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Transubstantiation

By we are stardust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 11:28am |
Outside my bedroom door that should have opened onto a deck, but didn't. My husband and others in the doorway looking toward me eagerly, awaiting some response, but what?...
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What Else Could This Wasted Six Billion Dollars Have Funded?

By we are stardust on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 10:19pm |
T. Christian Miller, Mark Hosenball, and Ron Moreau have a piece in Newsweek called The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.  Their piece explores reports that the six billion dollars that the US has spent since 2002 to train Afghan Security...
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Our Rowan-the-Manatee Could Use Our Help

By we are stardust on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 2:10pm |
I just got the official Okey-Dokey from Rowan to post this blog; she's been too unwell to even imagine that she could spend enough time at her computer to read any posts it might elicit, but now feels more...
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Hey, Horse; Cut That Out!

By we are stardust on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 3:38pm |
  After living four brief months in Truchas, New Mexico, and being involved in a few scuffles involving being held at gunpoint, my husband and I decided to high-tail it back to Colorado where we'd stand a better chance of...
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For mcrose68; A heartfelt Apology

By we are stardust on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 5:32pm |
I hope you see this, mcrose.  I was checking out a comment on Rutabaga's Pot-sniffing blog, and saw a comment from you that I'd missed.  I am deeply sorry for the comment I made that caused you pain; it was inexcusable. ...
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Droning On. And On. And On...

By we are stardust on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 6:41pm |
The Mechanization of War has always produced a flutter in the hearts of the military and the supporters of war; each generation of weapon is heralded as helpful, and often more efficient.  Now we are into the generation of...
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War Postmortems

By we are stardust on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:04pm |
The Iraqi elections are over.  It will likely take weeks to count the votes, and MSM will report on the results, and are already reporting on the election's success and awesome turnout.  We won't be told about the Iraqi courts...
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Not a Bedtime Story Part III

By we are stardust on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 1:36pm |
The working title might be: Suicide Isn't Painless   Please don't read it if you're looking for an upbeat read; I can guarantee you this isn't it. ...............................................................................................................................  I updated (re-wrote) Part III; you may have to Refresh it; I...
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Not a Bedtime Story

By we are stardust on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 1:02pm |
This story wants to be written.  Every time I try to avoid it, it pops up again, nagging me with an insistence I really can't like.  Writing it wouldn't mean I had to publish it, but I have decided to,...

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