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The Text Of The Manchin-Toomey Background Check Amendment

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It Is Too Long For The Alley, So Here Is The Full Text Of The Schumer-Manchin-Toomey Universal Background Check Bill

For those interested in the full text of the Schumer-Machin-Toomey Universal background check, you can verify this with a search of the Library of Congress/Thomas website for “bill number S.AMDT.715” and then click on “TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR … Continue reading

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Extranos Alley Down For Server Move – An Hour Or Two Is Now Seven

The headline pretty much says it all. The Alley will be back up as soon as they get the site moved to a faster server. Stranger

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Big Drug and Gun Bust in Florida

MyFOX Tampa reports on a big illegal drug and gun bust in Pasco County Florida. Pasco County, on Florida’s west coast just north of Tampa is in an area that is notable for the comparatively high volume an dlow reported … Continue reading

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Friday Night Follies – Aunt’s, With A Bit Of Driftwood

Well, another Friday night has rolled around, so let’s have a few tunes that suit the times. Let’s start with Aunt Effie, right out of 1967: And, for a bit of musical history here’s Jimmy Driftwood, with the Unfortunate Lawyer: … Continue reading

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Obama Promises Pie; Does Not Say When

Looking over the “news,” with Harry Reid saying private jobs are taking care of themselves, and Obama swearing up and down that he has made the right decision every time, I am reminded of Joe Hill. Who wrote this, and … Continue reading

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Music For The Day

Barbara Bonney: Stranger

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It Would Be Amusing, If It Were Not So Serious

As quite a number people are well aware, I have been pointing at Asian soot as serious trouble for the Arctic for almost twenty years. Since June, 1993, in fact. I came to that conclusion by noting three factors; the … Continue reading

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Pi Day Puzzle Solution

I added a puzzle to my Pi Day post. For clarity, here’s the question: Suppose you had a string that laid exactly on the surface completely around the Earth at the equator. The length of the string is immaterial. But … Continue reading

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Still No Birth Certificate; Note Found, Abercrombie wants to use that!

According the the Honolulu Star Advertiser interview with Governor Neil Abercrombie, “ a search of State files found a note, written down.” Briefly quoting the Star Advertiser interview: “It was actually written I am told, this is what our investigation … Continue reading

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