “Obama’s War,” but we should not ignore the events that led us to this moment and the inexplicable decisions of the Bush administration. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries December 2, 2009 They Don’t Check Facts Like They Used To December 2, 2009 Obama’s ...
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• They Don’t Check Facts Like They Used To

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 707
  By Ellen Goodman Let it not be said that right-wing bloggers are encumbered by a sense of humor. Or a fact-checker. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries December 2, 2009 They Don’t Check Facts Like They Used To December 2, 2009 Obama’s Goldilocks Strategy December 2, 2009 Good Grief, Barack ...
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• Low-income mothers distrust men

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The vast majority of low-income mothers strongly distrust the opposite sex, says a recent study.But it did not come in the way of their marrying, and cultivating a romantic relationship with males, which some of whom later described as ‘trusting’, despite prior assertions.In a bid to ...
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• Astronomers discover treasure trove of intergalactic metal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, December 3 (ANI): Astronomers have used the Suzaku orbiting X-ray observatory to discover the largest known reservoir of rare metals in the universe.Suzaku detected the elements chromium and manganese while observing the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster. The metallic atoms are part of the hot ...
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• Johnson-Jeffries Fight Set for July 4

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 468
  Jack Johnson will defend his heavyweight title against the former champion James J. Jeffries on July 4 in California "in the vicinity of San Francisco" in a fight that it is believed "will represent more cash than any other fight in the history of the prize ring."
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• Book Spotlight: Hearts of Courage by John M. Tippets

  
  The Writer's Life: Author Interviews, Book Promotion Tips, and more! — Authority: 420
  On January 5, 1943, an airplane with six onboard goes missing in remote Southeast Alaska with the pilot’s only radio message of “one engine has conked out, expect trouble.” The winter weather is extreme, searchers find no signs of the Lockheed-Electra aircraft, and all are presumed lost. One of those passengers ...
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• The collapse is baked into the cake at this point. So we have two choices.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  1: Leave the gangsters in power, Bernake included, and let the system collapse. 2: Replace the gangsers with somebody we suspect is better (?Volcker or Paul?). If we leave the Bernake and company gangsters in power, they and their horrific policies will be utterly discredited. So at last we’ll have a chance to turn ...
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• If your gun collection lacks a fitting centerpiece . . .

  
  Bayou Renaissance Man — Authority: 508
  . . . this should do very nicely! The blog Boomers And Bulls**t lists a matched pair of Browning .50-caliber machine-guns for sale . An extract from the details: (2) 50 BMG Transferable Full Auto Mounted on a EXTREMELY RARE mount from a Greek battleship. Left and Right-Hand Mas as a pair are rare in ...
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• The History of Credit & Debt – Early Sources of Credit

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 156
  Before organized consumer credit, there were five major lending sources: pawnbrokers, illegal small-loan lenders, retailers, friends and family, and mortgage lenders. Indebtedness was common prior to the 1800s. Unfortunately, it was hidden from view in the grocer’s book and the pawnshop ledger, in the butcher’s ...
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• not. so. slack.

  
  slackbastard — Authority: 137
  Gogol Bordello is a multi-efnik Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999… or possibly 1998. 60 revolutions per minute This is my regular speed So how do you want me to live with it? How do you want me to live with it? Without ringing all alarms! Without overthrowing czars! ...
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• Cuban History with Professor Manuel Marquez Sterling - Dec 18,2009

  
  Conversa Cuba Companioni on Blog Talk Radio — Authority: 120
  Manuel Marquez Sterling Son of the last Cuban president Carlos Marquez Sterling and his blog editor Remberto Aranda of Cuba 1952-1959 join us.
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• The History of Credit & Debt – When Did Credit As We Know It Arrive In The U.S.?

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 156
  As we’ve learned, installment credit began in the United States with the Pilgrims. The use of installment credit or loans to sell merchandise is not new at all. While credit sales have existed from the days of the Pilgrims, they were not as structured as installment sales. Debtors would pay back the local grocer as ...
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• A Total Bluff

  
  Climate Skeptic — Authority: 580
  Gavin Schmidt has absolutely no evidence for this :  (via Tom Nelson ) Gavin [Schmidt], In your opinion, what percentage of global warming is due to human causes vs. natural causes? [Response: Over the last 40 or so years, natural drivers would have caused cooling, and so the warming there has been (and some) ...
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• Worlds oldest cookbook?

  
  Bayou Renaissance Man — Authority: 508
  The Daily Mail reports that a cookbook dating back to the time of Richard II (1367-1400) has been discovered. Dishes of chicken blancmange and porpoise porridge are unlikely to whet the appetite of most modern food lovers. But such recipes were apparently fit for a king 600 years ago. . . . Experts from ...
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• The Manhattan Declaration – unequally yoked!

  
  Living Journey — Authority: 128
  Jacob Prasch has written his view on “ The Manhattan Declaration ” which is an ecumenical declaration that speaks against such things as abortion, homosexual marriage and the rights of religious liberty… We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental ...
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• The History of Credit & Debt – Debtors’ Prison

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 156
  At last our journey through financial history has reached a point where we recognize dollars and credit. From Massachusetts, a 1729 Judgment to make payment or be thrown in jail. During the early years of the United States, up to the mid 1800s, you could get tossed in prison for failing to pay back your debts. ...
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• peace photography: nicaragua slideshow

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 167
  photos by eric gruen, from nicaragua [and a few from guatemala] september 2005 - september 2006. www.peacephotography.org www.jhc-cdca.org
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• Ale House Bouncers and staff assault photography students

  
  The Medium Format Camera Site The Medium-Format Photography Blog — Authority: 167
  Please note this video consist entirely of the original data except for the brightness which as been brought up in an attempt to more clearly reveal the events within the video. Description of events: Class mates and I set out to do some street photography. I snapped two photos of ...
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• And yet more FORAGING in Tsukuba-MUBE ( むべ)- and the etymology of its name

  
  TsukuBlog — Authority: 116
  Wild MUBE from a garden in Tsukuba Before a meeting with Junko Yamamoto, I`m always filled with anticipation. This is because, more often than not, she comes bearing surprising OMIYAGE (gifts), from the seemingly endless stream of  interesting places she  visits both in Japan and abroad (though what I ...
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