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Category Archives: January 8th

Giffords Wrist Bands Are Back

Friday, February 18, 2011

From Danielle Lauren Dobrusin: Wristbands honoring U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are back in stock Interns in Giffords’ office sold out of 5,200 bracelets; new shipment arrives An independent group of interns from U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Tucson office is selling specially made silicon wristbands to honor the wounded congresswoman, one of her aides and others [...]

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And on to Those Other Murders…

Friday, February 4, 2011

Jurors in the trial of Shawna Forde have been given some time off and will return to hear testimony on Tuesday. Forde is the border vigilante and activist who has been accused of leading a 2009 violent home invasion of a residence in Arivaca, and killing Raúl Flores and his nine-year old daughter Brisenia. She’d [...]

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I Don’t Throw Around the Word “Miracle” Casually, but…

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

We’ve all read the news over the last few days of Gabrielle Giffords’s stunning recovery. Did any of us see this coming, even a week ago?

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We Just Checked: Rush Limbaugh Is Still a Jerk

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

No worse, I suppose, than dismissing the seriousness of the incident by quoting from Theodore Roosevelt.

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What Was Weak Last Week

Monday, January 24, 2011

Once again…things I missed writing about, after the jump.

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And Over at the Sentinel

Saturday, January 15, 2011

I was mulling writing a response to the criticism of Wednesday’s memorial service. There were already a couple of you who attended who posted on here, which took away some reason for me to weigh in. But today, I have no reason to weigh in, since Dylan Smith over at the Tucson Sentinel has said [...]

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Ways to Celebrate Gabe Zimmerman’s Life

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Gabe Zimmerman’s friend Sara Richelson posted a comment about a tribute she’s putting together. I decided to put it into a post to make sure you all see what she had to say: We would like to create a photo album of memories and make copies for Gabe’s mom, dad, brother, and fiance. If you [...]

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A View from Inside

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Rick Collins works in the video production office at UMC and sent this inside view of the last couple of days at the hospital. Most of you know I work for the Arizona Health Sciences (the Health Colleges, UMC and UPH). I thought you might like an update on the situation here at the hospital. [...]

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Christina-Taylor Green Fund

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Services for Christina-Taylor Green are private, but the family has set up a fund in her memory through the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona. This from their website: THE CHRISTINA-TAYLOR GREEN MEMORIAL FUND was established at the foundation by the family to receive gifts in memory of Christina. “Our family has been overwhelmed by the [...]

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Best Birthday Present I Could Ask For

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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