This excerpt is merely here to invite you to read the entire article. Please do so at your earliest opportunity; the truth needs to be heard:
It was the home of 76-year-old Abdul Hamid Hassan Ali. Although he had used a wheelchair since diabetes forced a leg amputation years ago, Ali was always one of the [...]
Entries from May 2006
Did U.S. Marines commit murder in Haditha?
May 30th, 2006 · 2 Comments
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1-800-FREE-411 is true
May 30th, 2006 · No Comments
It sounded almost too good to be true: free directory information calls just like 411. I checked it out and it’s true:
The way it works in practice is that a caller who requests a business number is first presented with a short (about 12 seconds) audio advertisement for a sponsor who operates a competing business [...]
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Google’s holiday logos - a brief history
May 29th, 2006 · 2 Comments
(Note: this particular post does not view well at less than 1024×768 resolution due to the table width; my apologies to those of you using a smaller viewing resolution)
This morning I went to Google to start my Memorial’s Day with a few searches. I was expecting to see Goggle’s logo decorated somehow in recognition of [...]
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A brief history of Memorial day
May 29th, 2006 · No Comments
Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service to our country. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of [...]
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I just bought ‘555′ at OneThousandPaintings.com
May 28th, 2006 · 22 Comments
The idea is simple:
One thousand numbers = one thousand paintings. All beautifully painted on canvas (approx. 12 x 12 x 1.5). Each number is unique - the number and the demand define the price. An experiment of art & mathematics, on the web, the first of its kind. Paintings have been sold to the US, [...]
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