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I'm a Canadian. I'm a Catholic. I'm a computer scientist who'll soon be trading his computer for a classroom.
I'm an actor. I'm a singer. I'm a lover. I'm a dreamer. I'm a politically active 30-something. I'm a pacifist. I'm pro-life but pro-Choice. I'm in favour of gay marriage, straight marriage, open marriage, and multiple marriage, so long as all participants are fully consenting adults.
I'm in favor of optional prayer in the classroom, in the park, in the workplace, in traffic. Freedom of religion means freedom: to practice it, to ignore it, to discuss it, to criticize it, to ridicule it, to defend it -- to do anything but control it. Or control others with it.
I'm prone to spend way too much time "Propelling". I'm an addict. I'm coping.
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Why Continue to Fight For a Public Option? - Jane Hamsher »
Posted by: 7 hours, 24 minutes ago in Political Opinion
As the Senate begins debate today at 3pm ET, the fact is they are going to be debating between two choices: a bill (A) without ...
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Slide Show: Enemies of Health Reform »
Posted by: 13 hours, 48 minutes ago in Political Opinion
As soon as Democrats unveil their plans to reform healthcare the far right fringe makes its presence felt at town hall meetings, in Washington and ...
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* Tiger Woods Lashes Out at Wife, For Freeing Him With His Favorite Club »
Posted by: 13 hours, 58 minutes ago in Humor
“SHE COMPLETELY IGNORED MY EXPRESS INSTRUCTIONS, THAT IF MY DRIVING EVER PUT ME OFF THE DRIVEWAY AND INTO THE WOODS, SHE SHOULD LEAVE MY IRONS ...
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Poll: 40% of Dems 'Not Likely' Or 'Will Not Vote' Next Year | Crooks and Liars »
Posted by: 14 hours, 9 minutes ago in Political News
Via Steve Benen, some pretty interesting news that probably will not shock you. So we're not the only ones feeling less than enthusiastic about ...
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MIT analyst supports Senate Health care plan: Premiums will go down for Americans | Crooks and Liars »
Posted by: 14 hours, 19 minutes ago in Political News
Republicans have been flogging the notion that if we have health care reform, your premiums will go up. They have no data to back up ...
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Climate deniers, hold your fire! »
Posted by: 15 hours, 47 minutes ago in Science & Technology
As I scrolled down through some 50 replies, I found nothing but rage and denial at the scientists’ findings, with a lot of righteous citing ...
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On“climategate”| Grist »
Posted by: 15 hours, 57 minutes ago in News
The Manufactured Doubt industry has been around for decades, working to thwart regulatory constraints on large corporations that make dangerous products. Not only are all ...
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Harrabin's Notes: E-mail impact - BBC News »
Posted by: 16 hours, 20 minutes ago in News
In his regular column, the BBC's environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, looks at the impact of the leaked information on climate change following an e-mail ...
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Attack of the Living Front Groups: PR Watch Offers Help to Unmask Corporate Tricksters | Center for Media and Democracy »
Posted by: 1 day, 3 hours ago in Political News
Fake "grassroots" groups have started springing up like toadstools after a rain, and this time they're coming at us from every angle: they're ...
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Lessons in Legislative Manipulation From the Tobacco Industry | Center for Media and Democracy »
Posted by: 1 day, 3 hours ago in Political Opinion
The article in the November 14 issue of the New York Times about the extent to which the biotech firm Genetech was able to put ...
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Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable? »
Posted by: 1 day, 7 hours ago in Political Opinion
Earlier this week, Kevin Drum said that "nine times out of ten" Obama's policies are "pretty much what [he] expected" but that "the biggest ...
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The Right-wing Media Spin Cycle: Lie, Terrify, Win, Repeat »
Posted by: 1 day, 7 hours ago in Political Opinion
Today, Media Matters for America released a new video demonstrating how the conservative echo chamber operates in the age of President Obama. Conservative activists - aided ...
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The case against military tribunals »
Posted by: 1 day, 11 hours ago in Political Opinion
In the uproar caused by Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.'s announcement that the alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks are to be ...
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Health care lessons from Europe »
Posted by: 1 day, 11 hours ago in Political News
But three other wealthy nations - the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany - offer much closer parallels, as well as lessons.
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Jon Meacham: Dick Cheney Should Run in 2012, Because the 2008 Election Didn’t Count - Firedoglake »
Posted by: 1 day, 12 hours ago in Political Opinion
Jon Meacham is reliably vapid, but this is a new low, even for him.
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