I am reliably informed (for some values of reliably, as this is via a friend in Florida who is getting her reports from The Guardian site) that the Tories are taking a drubbing in the current council elections across England. She opines that the Tories will be sad come morning. I am quite alright with this (also, in the UK it's already morning) as ( Read more... )

Originally posted by morgandawn at SOPA Boycott
For those of you wanting to participate in the upcoming Black March protest against Internet censoring legislation, but favor a more targeted approach: The SOPA Boycott:  Boycotting those companies that sponsored or supported SOPA and PIPA.  This allows participants to focus their efforts on larger companies and ( Read more... )

I guess we did good, overall, electing Obama, but while this is heady stuff, this knowing that there's an end, at least for now, to the hateful, stupid Administration that's gradually destroyed the sandbox over the past eight years, it should come with the understanding that not only is Obama not the perfect shining knight o many desperately want, ( Read more... )

I was just getting myself a cup of coffee and trying to figure what condition my condition is in (yeah yeah yeaaaah) when it occurred to me that it might be possible to give 24 at least a little credit for the willingness of people to accept Barack Obama as a president -- after all there were two black Presidents of the US on that series, though ( Read more... )

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From here: http://xdawnfirex-art.livejournal.com/1168.html -- one counter to Republican nastiness.

Quoting from the New York Times (emphasis mine):

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While teen pregnancy has dropped across the country, its decrease is even more dramatic in Alaska. According to the most recent figures from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, the pregnancy rate for girls 15 to 19 in Alaska showed a 33 percent change from 1992 to 2000, ( Read more... )

An internal e-mail written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested avoiding a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead considering a diagnosis that might result in a lower disability payment. The rest of the report gets even worse.

This does rather make me want to punch certain people repeatedly in the head

"I didn't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." Oh yeah, and if we elect a Democratic president it could bring on another attack on US ( Read more... )

Australia to scrub anti-gay laws off the books. My goodness, reform at last?

Chinese-made Heparin may have been contaminated on purpose. Bet the big noisy "T" word won't get uttered in regards to this though. If it ain't Al-Qaeda you know it ain't the turistas doin' it!

Indian vulture nearing extinction. And then what will the users of the ( Read more... )