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In his own words: General Colin Powell

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Don't Be That Guy

This is a wonderful post by synecdochic that came out of the fiasco of the Open Source Boob Project. It deals mainly with straight male privilege when dealing with women and why all men are potentially seen as That Guy,* but can easily be extended to any person of privilege interacting with those without that privilege. Go forth and read ( Read more... )

It needs to be said. As often as possible.
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This - this - is part of the reason that I have a disability instead of just an inconvenience.

(Posted in a comment thread of an official LJ post)
Basically, making every consideration of accessibility is a lot of work for something so insignificant as an LJ comment; and yes, capitalizing is hardly a monumental burden in itself, but why should ( Read more... )

One of my cousins just returned from a mission trip of several months, first training in South America (although I can't remember exactly where) and then in Calcutta, India ( Read more... )

Gakked from greenshadows

The latest from Westboro Baptist Church and Fred Phelps, of godhatesfags dot com fame. (The link is to a pdf. Full text is behind the cut for those of you who don't want to give WBC the satisfaction of increased download statistics. Or for those who want something readable, instead of the usual typesetting nightmare of random font ( Read more... )

Voicing an opinion that's too outrageously fundamentalist for even President Bush to agree with, "Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza."Because, naturally, YHVH values a particular piece of dirt above lives and a potential ( Read more... )

Well son of a ...

Some days, the price for taking my news in small doses is that all the bad news comes at me between 11:00 and 11:30 - and even the best of my local news sources has a frustratingly limited scope.

First up:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a massive stroke.Sharon is certainly a man of controversial decisions, and ( Read more... )

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Pointed out over at The Establishment:

Approved 3:1 on Tuesday, in an attempt to outlaw same-sex unions of any kind, Texas just banned marriage.

The constitutional amendment states that state and local governments “may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.”

Back in school, my math teachers taught me that A = ( Read more... )