On Dream Homes

Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

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First Word: Sam Talbot, Crosby Hotel, and More Get Green Light from CB2

Welcome to First Word, wherein Eater and its correspondents sit for hours at steamy community board meetings to bring back the first word of new ... . Because the application is for a transfer of an existing license, the approval was a breeze. He plans to open a "Charleston house type restaurant" with Southern fare. The current occupant is open until [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:45:24

CC & A.J. press conference roundup

CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55

Sacramento Real Estate Market: First or Last to Rebound?

From InvestmentNews.com:As economists and housing experts desperately look for signs of a bottom in the crumbling housing market, ... Thornberg said Southern California home prices likely will continue falling until mid-to-late 2009 ... some investors are starting to make plans based on which major markets are predicted to rebound [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 22:15:05

persimmon muffins anyone?

wow..so i finally understand the expression, "the best laid plans"....i had every intention of blogging frequently throughout the holiday season.. ... ..but..c'mon...in southern cal everyone comes to a family member's house for a meal..and then goes home..here, they are at my house for breakfast, lunch and dinner...so i have been planning, prepping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 03:43:00

McCain mocks Obama's premature inauguration plans, but...

John McCain has mocked Democrat Barack Obama all week as so cocky that he is already “measuring the drapes” in the White House Oval Office ... video by clicking on the Read more line below) in a newspaper story on White House transition planning ... was confirmed. Addressing a sun-washed rally in the Old West plaza of historic Mesilla, in southern New [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 02:26:02

Looking forward to our vacation cruise in March...

After our two weeks of snow, my mind has turned to our cruise in March ... . :) In our house, my wife plans the cruise a year in advance, and I start paying attention about three weeks out. In this case, I knew it was a southern Caribbean route, but I would have been hard-pressed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 22:18:53

Other worlds

When, in The Sensual World, Kate Bush makes passing reference to “Going deep south, go down, mmh, yes,” she is of course describing her plans to take a nice holiday to the sultry southern hemisphere ... is home to the four winds and also houses an interesting bell. Brian Eno’s 1975 survey [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 06:20:46

Congressman Warns Global Warming 'Could' Harm Christmas Trees

With an impeccable sense of poor timing due to a snowstorm in Las Vegas and unusually cold weather throughout the nation, ... change could alter the state's Christmas trees. Shuler and others plan to hold a press conference ... in the White House. But the trees rely on the cool temperatures in the southern Appalachians [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:50:07

INDIA: LIC Housing Finance To Launch Care Homes For Aged

. MUMBAI, Maharashtra / Wall Street Journal - LiveMint / PTI / December 28, ... in the southern metropolis about three years back and following its success, plans to replicate the model ... age for taking a dwelling unit in a Care Home is 50 years. Care Homes are separate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 06:50:47

"Wall of Violence" on Mexico's Southern Border

By Kristin Bricker, NarcoNewsCalderon's "two-faced" policy combines police, the military, gangs, ... . "The chemicals they put in food these days ruin the taste," he says. Humberto has a patch of land, a house ... on the Mexico-US border. He'd figure out how to cross into the US when he got there.But Humberto's plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:26:00

Could Mexico Collapse?

MEXICO CITY — Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn't Iraq or Pakistan ... one of the world's biggest security risks. The prospect that America's southern neighbor could melt ... Michael Chertoff recently told The New York Times he ordered additional border security plans to be drawn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:22:42

Zionist Control of US Policy

Source I was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? The short answer is this: A highly influential and extremely well bankrolled collection of groups directs energy simultaneously in a number of directions: Political, media, academic, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:51:14

ISRAEL READY TO DEPLOY IN ALL OF GAZA

BY YAAKOV KATZ As Operation Cast Lead concluded its harshest 24 hours on Tuesday after the IDF lost five ... to withdraw its troops, a senior official confirmed that plans had been drawn up to move troops ... fighting on Monday night. Three soldiers were killed when a tank mistakenly opened fire on a home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:12:41

Dr. Martin Luther King, Revolutionary

It may be a leftist cliche by now, but Dr. King’s radical legacy needs to be rescued from those who would paint him as a cuddly let’s-all-just-get-along figure. So let’s remember Dr. King’s revolutionary spirit, in his own words. The war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:42:23

It is timely to reprint what is arguably Dr. Martin Luther King’s greatest speech ever.  Those who give lip service to Dr. King today need to take note of this speech and see if they will still speak so highly of him.  As for me, this man was way ahead of his time here and these words definitely ring loud and true [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 08:03:04

No surprise at all -- number of hate groups has increased

Considering the out-and-out ignorant, bigoted mobs who were pleased as punch to show their faces and open their pieholes at McCain/Palin events and ... to experts at the Southern Poverty Law Center, an independent organization that monitors racist movements. Although questions persist about the ability of such groups to carry out violent plans, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:08:55

