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As reported by Bonnie Erbe in the U.S. News and World Report: “Mountains of controversy are swirling around Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s strange policy of forcing rape victims to pay for their own rape kits while she was mayor of the now-infamous town of Wasilla.”



In case you have no idea who Sarah Palin is, below is an excerpt from her profile in  ( Read more... )

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Source: http://bravenewpac.org

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  Michigan Messenger » Lose your house, lose your vote
  Michigan Republicans plan to foreclose African-American voters
  
  The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s ( Read more... )

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SF Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks about why it is so urgent to fight Prop 8 and why we can’t stop our efforts to defend marriage equality in California. Join the fight at http://www.NoOnProp8.com.

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The following is a  list of my neighbors who have given money to support Proposition 8 in California - which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to wed in California. These people have moved beyond mere opinion and are actively giving money to an effort to tear California families apart.
SHAME on them!
[KEY: Name|Donation|City State ZIP| ( Read more... )

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  Federal meeting set on fate of Moffett Field's Hangar One - San Jose Mercury News
  Hangar One stands more than 200 feet high, is more than 1,000 feet long and more than 300 feet wide.
  "Pictures don't get across the momentous nature of a building this size,'' said Lenny Siegel, co-founder of the Save Hangar One Committee, the local group that's ( Read more... )

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  Brad Pitt donates $100,000 to fight gay marriage ban | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times
  Brad Pitt announced Wednesday that he's donating $100,000 to fight California's Proposition 8, a November ballot initiative that would eliminate same-sex couples' right to marry.
  
  "Because no one has the right to deny another their life, even though they disagree ( Read more... )

You may be benefiting from white privilege if…:

• you can get pregnant at seventeen and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are irresponsible, pathological arbiters of social decay.
• when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” and talk ( Read more... )

Took the Dungeons & Dragons alignment test. It is meant for role playing characters, but I applied it to my own personality. The result:

Based on your answers to the quiz, your character’s most likely alignment is Neutral.

Neutral

A neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. She doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to ( Read more... )