"I don't have anything to hide. Let them read everything."

I live in a country generally assumed to be a dictatorship. One of the Arab spring countries. I have lived through curfews and have seen the outcomes of the sort of surveillance now being revealed in the US. People here talking about curfews aren't realizing what that actually FEELS like. ( Read more... )

Walk & Talk The Vote, a West Wing Reunion

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In an extraordinarily unexpected twist, I'm going to Minneapolis tomorrow as an extra tag-along driver to help facilitate someone else's trip. I was only asked about it today. We leave in under four hours. I think I'm packed, but I'm not entirely sure. I was at a house party earlier that had a livingroom DJ who wore a pillow on his head. I was ( Read more... )

"This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House, that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until they 'naturally' go into labor. In arguing for this bill Representative Terry England described his empathy for pregnant cows and pigs in the same situation."
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The biggest news of the day: South Dakota has passed a law that outlaws abortion in almost all cases and does not protect a woman in cases of rape or incest or even when her health is in danger. Doctors who violate the ban could face up to five years in prison ( Read more... )