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Paranoia strikes deepInto your life it will creepIt starts when you're always afraidYou step out of line, the man come and take you awayAre we going back to that time period when there was such a huge divide? Reading Paranoia Strikes Deep by Paul Krugman could make you ponder that...Part of the recommended read:The state of mind visible at recent right-wing demonstrations is nothing new. Back in

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One of the things that always amazed me was that health insurance companies will pay for Viagra and other male products designed to help a man have a sex life but the coverage is not equal when it comes to birth control. Let's look at the statement that's created some political outrage: In promoting the House health bill, New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone made reference to discrimination by

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Still in word association mode, if you saw something for Dansko shoes would you think of dancing? I did, and I was wrong, they actually have a rather nice line of a variety of shoes, not related to dancing either. I'm a fan of clogs, they have some nice ones for both men and women. I do have to say though, as a huge fan of red boots, they had some nice boots, but no red...They do however have

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Sometimes words/products make me think, let's say as an example it's popular to tout different types of natural fat burner yet, they don't call ones that are not from nature, "unnatural fat burners" -- what if they did? Would visions of witchcraft dance in your heads? Some magical unnatural presence appears to make the fat go *poof*? Ancient shamans appearing at your doorstep to make the fat

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I'm not sure if I believe that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan yelled "Allahu Akbar" as he went on his recent murder spree at Fort Hood or not, I'm hesitant to automatically believe it since it's not been confirmed and it's not as if the initial reports of the shooting were accurate. It was initially stated the gunman was "neutralized" and it was believed more than one person was involved. I do not

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I'm the only "real" wine drinker in the family, it something I learned to enjoy thanks to my father as far as tasting the different varieties and cooking with wine. Which means while I have a nice collection of wine glasses, they are regulated outside of my kitchen since it is so small. However, when I started to do some online browsing, I did not realize that some of the wine glass racks for

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It was a semi-disappointing local election season. Some of those I would have liked to have see won did, but some of those I really hoped wouldn't win did...I was busier this time than previous elections, in part because in typical Lisa style, I tried to do everything I was doing before the political season ramped up and to be perfectly honest, Glass City Jungle has become a full time job in

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I don't wear makeup on a regular basis, and I really don't stop to think much about acne treatments, or at least I didn't, but now I've discovered that for some reason, as luck would have it when I am getting ready to be taped for my Rant & Rave, I'll have one pimple that decides to rear it's ugly head...Which means I "borrow" one of the girl's make up since I haven't had any of my own in years.

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It's amazing with everything going on in the world that there would be a ten page focus on the Obama's marriage...but there is. Which includes the President's complaint that he can't fly his wife with him to New York to enjoy a Broadway show without it becoming political.Welcome to the presidency...

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Our car has become a daytimer, which means it can only be driven during the day since something happened and the rear tail lights no longer work. It's not the bulbs, those have been replaced/tested and the brake lights as well as the turn signals work. It's not the fuses, those have been checked. It's really strange problem that so far the only thing that has been suggested could be the

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That caught my attention as a headline, Peres: 'There Will Be Peace With the Palestinians' in my news reader. So, I headed over to read the three page article, thinking it would contain something new, or something that indicated that Israel's position had changed.Some of the discussion centered around the Goldstone report, that acknowledges reality, both Israel and Hamas have done horrible

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Yes, I'm a blogger and I have seven blogs, but when it comes to cell phones? I'm still a purist and a novice at heart, just recently breaking down and learning how to text message to the amusement of my family. Why? Because even though I've heard that iPhone's rock and that you can use an iphone dock, I don't want to take the internet with me with as much time as I spend on it when I am home.

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If you like classic concerts I recommend checking out Wolfgang's Vault. I've been a member for quite some time (it's free) and right now I'm listening to an amazing concert from Byrds in 1970 that took place in San Fransisco, I have quite a few favorite songs, but one is "Positively 4th Street" which really fits right now with the local political drama I've been going through. From the concert

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I'm not one of her biggest fans, but I think this column, Fie, Fatal Flaw does raise some points worthy of consideration/discussion. Part of: In an interview with Alison Smale in The Times last week, Vaclav Havel sipped Champagne in the middle of the afternoon and pricked Barack Obama’s conscience.Havel, the 73-year-old former Czech president, who didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize despite leading

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One advantage of the days I work from home is that no one can see when I've stayed up too late, gotten up too early and have to deal with dark circle under the eye syndrome...Today is one of those days. I went to sleep about 3:45, got up way too early for what time I went to bed and just finished editing and uploading video from a political event I went to last night.Now, it's time to finish

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I'm actually looking forward to this particular election cycle being over, it's been a challenge for me to try to still post here and my other smaller blogs. Last time was easier because I wasn't also working, it's not to say I don't love my job as a fact checker for the Toledo Free Press, I do, but I've had to come to the reality that there is only so much time in each day and that I have not

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One of the challenges of this house is determining which pet is doing what it's not supposed to be doing in the house. If you only have one pet that would be easy, but when you live in a multi-pet household like we do, at times I have seriously considered video surveillance equipment. Recent true story example, I baked a cake, I frosted it, we enjoyed several pieces of it. It was left out on

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I actually wanted a Sidekick, but I switched from T-mobile to Alltel when my oldest daughter moved out west. Her plan was cheaper than mine and taking over her old phone number gave her a failsafe for contacts that did not know she was California bound. Alltel didn't offer one, so I went with something different.Which now in reading the Blade's article this morning about the complete melt down

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Whenever I see anything related to fat burners or fat burner pills, I can't help hearing "Burn baby burn" -- yes, a flash back to my disco days. Which then of course makes me think of the rest of the song, as I can hear it my head and sometimes? It creates moments of chair dancing, which probably does burn some fat -- if I did it long enough (smile). So, to make sure the song is now stuck in

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One of the most interesting statements made on the whole Chicago not getting even into the next round of Olympic consideration is that the media played a role. It's hard to disagree with the fact that the media did hype up the power of Obama, but then again, they helped to create the whole "Obama is the one" imagery in the first place rather than to cover him as he truly is, a man who was

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You'd think that most of those who play Mafia wars are men, right? Yet I've been surprised by the large number of women who play. The game design, including even the collections that you have to seek out are male inspired, to the point where I see an ad for Davidoff cigars and think about the game since that's a common prize and a collection.There even appears to be a mafia family or two that's

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Last week I was fighting this virus/cold/flu whatever it is bug that's gone through some of my family and friends, I also was going through one of those periods where I was really tired of politics. It seems as if it's a never ending circle at times where so little is accomplished and so much is unnecessary. So, I could have focused on the latest hot discussion in my house as to where to buy

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The downside to all of the Kanye West stupidity is that live performances like this one from Pink didn't get the attention it deserved...P!nk - New Music - More Music VideosFor the record? I agree with the President, Kanye West is a jackass.:-)

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While this was reported in the Toledo Blade, I felt it was more appropriate for me to rant here, where I do express my opinion more openly than on Glass City Jungle. I am so tired of hearing crap about how bloggers don't fact check or research. Some of us do and the reality is that it is the readers out there who reward the ones that don't who are to blame more than those of us who not only get

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The Medifast Diet program’s concept is a basic one. Frequent small meals with high levels of protein and low levels of carbohydrates put your body into a state called ketosis. With the frequent meals you have less of a chance of feeling hungry and breaking the diet. Originally, Medifast was only available through physicians, that's where the name came from, now they can be bought on line and in

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