Daily Archives: October 3, 2006

The American Republic Died Last Week

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 3, 2006

Read Mark LeVine’s essay and while you’re there, drop a few bucks in the cup to keep truthout solvent… The American republic died last week…. Is there any other way to understand the meaning of the Military Commissions Law passed by the Congress and soon to be signed by President Bush? Without any serious opposition [...]

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Bucket’s got a hole in it…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 3, 2006

Hat tip (uncovering awkward declivity) to Mme. Levy of Giverny… … honestly, I keep hearing these assurances in classes, but have never felt particularly emotional during any practice. And due to having a hole drilled in my frontal lobe a number of years ago, my emotions are now always much closer to the surface in [...]

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Book him, Danno

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 3, 2006

Chris Locke points to the googler’s WorldCat extension… in your Google search precede a title with “find in a library” and the good Doctor Google will do just that. Little bit of synchronicity here is that I just tumbled to Book Burro (hat tip to the “tech-teach,” Liz Lawley). Book Burro is a Web 2.0 [...]

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Gormlessness, fecklessness…

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 3, 2006

Just an observation that gormless seems to have replaced feckless as the mot juste at UFOB recently.

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