Chicago Tribune | Ethnic groups rally for immigrant rights and against HR4337, which places much stricter guidelines for immigration. It is opposed by a broad spectrum of church, labor, and minority-rights groups. It is supported by… “people” like the Minutemen and a group called the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which sounds much more tasteful and level-headed than the “Keep the dam’ furrin wetbacks out” Club. Immigrants: 100,000. Minutemen: Oh, about t’ree or four. The large turnout was partly in response to urgings from the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese, evangelical and socially-progressive churches, and a Hispanic radio announcer called “El Pistolero,”…
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The TSA is really working hard to keep us safe and secure when traveling… I checked around just now because of rumors of a security breech at Laguardia Airport in the Delta terminal, and found my way to the Transportation Security Administration’s “security checkpoint wait times” site. They’re so tightly wired, they’re warning about delays for the Fourth of July weekend. Now that’s thinking ahead. TSA | Transportation Security Administration | Wait Times Due to the increased passenger traffic expected at airports over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, you may encounter wait times at the security checkpoints that are…
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I’ve been sending a few friends and family invites to Flickr, because heck, I want some contacts that I actually know personally, in addition to the interesting but kind of anonymous people I’ve got on my contacts list. I have a few friends and only one family member on there so far… and seeing as I’ve got a great-niece whose probably got a lot of pictures wanting to be looked at, and friends are buying houses and having babies and what not, I should probably be more in the loop. Here’s my Flickr page: GinnyRED57. I also use the same…
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CNN.com – Baseball-sized hail smashes Oklahoma – Mar 9, 2006 Oh, yeah. There’s a severe weather warning for much of the Southeast, plus Air Force One’s passenger is screwing up air traffic for the world’s busiest airport, and here in Chicago, the second busiest, we’ve got heavy fog and really poor visibility. Just got off the line with a lady affected by some kind of flight cancellation – probably related to the weather, but she was supposed to go via Atlanta, and that’s all messed up. So she gets to spend the night in a hotel I reserved for her,…
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News4Jax.com – News 4 Georgia – President Bush Visits Atlanta Today Just heard from a client of mine, who I think of as a loveable PITA, that Bush is visiting Atlanta today for about 2 hours, and that he’d heard the highways would be closed or at least jammed. It’s for a political fundraiser – $1000.00 a plate. You can bet that’s the real reason he’s flying around the Gulf Coast area this week “inspecting recovery efforts” – pressing the flesh for his faithful (but increasingly fractious) minions.
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Oh, boy! Time to infect (or re-re-reinfect ) my husband David with The Geek Rivalries Meme! Star Trek or Babylon 5? Tough one. Very tough. Although Trek informs a lot of my SF psycho-DNA, B5 never betrayed my trust by making me shell out the ducats to watch Drek VII: Teh Resurrection Wot Shunt’a Been. My mind says B5, my heart longs for chest-thumping Kirk and cerebral Spock. In the end, I have to say Trek. I miss not having it to watch (and occasionally, mock) on TV anymore. Because Enterprise, the most recent entry, was just starting to pick…
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Hey, the WKJ is up for a Lulu Blooker prize – this is awarded to books that started out as blogs. It’s one of 5 finalists in the fiction category. Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow is one of the judges. Cool! Good luck, Gus!
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We’re such geeks. While waiting for the replacement TiVo to arrive. my husband David has Snapstream set up so we’re watching the big TV through his laptop, with the sound coming out of the home theater speakers. And I have Snapstream on my laptop (which is also my main computer) and can watch shows David doesn’t follow, with my headphones on. And vice versa. So the Alton Brown show about steak was on (it’s a rerun), and I wondered what NECI on his ballcap stood for. Now thanks to Google, I know it stands for New England Culinary Institute, which…
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Got an email from the Synergy Brass Quintet website folks – it seems this excelling classical musical group is trying to get their music on iTunes, and they’re asking for help from their fans. So if you like their music, go here and request that iTunes add them. If you don’t know their music, check it out.. http://www.musicianmp3.com/stream7.cfm?id=2921&Mode=New&CFID=8380&CFTOKEN=60274713″>If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments iTunes: Synergy Brass Quintet: If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments: Masterworks For Brass From The Baroque And Renaissance [2:17]
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Oh, my God, MY SHOW IS BACK. MY SHOW IS BACK! MY SHOW IS BACK! Due to being in Maui for the premiere, I missed it completely. And then when we got back, TiVo… died on us! So we’re getting a replacement. TiVo. Yep. In the meantime, David set me up with Snapstream’s BeyondTV, which he was using as a casual backup just to play around with. What with one thing and another, I was finally able to watch the premiere of TAR tonight, a week late. Unlike previous seasons, when I’ve listed all the teams with like/dislike, going on…