tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129744982012-02-14T09:17:06.033-06:00"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." --John F. KennedyMimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.comBlogger821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-39801966080883430702012-02-08T19:42:00.003-06:002012-02-14T09:17:06.045-06:00

First, please read the previous post below this one for more about this issue, more links, and to understand this one better. At Susan G. Kormen (SGK) for the Cure (breast cancer), Karen Handel resigned as VP of Kormen yesterday. That is a step forward for SGK. However, some don't know that the reversal apparently says, "Planned Parenthood may apply for funding." There is no guarantee of SGK

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IN PROGRESS The Planned Parenthood (PP) and Susan G. Komen (SGK) dispute  is not over, even if SGK backtracks completely. The real culprits here form a trifecta of cohorts, and I believe it is likely that they, along with other unknown persons, deliberately set out to sabotage PP by using their positions at SGK, along with a Congressman. I will need to check the dates of when Stearns

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Hello, again. I didn't realize it has been so long since I have posted on this blog. I am currently writing some drafts and next week, after the Academy Awards are over and the hoopla dies down, I will get back to posting more here. Why now? Because of the mind boggling events that are happening in the Arab world. Also, the events are beginning to affect Iran and Iraq. Well, I guess I can share

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-8730566549859184122009-02-17T00:27:00.003-06:002009-02-17T00:30:59.323-06:00

Electricity came on at 7:00 last night. Not sure about Hornersville yet.

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I am happy to report that the Salvation Army is still feeding us. Here is a copy of the "S.O.S" e-mail I sent last week to family and friends. Perhaps you can help too:Hello, Everyone,I'm sending this general e-mail to let you know about the big ice storm of 2009 that devastated this area two weeks ago. I am without power and have been since the wee hours of 27 January. So is everyone else here,

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It is now day 19 days since the big storm. I think. Every day is much like the last.I am still getting a hot meal once a day, fruit and snacks, and ice from the Salvation Army. The Red Cross pulled out over a week ago, but the SA is still here. God bless them and the volunteers in my home town!Yesterday, I went to a MARC conference at the American Legion building at the County Seat. Filled out a

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Sorry that I have not posted in over two weeks. The Ice Storm of 2009 roared in 26 January and lasted two days. Power is still off. Everywhere I look there are no standing light poles. 90,000 people were out of power in Missouri alone. About 1/2 of them still are.I have been following what is happening with the Academy Awards, and shall begin posting on my "Mimi at the Movies" blog as soon as

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-83507097097680057382008-11-12T23:33:00.003-06:002008-11-13T00:00:57.250-06:00

Who is Tom Toles? Tom Toles at The Washington Post

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-45641770920483359222008-11-08T00:06:00.005-06:002008-11-08T00:17:56.215-06:00

Thanks to the Missouri Democrats for the image!

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Today, Alaska's largest newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president.The newspaper dished Senator McCain for stumbling and fumbling in dealing with the current economic crisis in the U.S., and their own governor for lack of V.P. qualifications. They showered Obama with praise for his reaction to the crises, writing, "In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays

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Sarah Palin is fulfilling her role of a VP candidate attack dog as she steps up her attacks on Barack Obama. However, the question is, "Is Palin playing with a deck of race / fear cards in a covert suggestive manner?"Associated Press (AP) writer, Douglas K. Daniel, in an article released today, "Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain," alludes to the possibility. He reports Palin, in a

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Tom Toles of The Washington Post.Sarah Palin's poll numbers have fallen 12 points since the Republican National Convention. One-third of registered voters planning to vote for McCain have switched to Obama because of Palin on the Republican ticket. The issues with voters tend to be her lack of knowledge and qualifications, experience, and an erosion of the trust factor.At the same time, G.W.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-50833808798127901282008-09-30T14:42:00.006-05:002008-09-30T15:44:02.813-05:00

