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Clinton Voters Obstacle For Demos

[info]rotgod posts an article on the Obama drama.

Harper's Publisher on Democracy

[info]mparent7777_1 offers audio and video of Rick MacArthur discussing his new book on the Outrageous barriers to American democracy.

Georgia & Russia

[info]dianach features updated news on the conflict and the West's response; [info]erudito lists some links.

To the Next US Pres:

[info]oilpainterbill calls the era of energy independence our next great "space race" in a letter to the winner.

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[info]pill_so_sweet

I had my hair cut. I had it cut short. Now my fringe is…

I had my hair cut. I had it cut short. Now my fringe is back and it wants revenge.

On the plus side, my hair is no longer annoying me. It's just not obeying me anymore.

New series of Reaper has got off to a good start. I'm still in love with Sock and I love the dad!Devil/son!Sam relationship they've got going on now - as shown by this exchange:

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[info]idlove2

Television media disgusts me. All of it. I feel as thou…

Television media disgusts me. All of it. I feel as though it is all engineered to breed civil war. I am not into politics.  I am into people. But being into people necessitates some thought on the subject. 
So many people that are deeply involved in politics perhaps honestly believe that they are in it for "the people". But most of the time, they just need some face or name to …

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[info]tauthomas

Barack Obama, Murderer and War Criminal-in-Chief

I will be blunt, for certain conclusions are now inescapable, even this early in the miraculous, transcendent Age of Obama. Insofar as those who regularly follow political matters are concerned, and especially with regard to those people who write about politics and foreign policy -- which is to say, insofar as commentators and reporters in the mainstream media and on blogs are concerned -- to con…

tags: afghanistan, iraq, obama, torture, war crimes

posted 1 hour ago | Post a comment


Whee! (beer bookmarks)

[info]chefjenny

tags: beer, independance day

posted 1 hour ago


Busy weekend

[info]sgtgwn

posted 1 hour ago


shout shout!

[info]gabriel0602

posted 2 hours ago


Vote for Cas <3

[info]ran_cl

tags: sn_squee

posted 20 hours ago | 10 comments


Big hoo-haa over the penal cod…

[info]ckyrag

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Schott's Miscellany 4 July 200…

[info]kradical

posted 2 hours ago


AYG beach volleyball had ended…

[info]kisilang

posted 2 hours ago


New balls please, Mr Roddick

[info]yingguoren

tags: your old ones will also do fine

posted 2 hours ago


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