Steven's Dragon - Part 2

Sylvia Spruck Wrigley is not an elderblogger, but she is a gifted writer and my sabbatical is a good time to repeat a two-part story of hers first ... lives on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain with her now 14-year-old son, Connor. She was born ... in England too before settling in Spain seven years ago because she missed the sunny warmth of southern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:35:00

Israel plans ceasefire…

(via Reuters) GAZA (Reuters) - Israel called off its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, saying Hamas was “badly beaten, ... would start three hours later at 2 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Sunday, several missiles struck southern Israel. “ ... s ability to fire rockets at southern Israeli towns also had been severely limited. Goals have been “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:03:05

Hudson Plane crash conspiracy diary

Attempted elimination of bank execs failed?BofA, Wells Employees Were Aboard Crashed Plane What was perhaps the most riveting story in New York on Thursday afternoon had almost nothing to do with finance: a US Airways plane that plunged into the Hudson River on the West Side of Manhattan.But there was still a banking angle to the story [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:16:00

Bush in Midland

I'm watching Bush's welcome home ceremony in Midland, TX. That's the guy I voted for twice. He's feisty, funny, and setting the record straight ... s “Welcome Home” rally at Centennial Plaza. “You know, they asked me how do you feel after ... that you all came out to welcome us home.” Bush spoke for about 20 minutes, recounting stories [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:10:31

ONE OF THE WORLDS BIG RISKS

 Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn’t Iraq or Pakistan ... one of the world’s biggest security risks. The prospect that America’s southern neighbor could melt ... recently told The New York Times he ordered additional border security plans to be drawn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:39:09

Disinformation Campaign On Israel-Iran Attack

About a year ago, the US suddenly made a dramatic about-face and backed down from its planned air and missile attack on Iran's nuclear weapons ... . Instead, the White House engineered a remarkable and bogus intelligence story about how Iran had formerly ... House, government intelligence masters are changing their tune and prepping for another [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:52:00

Black Bear Management in Lower Michigan

black bear (photo from free desktop wallpapers)based on a news article in the Grand Rapids Press, "DNR plans to deal with growing bear population," ... . A bear crossing sign was installed near Cadillac last year. They have begun moving into southern ... of bear sighting reports coming into the DNR from the southern half of the state has quadrupled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:36:00

Beyond Vietnam

Just read it. (Or listen.) Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered 4 April 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned About Vietnam at Riverside Church in New York City You can also click here to listen to Dr. King delivering the speech and download an MP3 file to replay any time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:58:58

When in Doubt, Bomb Afghanistan

America’s Other Glorious WarThe Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan ... us that the security of the United States and the Free World necessitates increased action in this place called ... projects at this one base to house additional American forces, erecting guard stations and towers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:59:23

What I’m Getting Wednesday

Okay, I’m about to throw up with the sycophant way the media is treating Obama. They are fawning over him like he is the second coming and until he walks across a swimming pool; I’m assuming he is just a man.As much as possible I get black Americans and other non-whites being ecstatic about him being elected President, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:01:00

Senseless

.fullpost{display:inline;}Everyday no one is spared by reports about children killed by preventable diseases, natural calamities, traffic accidents, military and rebel operations and criminal elements who continue to roam the streets even after they were identified by witnesses as the main culprit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:29:00

How to Push Obama: John Nichols in The Progressive

This piece was called to my attention by Jim Olberg. ****************************** How to Push Obama by John Nichols The Progressive On November 4, the American people by a popular majority of more than eight million votes selected as their new President a Democratic contender who had been attacked by his Republican foe as a radical who [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:31:10

Revenge of the Electric Car Documentary Coming in 2010

Currently in production, “Revenge of the Electric Car” promises to cover all things plug-in vehicle related ... , the plans of the company, slide shows of the upcoming Model S, etc. The internal workings of the company ... shows like “Smash Lab” and “Monster House,” Abbott has introduced the world to utilizing unusual [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:38:24

1932 Bonus March - Re Patton; MacArthur; Eisenhower, etc.

The most notable domestic use of Regular troops in twenty years of peace happened in the nation’s capital in the summer of 1932. Some thousands of “Bonus Marchers” remained in Washington after the adjournment of Congress dashed their hopes for immediate payment of a bonus for military service in World War I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:09:45

How not to close the Gaza tunnels

Top Story Israel has begun the rapid withdrawal of its military from Gaza, ... . Fighting appears to have subsided. Israel says it plans to open Gaza's border crossings later on Monday ... to immediately begin rearming itself.  European and Arab leaders urged both parties to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:32:36

Zionists in America, A to Z

I hope it's okay with Malooga and Bernhard at MofA, but I'm posting this entire piece. It's very, very long, and you'll probably need to spend some hours both reading it and following its links... but this is the essential information we all need to master in confronting the racist and malignant movement known as Zionism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:16:00

