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POPSSon of Nixon Farewell Chronicles with Hat In Part II of the Farewell Chronicles, Nixon aide John Dean plans the retirement of Dick Cheney—and details the veep's similarities with his former boss.
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POPSWashington Post Turns Over Front Page to Bush PR The Bush PR team is busy spinning the truth to rewrite history as part of the “Bush Legacy Project”. Despite what the Bushites are trying to shovel off onto us, those of us who were actually awake during the last eight years know what really happened. Let us not forget.
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POPSCongo, Bongo and Dead Souls Never fails to sell newspapers, the propensity of the shadow to project itself onto suitable objects of externalisation. You don't need to be a Jungian to appreciate the conceptual difference between psychological pathology as a cause for the erotic satisfaction of souls thin as words on paper in the terminal death rattle of slaughter and hatred as the final attempt to feel, and the nature of war as lived through fully human experience. It's the former Fromm addresses in The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, the latter by those involved.
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POPSAt Home with Nature I had to clip this because Amanda puts it into words so well. Perhaps more of us need to get into the back country and re-learn our appreciation of nature and what to offer and how our lives affect it.
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POPSElephants ready to party as eBay ban approaches In a statement, Jack Christin, senior regulatory counsel for eBay had this to say: "Due to the unique nature of eBay's global online marketplace and the complexity surrounding the sale of ivory, we decided to ban the sale of ivory on eBay. We appreciate the support from the IFAW in assisting us and we look forward to continuing to work with them on the implementation of the global ban. Like the IFAW, ultimately we feel this is the best way to protect the endangered and protected species from which a significant portion of ivory products are derived."
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POPSReally useful (but not expensive) kitchen gifts they'll truly appreciate A few notes: An oven thermometer doesn't make your oven more functional, it makes it functional . The Perfex pepper mill is a bit pricey, but literally heirloom-quality – I inherited mine from my mother, almost 15 years ago, and she'd had it for as long as I can remember. A Dutch oven is really useful for a variety of things; the monkey and I have a small, 2-quart version that works nicely for the two of us. The Benriner mandoline is a kitchen delight, and can be found for as little as $15 at many Asian grocery stores. Microplane zesters and graters are a pleasure to use. And I'd recommend bamboo spoons over wooden, myownself. Didn't clip the tiffin box because I think the choice of how to carry one's lunch is strongly determined by individual taste, and it's a mistake to try to guess what somebody else will like. (I wouldn't like or use a tiffin box, f'rinstance.)
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POPSCharity begins at home Charity begins at home means that family members are more important than anyone else, and should be the focus of a person's efforts. Source I always thought this phrase meant that charity is learned at home. Teaching my daughter to cultivate and appreciate a charitable heart might be the most important thing I do. My parents truly blessed me growing up in a giving home.
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POPSCan Václav Klaus Put the Brakes on Europe? EU opponents and forge an international group of EU critics keen to put the brakes on Brussels. But he remained unrelenting, insisting that the Treaty of Lisbon would have to be renegotiated. The body of legislation is intended to reestablish the relative weights of the 27 EU member states' votes in EU Council resolutions and streamline decision-making processes. In addition to the Irish, who rejected Lisbon in a referendum, the Czech Republic is the only member state that has not yet ratified the treaty. Unrivaled Popularity Klaus ought to get along well with Britain's Tories, as well. Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sealed off her country against dictates from Brussels. A portrait of the Iron Lady is believed to grace Klaus's desk on the Hradjin, and the president is making sure that, in the coming six months, the blue flag with the yellow stars will not be hoisted next to the Czech flag on the ramparts of his castle.
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POPSFalse hope syndrome "The cure for false hope is to set more reasonable goals and recognize that achieving even modest change will be difficult. And if you are older than 30, remember that your openness to new experiences is slowly declining, so you are better off making a new start today than postponing it until later. Perhaps most important of all, try to appreciate the person that you already are." I cannot disagree more! to be a human means to want the stars, to reach the unknown. yes, in the cost of not being satisfied...
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POPSYou Are NOT Invited To My Party Does Matthew make it perfectly clear that David is NOT invited to the party? YES. Does David listen? NO. Here at Clipmarks we all have an open party and I like that. Unfortunately, sometimes other's can't behave and we may choose to block them or ignore them. It can be a problem when people only hear what they want to. But in the spirit of Christmas, I'd like to state the obvious and say let's all enjoy this party of life. Rock on.
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POPSWhen giving gifts, the price is wrong In three different investigations of gift exchanges among adults, the researchers consistently found that givers wrongly assumed that money spent on gifts buys recipients’ appreciation. “I suspect we’d see different results if we studied gift appreciation among children,” Flynn predicts. Kids, more than adults, focus primarily on the nature of a gift rather than its source. Gift givers reported that relatively expensive purchases best conveyed their thoughtfulness and consideration, the Stanford researchers say. Givers apparently spent more on gifts to impress recipients with the givers’ caring, not their cash, the researchers suggest. Yet recipients preferred gifts that they really needed or that had special personal meaning, regardless of price.
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