A Radical NYC 4th of July Party Planner

Not interested in the usual patriotic hoopla that accompanies the 4th of July? Looking to celebrate the day with your fellow rabble rousers? Opportunities abound this year. Say It Out Loud! Starting at noon, former NYCLU Director and Public Advocate candidate Norman Siegel will lead his annual reading of the [...]
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Comparing Trials

HAPPY FOURTH of JULY! The Internet Cafe is THRILLED to welcome Jocelyn Green! She is an award-winning freelance writer and author of Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives ( www.faithdeployed.com ), from which this devotional was taken. The Internet Cafe Team would like to extend a HEARTFELT THANK YOU [...]
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Quotation Saturday: America the Beautiful

Mamacita says:  No matter what the weather might be where you live, today is the Glorious Fourth.  It’s not the weather that makes it glorious. 1.  America, thou half-brother of the world, with something good and bad of every land.  –Philip James Bailey 2. America is the country where you [...]
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Enhance Your Yard with Recycled Wood

When you have extra pieces of plywood lying around your garage, don’t let them go to waste. Instead, you can give them new life and even enhance your yard in the process. Using the extra wood to create a few homemade bird or bat houses is an easy way to [...]
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San Francisco Independent Bookstore Tour Itinerary Announced!

We’ve confirmed the participants and the start time for our July 25 walking tour of San Francisco indie bookstores. Here’s the info:The tour starts at 12:00 pm at Get Lost Travel Books at 1825 Market St. We will have Northern California Independent Booksellers Association canvas book bags for the first [...]
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Invest in Organic Bedding

Typical sheets are often a 50/50 blend, because they are usually made from non-organic cotton and polyester. This type of bedding can cause athlete’s foot and night sweats, because the fabric is not breathable or completely natural. Updating your bedding in your master bedroom and even in your guest room [...]
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10 Steps to Guarantee a Personal Spiritual Revival

photo by Doug Robertson I read this article by A. W. Tozer in an Alliance Life magazine many years ago and used it on several occasions in my own spiritual journey.  It was usually a beneficial experience for me.  That was a long time ago, and my faith and my [...]
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Full Transcript & Video: Obama’s Staged Healthcare Town Hall Meeting Annandale, Va. July 1 2009

Embedded video Obama takes questions submitted through YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter at a town hall in Virginia. July 1, 2009. Link @Youtube I can not believe it! Comments are open on an Obama video. That’s a first! Get your licks in while you can –fire away. ObamaCare image source: “Organizing [...]
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June 30, 2009 was touted in Baghdad as a new Independence Day - the first oil contract was given to the British and Chinese in tandem.

 Monday, June 29, 2009, The Foreign Policy Association of New York had an event with Mr. Richard J. Shmierer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs,  titled THE FUTURE OF US POLICY IN IRAQ. Mr. Schmierer is an Arabic speaking Senior Foreign Service professional who [...]
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Steaks, Bottoms and Heidi

Jump to CommentsIt’s a tough job this blogging thing and tonight it was extremely difficult as I had to force myself to go to the supper club…………..actually……..lets get one thing correct …………… we must all get used to calling them steak houses now………not supper clubs. The menu is the same [...]
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