( Ode to class of 1972--not that anybody cares )

( Illusions in, delusions out )

Total participants from from my precinct: 103.Total votes for Clinton: 31. Total votes for Sanders: 72. Those numbers translate into 2 delegates for Clinton and 3 delegates for Sanders. I didn't think of taking note of how many precincts were assigned to my caucus location, but there were at least six. We have to figure a pretty good turnout from ( Read more... )

The social and rhetorical effects of nuclear weapons have always vastly exceeded their military or strategic utility. The negotiators in both Iran and the P5+1 understood this, and worked hard to produce an accord that would remove the most effective tool that the hawks on either side had for bringing about war ( Read more... )

Our friends the walking encyclopedias explain it all to us (1 2 3 4). I don't anticipate any replies from my congressional delegation but if I receive any I will post them as responses to the original entry. Based on past experience, any replies are likely to be gibberish anyway but it would be good to put them in the record, for what it's worth. ( Read more... )

I notice from the relevant tag, I bothered to contact my congressional delegation on (or around) March 5, 2003, March 19, 2003, March 26, 2004, and April 4, 2010. At least those are the dates of my LJ posts.There are a lot of dead links in those posts, including the source for this relevant statement: "Call whatever congressional leaders you know, ( Read more... )

( Some repetition )

( Some dehydrating required )

Lori Baird and Julie Rodwell, eds., The Complete Book of Raw Food, New York and London: Healthy Living Books, 2005 ( Read more... )

( ... when corporations seek to exploit and dominate the people, the people have no choice but to incorporate themselves ... )