Daily Archives: 2009 January 20

Week 6 on HMR

Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 331.2 | -4.2 | -37.2 Blood Pressure | Systolic | Diastolic * | 110 | 84 It would seem I’ve hit my steady state in the program. Weight loss … Continue reading

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Health of the Republic: Reset to 50%

It’s been a while since I’ve updated this ticker.  And it remains completely arbitrary, of course.  But with a new administration taking hold of the reins, it’s time for some (cautious) optimism about the restoration of the Republic.  I have … Continue reading

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Worst. President. EVER.

I know it’s early to ring in with the verdict of history and I know there’s room for reasonable debate. But I feel pretty sure that this will indeed be the epitaph of George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the … Continue reading

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Really interesting MLK clip

Apparently, someone at the BBC unearthed this snippet of an interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he is asked about RFK’s 1964 prediction of a Negro President within 40 years.  King says he wouldn’t be amazed if … Continue reading

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