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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
From the B&N web site:
In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongingsof Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol.
What Made Joe Bitter
Once upon a time, Joe Lieberman was interesting—not always correct, in my view, but interesting. He was interesting because he thought for himself. On most issues, most senators line up pretty automatically with their party.Hollywood Actors' Unions Bitterly Part Ways
Despite a plea in February by George Clooney and fellow Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep to avert an actors' strike that could once again shut down the industry, the two Hollywood unions representing performers suddenly split this weekend rather than join forces, as had been hoped for. On Saturday, just prior to a board meeting set to establish a joint negotiating strategy, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists suspended its bargaining alliance with the larger Screen Actors Guild, The New York Times reports. The actors' current contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires on June 30.Netalab | Netalab.com: Lose Weight With Coffee
You've heard of the South Beach Diet, South Beach Menus and South Beach Meal Deliveries…but have you ever heard of South Beach Coffee? If your answer is in the negative, you probably have not encountered South Beach Java yet.South Beach Java is another innovation from premium wellness and health food manufacturer and distributor, Netalab Inc. This new coffee is made from one hundred percent freshly ground Arabica beans.On the Anniversary of Kennedy's Death, Extremism Lives On
What I find interesting about this is both how much has changed AND how much hasn't. The Letter: Tyler, Texas November 24, 1963 President Lyndon B Johnson The White House Washington D.C. Dear Mr. President: In this time of mourning and appreciating how very busy you are, I still must write about existing conditions here in East Texas, even if you are too busy to read this, because I feel it is my duty to do so."Home" for the Holidays?
Most of my life I've often wondered why Thanksgiving seemed to be for many families a trigger word for family dysfuction. Why individuals couldn't just let that disagreement with another family member go for one bloody day and enjoy some good food and conversation with more pleasant family members. I have to keep reminding my self that I'm pragmatic by nature and that is apparently unusual. I found an article with some helpful tips. Holidays are meant to be happy, joyous and life-affirming times.Why Fort Hood Really Happened
Mashed Old Fashioned
Mashed Old Fashioned East Coast Style
Adapted from a drink by Scott at Perbacco
1 slice orange
1 slice blood orange
2 brandied cherries
1 tsp fine sugar (or small sugar cube)
1-2 dashes of bitters
2 oz bourbon or rye (see note*)
ginger ale
In a chilled old fashioned glass, muddle oranges, cherries, sugar and bitters. Add ice, pour whiskey over it and stir. Top off with a quality ginger ale (this is what Scott says makes it "East Coast").
A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists
A Bitter Rift Divides Atheists by Barbara Bradley Hagerty October 19, 2009 Morning Edition such artwork. October 19, 2009 Last month, atheists marked Blasphemy Day at gatherings around the world, and celebrated the freedom to denigrate and insult religion. Some offered to trade pornography for Bibles.Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_man_passionate_defender_of?utm_source=onion_rss_daily
ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.
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Kyle Mortensen would gladly give his life to protect what he says is the Constitution's very clear stance against birth control.
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