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Sorry about the recent lack of posting... the internet's been down at home for the past few days. I'll be back soon.
Sorry about the recent lack of posting... the internet's been down at home for the past few days. I'll be back soon.
Over at Zogby Blog, Kamil has this to say about the homeless:
To get my bias out of the way: I'm vegetarian. I was never a huge fan of meat, and I don't miss eating it at all. But I know plenty of people enjoy it; it's a decision that each individual makes.
Howard Dean's campaign's announced that Dean has raised $1 million through the Internet. While it's a nifty benchmark, campaign money doesn't know how it's contributed. What is significant, however, is that the contributions have come from over 10,000 people. I don't know the what the average campaign donation is, but Dean's figure of $168 strikes me as fairly low, indicating a fairly broad base of supporters.
After a general strike a week or so ago, the most recent strike in France was restricted to teachers. About a quarter France's teachers walked out from work, with some forming a human chain around the ministry of education in Paris (a tactic apparently borrowed from the Italian Girotondi movement).
Rick Nichols, in the Inquirer's Food section, thinks it's a great idea to give Coke or Pepsi exclusive vending contracts in public schools. In fact, he says, why stop there?
As you've certainly heard by now, Annika Sörenstam played golf today. By doing so at the Colonial, she became the first woman to play on the PGA Tour in 58 years.