Month: August 2007

Bye Rove

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From the chron, David Corn: But leaving is too good for Rove. He was Bush’s partner in the Iraq war, yet he [is] abandoning ship before the fight is done. Rove has argued that the Iraq war is essential for the survival of the United States. So how can he walk away with the war … Read more

Warmth in Houston

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After a pre-season tailgate (JohnMarsha, Mary O, TG, and me) at the Texans/Bears (the rain reduced the heat) game Saturday night, then a late-night post-game card playing session, TG and I had brunch with Ericka and new beau. It was 102°, the hottest it’s been in 4 years. We went to the Menil after eating, … Read more

AP: Christa McAuliffe no longer an Astronaut

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Knock, knock. Hello? Anyone home at the AP? Weather improving for tomorrow’s shuttle launch Associated Press Aug. 7, 2007, 4:40PM CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The weather is improving for Wednesday’s planned launch of Endeavour on a space station delivery mission featuring NASA’s first educator-astronaut. … Seven astronauts are assigned to the mission, but the spotlight … Read more

Aug 1, 1967

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SEXTILIS • I • MCMLXVII “Whereas the Emperor Augustus Caesar, in the month of Sextilis, was first admitted to the consulate, and thrice entered the city in triumph, and in the same month the legions, from the Janiculum, placed themselves under his auspices, and in the same month Egypt was brought under the authority of … Read more