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Daily observations of TRVTH in the real world.

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Name: Don Appleman
Location: Zembla

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Senator Al Franken (D-MN)

Al Franken just before addressing the 2008 Olmsted County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Convention in Rochester, Minnesota, 29 March 2008For all of the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court that Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minn. 31 Stat. Section 204C.40 (2008) to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.

-- Conclusion from the Minnesota Supreme Court ruling that Al Franken won election to the US Senate last November, 30 June 2009

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Knife's Edge

Knife SOG mod. BowieRight now we are balanced on a knife's edge. We do not like the Americans, but we also thank God when we see them with the Iraqi Army, because we know we can trust them more than the government forces.

-- Hamid Majeed, a Sunni Muslim in Baghdad, New York Times, 30 June 2009, as US troops withdraw from Iraqi cities

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Monday, June 29, 2009

No Cure

Collage of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, and Billy MaysThere is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

-- George Santayana (1863-1952), philosopher, essayist, and poet, Soliloquies in England, 1922, "War Shrines"

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Getting Wrinkles

Joyce Carol OatesWhen you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity -- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

-- Joyce Carol Oates (16 June 1938-), American author and creative writing professor, interview in The Guardian (London, 18 August 1989)

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Quiet Voice And A Business Suit

TSA uniformThere are men -- now in power in this country -- who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

-- John V. Lindsay (1921-2000), US politician, Congressman, Mayor of New York City

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Monday, June 22, 2009

And Lets Fly

old police batonHistory does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, "Can't you remember anything I told you?" and lets fly with a club.

-- John W. Campbell (1910-1971), American science fiction editor and writer, Analog Science Fiction/Fact magazine (1965)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Retirement

Dale Sinder in AlaskaRetirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

-- Gene Perret, Emmy award-winning comedy writer, author

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