OPINIONTom Toles of The Washington PostIs the enthusiasm for Governor Sarah Palin for veep beginning to pale? Many think it is. John McCain hasn't helped by keeping her sequestered, allowing her only limited appearances and mainly with him. She memorized her nomination speech, written by a former G.W. speechwriter. She did such a good job at memorizing and delivering one speech that all she does

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OPINIONWho is Tom Toles?I guess, if you are a Christian Evangelical extremist, you are probably happy with the way things are going in the Presidential campaign. I guess you can get very emotional about the nominated Republican V.P., identify, admire, emulate. I recommend that you save that for church where your heart can be strangely warmed, you can cry, shout, and you know you are right with

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Tonight, the official work of the Democratic National Convention is almost done. There is only one major thing to do, Barack Obama's acceptance of the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States, but there will be remarks, salutes, and entertainment preceding that. One important presentation is a salute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, as today is the 45th anniversary of

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The Clintons - Former President and First Lady.WEDNESDAY SCHEDULELast night at the Pepsi Convention Center in Denver, Hillary Rodham Clinton commanded the attention of everyone in the center for over 30 minutes. She gave one of the best, if not the best, speeches of her life.Daughter Chelsea introduced her mother, and when Senator Clinton appeared the delegates rose in a solid standing ovation

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Candidates John Warner and Barack Obama earlier this month in Virginia.Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in the spotlight tonight at, or about 9:00 local / 10:00 Eastern, in the Pepsi Convention Center, Denver. She will receive a video tribute and will speak. During this time, the delegates are expected to give her a rousing standing applause in appreciation of her campaign.She will be the

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Inside the Pepsi Convention Center, Denver, ColoradoThe speculations running through the news services today are:(1) Senator Clinton will give a prime-time convention speech Tuesday night, and the following day she will meet with her delegates as a group. She has insisted that she will not tell them how to vote, but she is expected to release them from their pledge to her and urge them to support

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Hopeful Hillary ClintonWill American Women Vote Their Own Principles?The question most often being asked by the hosts of the "talking heads" on the television / radio political shows is, "Will Senator Hillary Clinton's supporters vote for the Obama - Biden Democratic ticket?" The response was basically, "Let's wait to see what Hillary says in her speech at the National Democratic Convention on

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Senator Hillary Clinton's name will be placed in nomination for the roll call vote at the Democratic National Convention, in Denver, CO, 25 - 28 August. The announcement was made earlier today.I watched the 1960 Democratic National Convention very carefully, and I witnessed what Bobby Kennedy and the Kennedy machine did to upset the apple cart of "pledged delegates," and obtain a majority vote

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Senator ObamaSenator Barack Hussein Obama Jr. (IL), has repeatedly been referred to as a black man. He is not. He is the son of a white woman and a black man. That classifies him as a mulatto.As to the word mulatto, it comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word mulato, which means brown-skinned and is pronounced "mu-lah-toe"). In contrast, the English mulatto is usually pronounced "mu-laa-toe,"

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Comrads. The first thing we must do to make sure that the Olympics Games in Beijing bring honor to our homeland this summer is to quiet the rabble in the terrorites we have annexed by force. We did it for their own good, and now we silence them for their own good, and the world will see our best side. We know all our people love us and our great leaders! Long live China!(Attach credit for any

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Sorry for being away for over a month. I haven't actually been anywhere geographically, simply busy posting on my Mimi at the Movies blog, and a couple of my other movie pages. I'm usually not tardy from this blog during the height of the movie awards season, which really heats up after Christmas and climaxes with the Academy Awards®. This year everything was crowded together.In addition, most of

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[Material in brackets are comments by Mimi. Parentheses are in the original as are the single quotation marks.]Please read this entire post before you get angry. This is an e-mail I received today:"Subject: Allah or The Lord Jesus Christ?"This is very interesting and even more alarming . The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States , especially in the

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Oh, happy day! I mailed my absentee ballot for the February 5th super-duper presidential primary. That will be the same candidate, if nominated by his / her party, for whom I shall vote in the national election next fall.This happy announcement is to let you know that I shall waste no more time paying any attention whatsoever to political ads, or following the polls, pundits, and overly pushy

