Monday, April 26, 2010

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Syria-sly bad behavior

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:11 AM PDT

The Washington Post gets it right: BASHAR AL-ASSAD is proving to be an embarrassment for the Obama administration. In pursuit of President Obama's policy of "engagement" with U.S. adversaries, the State Department has dispatched several senior envoys to Damascus for talks with the Syrian dictator. It has also nominated a new ambassador and repeatedly expressed the hope for a step-by-step improvement in relations. So far Mr. Assad has responded by holding a summit with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, at which he publicly ridiculed the U.S diplomatic initiative. In secret, he has stepped up an illegal...

Were you kayaking at great falls yesterday?

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:11 AM PDT

We went to Great Falls yesterday. In the middle of the Falls there's a formation called "five fingers," it's in the bottom center of the picture below. At some point I noticed a couple of kayaks at the top of the five fingers. I figured that they couldn't go down the 4 falls on the left; they looked too steep. But soon the orange kayaker proved me wrong. After he completed the plunge, he was momentarily submerged but then righted himself. I believe - but am not certain - that he touched his head or made a similar motion as...

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