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New Member - Funky Ranch Art Assoicaion
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Funky Ranch Art Assoicaion

This site is about local (Edmond, OKC) art, artists and events.

http://funkyranchart.wordpress.com

Blog Oklahoma Podcast 84: A shared playlist to drown out the mud slinging
12/28/2011

In this week's episode, "In The News" is back, we take a very quick look at jQuery Mobile, we spotlight a new music service, and are you ready for political season. Welcome to Blog Oklahoma.

• Route 66 News shows the trailer for the documentary "The Autumn of Route 66"
• Kellyology comments on her husband's lack of interest in her blogging
• Generation X grows up in a nuclear world
• In Jennifer's Head has an experience with chiropractor doohickeys
• The Science Classroom won't spoon feed you
• The Tulsa Project shares some Occupy pictures
• WelchOK reports on a groundbreaking ceremony at Welch Middle School
• An Urefined Vegan becomes more label conscious
• Mommy's Sippy Cup accuses Mother Nature of being drunk in Oklahoma lately
• And yes I did tell Donna she could have only one candy bar on our last visit to Walmart

• jQuery Mobile: Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphones & Tablets
• blogoklahoma.com/mobile [alpha] (Current iPhone friendly site: blogoklahoma.com/iphone)
• Spotify
• Kevin's Spotify Shared Playlists
• Oklahoma State Election Board
• Oklahoma Voter Registration
• Facts about Proof of Identity for Voting in Oklahoma

• Blog Oklahoma Podcast Live
• To hear the show we broadcasted live at Mixlr, including the pre and post show, checkout: Blog Oklahoma Podcast (11/12/11)

• As Far As My Heart Can See by Norma Jean Martine
• It Can Be by The Jefferson

New Member - Community Inspire
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Community Inspire

As I'm in the pursuit of the dreams and goals on my bucket list, I want to inspire and be the motivation for other people as well.

http://communityinspire.org

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New Member - Delighted
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Delighted

Celebrating a legacy of love and leaving one of my own.

http://chelsileigh.blogspot.com/

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New Member - The Sports Guy: Scorecard Scribblings From An Ordinary Journalist
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: The Sports Guy: Scorecard Scribblings From An Ordinary Journalist

A veteran sports journbalist with more than three decades of experience, Brent Weber offers anecdotes form his career as well as s from current stories and local events. The author of the book by the same name, Weber is a former sportscaster with CNN, FSN, the NBA Thunder and more.

http://scorecardscribblings.wordpress.com

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New Member - The Steen Style
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: The Steen Style

A home decor and DIY blog.

http://lauraandconnersteen.blogspot.com/

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2011-12 College Football Bowl Schedule
12/28/2011

The 2011-12 bowl season starts in Albuquerque, N.M., and ends in New Orleans. Here's a look at the schedule from the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 18 to the Allstate BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 9 in the Louisiana Superdome.

All times Eastern Oklahoma Teams In Bold

Gildan New Mexico
Temple vs. Wyoming
Dec. 17 2 p.m. ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Utah State
Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
Dec. 17 9 p.m. ESPN

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
Florida International vs. Marshall
Dec. 20 8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
TCU vs. Louisiana Tech
Dec. 21 8 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas
Arizona State vs. Boise State
Dec. 22 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. Southern Miss
Dec. 24 8 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Missouri vs. North Carolina
Dec. 26 5 p.m. ESPN2

Little Caesars
Western Michigan vs. Purdue
Dec. 27 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Belk
Louisville vs. NC State
Dec. 27 8 p.m. ESPN

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
Toledo vs. Air Force
Dec. 28 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Bridgepoint Education Holiday
California vs. Texas
Dec. 28 8 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Dec. 29 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Washington vs. Baylor
Dec. 29 9 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
BYU vs. Tulsa
Dec. 30 Noon ESPN

New Era Pinstripe
Rutgers vs. Iowa State
Dec. 30 3:20 p.m. ESPN

Franklin American Mortgage Music City
Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest
Dec. 30 6:40 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Dec. 30 10 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care of Texas
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
Dec. 31 Noon ESPN

Hyundai Sun
Georgia Tech vs. Utah
Dec. 31 2 p.m. CBS

AutoZone Liberty
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ABC

Kraft Fight Hunger
Illinois vs. UCLA
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Chick-fil-A
Virginia vs. Auburn
Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ESPN

TicketCity
Houston vs. Penn State
Jan. 2 Noon ESPNU

Outback
Michigan State vs. Georgia
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ABC

Capital One
Nebraska vs. South Carolina
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
Ohio State vs. Florida
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN2

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Oregon
Jan. 2 5 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta
Stanford vs. Oklahoma State
Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech
Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Discover Orange
West Virginia vs. Clemson
Jan. 4 8:30 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton
Kansas State vs. Arkansas
Jan. 6 8 p.m. FOX

BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh
Jan. 7 1 p.m. ESPN

GoDaddy.com
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois
Jan. 8 9 p.m. ESPN