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-62208372637534814822008-01-05T00:33:00.000-06:002008-01-05T15:15:57.239-06:00

The Iowa caucuses are over. Obama and Huckabee are the clear winners in Iowa, but to start yelping that everyone else might as well quit now, as some media commentators are doing, is ridiculous.What a circus of media hype. Where I live, we haven't gotten any political ads on television yet. So, counting only national news and commentary, only six candidates seemed to receive any substantial "face

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-89568703832271034552008-01-04T00:13:00.000-06:002008-01-04T00:30:13.633-06:00

The PBS television show NOW, hosted by David Branccachio, addresses the issue of my last post tonight (Friday, 4 January) in "Dirty Politics 2008," political mudslinging and using the Internet in a malicious way with an intentional attempt to harm the reputation of a political candidate by spreading an untrue rumor. Such rumor-mongering tactics will only increase.On NOW's Web site they have an

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Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (D - IL)(Official Government Page)There is e-mail circulating that is hateful toward Senator Barack Obama. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a member of Team Obama, but I received an e-mail this week with a seemingly harmless picture of him that was negatively interpreted by the sender. It appears that it is being forwarded into infinity.I prepared this for

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The Nobel Committee awarded their 2007 Peace Prize to former Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and cited his, "strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, [that] has strengthened the struggle against climate change. . . [he is] probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted" to

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-61401659920470245582007-09-19T18:43:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:33:58.562-05:00

FINAL - PART 3 OF 3 - ROVE'S LEGAL PROBLEMS Three posts on the subject of Karl Rove preceded this one, Part I of III; Part II, A; and Part II, B. You might want to read them in order by scrolling down to Part I of III (Part One). Where are all those supposed "experts" who pontificate on television and those crack-shot investigative reporters? What do they know about Karl Rove? Why don't they "

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-15470017143960612262007-09-08T13:15:00.000-05:002007-09-08T14:27:29.981-05:00

Rove and Bush -- Best BudsNOTE: See below for previous posts about Karl Rove (PART I, and PART II, A)Karl Christian Rove has been called "Bush's Brain." Joseph Goebbels is still called "The man behind Hitler". A comparison between these two men can be made.Although no one knows for sure about anything connected to Rove, many incidents and his family connections are widely reported on the Internet

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-21264926827991221422007-08-31T21:51:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:39:50.453-05:00

You might want to read Part I of this four-part posting on Karl Rove first. Scroll down to Part I of III (Part One). Or, if you have already done that, now scroll up to Part II, B. Today is Karl Christian Rove's last day at the White House as G.W. Bush's appointed "Secretary of Propaganda". Rove returned from Texas and traveling with his buddy G.W. a couple of days ago to find his Jaguar, parked

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-61436235026299776772007-08-27T13:22:00.000-05:002007-08-27T13:44:06.120-05:00

Alberto Gonzales, the nation's first Hispanic attorney general who served for a little over two years, announced his resignation this morning. This finally ends a nasty standoff between Gonzales and members of Congress over his honesty and competence at the helm of the Justice Department.Republicans and Democrats alike have demanded his resignation over the botched handling of FBI terror

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-78795220886642043722007-08-21T14:36:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:23:06.432-05:00

Karl Rove, the chief neo-conservative (a.k.a., neo-con) choked back tears as he made his final speech on the White House lawn before boarding the presidential helicopter for a free ride back to Texas last week with his good buddy G.W. Bush. Rove was, as usual, freeloading at U.S. taxpayers' expense. That's what he has been doing for years. Never elected to an office. Never a Senate-confirmed

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-82150194851971936502007-07-23T17:52:00.001-05:002007-07-23T17:56:24.472-05:00

I'm searching for the Baghdad Blogger, Salam Pax. I've added a new blog, WHERE IS SALAM PAX. Perhaps, you can help me find his current whereabouts. Click the title of this post to view the blog.More later.

