Willie, a Quaker parrot, has been given the local Red Cross chapter’s Animal Lifesaver Award. In November, Willie’s owner, Megan Howard, was baby-sitting for a toddler. Howard left the room and the little girl, Hannah, started to choke on her breakfast. Willie repeatedly yelled “Mama, baby” and flapped his wings, and Howard returned in time [...]
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Veteran thanks Change.org
Aaron and Tim Collette thank their supporters from Economic Fairness Oregon on Vimeo.
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Simple ways to extend your life
- stop wasting time on fiction billions of people spend a large portion of their life worshiping fictional beings (God). In comparison to devout christian for example, I’ve lived 15-20% longer by virtue of not wasting that time on fiction. Stop wasting your life on fiction – stop driving 20 miles in order to save [...]
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Recession is Over!
According to a survey of 44 forecaster’s released by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), the recession has come to an end. http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1214727320091012 And how do my conservative peers react to this news? Some deny that the recession is over, claiming the worst is yet to come. I figure this group has invested heavily [...]
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Christian the Lion
Watch: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/25929574/ http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/christian.asp
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CBO says Senate bill reduces deficit by $81 billion
Over 10 years the Max Baucus bill would “result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $81 billion over the 2010–2019 period“. Welcome news, as the president has stated that he would veto legislation that added to the deficit. And this should (it won’t) settle down the suddenly budget-conscious republicans who scream about [...]
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Gandhi and International Day of Non-Violence
Hope your yesterday was non-violent. Read more about Mahatma Gandhi here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi And remember there is a good move with Ben Kingsley from 1982 that is worth watching again. More about the movie is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/ Has Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown) as well. It seems that well-remembered men of historical importance often born into families [...]
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