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  • Soldier in Iraq Loses Home Over $800 Debt

    06/05/2010 8:22:44 PM PDT · by shezza · 40 replies · 1,196+ views
    Mother Jones ^ | May 28, 2010 | Nick Baumann
    Michael Clauer is a captain in the Army Reserve who commanded over 100 soldiers in Iraq. But while he was fighting for his country, a different kind of battle was brewing on the home front. Last September, Michael returned to Frisco, Texas, to find that his homeowners' association had foreclosed on his $300,000 house—and sold it for $3,500. This story illustrates the type of legal quagmire that can get out of hand while soldiers are serving abroad and their families are dealing with the stress of their deployment. And fixing the mess isn't easy.---snip---"It's ridiculous how much this is costing...
  • Survey Time: Do You Take Random Surveys?

    12/06/2008 8:51:47 PM PST · by shezza · 22 replies · 519+ views
    12-07-08 | self
    If you do take random surveys, would you be willing to take a few minutes to answer some brief questions for a couple of college students? My two young'uns are doing research papers as part of an English composition class and are a bit short on the number of responses required. So if you're bored and looking for something to do, I would appreciate you taking these two short surveys:Large Hadron Super Collider8-Bit MusicRumor is that there will be a secret prize for one lucky respondent. Uh, yeah. Anyway, thanks for helping out.
  • Vanity: FReeper TechnoGeeks-Computer Advice Needed!

    10/14/2006 1:07:47 PM PDT · by shezza · 32 replies · 405+ views
    self | 14 October 2006 | shezza
    O ye great and knowledgeable FReeper Technogods.... We're looking to considerably expand our home network and I've been toying with the idea of a "thin client" setup, not only for the sake of expense but also for ease of upkeep and administrative supervision. I've spent many hours in the last several weeks reading about how to build a server for small business/educational settings, and I'm starting to get information overload. One article will seem terrifically informative -- but written 5 years ago. Another will have some great cutting edge ideas, but little of the "how to" specifics I need. My...
  • My Soldier is home from Afghanistan (vanity)

    02/07/2006 6:59:41 PM PST · by shezza · 283 replies · 2,126+ views
    7 February 2006 | Me
    Just wanted to let my FReeper FRiends know that my darling husband is finally home from Afghanistan! We weren't expecting him until Wednesday or Thursday, but Monday night the phone rang. "Do you think you could pick me up at the airport at 10:30?""10:30 when?""Uh, tonight?""Tonight??? I'll be there as soon as I can." I think we burned rubber backing out of the driveway.Meanwhile, it was a dark and stormy night in Atlanta. The flight was repeatedly delayed. That's all the monitor said: Delayed. We passed the time pacing nervously back and forth in front of the revolving-door exit. (They...
  • Burns' 'prayer' answered at last

    01/25/2006 3:13:20 PM PST · by shezza · 13 replies · 308+ views
    BBC News ^ | 25 January 2006 | BBC
    A section from the manuscript which has been put togetherA manuscript of a Robert Burns poem which had been ripped apart has been put back together in time for his birthday celebrations. The two pages of manuscript for "Holy Willie's Prayer" were separated - for unknown reasons - in the 19th Century. One half was stored in Burns' House in Dumfries, which bought the other part from a private collector late last year at a total cost of about £6,000. They have been reunited in a new frame to be displayed at the house. Alf Hannay, chairman of Dumfries and...
  • CIA's Bungled Italy Job

    12/26/2005 9:08:18 AM PST · by shezza · 37 replies · 1,045+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | December 25, 2005 | John Crewdson
    CIA's BUNGLED ITALY JOB: Sloppy use of cell phones, other missteps help police unravel cleric's 2003 abductionBy John CrewdsonTribune senior correspondentPublished December 25, 2005MILAN, Italy -- The trick is known to just about every two-bit crook in the cellular age: If you don't want the cops to know where you are, take the battery out of your cell phone when it's not in use. Had that trick been taught at the CIA's rural Virginia training school for covert operatives, the Bush administration might have avoided much of the current crisis in Europe ....(usual Trib copyright restrictions...click here to read article)
  • Presidential Library - A Decision Anytime Soon? (Vanity)

    12/21/2005 4:33:09 PM PST · by shezza · 9 replies · 225+ views
    self
    The George W. Bush Presidential Library contenders have made their final pitches, and the word is that a decision will be made by the end of the year. Any last-minute thoughts?
  • (Texas Tech) Video Proposal For Bush Library

