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Thu 2nd Jul 09You might remember those "Money for Guns" schemes from the 1990s where the major city police would pay cash if folks would turn in their guns. It quickly became obvious that the street urchins were turning in grandpa's old rusty rods and using the cash to upgrade...

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Thu 2nd Jul 09Imagine if you will the howling we would have heard from the progressive ranks if Bush would have proposed this legislation while he was still in office; the ability of the Executive to shut down key parts of the internet during a world-wide cybersecurity crisis....

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Thu 2nd Jul 09I've been extremely busy this spring taking care of family and normal business but extra busy helping out my agency increase the ranks of the dependent classes by handing out ARRA funds. I quickly came to the conclusion that this has little to do with jobs...

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Lamentations on Chemistry on
Thu 2nd Jul 09Several times a week a few of us take a morning bike ride 12 miles out into the countryside. Being exceptionally clever, I decided to take a shortcut through the weeds to avoid a busy intersection. This morning, while bombing through the brush, I plowed into...

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Thu 2nd Jul 09Today, Bioclipse 2.0 Release Candidate 5 (versioned 2.0.0.RC5) was released with primarily a fix in the atom typing done when editing chemical structures, and a less stricter handling of SDFiles. The release requires a fresh download from Sourceforge, and we...