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Preservation is the way – thoughts following #presconf
ByDerekIt was a great week for Buffalo. The National Trust preservation conference has wrapped, and I’m admittedly still coming down from the “conference high” (the condition where you’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for a week and reality has yet to set in again) but that doesn’t change the fact that this conference will have a…
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Higgins says scrap the Southtowns Connector
ByDerekStraight from WNYMedia.net, Congressman Higgins says that the Southtowns Connector project should be scrapped. “The Southtowns Connector project should be scrapped. It’s the longest running, most expensive transportation project in this region that hasn’t produced one public improvement, nor has it produced one construction or trades job. The fact of the matter is it never…
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Why Marshawn Lynch is smart
ByDerekPeople assume that Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is guilty of a hit and run because he refuses to talk to the police about the investigation. He hasn’t been arrested for only one reason – there’s not enough evidence to do so. That’s why DA Frank Clark is so interested in getting him to…
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The Queen Mary
ByDerekSpent the week in sunny California – Anaheim area. One highlight of the trip was getting to visit the Queen Mary. Interestingly, the city of Long Beach owns the Queen Mary, and purchased it for $3.45 million – considerably more than it’s scrap value in 1967. It now leases it out to various entities, where…
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Extra! Extra! Canadians figure out socialized medicine doesn’t work!
ByDerekOh how the liberals love to point to Canada’s socialized healthcare system as being the North Star for us to navigate by. Canada’s system has big problems, though, ones which are easy to see and predict, yet hastily ignored by those looking to feed the Hutt of federal government. However, it’s hard to ignore the…
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Düsseldorf
ByDerekCiao Italia! We have finally moved on to Germany! Düsseldorf was our only stop, and my photos are all from the Altstadt (old city). While there wasn’t snow, it was cold along the Rhine, yet there were still a ton of people walking around and, of course, drinking Altbier. But more on that later. Here’s…
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