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I guess I’m a few pounds lighter and a few shades more tan, thanks to the relentless heat and sun that was the story of this year’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. It was okay - not the best FRFF, but not the worst. There was a lot of heat and humidity, as well [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Hillsdale, NY > Copake Falls, NY
Distance: 16.7 miles
Duration: 1:35
Weather: hot and sunny, 84 degrees
Avg HR: 147 (est.)
Type: aerobic
Not nearly as hot as the previous day’s ride, sprite and I rode to the Ore Pit Pond swimming hole at Taconic State Park. We rode at a slower pace, as sprite is still [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Hillsdale, NY > Copake Falls, NY > Millerton, NY
Distance: 36 miles
Duration: 1:55
Weather: hazy, hot and humid and overcast, 88 degrees (heat index: 95 degrees)
Avg HR: 157 (est.)
Type: aerobic
While at FRFF, I went on this fun morning ride. The highlight of this was scaling the Bash Bish Falls road notch twice. [...]

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I’m gonna go quiet (more or less) until the 25th, as I’m off to New York to take in a show (Spamalot), a folk music festival (Falcon Ridge Folk Festival), and some great bike rides in the greater-Hillsdale area (with Bash Bish Falls, Copake Lake, and the Merchant-Ivory estate as scenic markers).
Until then, make sure [...]

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Two things that came out of Bush’s mouth a few minutes ago:
“The majesty of law…”
“Justice William Wehnquist…”
And he just rambled on about how Roberts is “what people want in a judge,” and how he’s not going “to legislate from the bench.”
But isn’t that what SCOTUS does?!?!?
Oy.
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Judge John Roberts does not belong on the Supreme Court bench. A few of the many ticks against him:

He’s anti-Roe, and thus anti-privacy and anti womens’ rights.
He’s against the Constitutionally-mandated separation of church and state.
He’s ruled that the Endangered Species Act is fundamentally unconstitutional.
He’s helped with the Cheney smokescreen of efforts to investigate secret [...]

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