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Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)
The last update to this was on May 24, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initiatives that legal scholars, journalists, and watchdog groups have flagged as authoritarian, unconstitutional, or corrosive to democratic norms since President…
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An Interview With Rocky
!vb:vs,33708! This is my first attempt at doing an interview. Get caught up on what’s going on with Rocky these days.
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My State Of Fear
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Rocky’s First Video Blog
!vb:vs,9086! This was a while ago. But I’m not sure I had a post of it before. So, check out Rocky.
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Sage and Indy
oaQasO8c9qA I get him to say E I E I O and “Hi”. Pretty silly, I know. But it’s super sweet to me 🙂 Sage and Indy Indy does E I E I O and "HI"
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My Current Emotional State
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Why I’m Video Blogging Now
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My Current Best Use At Work
!vb:vs,33490! I’ve been having some difficulty determining what my best use is at work these days. These are my thoughts on what I’m spending my time on.
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Caring What Others Think Of Me
This one’s a total drag. When it gets me in it’s grips it really yanks down my quality of life. I just feel rotten. And then it taints everything else in my life. Everything else is not nearly as good. I’ve got to make this priority #1. What are the symptoms: I feel it in…
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Insulating Our Business
We could help insulate our business against recessions, natural disasters, man-made disasters by diversifying our clients along those lines. If we target too much on cyclical business, our business is going to be vulnerable because of it. However, if we listed industries that thrived in different business climates we would greatly insure our business.
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Nice Karma Rundown
If you’ve got a couple minutes, check out this overview article on Karma:Beacon Journal | 06/10/2006 | With karma, you get what you give “You get what you give.” That’s a nice thought.
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Our Long-term Marketing Strategy
It occured to me today that marketing doesn’t need to be complicated. In fact, I think if we simplified our marketing strategy we would probably be more successful. I’m thinking it might look something like this: Saturate and refine the complete PPC market for our industry 2 years – in 2008 Do 12 Tradeshows a…
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6:26AM. Today is already a great day!
Other than getting a super nice email from my mom, nothing out of the ordinary has happened so far today. I just feel warm, strong and full of love. Thank god for the peace, joy, and love I have. Of faith hope and love… the greatest of these is love. Thank you.
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Don’t Forget This About Business
Business is not a science, it’s an art. There are no laws, there are only models. Don’t give up.
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What Jesus is all about
I know this is a strange topic to come back into the blog world on. But this dude has some good insight into what Jesus is all about.The Blog | Philip Slater: THE GREAT FUNDAMENTALIST HOAX | The Huffington Post He suggests that people that actually believe in the teachings of Jesus should be labeled…
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Rotavirus Information
Indy has the rotavirus, probably. I’m on the phone with a nurse. So, I thought I’d write what the tips were. Let him nurse for 4-5 minutes every 30-60 minutes. Let him rest his stomach. Let him sleep. If he continues to vomit give him some pedialite, a couple teaspoons every 5 minutes. Keep him…
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Upcoming Networking Events
I’ve put together a list of local places that would be good possible networking events: del.icio.us/sagerock/Networking Upcoming NEOSA events: 4/12/2006 Email Done Right: Improving conversion rates vs. clogging in-boxes 5/10/2006 NEOSA Networking Event 5/11/2006 Reigniting growth: Winning strategies for breaking out 6/22/2006 Growth Management: Converting Entrepreneurial Passion into Profitable Growth and Personal Wealth ****************** North…
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Gallup Poll: Emotional Bonds At Work
From Harvard Business Review in the March 2006 book, they discuss a 12 question survey Gallup uses to assess the emotional bonds between workers and their companies. These are those questions: I know what is expected of me at work. I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right. At work,…
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Leadership At SageRock
Leadership is where even the biggest companies fall down. This is because leadership has so much to do with ego and survival. Training someone for a leadership position means that you very well might be training your replacement. It also means that you might train someone that will do a better job than you. Consequently,…
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The Leadership Training Reading List
The leadership training at SageRock has got to be ongoing. Every leader at SageRock should have some base requirements and then continual training… maybe something like 2 books or two classes a year on leadership. There should also probably be SageRock Leadership meetings… possibly every other month or something. Amazon.com: Appreciative Leaders: In the Eye…
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The 10 Commandments
This is the very early stages of leadership training at SageRock. In order to instill the SageRock Core Value of Concern, Respect and Empathy for the SageRock Team into the leaders of SageRock, I’m toying with the idea of creating the 10 Commandments. These would be principles that all SageRock leaders would be required to…
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What Is Truth
One of the great things about spiritual thoughts is that you so often can make them apply to your situation. And, generally, that’s OK because that’s what the thoughts are meant to do and be… general guides for your life. Terry Pluto is talking about Pontius Pilate here: Beacon Journal | 04/08/2006 | Doing right…
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Waldorf
Waldorf Education A Look at Waldorf and Montessori
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SBC Call Forwarding
I never can remember this, so I thought I’d post it here. To activate Call Forwarding, press 72# Dial the number you want to forward calls to. When the call is answered, Call Forwarding will be activated. If no one answers or the line is busy, press 72# again, redial the number and Call Forwarding…
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Gratitidue for March 24th
Sometimes I’m so proud our the SageRock team that my heart actually feels like it’s swelling. I don’t know how that works. But your “heart swelling with pride” is real and I just felt it. So, I thought I’d let you know.
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Akron Childrens Web Cast
If you are free at 5:00 today, check out this live webcast. It’s highly innovative and it’s happening right here in Northeast Ohio: Beacon Journal | 03/22/2006 | Heart-stopping webcast
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Backing Up Outlook
Did you know there is a Microsoft tool that automatically backs up your Outlook files? I didn’t. But it turns out there is. Read about it here and get backing up:Outlook Backup Tutorial
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My Salsa Recipe
!vb:vs,17490! I am somewhat of a salsa snob. I can’t seem to ever find a salsa that I really like. I have, however, put together a salsa recipe that I totally love. This is a video that goes about 10 minutes and walks you through the entire salsa-making process. If you try making it, please…
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Franklin Covey is good for you.
Check out Franklin Covey and get organized:
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To Do Items
There is a list of stuff in my life that I am interested in doing, actually seem worthwhile, but aren’t time sensitive. Stephen Covey calls these Quandrant 2 things… Things that if I did them would add value to my life as a whole. I’ve been trying to figure out where to put these things…
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My Vote Is… We’re Already In A Civil War
I’ve been saying over and over again how I think we are headed for civil war in Iraq. I realized that we’ve been in the middle of one for some time: Civil war – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “A civil war is a war in which the parties within the same country or empire struggle…
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