Author: DXO
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Tribunal Leader in Hussein’s Case Is Target of Plot – New York Times
By JOHN F. BURNS Published: November 28, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 27 – Less than 24 hours before Saddam Hussein’s scheduled return to court on charges of crimes against humanity, the police in northern Iraq said Sunday that they had arrested 10 Sunni Arab men carrying orders from a fugitive associate of Mr. Hussein’s to…
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Stove Top Stuffing Inventor is Dead
Ruth M. Siems, Inventor of Stove Top Stuffing, died earlier this month. We are a weird peoples. Here’s some text from the patent: “The nature of the cell structure and overall texture of the dried bread crumbemployed in this invention is of great importance if a stuffing which will hydrate in a matter of minutes…
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Image as Metaphor
Exit Metaphor Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Oftentimes a single image can sum up an entire time period. This image of our President, surrounded top to bottom in the ornate, deep red of China, trying to get out through a door that is locked. The grimace, the door that towers over him, the repeating…
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How I Feel About Fantasy Football
I added another thing to my “Thought I’d Never do THAT” list by joining a Fantasy Football League. Here’s how I feel about Fantasy Football: Conflicted. I get mildly interested in some games that the Pittsburgh Steelers (born there, saw the 4 Super Bowl championships in the 70s) and Chicago Bears (live here, saw 1985…
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IN PRAISE OF HIS HONOR’S CLERKS
They sit and lean for papers like disciples reaching toward a biscuit for strength. 11/01/2005, Daley Center Room 1401