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The heroes this week are those involved with the space station Genesis I, a private venture: A prototype module for a private space station has passed an orbital milestone after completing its 10,000th trip around the Earth. Genesis 1, an inflatable module built by the Las Vegas, Nev.-based firm Bigelow Aerospace, passed the 10,000-orbit mark as it nears the beginning of its third year of

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John McCain's advisor, Mark Salter, attacked Barack Obama today. Take a look: First, let us be clear about the nature of Senator Obama’s attack today: He used the words ‘losing his bearings’ intentionally, a not particularly clever way of raising John McCain’s age as an issue. This is typical of the Obama style of campaigning. We have all become familiar with Senator Obama’s new brand of

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614720469426765400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-44854988553277499432008-05-07T12:28:00.001-04:002008-05-07T14:13:53.649-04:00

Tim Russert proclaim's Obama the nominee: Is the media stepping in and declaring the race over? To me it's been "inevitable" that Obama was going to be the nominee for months now, but it seems to me that the media is trying to push this contest to an end.

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While it seems that all conventional wisdom points to a Barack Obama Democratic nomination, the real trouble exists in the exit polls: To Clinton voters: Would you support Obama in November? Indiana: Yes– 48%, Vote for McCain– 33%, No vote– 17% North Carolina: Yes– 45%, Vote for McCain– 38%, No vote– 12% To Obama voters: Would you support Clinton in November? Indiana: Yes– 59%, Vote for McCain–

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The College Republicans and the College Democrats will be debating tomorrow at 7:00 PM in Purnell Hall room 115. There are four general topics with two questions in each section. Four students from each group will be debating questions within the topics of: Immigration, the economy, healthcare and foreign affairs. Come support your party, political views or just come watch your friends! FREE

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Trent Reznor, aka Nine Inch Nails, released a new album for FREE on the NIN website. Available in multiple formats. My thoughts: After playing "The Hand That Feeds" on Rock Band, I've started to be more and more intrigued by NIN. I guess I never really knew what kind of band NIN was before, possibly mistaking alternative-industrial with some form of heavy metal that involved screaming, the the

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Just to let you guys know, I'm graduating at the end of the month (still job-hunting!), and in accordance with that, there are going to be some big changes around here.

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Probably not a good idea: U.S. Senate hopeful Murray Sabrin burned through $1,050 of his campaign cash Saturday on a Kentucky Derby long-shot. Sabrin, a Ramapo College professor, announced the bet during a press conference Friday in Atlantic City. Sabrin’s wager, which is apparently legal under federal elections laws, aimed to highlight his promise to legalize sports betting at casinos. Sabrin

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A couple friends and I kicked off the summer movie season a day early last night, catching a 9:00 showing of Iron Man. Iron Man completely overpowered my expectations. I've always been more of a DC than a Marvel guy, so I haven't read that many Iron Man comics, but I'm familiar with Tony Stark, the origin story, and what role he's been playing in the Marvelverse recently. So when I heard that an

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I just finished watching the second part of the Hillary Clinton interview on The O'Reilly Factor, which is aired on Fox News Channel. I thought that this interview was fine, nothing groundbreaking, but Bill O'Reilly really pissed me off. He basically used his last question to Hillary Clinton as a way to say how great he is... and as if that wasn't enough, the next few pundits that came on the

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614720469426765400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-31328513042596955342008-04-30T12:16:00.003-04:002008-04-30T12:50:22.392-04:00

Those of you who know me know that I love movies. I love the movie-going experience, and there is no better season for movies than summer. My love affair with summer movies began in June of 1993 with Jurassic Park and has continued ever since. Last summer was kicked off by the disappointing Spider-Man 3, but the summer wasn't a total loss between Ratatouille and Stardust. This summer, there are

Ryan S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16570890432407347432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-53538405372233105862008-04-30T11:17:00.003-04:002008-04-30T11:30:06.990-04:00

Snapped these this morning on the way to work:

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This probably will never, ever happen again, so I figured I'd write about it: Barack Hussein Obama and I agree on something! It's the gas tax. Here's the plan: The plan would suspend collecting the 18.4 cent federal gas tax 24.4 cent diesel tax for the summer.McCain and Clinton want to suspend it from Memorial Day through Labor Day. I agree with Obama on this one: "We're arguing over a

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This week's hero is John McCain (I almost can't believe I'm saying that) for trying to nip character-attack campaigning in the bud in North Carolina: In an NBC interview aired on Friday, the Arizona senator said he has done all he can to persuade the state party to cancel the television ad that criticizes Obama as "too extreme" because of controversial remarks made by his former pastor, the Rev.

Ryan S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16570890432407347432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-1240152267184387912008-04-23T13:20:00.002-04:002008-04-23T13:25:41.485-04:00

Optima attempted to merge characteristics of serif and sans serif typefaces. You could call it a centrist font. I’m sure John McCain’s design consultants know that Optima is the typeface used on Maya Lin’s Vietnam Memorial. Mr. McCain’s image is inexorably tied to his status as a war hero; this is his story, and Optima helps him tell it. This is the kind of minutia I find fascinating.

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Some of you may know that I am a Pennsylvania resident, and may be wondering who I voted for yesterday. I'm still a registered Republican, but after John McCain locked up the nomination, I didn't really feel like going through the trouble of getting an absentee ballot. The rest of my family (all registered Republicans) voted yesterday, however, including my brother for the first time. I'm told

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Looks like Hillary one, if anyone is surprised. The race goes on.

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My heroes this week are Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, but since Gary already wrote about them, I'll also mention the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres, for playing 22 innings last night in an epic pitchers' duel: Colorado and San Diego did just that Thursday night and into Friday morning, slogging through a 22-inning game that was the longest in the majors in nearly 15 years.

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What's the big deal? At the Democratic debate last night, ABC News asked tough questions of Obama because he is the frontrunner.... and he handled them poorly. Clinton was on her game with those answers, probably her best performance thus far. The debate about the debate is nonsense. Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos did a great job in moderating that debate. Critics have said that it

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Fellow blogger and teacher Mike McKain sends along this letter: Open Letter to Esteemed Members of Government in the State of Delaware: In these dark and dismal financial times, it is with great understanding and concern that I write to you on the critical topic of education in the state of Delaware. As a teacher in the Seaford School District, I know first hand the importance and struggles

Ryan S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16570890432407347432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-68186631235239118542008-04-16T12:25:00.001-04:002008-04-16T12:27:13.449-04:00

Cool.

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I didn't have the time to review these albums when I got them, but now I'll lump them all together and write a paragraph or two about each. First up is Panic at the Disco's Pretty. Odd. It's starts out with "We're So Starving," a Sgt. Pepper conceit, the band apologizing for abandoning their dance-emo fusin sound from their first record (which honestly isn't as bad as most music critic types

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That's exactly what the state of Delaware and the Minner-Carney administration plan to do: Delawareonline: Hundreds of teachers could be laid off, students may not get new textbooks and after-school programs could be cut if public schools across the state have to implement the most severe education budget cut in more than a decade. Jennifer "JJ" Davis, director of the state Office of Management

Ryan S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16570890432407347432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224762.post-58992521791348899482008-04-11T10:26:00.004-04:002008-04-11T10:32:01.611-04:00

I couldn't really find anything hero-worthy this week. I was going to list the American Idol charity show, but the final tally for how much they raised isn't online anywhere. So, I leave you with this picture:Feel free to suggest a hero for this week in the comments! My hack this week is Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, for trying to overstep his authority on gun legislation: Mayor Nutter

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