i am so outlandishly sad about the displacement of pets and the cruelty to animals during the hard times in the economy ( Read more... )

sick of getting 75 of the same victoria's secret catalogs every month?  so am i.  tired of cutting down enough trees to make 19 billion catalogs a year, not to mention the water wasted and chemical waste produced in their processing ( Read more... )

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the CIA world factbook lists that the u.s. has FOUR political parties (green and libertarian count because they can't make us look too stupid in our own factbook!)

spain has 15 (two are coalitions of several smaller parties)

the united kingdom has 9

france has 11

sweden has 8

china has 1

russia has 7

brazil has 16

north korea has 3, however the other two ( Read more... )

there are very productive cults of bicyclists who operate businesses with cab services, delivering groceries, and moving refrigerators (and other heavy appliances and equipment).  thank god someone is.   here you can find pictures of them transporting up to 750 lbs by bike:     bikesatwork.com 

please click on this link and sign this petition to make our government come through with the money they promised last year to save people in starving countries.

you have to fill out your name and address, that's all!

Urge your representatives to co-sign the Brownback-Durbin letter in the Senate and the Lee-Shays letter in the House of ( Read more... )

would anyone be interested in subleasing my room in a four bedroom house (east lansing) with three fabulous female roommates?  rent is $250/month (negotiable). 

this book website has better prices than amazon (which means way better than sbs for example), free shipping, AND donates part of the proceeds to literacy funds like: books for Africa, worldfund, room to read, etc.

BETTERWORLD.COM

they work with carbonfund.org to purchase renewable energy credits and help reforestation that will offset the damage ( Read more... )

are strawberries really wild ( Read more... )

3. One of Habermas' contributions to contemporary discussions has been emphasizing the importance of the public sphere.  Explain what he means by this idea and say why it is important in the context of critical theory's response to 20th century capitalism (i.e., what place does it play in rethinking the issues and ideas of the first generation of ( Read more... )