• Yes We Can: Holy shit, this made me cry. I’m not so sad that Kucinich dropped out anymore, if we at least still have a candidate who can restore dignity and rhetorical skill to the office.
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• Paul / Kucinich ‘08: Ron Paul acknowledges the similarity of his and Dennis Kucinich’s positions in an appearance on C-Span, when a caller asks if he would consider Kucinich as a running mate [@6:40 mark]. Now *that* would put a bullet in this two-party bullshit.
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• Dumbledore Pride! Get your t-shirts here: Oh yes.
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I’m afraid I lack the rhetorical skill to explain this well enough not to sound like a crazy person, but here goes. Please know that I am merely stating facts here.

You may have noticed that lately I changed my ‘political preference’ to ‘other.’ That is because facebook doesn’t have an option for ‘revolutionary.’ Our founding fathers sought to create a system that would obviate the need for periodic bloody revolutions to keep the system running smoothly, and as much as I revere what those fellows accomplished, it is obvious now that they failed.

Fact: Our country has imprisoned and tortured people, without charges or legal representation, in direct violation of the US Constitution. These acts also are crimes of war, though I somehow do not anticipate a tribunal in the Hague. Fact: Our country has prosecuted wars against two sovereign nations without any justification whatsoever, beyond oil and heroin — this has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt at this point, in case you get all your news from Fox. Fact: The last two presidential elections in this country were not conducted honestly, and the will of the majority of the American people had nothing to do with their result. Fact: The US intelligence apparatus has been turned against her own people, again, a fairly serious violation of the US Constitution.

Fact: the rule of law in this country has been subjugated for almost eight years. Fact: it needs to be restored. NOW. I do not want my nieces and nephews to grow up in a fascist state.

Fact: There already exist bills in congress which could take a huge first step to making this right — yet most representatives are too paralyzed by party loyalty to do what needs to be done. What you can do, personally, right now, is to write a short calm note to your congressperson telling them that you support the impeachment of the current administration for crimes against the citizens of the Unites States and her constitution. Their crimes have been proven beyond a doubt, remember. All that remains is to remove them from power and from behind the executive privilege so that they can be tried in a court of law. Please encourage your representatives to do the right thing. Don’t let over two hundred years of the grand experiment of Democracy come to this ignominious end. I, for one, love America and all that she stands for too much to watch her die.

• How U.S. farm policy makes us fatter and sicker - NYTimes: "The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones [the US government] pay farmers to grow."
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• I wrote a blog about the Oscars on myspace.: I guess because my ‘audience’ there would be more interested in that sort of thing… This whole web thing is getting weird. Need to consolidate my brand. Blarg.
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• ABC News: Al Gore Will Not Only Run, but He Can and Will Win in ‘08: “I even have the perfect campaign slogan for Gore: ‘Imagine how it would’ve been.’” Cue up the Gore fanboys. I count myself among those, BTW.
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• Pirates of the Mediterranean: “IN the autumn of 68 [BCE, Rome] was dealt a profound blow by a terrorist attack. [In the] aftermath, the Roman people made decisions [leading to] the destruction of their democracy and their liberty. One cannot help wondering if history is repeating itse
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• iTunes 7 is a giant steaming pile of crap.» apple crapware eat-your-dogfood software video
• Cato » The Case for the Libertarian Democrat: I prefer “Progressive Libertarian,” but whatever.
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• Techcrunch » Deleting Online Predators Act: “An incredibly vague law, DOPA will require schools and libraries to block access to a potentially huge range of sites on the internet.” More dumb laws in the making. Most of our elected legislature is *staggeringly* unqualified to legislate.
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• Faggoty Ass Faggot: Burning a few more bridges: Brian lays the smack down on the one-issue gays. Good readin’.
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• Virginity or Death!: Two seperate pharmcos have HPV vaccines, which could eliminate 7 out of 10 cases of cervical cancer. They are not in widespread use. Care to guess why? “It’s honor killing on the installment plan.”
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