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Okay, so I didn't make it back in March. I apologize. There have been so many things going on with Iraq, in politics, violence and crime everywhere, that I could spend hours ranting on this blog. I have chosen not to do that. So, sue me.The film festival season is now on hiatus since Cannes wrapped today. Not much will happen on that scene until the end of August. I'm not following the summer

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I've been very busy with the movie awards, growing ever more frantic as the Academy Awards® approach. I'll be back to this blog in March.Meanwhile, visit my "Mimi at the Movies" blog. Click the link on the right sidebar, or click title of this post. When you get to the "movies" blog, also click the links to my film festivals and film awards pages, and much more. The Academy Awards for outstanding

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Article in the Hollywood Reported written by Barry Garron, as supplied by Reuters, "Born-again crowd a scary bunch of 'Friends'," refers to an interview with Alexandra Pelosi speaking about her new HBO documentary FRIENDS OF GOD profiling red-state evangelicals. Garron writes, "Pelosi, daughter of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, traveled the Bible Belt to bring back footage of fundamentalist

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Today, 70 more people were killed, or maimed, in Iraq. G. W.'s new strategy of sending over 20,000 more Americans to fight there is not what the majority of the American people seem to want. I, and many others, are concerned because that strategy involves more death and maiming of human beings, and there was not a single mention in the strategy for a political solution. Meantime, the only

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A G. W. Bush joke posted today by Niki on her blog, "Another Irani Online" (see link on right sidebar), and I must share:"Bush Staff member: Mr. President, today's developments in Iraq included the death of two Brazilian soldiers.Mr. Bush: OH MY GOD! Nooooo. Two Brazilian soldiers!!! This is unbelievable. Now exactly how many million are in a Brazilian?"Seriously, the Iranian blogger predicts

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A new Department of Defense (DoD) report released by the Pentagon cites the danger of the Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtqada al-Sadr's armed militiamen, as reported in the Los Angeles Times by Julian E. Barnes. He writes the report claims that Sadr's Al Mahdi army poses "the gravest danger to the security and stability of Iraq, surpassing Sunni Arab insurgents and Al Qaeda terrorists."The Pentagon

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Okay, I may be a "know nothing" to some, but Newsweek has confirmed what I have been writing on this blog about Moqtada al-Sadr. Want to know? Read the article. Click the title of this post.

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Last month I posted a plea for disbanding the various militias in Iraq (2 September), and left it on the blog as a warning of what was to come if the militias were not disarmed immediately. Today, the ugly side of radical Islam reared its head as the strongest militia made its move.The Shiite militia, known as the Mahdi Army/Militia, run by anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seized

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1157243635237554942006-09-02T19:33:00.000-05:002006-09-16T22:07:00.040-05:00

Just when I was ready to ease into a lovely lazy summer, an armed rogue militia group in Lebanon called Hezbollah ("The Party of God") invaded Israel, killed one or two soldiers, and kidnapped two. That was about the same time an armed rogue militia group in Gaza called Hamas ("Islamic Resistance Movement") did the same, and snatched one soldier.Hamas' charter (written in 1988 and still in force)

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1149736550927561882006-06-07T22:15:00.000-05:002006-06-07T22:50:16.566-05:00

Examples posted by Zeyad, 1 June, on his blog, "Healing Iraq": Gemini: Your parents have been nagging you to lay low and leave the country. Yet you are worried about an imminent death squad attack against your area. Plan your escape route carefully and keep a spare grenade for emergencies. Attack day: Thursday. Grenade No.: 5Leo: A tip from one of your friends wrongfully ends you up in an

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1149659050925813032006-06-07T00:44:00.000-05:002006-06-07T00:56:56.736-05:00

I received a comment by e-mail from Voloras in France regarding my post 10 May, "CARDINALS SAY IGNORANCE FUELS 'DA VINCI CODE'. Voloras wrote, "Your comment regarding the Cardinals and ignorance was really rather unfair. To trot out an old chestnut, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Ignorance is such a fine wide spread human tradition, yet you seem to imply that

