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posted on
January 31st, 2013
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Oklahoma City

Sacra Pagina: Chaos Biblical manuscript exhibit at ORU

UPDATE: Don't bother with the Sacra Pagina exhibit at ORU, especially if you have young children. The line to see the first exhibit case stretched halfway around the room. After waiting for over 30 ...

posted on
January 30th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Proud of Inhofe's vote against John Kerry's confirmation

A friend posted tonight on Facebook that it was embarrassing that U. S. Sen. Jim Inhofe voted against the confirmation of his former Senate colleague, John Kerry (D-Mass.), as Secretary of State. C ...

posted on
January 28th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Blog roundup 2013/01/28

Notes hither and thither: If you're a fan of beautiful cartoon art, you should make at least a weekly visit to Whirled of Kelly, which features the art work of Walt Kelly, most famous for the comic ...

posted on
January 25th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

School Choice Week 2013 in Oklahoma and across America

Every January, supporters of expanded educational options for America's school children and their parents put on School Choice Week, events across America to call attention to and advocate for scho ...

posted on
January 23rd, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Kathy Taylor returns?

There's a strong rumor circulating (UPDATE: It's official.) that former Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor will be running this year to retake her former position as queen of the Borg Cube. You'll recall tha ...

posted on
January 9th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

If your Yahoo email account is sending spam

The past week or two, I've seen a new wave of spam from email accounts on Yahoo. They tend to have blank subject lines and only a link and possibly a snippet of text in the body of the message. Yah ...

posted on
January 7th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Get "Perspectives" on world missions -- classes start this week

It's easy for Christians to get tangled up in everyday life or politics and to lose sight (or never gain sight) of what God is doing around the world to redeem a people for Himself "from every trib ...

posted on
January 4th, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Bridenstine votes against Boehner for speaker

Color me surprised and impressed. Newly sworn-in Oklahoma 1st District Congressman Jim Bridenstine was one of 12 Republicans who did not vote to re-elect incumbent Speaker of the House John Boehner ...

posted on
January 3rd, 2013
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Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Patti Page, RIP

Born Clara Ann Fowler in Claremore, Oklahoma, a graduate of Tulsa's Daniel Webster High School, she took her stage name from the Page Dairy in Tulsa, the sponsor of the radio show on which she was ...

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posted on
January 2nd, 2013
from
Batesline
based in
Oklahoma City

Oklahoma delegation quietly backs "fiscal cliff" capitulation

Have seen only one press release so far from our congressmen and senators on the "compromise" they approved yesterday. Both Oklahoma senators and four out of five congressmen voted in favor of the ...