Snapler http://blog.snapler.com Just another weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:29:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Final Thoughts on the 2010 Preseason http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Snapler/~3/lBCzpfIpN5Y/ http://blog.snapler.com/2010/09/09/final-thoughts-on-the-2010-preseason/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:29:56 +0000 Elizabeth Engel http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-engel/final-thoughts-on-the-201_b_709838.html Continue reading →]]>
Moving on, OJ Simpson didn't get his Heisman yanked. Reggie Bush will. That's a travesty. At least they aren't going to post-award it to someone else.

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Religion News Service

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My kids have taken this whole "future self," "past self" thing to heart in a way that's really very charming. On several occasions, when I have questioned why I did something -- agreed to do some job or event, or scheduled some ridiculously early plane flight -- they will say to me, "You have to trust your past self, Mom." What they mean is, my past self must have had a good reason and I shouldn't second guess it.

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Duh.

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In-N-Out Burger and Five Guys shared the top honors, each earning an average score of 7.9. You may remember this same burger duo from last month's Zagat fast food survey, where Five Guys edged out In-N-Out for their best fast food burger crown.

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Beck, of course, in showing how "contemptible" HuffPost is, didn't show the slide show photos of the people in their "Got Tea?" and other Tea Party t-shirts, or the "Give me Liber-TEA," "I Love My Gun," and "Obama's Worst Nightmare" buttons. After all, Beck had insisted that this was not going to be a Tea Party rally, and had asked the attendees to leave their Tea Party and anti-Obama signs at home. And, following the instructions of their leader, they did. They just displayed their Tea Party messages on their persons instead. So, Beck carefully selected a few photos of people merely looking suitably patriotic in their red, white, and blue and rally-themed "Restoring Honor" attire, and then questioned how anyone could possibly think these people were ridiculous.



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Here is what troubles me most about the last year: I have not heard large numbers of American Jews speaking up to defend the rights of their fellow American Children of Abraham. I mean the rights of American Muslims to gather and pray in peace.

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BRICs (Bonds that Rebuild and Invest in our Communities). I will introduce legislation in the 112th Congress which will allow individuals to invest pre-tax dollars in qualified municipal bonds. This legislation will:

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Rosh Hashanah, the "head" of the year, is merely the starting bell. (And I'm leaving out the whole month of Elul with those shofar blasts telling you to get ready, and Slichot services to loosen up the liturgical arm in preparation for pitching the Big One.)

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I totally agree with Mary's concerns about the risk to the patient. But importantly, we need a better way to innovate than this vicious cycle of trial, hope, & error.

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