From Shakespeare’s Sister:

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Good DeedsKodak MomentSubmitted by Davidson on Wed, 2008-04-23 15:48.From Shakespeare’s Sister: Donate, everyone. Please. Whatever you can manage. And tell others. Homophobia at the WaPoSubmitted by chicago dyke on Wed, 2008-04-09 13:47.The plainest way to say it is that everything, every last fucking thing, is “constructed” in the SCLM But guys: trust me when I say, str8 America is over all this silliness. I look forward to the day, and indeed I believe it will come in my lifetime, when this sort of stunt is uncommon and quickly forgotten. As the Blade reported last week, Maj. Alan Rogers, by all accounts a hero for his brave acts while serving in Iraq, was killed in January and buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Rogers lived as openly gay a life as he could, given the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. He had many gay friends in D.C., patronized gay businesses and even worked as treasurer for the D.C. chapter of American Veterans for Equal Rights, a group working to overturn the military’s gay ban. I say this as only one of my age and “race” can: there comes a time when people decide to hate others for different reasons. No construct lasts forever, and nothing cannot be changed. Yes, blah, I know it works ’both ways,’ but in this case, working with younger people and knowing what they tell me about sex and sexuality and gender, I’m confident that this country is on the verge of finally shedding our particularly vulgar and unimaginative form of homophobia. And that’s a good thing. Feh, I’ll chalk it up to yet another example in which the WaPo reminds me that I’m not sorry I don’t read them. /tosses hair/ So tired, they are. »
Why Hillary Should be President (WHSBP) - Untold StoriesSubmitted by FrenchDoc on Mon, 2008-03-31 22:57.On September, 23, 2003, Senator Hillary Clinton was interviewed for the great PBS program Wide Angle on the topic of human trafficking (2003, folks, that was 5 years ago, ok… and yes, that was the year of the beginning of the war in Iraq but that was not the only thing going on in the world. I, for one, am glad somebody was paying attention to these other crucial issues even though I disagree with her - heck, ANYONE’s vote for the war). Let me excerpt a few chosen quote (full transcript at the link above, so YES, I’m picking and choosing).
Why Hillary Should be President (WHSBP) - Untold StoriesSubmitted by FrenchDoc on Sat, 2008-03-29 01:04.This is the first in a (hopefully) collaborative series: WHSBP (title and series idea courtesy of Lambert) to counterbalance the Other Series (WWTSBQ Let's take a break from the Discord.....Submitted by A. Citizen on Wed, 2008-03-19 19:50.
These are the Cymbidiums of Consensus. They come to life on my back deck…. Every Spring. Res Ipsa Loquitor A View From AfarSubmitted by Sarah on Tue, 2008-03-18 19:24.Today’s astronomy photo of the day: Orion
M78 and Reflecting Dust Clouds in Orion Friday Night Music BloggingSubmitted by Sarah on Fri, 2008-03-07 21:08. A benefit performance for the Texas range fires of 2006.
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Vacations are the BestSubmitted by chicago dyke on Sun, 2008-02-24 17:38.Surpise vacations, made possible by loving friends and family, in which both jacuzzis and learning are enjoyed, are the very Best. Thanks, People who Made it Possible. So, what’s going on? It’s always fun to come back to the blogosphere after a few days off, to see what is bunching people’s panties today. Yawn, spare me the Hilbama wars for now, I didn’t miss that at all. Anything else on your brain? Tender MerciesSubmitted by bringiton on Sat, 2008-02-16 01:49.Under the sway of the larger issues, burdened by fear and sorrow and the very real possibility that things will get much worse for many people before they get better, that indeed they may not get better anytime soon or perhaps not at all, it is very easy to miss the small scale things, the equal truth that everyday people lead their everyday lives in generally decent, good and righteous ways and that sometimes, more often than we might notice, in doing so they create wonder in the simplest of ways. For Jerry Meredith and Lynne Chapman it was love at first sight. Read more Referees I can respectSubmitted by Sarah on Fri, 2008-02-15 22:50.Bill Pucko today gets something right in comparing accredited basketball referee Michelle Campbell to suffragist Susan B. Anthony, and lauding the actions of Darin Putthof and Fred Shockey, a couple of male refs who refused to join a Kansas school’s misogyny at a recent game. Unfortunately, right after that he reverts to his normal crapheadedness Read more WOW!!!!Submitted by Monkeyfister on Thu, 2008-02-07 21:11.I’m shocked, awed, and overwhelmed tonight! At least a HUNDRED blogs from every aspect of the political spectrum have taken part in this swarm of goodness. I want to take a moment to thank Chuck Adkins, a blogger at the Town Hall Blog Community and other places for picking up my plea, and spreading it far and wide through the Conservative ‘sphere. He’s right— this isn’t about politics, but I had to start somewhere.
