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My blog has moved over to http://katemccabe.com! Please visit me there….

Roy lives! Lyn is awesome!

And yet, thanks to Begg, thanks to quick-acting EMTs Lyn McCabe and Jen Clados at the Ridgefield Half Marathon, Shapiro and the others survived their near-death experiences.”It wasn’t just me. It was everyone else jumping in to help, too,” Begg said. “To have a critical situation like we had, where all of a sudden people [...]

“Pity we don’t have a kiln…”

When my friend Mclean suggested that we have a pizza party using Andrew’s kiln, naturally my first thought was of Mr. Belvedere. Though I imagine I must have watched many episodes of the show when I was young, the only one I remember was when Kevin had to make the turkey for Thanksgiving. [...]

UPDATE: Malachy McAllister action alert

This just in: Senator Frank Lautenberg may be interested in introducing a private bill in the Senate on behalf of the McAllister family.
Malachy McAllister and his two youngest children are facing deportation when the suspension of their order of removal expires in September.  A private bill in the Senate, similar to one attempted by Mr. [...]

See this movie: No End in Sight

It’s playing at the Michigan Theater right now, and I saw it with some friends last night. A.O. Scott, perhaps my favorite New York Times movie critic, called it “a sober, revelatory and absolutely vital film,” and he does a much better summary than I could right now. [...]

Federal judge issues temporary injunction on Social Security No-Match Rule

The following is a press release from the ACLU announcing a temporary injunction on the Department of Homeland Security’s recent use of the error-prone Social Security No-Match rule as a tool for immigration enforcement.  The DHS sends “no-match letters” to employers where alleged discrepancies have been found (i.e., where a worker’s name does not match [...]

MOD withdraws Operation Banner document

From the Pat Finucane Centre:
The British Ministry of Defence has agreed to temporarily withdraw and amend its controversial military analysis of Operation Banner, the British Army codename for operations here between August 1969 and July 31 2007. Stephanie English of the PFC explained:
“The decision was prompted by a complaint we lodged on behalf of the [...]

Friends in high places

Anyone else think that this article is as incredibly ridiculous as I do? “Vatican ‘edited Adams web page’” focuses on a piece of a story reported yesterday about Wikipedia Scanner tracking the IP addresses of those who edit Wikipedia entries (such as the CIA inserting the word “Waahhh!” into the bio of Iranian President [...]

George Washington

My friend Joe showed me this ridiculous animated music video about George Washington. Let me know what you think…

Derry Pride

Derry’s famous gable wall was painted pink to kick off the city’s pride festival.  Martin McGuinness gave the opening remarks yesterday, and praised the work of community organizations in reducing the number of homophobic attacks in the city, down to 2 this year from about 100 last year:
“Last year there were 100 homophobic incidents in [...]