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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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My Perfect Day
Someone recently suggested I write down my perfect day. That seems tricky to me because I can imagine many perfect days. Watching movies and playing video games all day. I suspect I would try to find some new war movies I haven’t seen yet. Maybe Jarhead. And also some old classic war movies that I…
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Protected: Hot Or Not
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I’m Grateful For Rocky
Today, I’m particularly grateful for Rocky from a strategic perspective. So often, she sees things incredibly clearly. She listens more clearly than I ever can. She is a personality at a meeting that people so often like. She listens better than anyone I’ve ever known, clarifies and confirms that listening so people know she understands.…
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Gratitude 2-26-06
I knew I wasn’t going to do this every day. I have a lot to be grateful for these days. I feel like I have conquered several battles recently. I won my second Toastmaster speech. You get a sweet pen. Mostly, I was happy with my performance. I worked at it during a particularly busy…
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Empathy
This is a topic that I think about quite a bit. But the deeper I think about it, the harder I realize it is. Actually, the deeper I look at anything, I’m realizing these days, the harder I realize it is. In empathy’s case, I find truly understanding what is important to someone else is…
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I’m Giving Up Fear For Lent
I may not be Christian, Jewish or Islamic, but I know a good tradition when I see it. In spite of that grim reality or more likely because of it, the Gospel’s imperative to “fear not” is good and welcome news. The 40 days of Lent that begin Ash Wednesday are an annual spiritual journey…
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Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide
Beacon Journal | 02/24/2006 | Family incomes slide Average family incomes, after adjusting for inflation, fell to $70,700 in 2004, a drop of 2.3 percent when compared with 2001. That was the weakest showing since a decline of 11.3 percent from 1989 to 1992, a period that also covered a recession. The average incomes had…
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Toastmaster Stats
Daily driblet The average new home has 2,412 square feet, an increase of nearly 50 percent from 1973, reports the L.A. Times.
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Communication
I read and think a lot about personal and business growth. It seems that virtually every problem that has to do with you and someone else can all be fixed with open, clear communication. There was an article in the Beacon on Valentines Day that was from divorce court. The judge said that all divorces…
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The SageRock Core Value
The SageRock Core Value reads: The concern, respect and empathy for the individual people we come in contact with at SageRock is our single core value. I’ve recently been thinking about what: Concern Respect Empathy all mean. Concern: This might be the most misleading of the three. Possibly the easiest way to discuss Concern is…
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Harvard Business Review on Management Innovation
Harvard Business Online | HBR This month’s issue is about Management Innovation. Man, this book is a good read. I’m so cheap I am always reluctant to dish out the $18 an issue on the news stand. So, I got my cheap self to the library today and read a few articles. Of particular interest…
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Laptop Shopping
I am in the market for a laptop. I’m thinking of going ultra portable. I want something that I can take with me everywhere. I’m leaning towards Dell. I thought I was going to go with the X1. But today, I saw a sale on the 710m. I can get it for $857: Inspiron 710m…
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Second Speech – On Saving Money
Rocky suggested that my second speech be about saving money. That’s an awesome idea. I was going to base it on the Rich Dad Poor Dad book. But then I read this review of the book. He made enough good points that I don’t think I want to base my speech on that book. Maybe…
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ShopLocal.com
ShopLocal.com Tribune Co., Gannett, and Knight Ridder(Parent company of the Beacon Journal) are trying with a new joint venture called ShopLocal.com. What do ya think? Hot or not?
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Millennials
This is a pretty interesting article: Fast Company article on young 20 somethings. Check out some of these excerpts: Millennials aren’t interested in the financial success that drove the boomers or the independence that has marked the gen-Xers, but in careers that are personalized. They want educational opportunities in China and a chance to work…
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Toastmster Speech 2 ? ?Be In Earnest?
I’ve got to get started on my next Toastmaster speech. I’m giving it in a week and a half. This is supposed to be something you feel strongly about. I am thinking of doing something political. Or maybe something about Ohio and all of its trouble. As for politics, I think I might like to…
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Toastmster Speech 2 ? ?Be In Earnest?
I’ve got to get started on my next Toastmaster speech. I’m giving it in a week and a half. This is supposed to be something you feel strongly about. I am thinking of doing something political. Or maybe something about Ohio and all of its trouble. As for politics, I think I might like to…
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Gratitude: Sunday, February 12
Today I’m grateful for inner peace. I feel the anxiety of work creeping up on me. But it’s not bad. I think I can fight it off. I don’t have anything particularly that needs to be done. Today is just going to be a low key day. Maybe I’ll watch a movie, maybe I’ll watch…
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Gratitude Journal
Oprah told me I should start a Gratitude Journal. I’ve tried to start one several different times. But it never works out. For some reason, I can’t get in the habit of posting to it. I thought I’d try posting to it here and see how it goes.
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I’m a People Pleaser
I’ve always known this. However, what’s interesting to me is that it’s actually a condition. I think I have a disease. 🙂 Here are some traits of a people pleaser that I resonate with: Men who identified with their mothers often tend to think of others? needs first, and to neglect their own People pleasers?…
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Values and Integrity
This is an interesting topic simply because the business world seems to try on many levels to get you to give up your integrity. It almost seems that lack of integrity is like a club that everyone wants you to join. “I joined, so it’s really important that you join.” I see this so much…
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Leadership Training
The reason I wrote the post, “SageRock Is In A Great Position,” is because I wanted to give a little background at to why I want to discuss Leadership Training. As SageRock grows, leadership development is going to become an increasingly important part of my job. I have to say, I’m extremely excited about this…
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SageRock Is In A Great Position
Right now is a very exciting time at SageRock. For reasons we can’t exactly pin down, we are stronger than we have ever been.? There are at least three factors that are probably playing a part in that… but to exactly what degree, we’re not sure. They are: More agressive sales and marketing A new…
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Donaldson Resources: website design, internet marketing, northeast ohio
I just read a nice article on the Akron Beacon Journal from Mike Rasor. He featured Donaldson Resources. They are a one person web design company run by Sandra Donaldson. You can read the article here: Beacon Journal | 02/05/2006 | Web site designer knows best Mike Rasor I like Sandra’s philosophy for several reasons:…
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Things to do on Saturday
I wanted to make a list of things I need/want to do today. I figured I could just as easily make my list here as I could on a piece of paper. So here’s the thing, Michelle and Adam are coming over for dinner tonight. That means we have to go grocery shopping and do…
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Rocky’s First vBlog Post
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My Take on Fridays
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Pat Buchanan on isolationism and protectionism
Pat, a staunch conservative, has some tough words for Bush here: Pat Buchanan on isolationism and protectionism Isolationist thought appeals to me. There are many times I think about how I would like to just shut down the rest of the world and go on with life in America. Unfortunately, nothing in politics and war…
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Nose nursing was a very fun activity 🙂 !vb:vs,8835!
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Video Blog Update
Ah… back to old timey blogging where you have to read. Compatibility issues are definitely not a problem in this format… which is more than I can say about video blogging. Although, there technically can be user compatibility issues. You have to be able to read English in order to understand what I’m saying. That’s…
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