Have you seen this?

Pointing to the experiences of developing countries and former communist countries where interference with an independent judiciary has allowed dictatorship to flourish, O’Connor said we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings.

Can anybody get me an actual transcript? I'd love to read it.

Some articles.

On bird flu and pets in Europe

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On stealing/piggybacking.

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"Underfoot, Artist at Work"

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Conservative Jews are considering ending a ban on gay unions and rabbis

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"Attention Surplus? Re-examining a Disorder" (Interesting)

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On the recentness of human evolution

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It is 60 degrees out.

SIXTY!

Man, it feels like just yesterday there was snow on the ground!

Oh wait. That *was* yesterday. The few remaining snowclumps were melting fast, but they were still there.

Honestly, I felt so free without my jacket. I guess it's time to dig up my t-shirts again, and do some serious laundry. I'm currently wearing a t-shirt that I stole yesterday from Jenn, who stole it originally from my mom, who stole it back from her brother after he outgrew it. This shirt is some 43 years old.

Stolen from cooking

Mmmm. Jenn lives off of rice and beans, which means I do, so I'm linking to this'n as a variation.

Jenn, remember: Purchase another freezer pack or two, and another thermos-bag.