The Jacksonville Daily News: Wherein the City of Jacksonville Throws a Tantrum
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under City of Jacksonville NC, Jacksonville, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville City Police Department, Jacksonville Daily News, Mainstream Media, Military News | Leave a Comment
The Jacksonville Daily News reports:
City officials say the base is luring away its best and brightest officers with salaries the city can’t compete with, but base officials said they cannot deny local law enforcement the right to apply for the jobs.
It seems to me that the City of Jacksonville and Jacksonville Police Department are upset [...]
Read More..>>Jacksonville Rails-to-Trails Formally Opened
Posted on June 28, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Alva Williams, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Fannie K. Coleman, Fitness, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Michael Lazzara, Military News, Onslow County, Photos, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Sammy Phillips | Leave a Comment
Today at a Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and City of Jacksonville joint ceremony, the trail and bridge over Highway 24/Lejeune Blvd was opened for full use.
Dozens of cyclists, runners and walkers rode, ran or walked the path from either ends (Marines and sponsors came from Camp Lejeune and city residents from Bell Fork [...]
Dan Klass Totally Visited Bloviations
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Bloggers, Personal Blogs, Podcasts, Political Blogs | 2 Comments
Squeeee!
For zero seconds (according to StatCounter) Dan Klass, yes folks, that Dan Klass, visited Bloviations. He probably vomited shortly thereafter, but that’s the risk you take.
Hi, Dan, thank you for visiting!
The only thing better would be a visit by Wil Wheaton or Steve Clemons. (And how’s that for a set of extremes?)
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Read More..>>Bush Administration Sees Fruits of Negotiation
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Earlier this week, the Bush Administration loosened some sanctions against North Korea after accepting their accounting of nuclear weapons materials and programs.
Today, the world has seen the fruits of negotiation.
North Korea on Friday destroyed a water cooling tower at a facility where officials acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent [...]
The Jacksonville Daily News: Published My Oil Letter
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Activism, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Letters to the Editor, Mainstream Media, Onslow County | 1 Comment
…Even though they did sort of screw up the paragraph structure.
I suppose I should just shut up and learn to love the peculiarities of Onslow County’s paper of record.
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Read More..>>Surgery Went Well
Posted on June 25, 2008 - Filed Under Family | 1 Comment
Mini’s surgery went as planned this morning at 8am-ish. We spoke to the surgeon and the anesthesiologists and off they went with her.
A little more than an hour later we learned that the surgery was over. They were able to repair the arm without using an incision and, here’s the best news, we may [...]
It’s not the worst day imaginable, but man, it’s been close.
Posted on June 24, 2008 - Filed Under Family | 9 Comments
It was a normal Tuesday morning. Mini (as seen left) was at Equine Country, USA for “Horse Camp”. Her mother was at home. I was at work. The morning? It didn’t stay normal for very long.
Superphone had been out of commission because I forgot to plug it into the charger last night. I received a [...]
The Weather Down My Street
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Photography, Weather, Weather-Blogging | Leave a Comment
I think it may rain.
Read More..>>In Memoriam: George Carlin
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Entertainment, In Memoriam, Internet Video, YouTube | Leave a Comment
CNN.
Comedian-actor George Carlin, known for his raunchy but insightful humor, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 71.
Carlin was definitely insightful. People may have disliked the way he presented information but no one can deny that most of his observations on human behavior were spot on.
Presented to you, George [...]
NC-03: Somebody Send Craig Weber an English Book
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under 2008 Elections, Craig Weber, NC 3rd Congressional District, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina Democratic Party, Politics, United States House of Representatives | 3 Comments
‘Cuz he’s been embarrassing North Carolina’s Third District.
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