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Thanks to Salam Pax, also a member of Newsvine, I am learning some new Internet communication skills, and I just "seeded" my first article. You will find the article(s) on the sidebar at right, at the very bottom under MIMI'S NEWSVINE LINKS. Also, you may click the title of this post for this particular article, but links to most articles may be linked independently of posts.Anyway, my first

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"Human rights groups have condemned the 'barbaric' murder of a 14-year-old boy who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep by Iraqi police for the apparent crime of being homosexual." The original article used the term "gay," but I never use that term, so I changed it for this post. I hate euphemisms. The proper designation is homosexual both for male and female. Period.The article was

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1146520974728907612006-05-01T17:02:00.000-05:002006-05-06T13:36:52.196-05:00

G. W. Bush and Saddam Hussein both made serious miscalculations concerning America's invasion of Iraq. No, it wasn't the number of boots on the ground, or the "shock and awe," but the Iraqi bloggers posting their Web logs day after day. The Karl Rove propaganda machine planned to control all the news from Iraq, but the bloggers messed up his plans, big time.I came to know some of them even before

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A young Iraqi woman began publishing a blog from Baghdad shortly after America invaded Iraq called ”Baghdad Burning," which it was doing as she wrote. She uses the pseudonym of Riverbend.Like the blog "Where is Raed?" of her "virtual brother" Salam Pax (another pseudonym), her blog was bought by a small British literary publisher in Riverbend's case, Marion Boyars, and they classified the work

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Is America going mad? That's the title of a comment in The Guardian (UK), by Richard Adams and published yesterday. Adams maintains that there is evidence in the books currently being published that America is split in two, right down the middle, and that the fights between factions may be driving Americans mad, literally, as in coo-coo.Here's a portion of the last paragraph: "A new non-fiction

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"Leave Iraq to the Iraqis," was the topic of Faiza Al-Araji's speech March 21, in Davis, CA. I communicate with Faiza and her family, so here I shall call her Faiza. She is a civil engineer, a blogger (A Family in Baghdad), an activist for women (Women Say No to War), a religious Shia with a Sunni husband, and a mother of three sons. After her middle son Khalid (see July 2005 Archive link at

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Sorry. I have been busy following this year's Oscar race, and publishing on my "Mimi at the Movies" blog. However, yesterday I took at look at Riverbend's "Baghdad Burning" blog. That was the title she gave it when she started it at the time of the U. S. invasion of Iraq. Now, three years on, the title is still relevant. So sad. The current U. S. administration has accomplished nothing there

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Today, House Republicans elected Rep. John Boehner (Bay-ner) of Ohio as their new majority leader choosing a self-proclaimed reform candidate to replace indicted Rep. Tom DeLay as the party struggles with an ethics scandal, although Rep. Roy Blunt was serving in the position temporarily. I was afraid they might elect Roy Blunt of Missouri (7th district) to replace DeLay. Blunt's the father of the

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1137105538736846432006-01-12T15:53:00.000-06:002006-01-12T16:38:58.746-06:00

First, the far right extremist in this country pushed Bill Moyers off the PBS program NOW. Moyers "retired" at the end of 2004. NOW's on-air time was cut in half. David Brancaccio makes a valiant effort, but what can he accomplish in 20 minutes of actual air time?Next, ABC pushed Ted Koppel out of NIGHTLINE, because some higherups maintained his appearance is "too mature" to draw the younger set.

