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Long time...
So, LJ informs me that it's been 21 weeks since I posted. Guess I've been busy ( Read more... ) -
The farewell tour
It's been an amazing couple of weeks, so I wanted to write about it before I leave. Which is happening in...JOLIN, 4 and a half days...
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Politics
Please tell me she did not just say that.
Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
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10,000,000
Ten million.
That's how many kids die annually from preventable diseases.
Ten million.
Many of them die for lack of 30 cent antibiotics. Or simple oral rehydrating solution. Or clean drinking water.
Ten million kids a year.
Last night I had a little bit of panic. JOLIN, I'm moving to South America in a week. What was I thinking? Am I nuts?
I saw ( Read more... ) -
Politics
This ad made me laugh. And then I realized that one of the actresses seemed very familiar, despite the bangs...guess what Amber Benson has been doing lately?
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This is interesting...
Opinion piece on Pope Benedict and undocumented immigrants.
I am moving to South America in three weeks. JOLIN.
Meeting with advisor in 20 minutes. I will finish this dissertation.
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Bad news
Ecuador breaks ties with Colombia
"Ecuador's president said his government "will take stronger measures in the coming hours" against Colombia."
It seriously sounds like they're on the brink of war. Ay.
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Uh oh.
Major tensions along the Ecuador-Colombia border. Colombia went into Ecuadorian territory and killed the 2nd in command of the FARC (Colombia's lead rebel group in the decades-long civil war). This occurred:
Colombian version: in hot pursuit after a firefight on the Colombian side or
Ecuadorian version: as the rebels slept at night.
Ecuador's pissed ( Read more... )
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