It's interesting reading all the posts about the storm, when I'm sitting in it.  Somehow makes it all the more real that so many others are experiencing this very same storm that's wailing outside.

I flew home Saturday, leaving the boat a month early due to some family stuff going on.  I was afraid the storm was going to come in over the weekend ( Read more... )

asakiyume wrote this interesting post that talks about police tactics. In the post-9/11 world, with the Patriot Act still at large, I think it's important to read and just be aware of. She also links to a video which is an hour long, so I haven't had time to watch it yet.

Even innocent actions and behaviors can be interpreted as incriminating. The very ( Read more... )

but.

It's the eve of Yom Kippur and I'm tired and hungry already.  I sat in synagogue all evening reading the siddur and wondering if this was the image of God I wanted to have, if this was the image of God I wanted to pass on to my children (assuming I have any).  I read the poetry in the left hand margins of the siddur, the historical explanations of ( Read more... )

I've been following this because I can't help myself.  It hurts, but it hurts worse to not know what's going on and to not know how to help.  Too many people are calling it an accident, when it should be a battle cry.

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(yes, I know the background music's a little hokey.)

You can sign the petition here.  There's also a counter that shows how many ( Read more... )

asakiyume posted about this article, about some effects of the oil spill on communities -- specifically a community that is already under pressure.  The oil spill is horrendous, and this just makes it worse.

Used to being overlooked, the Choctaw Indians were not surprised that military engineers sent to the region after the disaster have refused to erect ( Read more... )

A flyby post, as I'm behind in my homework schedule.  I hadn't been following the google book drama intensively, due to homework and time, lack of direct consequences to me, and lack of perceived personal impact on said situation.  Nevertheless, here is a new outlook on the situation, one I hadn't seen in my original skimming of events, penned by ( Read more... )

From my sociology homework reading:
"A Cook County (Illinois) Dept. of Corrections study of a Chicago women's prison found that 40% of inmates incarcerated for murder or manslaughter had killed partners who repeatedly assaulted them.  These women had sought police protection at least five times before resorting to homicide."

That's...upsetting.  To ( Read more... )

I've started reading Webs of Power -- Notes on the Global Uprising by Starhawk, which describes activist trainings and actions from the protests against the World Trade Organization and other similar organizations, starting in 1999.  The writings in the first half of the book come directly from her writings during the protests in evening hours or ( Read more... )