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Archive for November, 2008

Pink Dollars

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Financial, General | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: Shopping With My Pink Dollars...How Much Research Do I Need To Do?. Shopping with my pink dollars in a way that rewards businesses that have progressive policies for ... Read more..

Armed Teams Sowed Chaos With Precision – NYTimes.com

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in General, News | No Comments »

Armed Teams Sowed Chaos With Precision - NYTimes.com. Utter insanity. How easily could this happen here in the States? Read more..

Wal-Mart death preventable, union says – CNN.com

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in General, News, Shopping, US | No Comments »

Wal-Mart death preventable, union says - CNN.com. Well, yeah. A lot of the bad things that happen at (and because of) Wal-Mart are preventable. The problem is that they never bother ... Read more..

Seth Grahame-Smith: Should Adopted Children be Allowed to Say “Mommy” and “Daddy?”

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Humor, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Seth Grahame-Smith: Should Adopted Children be Allowed to Say "Mommy" and "Daddy?". Read more..

An idea lost on fanatics – Los Angeles Times

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in General, News, World | No Comments »

An idea lost on fanatics - Los Angeles Times. The brittle, fanatic minds that could countenance something like the Mumbai massacre are well armored against real-world complexities, like irony and paradox. ... Read more..

Okay, so I guess Wal-Mart DIDN’T finally do something right…

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in General, News, US | No Comments »

Worker dies in Black Friday store rush - 11/29/08 - New York News and Tri-State News - 7online.com. "This incident was avoidable," said Bruce Both, President of United Food and Commercial ... Read more..

Well. That’s Wal-Mart.

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in General, News, US | No Comments »

This story just makes me sick. A Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death as the store opened and the crowd literally broke down the stores surging into the store. I ... Read more..

2,700-year-old marijuana stash found | Weird | News | Toronto Sun

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

2,700-year-old marijuana stash found | Weird | News | Toronto Sun. Read more..

UPDATE: Mumbai-Based Rabbi and Wife Killed in Terrorist Attacks – Stories – Chabad-Lubavitch News

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in General, News | No Comments »

UPDATE: Mumbai-Based Rabbi and Wife Killed in Terrorist Attacks - Stories - Chabad-Lubavitch News. Wow. They were so young. I was so relieved to hear that their child made it out ... Read more..

Pam’s House Blend:: An Interesting Social Experiment

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

Pam's House Blend:: An Interesting Social Experiment: Fun indeed! Ackerman decided to no longer recognize the marriages of those around him, much like what happened in the last election. ... Read more..

Sometimes the reaction to a story is more telling than the story itself.

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in General, News, US | No Comments »

Okay, so like... this story is really disturbing and a little bit suspicious (she really didn't know him?) and kinda gross (okay, a lot gross)... but even MORE disturbing is ... Read more..

Standoffs continue in Mumbai as soldiers storm Jewish center – CNN.com

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in General, News, World | 1 Comment »

Standoffs continue in Mumbai as soldiers storm Jewish center - CNN.com. I somehow found myself on the mailing list of the local Chabad and never removed myself... so I've been getting ... Read more..

ABC News: Going-Out-of-Business Sales Not Such a Bargain

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Coupons & Discounts, Financial, General, News | No Comments »

ABC News: Going-Out-of-Business Sales Not Such a Bargain. Fascinating. I mean, I figured liquidation sales were probably not such a great deal because this is their last big shot at actually ... Read more..

Barnes & Noble Members: Get 40% off with this coupon!

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Books, Coupons & Discounts, General | No Comments »

Attention, Barnes & Noble members! From now until November 30, you can use coupon code V7E3F7F to take an additional 40% off a single book item, on top of your ... Read more..

Turn that noise down!

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Humor, News, US | No Comments »

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com: Turn that noise down! 3:55 PRECIOUS. These kids look totally miserable. This judge found the right punishment!!! Read more..

“If you could save a man from going to federal prison, would you?”

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Disability Rights, General, Health & Wellness, Medicinal Cannabis, Patient's Rights | No Comments »

Facebook | Cheryl Hussein Jones's Notes | If you could save a man from going to federal prison, would you?. It should be noted that the judge in this case refused ... Read more..

CitizenLink: Hundreds Thank Mormon Church for Supporting Marriage

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, Religion | No Comments »

CitizenLink: Hundreds Thank Mormon Church for Supporting Marriage. The National Organization for Marriage has launched a petition drive in response to incendiary attacks from gay activists in California and around the ... Read more..

D O G P O E T » Drag Queens and a Few Bricks

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, News, Religion, US | 2 Comments »

I'll warn you now... my post today contains profanity. Deal with it. D O G P O E T » Drag Queens and a Few Bricks: Last Friday a couple hundred ... Read more..

A wee bit ‘o credit card fraud

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Banking, Financial, General | No Comments »

So... back in April I remember seeing a charge on my credit card for like, $4 and change. It was from Paypal, from a company called "SWAGVAULT." I vaguely remember ... Read more..

Mystery piano in woods perplexes police – CNN.com

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in General, Humor | No Comments »

Mystery piano in woods perplexes police - CNN.com. Somewhere in another dimension of existence, a Massachusetts family is wondering who the hell stole their piano. Read more..

Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage- Hindustan Times

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, LGBT, Marriage Equality, News, World | No Comments »

Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage- Hindustan Times. Fascinating. So let me get this straight (so to speak): a country in which gay people were not even recognized as citizens a year ... Read more..

Civics Literacy Quiz – What’s Your Score?

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Financial, General, US | No Comments »

From Yahoo News:US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. Ordinary ... Read more..

Equal v. identical

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, YouTube | No Comments »

Mommy, Mommy, guess what I learned in school today??. What they never told you in the commercials for Prop 8 was that the case in MA was decided under the "mere ... Read more..

YouTube – Proposition 8 commercial

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, General, Marriage Equality, YouTube | No Comments »

Okay, I've changed my mind. We SHOULD have put our children on TV. The other side clearly had no problem "faking" families with LGBT parents, and depicting contrived conversations that ... Read more..

Obama’s vetting could chase away candidates – CNN.com

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Posted in General, Law & Politics, US | No Comments »

I don't see how anybody could possibly be complaining about a rigorous vetting procedure, when politicians' private lives are increasingly made public and scrutinized by the media. If he doesn't ... Read more..