Allstate BCS National Championship Game
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama
Jan. 9 8:30 p.m. ESPN

(via ESPN.com)

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New Member - Soul Path Personal Development
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: Soul Path Personal Development

Soul Path Personal Development is a full-service Christian mentoring business. Our goal is to help individuals improve their lives by exploring and expanding their spirituality. Our mission is three-fold: God ? increase your awareness and understanding of God Wisdom ? expand your abilities to act and think wisely Purpose ? amplify your God-given talents and mission

http://www.thesoulpath.com/soul-path-podcast/

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New Member - All the Dirt on Gardening
12/28/2011

New to the Blog Oklahoma web ring: All the Dirt on Gardening

Gardening and observing nature in Northeast Oklahoma USA

http://allthedirtongardening.blogspot.com/

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Blog Oklahoma Podcast 85: Just Checking In
12/28/2011

In this week's episode "In the news" is back, I update you on something I'm thinking about, and we check in. Welcome to Blog Oklahoma.

In The News:
Some of the latest from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and the main street media

• The Vine visits an Edmond evergreen farm
• Red Dirt Ramblings planted alliums
• Expedition Oklahoma shows off the fall
• Lawteedah adds to her Thanksgiving Tot Kit
• Mighty Heaton thinks we should split the elections into two separate offices
• The Prairie Maid updates us on day 21 of their 65 day journey
• Rottenart Rants gets back up to speed on politics
• Napkin Dad coaches a running group toward a marathon
• Stephen Nolen reminds us technology is a tool and not one
• And Exploring Oklahoma History joins Google+

Links mentioned in this episode:

• KJRH.com: OSU Coach Budke, asst. killed in crash
• Foursquare
• Instagram

Live Show:

• Blog Oklahoma Podcast Live
• To hear the show we broadcasted live at Mixlr, including the pre and post show, checkout: Blog Oklahoma Podcast (11/19/11)

Music:

• Isabella Vina by Poppermost
• From The Beginning - Live/Then and Now by Emerson Lake and Palmer

Pictures:

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CIA Officer Holds Mystery Assignment at NYPD
12/28/2011

Three months ago, one of the CIA's most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone agrees. Exactly what he's doing there, however, is much less clear.

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NYPD Fabricated Drug Charges to Meet Quotas
12/28/2011

A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

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Will Freeh bungle Penn State child-sex abuse investigation too?
12/28/2011

Freeh, you may recall, served as FBI director during the Clinton administration and was in that leadership spot during the 1995 Alfred P. Murrah building bombing. Now that Freeh has been "tapped to lead Penn State's investigation into the child-sex abuse allegations".

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Does Anyone Still Doubt We Languish in a Police-State?
12/28/2011

Hard to keep track of what’s illegal these days. The most innocuous deeds can land a serf behind bars even as crimes worthy of a sociopath earn rulers the Nobel Prize.

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Ron Paul Releases the ONLY Presidential Candidate Balanced Budget Proposal
12/28/2011

Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) unveiled a balanced budget proposal, "Plan to Restore America," October 17 that would cut nearly $1 trillion — $981 billion — from the President's budget proposal in the single fiscal year of 2013 and eliminate the annual deficits completely two years later.

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Judge Who Ruled Against Raw Milk Now Works For Monsanto
12/28/2011

The Wisconsin judge who recently ruled that we have no right to own a cow or drink its milk resigned to join one of Monsanto’s law firms.

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RDR Reviews Documentary Film “A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995?
12/28/2011

A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 simply presented the evidence and leaves it up to the audience to decide if they were deceived as to what really happened in downtown Oklahoma City that spring morning, long ago.

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Fusion Center Documents Label OKC Bombing Investigators as Terrorists
12/28/2011

The federal government view some Americans who embrace their First Amendment rights as a danger to the State, and as a result they are listing certain investigative websites as extremist and a terrorist threat to the "homeland."

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ATF Used “Fast and Furious” To Make The Case For Gun Regulations
12/28/2011

Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation "Fast and Furious" to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales.

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Holiday Reading
12/27/2011

BY RALPH NADER Recommended Holiday reading for the caring, agitated mind: 1. America Beyond Capitalism by Gar Alperovitz [Democracy Collaborative Press and Dollars and Sense, 2011]. If you want to see how community economies are spreading to displace the sales and influence of companies such as Bank of America, ExxonMobil, Aetna, ADM and McDonalds, this [...]

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The Poor Rich And The Scrooginess Of Congress
12/27/2011

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Gifts For The Unemployed
12/27/2011

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Second Grade: Not For Sissies
12/27/2011

BY SHARON MARTIN I’m afraid I threw a tantrum last week, throwing out some choice words about elementary curriculum that introduces material before it is developmentally appropriate. I read to a group of second graders every month, and in December I introduced them to Sharon Creech and her marvelous book, Love That Dog. It teaches [...]

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Suffer The Little Children
12/27/2011

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The GOP Closet That Won’t Stay Closed
12/27/2011

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