| JAQUITTA'S JOURNEY: Read Her Blog
I thought I'd write a quick blog before taking my 3 to 4 hour nap. Radiation has finally kicked in and it makes me incredibly tired. The doctors mentioned fatigue, and I'm experiencing it. To bottom line it: I feel tired the majority of the time. However, I only have a few days left before it's all over. The countdown is on! The only side note is that doctors have warned me that even though the radiation will be over in a few days, I may still feel the effects 2 months after. So, Happy Joy, joy right? Anyway, I try to sleep as much as I can. I will admit working and getting treatment is wearing on me a bit, but if it gets to be too much I just have to back off. I have to accept the fact that my extra pounds are still holding on. I've been told it comes off gradually, that the chemo med's are still kicking in my body and that's part of the reason why it's not coming off as rapidly as I'd like.
Man with Florida connection identified as gunman who killed 7 at ...
When the general public is allowed to train for and get their concealed weapons permit they can defend themselves against incidents such as this. This scenerio might have played out differently if just ONE of those students held a concealed weapon. If they were given the opportunity to defend themselves. Do not push this off on firearms. That is just asinine. If not for firearms there would be no America. The 2nd Amendment is the number 2 amendment for a reason. Right after free speech. It must have been very important to our founding fathers if they put it at number 2 versus at the very bottom of the list let alone at all. England banned private gun ownership for a reason. Little to no resistance from an entity that is not armed and can be easily overcome. .
Why The Right Loves a Disaster
If Lindsey had his way, Wal-Mart, rather than lose sales, could just loan out money to keep its customers shopping, effectively turning the big-box chain into an old-style company store to which Americans can owe their souls. If this kind of crisis opportunism feels familiar, it's because it is. Over the last four years, I have been researching a little-explored area of economic history: the way that crises have paved the way for the march of the right-wing economic revolution across the globe. A crisis hits, panic spreads and the ideologues fill the breach, rapidly reengineering societies in the interests of large corporate players. It's a maneuver I call "disaster capitalism." Sometimes the enabling national disasters have been physical blows to countries: wars, terrorist attacks, natural disasters.
AC on cold morning leads to Estates grow-house bust
An air conditioner that was in use on an unusually cold morning helped lead investigators to a suspected marijuana grow house operation in Golden Gate Estates. Delfin H. Puentes, 39, of Fort Myers, was arrested Thursday and charged with marijuana trafficking -- more than 25 pounds -- and possession of narcotic paraphernalia. Reports say Puentes operated a marijuana grow house at 1781 8th Ave. N.E. Earlier this month a deputy on patrol noticed that an air conditioning unit was in use at the house on a cold morning. As the deputy approached the residence, he could smell the odor of growing marijuana. The house appeared to be vacant at the time. Around 10 a.m. Thursday, a blue Nissan Pathfinder driven by Puentes left the house, traveling 51 mph on Eighth Avenue Northeast, where the posted speed is 35 mph.
More Letters to the Editor
Santorno's academic justification at last week's school board meeting was weak (the claims made are nothing a community school wouldn't do 10 fold) and her analogy to her own children was disappointing. I don't think of a junior cheerleader as the kind of mentoring a middle school male needs to stay focused. Yikes. If this is such a good idea, why isn't anyone doing it elsewhere? It looks like, smells like, and acts like costs saving masquerading as student benefit. Why wasn't a plan to give Sealth a Taj Mahal of their own created? Certainly the architectural lack of merit of their building must have at least whispered a tear down at which point cost would be contained by new building construction costs. This is in striking contrast to the complexities and astronomical costs of remodel associated with projects like Roosevelt, Garfield, and Hamilton which I guess from the era they were built gives them something warm and fuzzy to hang onto and go to the bank with.
Old school Motto gets Sydney hearts racing
OUTSIDE the top floor of the North Cronulla Surf Club, it's cool and it's raining. Inside, behind the fogged-up windows, the Sydney FC players are dripping sweat. John Kosmina, who is expected to sign a new two-year deal with the club early next week, has delved deep into his past to prepare for their biggest game this season and the message has lost none of its relevance. Winning finals is about playing through the pain barrier, and players are being pushed into unchartered territory by legendary trainer Les Motto. Truth is, they're loving it. Motto, who claims with a smile his age is "between 48 and 60", has been punishing footballers for almost 40 years. Tutored by George Daldrey, he became the first full-time conditioner in rugby league when he was put on staff by Manly in 1973.
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