Posted on September 11, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
USA pictures, thousand photos of USA For the travelers, photographers, moms teaching “50 States” amongst us… See USA Pictures at http://usa-pictures.com/photos-of-usa.asp, a great place to find USA scenics, or to contribute your own images of your favorite American places…… I just won their Summer Contest and wanted to celebrate!
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Posted on August 19, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Posted on July 7, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
My oldest son just completed USMC combat engineer training and has been stationed in Okinawa. Some links of interest to us follow:
Okinawa Prefecture – Wikipedia
Okinawa Prefecture
Contemporary Okinawa
The Contemporary Okinawa Website: History, Politics, Economy, and Society. Established in 1995 by John Purves.
Okinawan Newspapers-TV-Radio
Okinawa Digital Archives “Wonder Okinawa”
For Military Stationed in Okinawa [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes:
“The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today [May 12, 2009] charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
StudentLoanJustice.Org
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Posted on May 22, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Cannot import from Blogger � WordPress.com Forums
Import from Blogger.com into WordPress.com is working now! Hurray!
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Posted on May 22, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Cannot import from Blogger � WordPress.com Forums
Import from Blogger.com into WordPress.com is working now.
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Related Stories I have seen recently:Daily Kos: Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach: “Multiple ways Monsanto is putting normal seed out of reach”
EARTHKEEPER HERO: DR. VANDANA SHIVA and Seed Satyagrha
“The World According to Monsanto” highlights at YouTube
“The World According to Monsanto – Full Documentary” at Twilight Earth
“The World According to Monsanto” [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
The Future of FoodSee the movie at Hulu
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Posted on May 20, 2009 by mizgingersnaps
Restore Our Vote:News in a recent ACLU of VA e-mail…
“Remembering Jack Kemp for Another Passion: Voter Restoration Reform in Virginia”, By Kent Willis, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia
…He was well aware that Virginia was one of only two states in the nation — Kentucky is the other — that permanently disfranchises every person convicted of [...]
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