It will be days before I get everyone thanked properly. But, I’m starting right now, and every day, I will post another set of Thank Yous, until either my fingers fall off and my eyes go blind, or I get to the end of the list. Let’s hope for the latter. OK. Let’s toss around some numbers: 2,600 people visited this place over the last two days. I average ~90 on a normal day. If 1/2 of those visitors donated $10 to the Mid-South Red Cross or the Mid-South United Way, we raised $13,000 from this site alone. TODAY. If everyone came to make a $10 donation, we raised $26,000. If everyone who came by made an average donation of $15, we raised $39,000. If everyone came by and gave $20, then we raised $52,000. —NOW.— I’m still trying to sift out repeats in the Technorati site, perhaps others who use Technorati more than I do, can help me get down to the actual number of unique participants, I sure would be thankful. Wandering around, I have noticed that many of the posts look sorta like this (Blogger’s abstract interpretation): Monkeyfister lives in Memphis, says the storms were terrible. Here’s where to donate: I’m going to make an assumption, and figure at least another 2,000 people (considering the readership numbers of some of the bigger blogs that linked in, and the sheer volume of small-bloggers) hit those links directly from those pages, instead of coming here to do that. I noticed the storm coverage was pretty heavy on CNN, today, and that many people understand the situation enough, now. Applying the same formula as above, we get: 2,000 x 10= $20,000 2,000 x 15= $$30,000 2,000 x 20= $40,000 For thumbnail totals of: $39,000 $46,000 $69,000 $92,000 That is one hell of a spread. In my heart, I think that these are safe minimums. All I can say is this far exceeds my humble expectations, and I’m calling this a smashing success. You statistics geeks might want to put the calipers on my assumptions, but I think that I may be low-balling that 2,000. Digby’s 26,000 readers, C&L’s 62,000 readers, The Raw Story’s readership… Even IF every single person who made a donation actually came to this blog to make their donation(s), and the first set of numbers are it, it’s still a fat sack of cash getting out to people in need. I’m not even counting in that percentage that might have donated more than $20. I think that I am definitely in the ballpark. I am completely in love with every single one of you right now. I asked— you answered. Many dollars were raised. Many PEOPLE are getting help. BRAVO ZULU If there is ANYTHING that I can do to help you in a similar stead, I’m here to be tapped. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. It’s time for me to get down to linking, and Blogrolling. Out of the Darkness, A Handful of StarsSubmitted by Sarah on Thu, 2008-02-07 19:30.Michael Vick’s dogs — all but one, euthanized for aggressive behavior toward rescuers — still have a future. It’ll be different than their past. Perhaps after all a few iotas of good resulted; but the price in cruelty, carelessness, arrogance, and indifference is astounding. But I am glad the dogs have another chance. Note to Indian Conservatives: Gays Can Have ChildrenSubmitted by chicago dyke on Thu, 2008-02-07 09:53.Of course, I’m not going to have any and that’s a good thing, but one passage in this report struck me a slightly behind the scientific times: BHARUCH: Gujarat’s gay prince of Rajpipla, Manavendrasinh Gohil, who was disinherited by the family for going public about being gay but later taken back into the fold, now wants to carry on the royal bloodline, in a manner of speaking. When Normalization Is Good – Meet The Mechanical Pot DealerSubmitted by bringiton on Wed, 2008-01-30 18:45.Because I’m already done with mourning Edwards, enough already, and because thanks to Dick Nixon and his heirs there are plenty of worthwhile battles to choose from, here’s a bit of creative thinking that deserves a smile and an Atta-boy if nothing else. Out here on the West Coast, where the future lies, one of our clever entrepreneurs has found a way to marry high-tech with common sense and compassion – medical marijuana from a vending machine. Read more »
Final Pledge Week UpdateSubmitted by shystee on Tue, 2008-01-22 13:04.Final results: $138 total recurring monthly contributions (new and previous Patrons combined) and $120 in one-time contributions. Mighty Corrente Thanks to all for sharing your hard-earned dollars. Especially with the looming recession it means a lot. We didn’t reach the goal but there is enough to keep the hamsters going at full speed for another couple of months. To make up the difference we are looking into advertising and maybe another Pr0n-based pledge drive since that one worked out so well last time. **Note to recurring donors: Read more Hey, Huckabee! Who Would Jesus Bomb?Submitted by bringiton on Tue, 2008-01-01 02:21.A group of eight protesters from the Iowa Occupation Project and Voices for Creative Nonviolence dropped by the Huckabee campaign headquarters in Des Moines this afternoon to ask that very question. Read more Pretty Bird Woman House Rises Again--Because of YOUSubmitted by xan on Sun, 2007-12-30 13:27.Remember a few weeks back when Nezua Limon Zolagrafik-Jonez put up a post called Christmas for a Wounded Pretty Bird? The short: a women’s shelter on