Monthly Archives: July 2004

Live Strong

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Wear Yellow! Order wrist bands at the Lance Armstrong Foundation. They are currently backordered but order now!
Update (8/28/04): Changed the word ‘here’ to Lance Armstrong Foundation.
Update (9/28/04): The Lance Armstrong Foundation is again taking orders for bracelets with a delivery lead time of 3-4 weeks. Go place your order!!
Update (02/11/05): Lance will be on the Oprah Winfrey show today. Check your local listings for time and channel.
Update (07/02/05): The 2005 Tour has started! Order your LIVESTRONG wristbands from the the Lance Armstrong Foundation now. Buy 10 or 100 and give the extras to others. If you can’t afford to buy them yourself join together with some friends to make your contribution.



Huh!

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Our tax dollars at work or enlistment benefits:

…members of all four branches of the U.S. military can get face-lifts, breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs for free — something the military says helps surgeons practice their skills.
Uhh, if they need practice and don’t have real work to do I’m sure there are plenty of emergency rooms that could provide more appropriate practice for a military doctor.
On the other hand, there are plenty of combat injuries that will eventually require skilled plastic surgery as part of the recovery process. But, again, working on real victems of trauma would seem a more appropriate training ground.
Via Classical Values.

As Seen on TV

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No not really. But this new news aggregation site was spotted this afternoon at Resurrection Song and Wizbang.
The proprietor offers that:

NEWSFEED is for bloggers, news junkies, commentators, drudgereporters, and all who take interest in the wild world of news reporting. 1,000s of news sites, culled every day for the most interesting reading. News for bloggers. News for junkies.
Try it. You might like it.

Everything Changed?

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Point 14 of the things Mark Kleiman recently learned at an Executive Session on Gang Violence opens with:

14. On the other hand, gang violence accounts for more deaths each year than were killed on 9-11. Thinking about getting ready to think about it isn’t really a satisfactory response.
Why hasn’t this changed everything?
It is pretty clear that the policies of local, state, and federal governments over the past 100 years have not fulfilled the government’s obligations to the people. Perhaps it is time to make some fundamental changes in these entities to get them refocused on serving the people’s rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness rather than the faction de jour.