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At midnight wherever you are, out goes this year. I has been one of the most horrendous our battered old planet has know, and no one will dispute that our planet was battered this year - - physically, mentally, and emotionally. So, what's coming? Only God knows. I hope it is a MUCH more peaceful, happy, and tolerant time. If I could, I would make everyone's dreams come true in 2006! I can't. All

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1131127330777099612005-11-04T11:51:00.000-06:002005-11-07T10:08:46.456-06:00

Received a complimentary copy of the Qur’an (Koran) today from CAIR – The Council on American-Islamic Relations. It’s big, heavy, and beautifully printed in English, Arabic script, as well as the alphabetic-version of the script, with extensive notes. It’s official title is The Message of the Qur’an: Translated and Explained by Muhammad Asad. Dubai: Oriental Press, 2003. However it is copyrighted

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Back in the central U.S. of A. and just in time for fall. Halloween was fun. The leaves have turned, some are falling, and yards are decorated with pumpkins and bails of hay now that the witches, ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, giant spider webs, etc., have been retired. Visit a friend, and the senses are tickled with the aromas of baking sweet potatoes, frying apples, commingling with cinnamon,

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I had a wonderful flight to LAX. Actually received VIP treatment, and sailed through security since I am a Frequent Flier with AA, etc. So, all is well, and I'll post again as soon as possible, or if I have something to write about.I did see this headline today on Netscape.com, " Palestinian: Bush spoke of Iraq as divine mission." This claim is currently hearsay. However, I have my suspicions

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1128301786079005412005-10-02T19:45:00.000-05:002005-10-02T20:09:46.096-05:00

Salam,I have been checking here to see if you would "report in." I am very pleased to hear from you. Wonderful to have you back!!!!! Right now, I am packing to go to California, Tuesday, to visit my family and some friends, for about three weeks, but I can blog from there. Everyone has a computer hooked to the Internet.So, I'll post again sometime Wednesday evening, California time, if all goes

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look who is here, Khalid Jarrar!!:))how are you M? :)I am back to blogging, i hope that everything is alright with you...what have you been doing? me*

khalid jarrarnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1127678769434054922005-09-25T14:50:00.000-05:002005-09-25T15:06:13.770-05:00

Khalid's brother Raed visited San Francisco. Raed posted some of his experiences on his blog today, especially the people with whom he interacted. The title of the post is "F.O.B." I don't know what he means by F.O.B. I wonder if he knows that for many Americans it means, "Fiends of Bill" Clinton, that is?If you have any feelings for the people in Iraq, and how the American war on Iraq has

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1127266818323916962005-09-20T20:36:00.000-05:002005-09-20T20:42:32.663-05:00

Today, on my sister blog, Universal Mind Warp, I posted "Wiesenthal and Rove." It attempts to answer the question, "How much do I know about Karl Rove?" I urge you to read it!

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There are many things that boggle the mind happening in the world. One of the most mind boggling is the new Constitution of Iraq. Riverbend's post, dated this date, considers the status of Islam and women in Iraqi law as stated in the draft(s). Riverbend is well educated and insightful. Her comments may help some of us understand this mess a little better.

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Riverbend, my virtual friend in Baghdad, posted a very insightful post on her blog "Baghdad Burning" on the 4th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. The post is dated, of course, September 11, 2005. I urge you to read it.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1126192134510742792005-09-08T09:51:00.000-05:002005-09-22T14:29:58.440-05:00

I agonized about activating the "comments" operation on this blog. I decided not to do it, because I have a big mouth. I might make some corporate bigwig, or even a governmental agency mad at me. Most of all, some idiots with bigger mouths and meaner spirits than mine, might post obscene or slanderous comments. I'm not alone here. Many bloggers are removing their comments section. Why? Read this:

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For an insider's look at the constitutional process in Iraq and what the U.S. Media aren't telling us, check Salam Pax's post yesterday, 22 August. Very insightful.To go to any sites referenced in this blog that do not have links in the post, click the title of the post. That is the main link for the post. However, not all posts will have a main link.