the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota, which helps Native women who have suffered physical or sexual abuse, got some fundraising help from the Net to get a shelter up and running. In October some bastard stole everything out of the place and burned it down. So the word spread—Pretty Bird Woman House needed help. They figured it up and set a goal of $70,000, which would get them a new building, furnishings, a few month’s salary for everybody while waiting on more grant money, etc. It was a figure of impossible luxury and thought to be impossible. Happy New Year, folks. They now have, according to AndyT over at dKos, raised nearly $80,000 with more still coming in. ’Scuze me, I am having a hard time typing, I seem to have something in my eye. Read more Fudge Wars: Post your best recipes hereSubmitted by Sarah on Tue, 2007-12-18 18:09.Post your recipes here. I stole this one from DKos poster McMom: Heat slowly, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Then cook without stirring to the soft ball stage. Take pan off heat, add butter and vanilla, but DO NOT STIR. After the mixture has cooled to lukewarm, beat by hand until creamy and the mixture loses its shine. Pour onto a buttered plate and cut into squares. Okay, everybody, your turn! Read more The Glass is Half...Submitted by chicago dyke on Tue, 2007-12-18 14:03.Heh, this is funny. My random not-RSS surfing device went to two posts in two different tabs at the same time. Empty. And, full. I’m giggling because I can and often do see/write both sides of that one. On one hand you have a major and strategically important victory, on the other hand you have a scores of posts long catalogue of why we’re talking about a drop in the bucket. I guess it all depends on your mood. Isn’t that the fun part of this mess, the silver lining of a sort? The day everyone in our camp completely agrees on anything is the day I’m moving to Mars. I wish people could be more lighthearted about disagreements we have with each other, as nasty as they get sometimes life would be dreadful dull without them. Joh Padgett is one of the good guysSubmitted by lambert on Fri, 2007-12-14 14:40.And he’s got medical problems. Send good thoughts his way. Read more »
Blackwater USA Defeated By Aroused American CitizensSubmitted by bringiton on Thu, 2007-12-13 01:18.Not every town rolls over when Blackwater rolls in. Read more Let Us Raise The BarSubmitted by Sarah on Wed, 2007-12-12 20:34.Let us resolve to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. »
A Tip of the Hat to Russ FeingoldSubmitted by Sarah on Mon, 2007-12-10 16:12.Who, if you recall, didn’t exactly like the answers Mukasey gave during his confirmation hearings on the legality of waterboarding. Well, Mukasey’s been sworn in and time enough for a briefing Mukasey claimed he’d need to be able to give a legal opinion has elapsed. ![]() So Feingold wants new answers:
During the hearing on your nomination to be Attorney General and in your answers to questions submitted for the record, you repeatedly refused to answer questions related to interrogation techniques on the grounds that you had not yet been briefed on the CIA’s interrogation and detention program. I was disappointed with these responses. Familiarity with the CIA program should have been irrelevant to a legal opinion about practices such as waterboarding, which have been employed by dictatorships for generations and historically condemned by our own government. Nonetheless, now that you have been sworn in as our nation’s Attorney General and presumably have been briefed on the program, I urge you to provide your views on its legality to Congress at the earliest possible date. As a member of the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, I believe that a full and informed exchange between yourself and Congress is critically important if our intelligence activities are to be conducted consistent with our laws and Constitution and subject to appropriate congressional oversight. Such transparency would also be long overdue, given the refusal of the Department of Justice I oppose any interrogation techniques not authorized by the Army Field Manual, as do majorities of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees. I do not believe that their use is legally or morally defensible or that it makes our nation safer. It is my hope that, under your leadership, the Department of Justice will take a fresh look at the CIA’s program, and that you will urge the President not to veto legislation that would end the use of so-called “alternative interrogation techniques.” I request that you provide current and any past Department legal analyses to Congress, and that you provide your views on the program to Congress at the earliest possible date. Sincerely, Russell D. Feingold Now, THIS is worth rewarding! Read more »
A Republican Making Sense?Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 2007-11-21 16:32.Former US President Dwight David Eisenhower wrote to his brother Edgar on November 8, 1954, as follows: Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid. Granted, this was written many seasons ago. But the Republican Party of Eisenhower, Goldwater, and (pre-2000) John McCain didn’t entirely belong to the rightwing nutjobs. Read more |
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