Another bad effect of the tanking economy: Increase in hate groups

Today's Washington Post spotlights yet another ugly result of the economic woes ... . Although questions persist about the ability of such groups to carry out violent plans, several recent ... Intelligence Project. In addition to the economic downturn, he cited rising immigration, demographic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:09:00

The POEt

He invented the modern short story and the genre of detective fiction tales which led to Sherlock Holmes, he wrote science fiction and works about alchemy and cryptographic systems, he told macabre stories of horror and terror, he is one of the greatest icons in my personal universe and today we have the honour to celebrate his 200th birthday… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:48:00

Who Couldn’t Have Seen This Coming…

Who Couldn’t Have Seen This Coming… Written by grandmuffti This timing should surprise, uh, no one. Call it Israel’s gift to Obama! From CNN: Israel plans to have its troops out of Gaza as soon as possible after the weekend ... on the Middle East after he replaces President Bush in the White House. “The events around the world demand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:32:03

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 19 January

UN DAILY NEWS from the UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE19 January, 2009 =========================================================================SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT CEASEFIRES CALLED BY ISRAEL, HAMASVoicing relief at Israel’s unilateral decision to halt its 22-day military offensive in Gaza and Hamas’ announcement of a temporary ceasefire, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:14:00

Today We Bore Witness

Yes, today, the United States of America and the world bore witness as 400 years of history melted away and the first African-American President was ... in the reciting the oath, the supposed “socialism” of his plans and heaven forbid, even the style ... me is that the Obama White House has already posted its agenda for the GLBT Community, which in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 02:59:51

Insane and Hussein

Stop press! Gerry Adams to attend the inauguration of the One on Tuesday in Washington. The Shinner press office employees put down their buckets of historical whitewash earlier ... 1 million people - made up of a mixture of east coast liberals, New York coffee house opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:15:52

FP morning brief 1/19

Top Story Israel has begun the rapid withdrawal of its military from Gaza, ... . Fighting appears to have subsided. Israel says it plans to open Gaza's border crossings later on Monday ... Washington D.C. Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may disagree on how soon to roll back the Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:39:32

Stalk of the Town

Katelyn has, as usual, what feels like several dozen shows to attend this weekend ... at Snoqualmie. Sunday is for laundry and replacing some janky old door knobs around the house. Jay has no plans to appear in public this weekend, for a welcomed change! MvB is spending Friday's happy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:00:00

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception ... House, and which itself votes heavily Democratic. Meanwhile, African-Americans give little support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

The Abandoned Snowpike

As the official representative* of Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Turnpike, I decided to take advantage of the recent snowfall, chilly temperatures, and “low” gas prices to make another trek out to Breezewood.  In typical fashion, my plans to leave at 8am wound up becoming my plans to leave at 11am, which means I left around 12:30pm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:22:57

The Abandoned Snowpike

As the official representative* of Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Turnpike, I decided to take advantage of the recent snowfall, chilly temperatures, and “low” gas prices to make another trek out to Breezewood.  In typical fashion, my plans to leave at 8am wound up becoming my plans to leave at 11am, which means I left around 12:30pm [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:22:57

Have you ever had a trading party?

My friends and I have done this tradition for years. I think the very first one I ever went to was at Michelle's house ... and the silver edges. I think it looks pretty with my Southern Living at Home plates on top ... , lotions, home decor, scrap stuff, kitchen, and my "random closet o' stuff," and bring anything [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:58:00

How the Nouveau Riche Live: A Rambling, Angry Post by a Bitter Holdout

For the past week, the media has been awash in stories about the incoming POTUS’ expensive tastes. We know he likes waffles, argugula, and $100 a pound ham, and that he shops at Whole Foods Markets, but that’s not the half of it. His obscenely expensive Inauguration celebration is going to cost about $170-$180 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:01:18

Who are the Israelites & Jews and Who is their real Target

Jump to CommentsBy Perwazekhudiperwazekhudi@gmail.comIn order to understand this, we must look into the history and geography of this region. The Land on the east coast of Mediterranean Sea, Where the modern days, Jordon, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Israel is Located, used to be called Canaan and the people Who lived there were called [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:59:04

Once again the Liberal media lies about those who do not support Obama

This is getting to be about the stupidest bunch of nonsense, that I have ever heard in my entire life. It now seems that the Communist News Network, also known as CNN is now trying to trump up the possibility of President Obama being assassinated, and in the process smeared David Duke [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:41:40

My Trip to India

Hey everybody! I returned from India on January 12th at around Noon, ... to have my health back. Although my previous post was titled “On Vacation in India”, my trip turned out to be FAR from a vacation. The trip was extremely hectic, and we crammed a ton of different [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:54:57

Covering Up Israeli War Crimes

U.S. Media Elite Covering Up Israeli War Crimesby Stephen LendmanIn his January 8 article, ‘Gaza Under Fire,’ John Pilger quotes the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko saying: ‘When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:54:00

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