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Hungary: the far right Jobbik wins its first ever constituency seat | Observationalism

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Meaning Classes and Courses. Scholarships with March 2015 deadlines. Regional elections in France and the National Front scare: After the run-off. Elections for “Supreme Burgomaster” in Dresden: Ready for round 2. Provincial elections in the Netherlands: The left is losing (its) face. Hungary: the far right Jobbik wins its first ever constituency seat. Hungary: polling update and by-election preview (updated with results). Greece, elections 2015: How did the pollsters fare? Apr 12, 2015. Viktor Orban&#82...

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.:chomping at the bits:.: July 2008

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Chomping at the bits:. Stream-of-consciousness ideas to chew on. Thursday, July 31, 2008. End of Summer Camp. So I decided to take a chance and come back after finding out who was going to be on staff from my director and began to look forward to meeting the kids than anything else. Prior to this summer, they scared the heck out of me. I thought that I would just make them cry all the time because I didn't know how to be around elementary school kids. Now with two summers under my belt, maybe I'l...I wen...

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.:chomping at the bits:.: November 2008

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Chomping at the bits:. Stream-of-consciousness ideas to chew on. Saturday, November 29, 2008. Idioms that have new meaning. Ever think about those catchy idioms you use in your every day to describe your mood or situation? Well lately, I've had some time to think about some handy-dandy sayings and a whole new understanding of them now I'm a mom. What a leap of faith. Friday, November 28, 2008. Living life in three hour increments. 1055a End of feeding burping. 11a D tries to get baby to nap. 515p Get hom...

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ductility rules | After Corbu

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Damage is a feature not a bug. Disaster porn for engineers:. This seemed like a good opportunity to point out that while that video makes the damage look pretty bad and cause youtube commenters to call for the designers heads, this is an example of a building behaving well. The concrete outside the wall rebar cage spalled off, which looks like failure, […]. April 1st, 2010 Permalink. They Go to Impressive Lengths. Damage is a feature not a bug. They make the jokes too easy. Not forever…just for now.

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engineering | After Corbu

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Damage is a feature not a bug. Disaster porn for engineers:. This seemed like a good opportunity to point out that while that video makes the damage look pretty bad and cause youtube commenters to call for the designers heads, this is an example of a building behaving well. The concrete outside the wall rebar cage spalled off, which looks like failure, […]. April 1st, 2010 Permalink. Similar to coders really. Update: It’s embarrassing when you misspell the punchline. September 16th, 2009 Permalink. So, d...

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Witterings & Wanderings: September 2007

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Musings on our world [and my tiny world] from a Scottish quine living in America. Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Old Rab C Nesbitt Sketch - Hospital. This one's for Ashley. If you can understand this one I'll buy you a drink! Friday, September 21, 2007. And this is what Americans think a Scotsman looks like? I have just read this interesting post. In the Guardian's blog Comment is Free. Apparently new research shows that most Americans associate Scotland with Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons. Ask) an...

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Witterings & Wanderings: July 2008

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Musings on our world [and my tiny world] from a Scottish quine living in America. Saturday, July 26, 2008. Earthquakes and Tidal Waves. 160;   . There has been a tremendous earthquake in the form of an SNP. Over New Labour in Glasgow East constituency, the heartland of Scottish Labour. There was a massive 22% swing to the SNP. Dissolving the 13 thousand Labour majority from the last election to an SNP. Slim majority of 365. . The New Labour Party is hemorrhaging. At the seams. I feel very sorry for G...

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These Things Too: March 2013

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Random acts of reflection on music, media, and politics. Thursday, March 28, 2013. When Allen died in 1997 a local record store in Indianapolis held a memorial and people were invited to speak. I wrote a poem about my encounter with Allen and read it. I later lost the poem and the cassette that had my reading on it. Just today in a file I found a copy of the poem. I found I still like it and want to share it. Memories of Allen Ginsberg. The thick black beard. Onto the tablecloth of. Sung in the flat.

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On My Mind: Two Tales of a Killing

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Thursday, May 14, 2015. Two Tales of a Killing. I have been studying the Sy Hersch account of the Osama bin Laden raid, against the account provided by the Obama administration, and I have to say that the former is somewhat more believable. Critics of Hersch cite the lack of any named sources, but as to sources for the administration’s story we have only itself, so …. Well, yes; throwing allies under the bus is what this nation does best. Or be undetectable by radar. Sy Hersch claims we pulled it off bec...

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On My Mind: Still Selling Bridges

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Sunday, May 17, 2015. We apparently pulled off a commando raid in cooperation with the Syrian Army and killed an Islamic State oil minister this week. On George Stephanopoulos this morning various pundits, including Dianne Feinstein, opined that the raid was a complete success which signals that we are winning the war against the Islamic State, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh or whatever name it is being addressed by these days. Even though it is being built by China in the China Sea. We argue that the base is “...