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This Republican Party Bothers Me
(I am a registered independent and my views align with the Libertarian, Republican, and Democratic Parties, yes, all at once. I consider myself a social libertarian, something I conjured up on my own to explain my views, which are too complex to explain here.) The Republican Party of the United States over the past several […]
links for 2008-09-28
Womanist Musings: PETA: Breast is Best Peta is stupid, they want companies to switch from cows milk to breast milk. (tags: peta animalrights stupid politics women) One From the Debate « Women’s Health News "Here’s the exact quote, and the context was a question from Lehrer about how the financial crisis would affect either candidate’s […]
links for 2008-09-26
China banks told to halt lending to US banks-SCMP | Reuters Ummm can our economy survive this. (tags: Financial economy china usa business globalization currency inflation) New Billions in Earmarks Approach Enactment – NYTimes.com $6.6 billion in earmarks in the $630 billion omnibus bill. Neither McCain nor Obama have any earmarks in the bill. (tags: […]
links for 2008-09-25
YouTube – David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign This is pretty funny, you should watch it. (tags: video youtube election mccain palin politics humor tv letterman) BBC NEWS | Americas | Alaska senator 'accepted gifts' Senator Ted Stevens' trial begins. (tags: politics usa alaska tedstevens) BBC NEWS | Americas | Palin meets world […]
links for 2008-08-17
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Rocky remake leaves O'Brien cold Duhhh (tags: rockyhorror) huge and important news: free licenses upheld (Lessig Blog) Great news for Creative Commons. (tags: creativecommons opensource software) Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand' – washingtonpost.com I really hope a deal get's made that actually allows these companies to operate. […]
links for 2008-08-15
Musharraf Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert – NYTimes.com Wow if true. (tags: pakistan) p2pnet news » Blog Archive » RIAA pays Tanyan Andersen $107,951 RIAA pays somone else for once. (tags: riaa music filesharing lawsuit) Geller’s limp spoon | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Uri Geller proven wrong. (tags: skepticism psychic video) Rainbow […]
links for 2008-08-14
Critical Shopper – Rick Owens – New Rick Owens Boutique Raises Expectations – NYTimes.com Those do look like some really cool clothes. (tags: clothing fashion)
links for 2008-08-13 [delicious.com]
Magnifying Taste: New Chemicals Trick the Brain into Eating Less: Scientific American Science works again. (tags: science research eating chemistry psychology brain food) What is touch DNA?: Scientific American Very cool new forensic tool. (tags: forensics science research crime dna) What Is the Future of Suburbia? A Freakonomics Quorum – Freakonomics – Opinion – New […]
Abortion Should Be Rare
Feministing has a post up today regarding abortion and the Democrats new platform (PDF warning) for the 2008 election. The whole of the article essentially focuses on how “safe, legal and rare” has become “safe and legal”. My main area of concern is as follows: The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade […]
links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com]
Viddler.com – The Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas – Uploaded by l4anyrat That is one bumpy coaster. (tags: video rollercoaster) Viruses can catch colds, says study that redefines life itself – Telegraph That's so cool. (tags: virus science microbiology medicine life research) Bombay Crow: Who owns your online networking contacts? Wow, I really […]
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