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Thought for the Day: July 31, 2011

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When Hitler invaded Poland, many people thought that he could be appeased by concessions and negotiation. It turned out that that the concessions just emboldened him to demand more and more.
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From Discourse.net at July 30, 2011, 11:15pm in Politics, Law

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Song of the Day #1,115: ‘I’ll Take You Back’ – Brad Paisley

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For a guy who is so good at writing earnest love songs, Brad Paisley sure has fun taking things in the other direction. After I discovered Paisley through his 2009 album American Saturday Night, I started buying up his previous albums. Time Well Wasted was either the first or second [...]

From Meet Me In Montauk at July 30, 2011, 11:03pm in Music

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East Coast of US/FL Coast...Watch the Wave That Will Be Hurricane Emily

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The wave that most likely will become Hurricane Emily is now a big red circle at the National Hurricane Center's site. It's chances are up to 90% which is pretty much a "sure thing" in the tropical world. It had a chance earlier today, [...]

From Hurricane Harbor at July 30, 2011, 10:36pm in Weather, Personal

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Floridian takes early lead in Darwin Awards competition

Ok, so let’s say you’re in your boat a couple miles offshore when you find a carefully wrapped and waterproof package about the size of a brick floating by… Then let’s say you open the package and you can not identify what is inside. Would you then start eating this [...]

From Mike Poller's Backlash Blog at July 30, 2011, 9:56pm in Environment, Politics

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Senator John McCain gets all mavericky

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From Mike Poller's Backlash Blog at July 30, 2011, 9:42pm in Environment, Politics

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First round pick Pouncey's contract done

Mike Pouncey, the Dolphins first-round pick and the last draft pick without a contact, has agreed to his first NFL deal.

A league source tells me Pouncey has agreed to a four-year deal with an option that is worth around $9.3 million with all the maximum guarantees allowed by the new [...]

From Miami Dolphins In Depth at July 30, 2011, 9:05pm in Miami Dolphins, MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports

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Cuban police assault former political prisoner

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As part of an ongoing crackdown on the Damas De Blanco in eastern Cuba, the Castro political police are resorting to squeezing the group's supporters.

For example, police in Palma Soriano this week assaulted former political prisoner Raumel Vinajera after they caught him distributing pamphlets denouncing the recent moves [...]

From Uncommon Sense at July 30, 2011, 8:17pm in Cuba

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Swamp's revenge

What is it about the swamp ...

That makes me feel like a hydrologist always trying to catch up?

The swamp contains thousands of these cypress domes ...
Too many to count and all of them unnamed.

On the one hand, the swamp isn't' [...]

From The South Florida Watershed Journal at July 30, 2011, 6:51pm in Environment

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The Random Pixels Saturday night commercial rewind

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Commercial for a Siemens washing machine sold in Denmark. The skydivers spell out the name of the machine and the price, 4,999.00 DKK, or about $900.

CAUTION: NSFW.

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From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at July 30, 2011, 6:38pm in Media, News, Politics

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Homestead To Keep Tax Rate Flat

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BY CHRISTINA VEIGACVEIGA@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Homestead residents will not face a property tax hike next year after City Council members voted unanimously on Tuesday to hold the rate at last year’s level.
At most, residents will pay $6.29 per $1,000 of a property’s assessed value. The final rate [...]

From HOMESTEAD IS HOME at July 30, 2011, 6:21pm in Communities

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