Cd release party/benefit concert

It’s All About the Benjamins is a great band out of St. Louis (but I consider them local). They’ve frequently played at the Artisan (now The Underground Cafe) in Columbia.
Tonight they are having a cd release party for their first album, Love is Blind. The event is at the Blue Fugue, and will also be [...]

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Pandora Radio

Pandora online radio is totally brilliant. If you spend time on the internet when you can be listening to music and you’re not using Pandora, check it out right now. It’s like iTunes Genius except you don’t have to own any of the music. You create your own stations by selecting either a song or [...]

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Another frustrating story about Ryan Ferguson

This update about Ryan Ferguson is a tad late because I’m practically cut off from civilization here in the mountains with spotty, infrequent internet access and no tv or phone. I’m not going to take the time to say much because I don’t have much time and because I feel I’ve said all that I [...]

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Another appeal for Ferguson

Here’s your basic news brief style update, based on this Missourian story :
Ryan Ferguson is trying another appeal based on improper jury selection.
This time he’s appealing to the Western District Court of Appeals. In his 2005 trial, the judge allowed potential jurors to do 6 hours of community service to get out of serving jury [...]

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Ferguson Still Waiting

“Justice delayed, is justice denied.” -William Gladstone
An update on Ryan Ferguson’s appeal to Judge Jodie Asel: Sadly, there is no update. I periodically search to see if there’s any new news about Ferguson, but I haven’t found a trace of anything yet. The wheels of justice turn slowly…very slowly. I see that people are still [...]

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My tax dollars now promote abortion…

“Not even waiting a week, the new administration has acted to funnel U.S. tax dollars to abortion providers overseas,” Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, said in a written statement.
After less than a week in office, President Obama got rid of a policy that prevented US funds from going to international agencies that promote or provide abortions. [...]

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Ryan Ferguson’s appeal denied

My blog stats are showing that most of my random hits are from people searching for information about Ryan Ferguson’s appeals. As a blogger and a thinking human being, I have a very strong opinion about Ryan’s conviction. As a journalist who once covered the story, I feel a small nagging to remain neutral in [...]

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America is STUFFED

“A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.” -Moliere
You probably live under a rock if you haven’t heard about the poor gentleman Jdimytai Damour who was trampled to death at a WalMart in New York on Black Friday. Four shoppers were also hurt, including a woman [...]

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Tales of Injustice

More tales of injustice- enough to make your skin crawl.
Today the Columbia Missourian posted this story about Johnny Briscoe, a St. Louis man who was wrongly convicted of rape and paid for it with 23 years of his life behind bars. DNA evidence finally freed him in 2006, and he’s now suing for damages. By [...]

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BigDog- Frightening and Amazing

You have got to see this to believe it! (Kudos to Emily and Alex for bringing it to my attention.) A company called Boston Dynamics has developed this robot and others “that have rough-terrain mobility that can take them anywhere on Earth that people and animals can go.”
Instead of being [...]

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