    10/16/2005 9:03:27 AM PDT · by shezza · 21 replies · 382+ views
    NewsChannel 11 ^ | 10/14/05 | NewsChannel 11 (KCBD)
    NewsChannel 11 has obtained the video the West Texas Coalition sent to the White House in its bid for the George W. Bush Presidential Library. It's the same video that helped Texas Tech advance as one of the four finalists. The video proposal includes interviews from Lubbock, Amarillo and Midland leaders, all urging the president to build his library in Lubbock.....(click for rest of article and video)
  • USA Today: Teachers give public schools a revealing report card

    10/06/2004 4:55:16 AM PDT · by shezza · 20 replies · 965+ views
    USA Today ^ | Tue Oct 5, 7:46 AM ET | Op/Ed
  • FREEP THIS POLL(AOL Members): Should Terri Schiavo be allowed to die?

    10/22/2003 5:25:59 AM PDT · by shezza · 23 replies · 468+ views
    AP/Web Poll - America Online ^ | 22 October 2003 | JACKIE HALLIFAX
    COMATOSE WOMAN RECEIVING FLUIDS Florida Governor Orders Feeding Tube Reinserted By JACKIE HALLIFAX, AP CLEARWATER, Fla. (Oct. 22) - Acting on orders from Gov. Jeb Bush, a hospital began giving fluids to a brain-damaged woman Tuesday, six days after her feeding tube was removed in one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles. A judge later rejected a request by the woman's husband to overturn the governor's order. ( click here to read rest of article)Reuters file Terri Schiavo, shown here with her mother in 2001, has been in a vegetative state since suffering a heart attack in...
  • Slovakian Roma forced to ghettos

    01/05/2003 7:14:53 AM PST · by shezza · 7 replies · 409+ views
    The Christian Science Monitor ^ | January 03, 2003 | Arie Farnam
    Slovakian Roma Forced to Ghettos Defying EU pressure, Slovakia is systematically segregating its Romany minority into ghettos, and barring their entrance into cities. By Arie Farnam | Special to The Christian Science Monitor KOSICE, SLOVAKIA – Teenager Lucie David still has nightmares about the evening two years ago when local police and neo-Nazi skinheads attacked her family's home in the small town of Stos in eastern Slovakia. "Rocks came smashing through the windows, and a crowd was outside chanting that they would rape me and my mother," she recalls in a whisper. After huddling together in the dark for several...
  • Struggle for survival: Homeless woman pursuing goal of college education

    12/09/2002 10:49:13 AM PST · by shezza · 25 replies · 265+ views
    Pasadena Star-News ^ | 7 December 02 | Cindy Chang
    Struggle for survival Homeless woman pursuing goal of college education By Cindy Chang, Staff Writer PASADENA -- Sharon Brooms can tell you which buses are best to ride if it's a cold night, you need some sleep and have nowhere else to go. The 181 goes from Pasadena to Hollywood but stops running around 11 p.m. The 180 travels the same route as the 181 and is your best bet, she says, because it runs all night and you can get some quality shut-eye on the four-hour round trip. Brooms can also tell you how to breathe from your diaphragm...
  • Votes for MD felons called a race issue

    03/29/2002 3:23:41 AM PST · by shezza · 11 replies · 179+ views
    Baltimore Sun ^ | March 29, 2002 | Tim Craig
    Votes for Md. felons called a race issue Black Caucus battles to get rights restored By Tim Craig Sun StaffOriginally published March 29, 2002 In an unusually passionate debate, Maryland's black senators took the floor yesterday to urge their colleagues to pass a bill that would restore voting rights to many of the state's convicted felons. The Legislative Black Caucus has made the bill one of its top priorities, saying the law disfranchising people convicted of two or more crimes is part of a racist legacy that sought to keep African-Americans out of the voting booth. "We don't want to...
  • G.W. 's no Patton--so how about Corleone?

    09/19/2001 4:52:39 AM PDT · by shezza · 26 replies · 380+ views
    ******************************* Muth's Truth's by Chuck Muth September 18, 2001 "PATTON VS. THE GODFATHER" This much we know for sure: George W. Bush is no George S. Patton. Then again, this is a different time, we’re facing a different enemy and, let’s face it, that’s just not this president’s style. What the country needs right now, and what we all should hope this president will be, is a different kind of general, which I’ll get to in a minute. But if you’re like me, in those hours immediately following the 911 attacks, your blood was boiling and you longed for immediate ...
  • How Gore Almost Stole the Election

    11/23/2000 9:16:26 AM PST · by shezza · 14+ views
    cartoon | 23 Nov 2000 | self (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)