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No rest for the wicked or the innocent alike
In Judeo-Christian tradition, three days are set aside for the dead to find their way to heaven. This is also a time for the families of the departed to grieve, but to grieve knowing that members of their family or community are guarding them against prying eyes or other grave-robbers in their moment of vulnerability while they deal with the ( Read more... ) -
Rolling Jubilee
Recently, I read about the Rolling Jubilee - an offshoot of the OWS organization that focuses on buying up debt and forgiving it entirely - giving random Americans in crisis a surprise that could spell the difference between prosperity and a lifetime of poverty. (News article here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/ ( Read more... ) -
Inherent Race Privilege in American Culture: An Overview
If, like me, you're a white person in America, you have certain privileges that are afforded to you simply by virtue of your skin tone, whether or not you want to admit it. Those privileges also don't stop at simple, direct benefits like a lack of police profiling or more success at job interviews; there are more profound differences that change ( Read more... ) -
Time For A New Dream
Here's the thing.
The American Dream has been twisted around and built up and made so impossible that not only is it something that can never really happen for most Americans, but it also lends itself to poisoning our sense of community. After all, if 'you can do anything you want if you set your mind to it' is true, then those less fortunate must ( Read more... ) -
a reminder as to why rick santorum should never, ever be allowed to be in charge of anything
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/24/rick-santorum-daughter-abortion-rape?cat=world&type=article
Rick Santorum would require rape victims to bring their babies to term because after all, the baby is a gift from God and not at all a face they will look at every day and see the face of the person who brutalized them. Oh and by the way, if that ( Read more... ) -
On The Wrong LePage
(in response to the article found at http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/23/maine-governor-orders-labor-mural-takedown/ )
I grew up in Maine, and though we do have a few tall buildings, it is by no means a 'city' sort of state. You will not find the concrete jungles of New York, nor will you find the miles and miles and miles of ( Read more... ) -
Professional Courtesy
Welp.
My wife, Mimi, had been in communication with a recruiter for some job up in Connecticut, and the topic of salary came up. She was countering his offer with a request for a higher wage, because after all, as she put it, 'a girl's gotta eat'.
His response was a picture of a half-naked anorexic girl - anorexic to the point where her abdomen ( Read more... ) -
There but for the grace of somebody
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Some ratfucker stole one of my hubcaps overnight! ARGH ( Read more... ) -
Fear and Loathing for Sanity
Driving to our nation's capital from Southern Virginia, you pass by a whole lot of military and governmental installations: Belvoir, Quantico, Alexandria, and others. I was driving near Richmond, looking at the fog collecting over the swamps by the side of the interstate, and listening to Simon and Garfunkel singing about finding America. I had ( Read more... )