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  edwyngable on Why bother learning to spell? on May 25 at 6:36 a.m.

  Looney Tunes Phonics
  The beginning reading program, ClickN READ Phonics, is regarded as cutting edge and the first of its kind by the academic community.
  

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  ChefGus/ John Olsen on The City and the Zehm family settle... on May 24 at 5:53 a.m.

  In case you want to attend??? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/22/kkk-invites-nc-residents-to-whites-only-cross-burning/

  back to the future… 1888…

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  ChefGus/ John Olsen on The City and the Zehm family settle... on May 24 at 5:50 a.m.

  Thompson needs to be sentenced and in Jail…. Period…travesty he remains on his own recognizance…Tucker needs to be fired…and the City needs to be sued again and again for all of the Other outstanding egregious acts that were perpetrated on us by City attorney’s over time.. and particularly Rocco….he should be in jail… the Feds should be in the door..and take over the Police force and put the Guild in the ditch… time for Justice… not Just Us… we are NOT South Africa… but apartheid of sorts is rampant with the Community of Other and the White Male power structure…( which includes white women)… there are a whole lot more of “other” specially if you include all women… The Catholic Church and the KKK need to be “remodeled” a whites only Cross burning is due to occur on May 26 i think in North Carolina… good grief.. j

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  polistra on The art of procreation... on May 23 at 5:06 a.m.

  Nice bit of predictable aristocratic bigotry by Horsey.

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  Dave Laird on The City and the Zehm family settle... on May 23 at 4:09 a.m.

  Good morning, Arliacne…

  You wrote

  Hey, just my opinion.
  

  You spoke quite eloquently, my friend. I think we’re even sitting in the same church pew. 8-)

  Dave

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  arliacne on The City and the Zehm family settle... on May 22 at 8:36 a.m.

  …the Otto Zehm affair appears to finally be over

  I beg to differ. This isn’t over until Thompson is sentenced. Until then the travesty continues. I am sure the Zehm family is feeling a degree of vindication and some form of justice, but knowing Thompson still walks among us free as a bird has got to rankle. As has been said time and again, were this Joe Citizen he’d be behind bars doing his waiting.

  The City Council would do well to fire all officers involved which no doubt would send a very clear message that unlawful use of force is not to be tolerated.

  Finally, the council should do whatever is necessary to break its contract with the Police Guild renegotiating a position where the Guild has far less of a strangle hold over the citizens. There are a lot of returning vets who could use a job and a lot of SPD cops who feel an unearned entitlement.

  Hey, just my opinion.

  Oh, and welcome back, Dave.

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  polistra on A Word A Day -- orthogonal on May 18 at 7:01 a.m.

  The most common meaning in modern tech jargon is a bit more complicated. Sequences or lists are orthogonal if they can be laid out next to each other “cleanly” without any overlaps, repetitions, or mismatches.

  “1, 2, 3, 4” and “one, two, three, four” are orthogonal.

  “1, 2, 3, 4” and “once, twice, thrice, four times” are non-orthogonal.

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  polistra on A Word a Day -- casuistry on May 08 at 7:07 p.m.

  Casuistry is almost always used in connection with Catholic intellectuals, perhaps because the near-rhyme with Jesuitry is irresistible.

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  polistra on A Word a Day -- nestor on May 03 at 9:43 a.m.

  Would a wise old man who is married be an empty-nestor?