June 2012
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bbc03indisguise asked: Re: those petitions, It's not the 17th US Congressional district, it's the 17th district in the Illinois State Senate.
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dansolomon.com: Feel free to skip the reluctantly... →
dansolomon:
I know Chaos In Tejas brings a lot of cool bands to town and all of that, but every time I see anyone — especially in Austin media — talking about the festival, all I can think about is that it’srun by a dude who is stillacting like he’s a victim because people called attention to the fact that he booked Nazi bands.
And yeah, those bands are not playing anymore (“because of the...
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May 2012
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“The fight against abortion is about limiting people’s choices – not just...”
– Remembering Dr. Tiller: The Good Samaritan | Abortion Gang
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The George Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund →
keepyourbsoutofmyuterus:
The George Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund is the National Network of Abortion Funds’ national abortion fund that helps women to pay for later abortion care and helps those who need to travel out of state for an abortion or those who live in a state that lacks an abortion fund. The Fund is managed by our national office and our National Case Manager. Women seeking later...
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Watch“[Dr. George Tiller’s] generosity and his kindness was unrivaled….And it’s in the spirit—his spirit that I seek to maintain that level of commitment to women in their care.” - Dr. Willie Parker
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Remembering Dr. George Tiller
Today is the third anniversary of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. (It’s also the first one I’ve observed since I started working in reproductive health advocacy. It’s tough.) I might be posting a lot today, or maybe not. I don’t know yet.
A lovely remembrance from Everysaturdaymorning:
Violence surrounding reproductive health services, especially abortion, is on my mind...
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How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and... →
Not a single “terrorism” indictment has been thrown out for entrapment since 9/11 – not the Liberty City goofballs supposedly planning to blow up the Sears Tower who had no weapons and refused them with offered; not the Newburgh, New York outfit whose numbers included a schizophrenic who saved his own urine in bottles. (Even the judge who sentenced them said “the government...
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Snake does snake thing →
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Doc Watson & the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,...
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Doc Watson, Folk Musician, Dies at 89 →
RIP.
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Mid-City health center destroyed in suspicious... →
Women With a Vision, a New Orleans nonprofit dedicated to “[improving] the lives of marginalized women, their families, and communities by addressing the social conditions that hinder their health and well-being,” was completely destroyed by arson on Thursday night.
From the Times-Picayune:
Women With a Vision’s clients, she said, are people who are the least likely to be...
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“The new rules, which were given the force of an executive order, are a clear...”
– Unsafe Behind Bars - NYTimes.com
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“Bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone...”
– Dave Hickey, Air Guitar
“He was naked. He’s not carrying much,” Freese said. “That...”
– Cardinals third baseman David Freese on the streaker who ran out during the 7th inning last night.
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Legendary guitarist Doc Watson undergoes surgery →
The legendary guitarist, who turned 89 years old in March, was admitted to Watauga Medical Center on Monday after taking a fall at his Deep Gap home. On Thursday, he was transferred to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem….
“He is a stout man who has lived 89 years with very little sickness and always been quite healthy,” Holt said Thursday afternoon. “So we’re hoping.”
A...
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Mark Richardson: David Berman's "The Summer Before... →
MY FRIEND KYLE always had a lot of money and could get me into the expensive kind of trouble without the trouble sticking. He didn’t mind paying for me if it meant raising hell with loyal company. We were seventeen. You only needed one reason to be friends at that age. I figured we had at least…
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TRUE STORY
I just saw this fake menu* that some pranksters were handing out at GoogaMooga and was about to send it to a friend of mine, and by the time I’d signed in to my email said friend literally had just emailed it to me, subject line: NEW M WELLS MENU.
If you don’t know what M Wells is, you’re better off, but suffice it to say when I replied in astonishment at the synchronicity, said...
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“Do we want to see our country become more like where these people [racial...”
– Keli Goff interviews white supremacist Gordon Baum, CEO of the Council of Conservative Citizens on the connection between white supremacy and the war on contraception.
“After all is said and done, you usually find more was said than done.”
– Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)
“With so many barriers to gainful employment in our society, we can’t let...”
– Ruling Protecting Transgender Workers Goes Into Effect Today!
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“Despite the well-chronicled vitriol in re: Artisanal Brooklyn and its evil,...”
– Things I Didn’t Get To Eat (Or Drink) At The Great GoogaMooga | The Awl
I think 50% of all the people I know were at this, in both functional and attendee capacities. I don’t get the impression I missed much, but that should come as no surprise.
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Sick day
I can’t think of any better way to spend this rainy sick day than to watch EVERY SINGLE ONLINE VIDEO of “To Love Somebody,” can you?
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Taco Bell argument leads to drive-thru stabbing →
Part of the ongoing Authorities Believe series:
An early-morning dispute at a Tualatin Taco-Bell left two victims suffering from stab wounds and police are searching for several suspects….Police believe alcohol may have been a factor.
Plus, bonus drunken taco carnage! Border Patrol agent crashes truck into taquería:
Manager Armando Curiel said workers were busy serving up tacos at...
In the letters from Ireland
mcbudd:
“…and two decades after 40 do make such a difference in outward appearances as a rule. But I have always thought that faces of people who have gone through the burden and heat of life are far more attractive than those of the very young and irresponsible.” - Ellen ‘Nell’ O’Brien-Twohig (1863-1949) in a letter to her niece.
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“Everyone who is imprisoned inside Norwegian prisons will be released – maybe not...”
– Inside Halden, the most humane prison in the world | Society | The Guardian
Senate blocking bill to protect transgender... →
mikkipedia:
A decade ago, voters in Buffalo approved a local law that provided full civil rights protections to transgender residents.
But New York State, despite its proud, progressive history, has fallen behind its second-largest city — and 16 states — in protecting the essential civil rights of hundreds of thousands of transgender and gender non-conforming residents.
For these New Yorkers,...
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“For me, when summer ended, that meant roller-skating, almost compulsively,...”
– My Childhood Dreams of Donna Summer, by Rosie Schaap
Yes, because ALL 9-year-olds are psychopaths. →
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10% of former state prisoners sexually assaulted:... →
Ten percent. From the report:
Among former state prisoners, the rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization was at least three times higher for females (13.7 percent) than males (4.2 percent).
Homosexual and bisexual male former prisoners reported high rates of victimization by other inmates. Thirty-nine percent of homosexual or gay males and 34 percent of bisexual males reported...
““They were scared being strapped up there. It was very dangerous. It was...”
– Four kids rescued from hood of moving car, Fort Wayne police say; meanwhile, local reporters interview stupidest eyewitnesses in Indiana.
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