Blog Master G

I’ve only flown JetBlue once. It was an awesome experience, and I’m a big fan of bringing JetBlue to Albany. Though I can’t imagine how upsetting it must have been to be a passenger on the JetBlue Airbus yesterday that was forced to circle to burn off its LAX-JFK fuel supply before landing with wheels […]

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It’s shocking and sad how we, the richest nation in the world, can’t figure out a way to help all the people who are stranded in New Orleans — on rooftops, in parking lots, at the convention center. What are they still doing there? Why can’t they get out? It’s certainly poor people who are […]

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The tail end of hurricane Katrina hit upstate New York yesterday evening, as we got soaked with some pretty intense rain. But it was nothing like other thunderstorms we’ve seen this summer or anything like the terrible havoc that’s been wreaked on the Big Easy this week since the levees gave way. The implications of […]

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“I figure if I’m going to die, I’m going to die with cold beer and my best buds.” – Tony Peterson on Bourbon Street the day before Katrina hit The predicted category 5 storm weakened to category 4 and New Orleans residents were spared the horrible blow that was expected. The death toll — now […]

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Although it happens every day in places like Iraq, the bombings yesterday in London struck a chord closer to home. Baghdad is a war zone; London is not. It’s shocking and horrifying and my heart goes out to the families of the more than 50 people killed and to those injured in the attacks. Here’s […]

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Eco-porn: Great Sex For A Good Cause: Tommy and Leona are having sex on a tree stump in the middle of a Norwegian clear-cut. Leona, with a mop of brown dreads and a lip ring, looks dreamily across the demolished forest as Tommy, a little shaggy in nothing but a knit hat, works his magic. […]

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With gas prices on the constant rise, one good thing about not living in San Francisco anymore is not having to pay $3.19 per gallon for supreme, the good stuff my WRX needs. Here in Saratoga Springs, gas is around $2.59 a gallon for higher octane (93 on this coast vs. 91 in SF). As […]

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If only this headline applied nationally: House Condemns Patriot Act: Montana lawmakers overwhelmingly passed what its sponsor called the nation’s most strongly worded criticism of the federal Patriot Act on Friday, uniting politicians of all stripes. I understand it’s a big deal that the Pope of 26 years has died (conveniently, on my birthday, so […]

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A coffee a day keeps the doctor away. Or at least reduces your chances of developing liver cancer, according to a new study released in Japan. Coffee Cuts Liver Cancer Risk, Doesn’t Help Colon, Studies Say: Japanese researchers studying more than 90,000 middle-aged men and women found that the risk of liver cancer for people […]

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What kind of sick brainwashing is happening in this country? First Amendment No Big Deal, Students Say: The original amendment to the Constitution is the cornerstone of the way of life in the United States, promising citizens the freedoms of religion, speech, press and assembly. Yet, when told of the exact text of the First […]

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