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by BooMan
Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 09:26:04 PM EST

I blame Sarah Palin and John McCain for attacking ACORN.

It's time for me to pay for the server and the rent.

And, as you can see, I have no ads sold again. In fact, Blogads sent me an email to tell me that the recession is hitting them hard. And that means that I am about to be hit hard. Anything you donate will go to making sure there is at least a glimmer of Christmas cheer around here. Thanks in advance.

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Done. Thanks for all you do. :)

Recommended by Hideo Kojima

by robertdsc on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 09:50:18 PM EST

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Sorry to say I have no money to donate as times are rough here too. I do have an idea tho, how about putting together a calendar on cafe press, with pictures that have been posted on this site. I suspect that many would purchase for a Christmas gift, and now would be the perfect time. Put a big ad on the side panel.
I wish you the best.

Click here to step into the Village Blue2

by diane101 (dianed101 @ yahoo.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:17:40 PM EST

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Thanks Booman. I appreciate you and this place a lot. Here is hoping that the new administration will be able to restore some much needed confidence that will help our people and economy recover. In the meantime, Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Holidays, or whatever. ;-))

We need to push for Progressive change, now more than ever.

by keepinon (jaukkuri@sbcglobal.net) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:29:54 PM EST

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Thank you, BooMan, for providing this sane oasis 'midst the steaming wasteland of Bushworld.

by wilderness wench on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:00:42 PM EST

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Neighborhood mosque, between Mutrah and Old Musqat, Oman

The town of Mutrah with medeival castle in the background, Oman

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:21:25 AM EST

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personally, I am glad that someone's insensitive remark has inspired you to share such wonderful pictures from the Middle East.

by BooMan on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:25:13 AM EST
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PS I actually found the mosque on Google Earth yesterday. It is amazing to see where I walked and where I stood and the things I looked at from that perspective. The feeling is something close to wonder.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:31:33 AM EST
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Thanks BooMan. I'm glad to have a place to share them where they are appreciated.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:28:05 AM EST
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Boys dancing at a wedding, Sialkot, Panjab, Pakistan

A Father and his daughter, Sialkot, Panjab, Pakistan

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:26:02 AM EST

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I struggled for some time with the decision to post any of my Pakistan photos because they are very personal pictures of real people whom I love and who deserve to have their privacy respected. I have decided to post them exactly because they ARE pictures of real everyday Pakistani people. At present they are not available for public viewing anywhere else but here.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:37:51 AM EST

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Hi Hurria. Thanks very much for all the pictures you have been posting...all beautiful.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 02:17:53 PM EST
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Gathered around the Wedding Singer, Sialkot, Panjab, Pakistan

Listening And Clapping With The Wedding Singer, Sialkot, Panjab, Pakistan

This is the first of four nights of festivities in a traditional Panjabi wedding. This wedding singer is blind.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:48:14 AM EST

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I concur with BooMan (upthread). Your pictures are marvelous. Thanks so much for sharing. I wish I could share mine taken on a recent trip to Lithuania and Russia. But, I used one of those old fashioned cameras where one has to get them developed. (Sigh)

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

by Dongi 2 on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 09:00:55 AM EST
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You can ask for a digital copy on disk when you have them developed.
Or scan existing prints - diy at Kinkos, or similar.

by ask on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 10:35:40 AM EST
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Danke, Booman.

What part of "international war crimes" do you not understand?

by budr (budr at hughes net) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 09:06:30 AM EST

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Change we can believe in...

The Underground Railroad

by Oscar In Louisville on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 03:19:36 AM EST

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Thanks for the nutty link, Booman. I love this place.

Birds are beautiful, but squirrels gotta eat too. Of course it's all the Rep's fault.

He's right -

If you're a squirrel, it's a big worry. But it's no problem for the oak tree. They live a long time. They'll produce acorns again when they're ready to.

Cheer up, think of your 'progressive community' as the oak tree surviving all kinds of weather.

by Alice on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 10:18:49 AM EST

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a hedge fund is suing Bank of American, because it is recalculating predatory loans made by Country Wide. the hedge fund says it will lose money if those loans are modified..anyone heard of "pure greed"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/business/02loan.html?_r=2&ref=business

by americanforliberty on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 01:33:46 PM EST

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