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Received an interesting e-mail this week, and since I never said that I would ignore politics on this blog, here goes. Think about this in the context of invading Iraq: QUOTES FROM WHEN PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS COMMITTING TROOPS TO BOSNIA: "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." --Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) "You can

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Okay, the companion blog "Universal Mind Warp" is back. There is a permanent link in the "links" section of this blog. UMW will explore some concepts that may boggle the mind, but I will try to keep it to the original purpose of exploring Emerson's concept of One Universal Mind. I may add comments to that blog, so I can get some help from other seekers.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1123546114342110272005-08-08T18:47:00.000-05:002005-08-21T12:23:46.986-05:00

Diaspora – The breakup and dispersion of a people as a result of force, famine, etc., Jewish Diaspora, Palestinian Diaspora, etc.. There could be as many as 500,000 Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan, or as few as 800, depending upon whom you believe. There are no official figures. Governments and governmental agencies are classifying them as “visitors” or “on business,” leaving them in limbo

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1123429625595568982005-08-07T10:40:00.000-05:002005-08-18T22:54:53.780-05:00

I'm new to blogger.com. I'm still learning and experimenting. Therefore, I am changing the name of this blog to Boggling the Mind to match the URL. I shall make a new blog called Universal Mind Warp and post a link to it on this blog. Be back soon.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1122763240823026662005-07-30T17:33:00.000-05:002005-08-18T22:55:27.773-05:00

Khalid just posted his account of what happened to him when he was arrested and put in jail. The judge ruled him innocent of all charges, and he is now in Jordan with his family. May they all stay there! Please, go, and read his account: Secrets in Baghdad !

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1122151803059222282005-07-23T15:45:00.000-05:002005-08-18T22:56:12.280-05:00

KHALID IS FREE!!!

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1121534609207948352005-07-16T12:19:00.000-05:002005-07-16T12:23:29.213-05:00

Yes, the Baghdad Blogger is back. Joy! I just found out today when I was searching for any new information about Khalid. Alas, no new information about Khalid at this time.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1121353366444964472005-07-14T09:49:00.000-05:002005-07-16T12:24:59.923-05:00

Hurricane Dennis blew through, dumping rain, but we had no flooding. There was wind, but not strong enough to cause any damage.Having one's house robbed is bad, but getting abducted and ending up in jail is worse. No one had heard from Khalid for two days. Today, his brother Raed posted that Khalid was abducted while at Baghdad University where he is a student.I don't understand it but,

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1120942651955606732005-07-09T15:46:00.000-05:002005-07-09T16:10:51.343-05:00

Khalid is on summer vacation and had an interesting adventure, although an upsetting one. Go. Check it out: Secrets in Baghdad.He will be back on this blog as a co-administrator after he finishes cleaning house. I'll be back after Hurricane Dennis blows through in the next 36 hours.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1120443019175327032005-07-03T21:05:00.000-05:002005-07-04T14:54:12.136-05:00

K, I just read that your mother in at your family's second home in Jordan, and the way she wrote it, I think you may be there, too. That is good.Oh, I wish I could be a fly on the wall of that house tonight!! That means, "I wish I could be there to hear all she has to say about her visit to the U.S. without anyone knowing I was in the room.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1120441653509262232005-07-03T20:22:00.000-05:002005-07-04T14:55:21.656-05:00

K, it worked! That makes me happy. However, we must be careful on this blog. Neither of us want to get in trouble with Big Brother. Mine, or yours! So, no politics, nothing about the invasion of Iraq, the insurgency, occupying forces, religion etc., etc.Please, take some advice from the old sage here. Do not go back to school this fall. Take some time for K and your family. Kick back. Take a

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Hey M! :)) I finished alllll the exams, and I am still waiting for the results, and hoping that I did good enough to pass all of them, if that's the case, they might be the very last exams I will have to take in my whole life, unless someone throws a big stone on my head that messes my brain up, and makes me apply for a masters degree, God forbid! what about you? What's up? me*

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1120359520347191682005-07-02T21:52:00.000-05:002005-07-03T20:53:37.866-05:00

Hey, I'm working on it. I'm working on it.

Mimi Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10805215744498582541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12974498.post-1116356508883475962005-05-17T16:01:00.000-05:002005-05-17T14:01:48.886-05:00

Since I am new to this, I'll answer the question as to what this blog is about later.

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