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MSNBC rewrites Nicaraguan history

The lead story on Countdown tonight dealt with John McCain's temper, specifically an incident related by Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran and diaried here.I was astonished to hear Rachel Maddow state...

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A Good Day

There've been a lot of education diaries lately. They mostly leave me feeling tense and stressed whether I agree with the diarist or not.  I thought it would make a nice change share something funny...

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Coffee with Cleaver

The poor Rev. It wasn't a town hall. It wasn't even supposed to be about health care reform, just Coffee with Cleaver.  Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver has these events about once a month in various coffee shops...

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Final Exit from sanity

One of my my students showed me a field trip permission slip and asked me if I was going. I read the prospectus over rather quickly.  I said I'd never heard of a haunted house open in the spring.  The...

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Help I'm being poisoned

Does anyone know anything about the use of styrene as a sewer sealant.  A company called Insituform is working in the street in front of my house.  My whole house just reeks.  My head aches.  This is...

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"Are we taking a test?"

I was finally able to check out a laptop cart today, the first day of the eighth week of school.  We have no computer labs in my school, but we do have three laptop carts.  It's a lot of work setting...

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Gunman kills his mother's students and other urban legends that will not die.

I was watching Up with Chris Hayes this morning. David Cullen, author of Columbine was talking about how people built up false narratives about the Columbine tragedy based on misinformation that...

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Creationists at it again in Missouri

Rick Brattin, Missouri state representative from district 124 (Cass County) has introduced a bill that goes way beyond the teaching of creationism in high school science classrooms.He wants to reinvent...

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What was you senior class gift?

It is a tradition for the graduating high school senior class to give a gift to the school.  Plant a tree, give a plaque, a display case, a painting.  I don't remember exactly what my class gave.  It...

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Stand in a Mountain Pose

Do not favor one leg over the other.  Do not cross your legs.  Body language must be in no way casual.These are just a few of the dicta of No Nonsense Nurturing, a behavior modification package from...

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Please Rec Community Quilt Diary

Please go to Sara R’s Community Quilt for Mother Emanuel diary. Rec it up. It is sliding down the recent list. I’m very disappointed that the quilt makers have not been able to finish the quilt because...

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Debt Traps: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Field Hearing in Kansas City

According to Kansas City Mayor Sly James, debt traps such as payday loans and title loans drain 26 million dollars a year from the Kansas City economy. The short term loan industry robs the economy and...

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Village Under the Bus - Afternoon Addition - 11-13-16

The purpose of this diary is to provide a place of fellowship for people who believe in liberal democracy and unity in diversity/stronger together as espoused by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. If...

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Village Under the Bus - Afternoon Edition - 11/20/16

The purpose of this diary is to provide a place of fellowship for people who believe in liberal democracy and celebrating diversity/stronger together as espoused by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. If...

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Stronger Together - Afternoon Edition - 11/27/16

I did not know that veteran editorial writer Yael Abouhalkah had been let go from the Kansas City Star until I started working on this diary. I thought he had retired. That's a story in itself, but I...

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Stronger Together - Afternoon Edition 12/04/16

I don’t have a lot of thoughts today, just some pictures I took this last week on a walking tour of the Avenue of Murals in Kansas City, Kansas. It doesn’t have that much to do with the current...

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Stronger Together - Afternoon Edition - 12/11/16

Notre Dame faculty response to website documenting 'leftists': Add us to the listMore than 100 University of Notre Dame faculty members have signed a letter asking that their names be added to...

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#Stronger Together - Afternoon Edition - 12/18/16

Thanks, karma5230, for the blurb.Housekeeping: Remember what WeeMama said: Is it true? Is it Kind? Is it Necessary?  This Village is a place for like minded people to get together. We are all friends...

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American Physical Society Removes Director After Trump Comments

Michael Lubell, director of public affairs and head of the Washington, D.C., office of the 53,000-member American Physical Society (APS), was suspended and his contract non-renewed on December...

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#Stronger Together - Afternoon Edition - 12/25/16

Housekeeping: Remember what WeeMama said: Is it true? Is it Kind? Is it Necessary?  This Village is a place for like minded people to get together. We are all friends here and we honor Hillary Clinton...

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