This showed up in my google alerts today:

Uproar as Maryland Pre-teen Expresses Gay Pride at School

According to a Web site of Maryland newspapers, Gazette.com Kaz Felix-Hawver,a student at Eastern Middle School, has on several occasions worn T-shirts emblazoned with home-made messages of support for the GLBT community.

Good on you Kaz for ( Read more... )

Since my journal has been sort of a downer lately, I'll jump on the five happy things meme. Here you go.

1. We're all going to be homeowners soon!

2. Gasoline shortages across the southeast are giving us a exciting sneak peak of
the end of the oil age!

3. Diminishing quantity and quality of the world's agricultural soil could lead to ( Read more... )

The Bush administration is lying to you, and is going to rob you in the night unless you do something about it. They are lying to you right now in order to line the pockets of the politically connected bankers, and if you don't speak up the blame is partially on you. I simply can't phrase this any better, so I'm reproducing this in entirety from ( Read more... )

More detailed post to come, but I wanted to get this out first. Look, the Bush administration is proposing a 1 trillion dollar bailout plan to reward reckless speculators and line the pockets of politically connected banks. This is fucking disgusting. The administration is trying to ram it through congress this weekend, please please please take a ( Read more... )

Instructions:
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair - just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with the picture.


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I'm too angry to write coherently about the ongoing destruction of our country this week, so I give you this (reposted from a economics blog ( Read more... )

As a favor to you, I'm going to give you a advance peek at the result of all the Patriots games this year. Do yourself a favor and take these to the bookie. You can buy me some beer later with your winnings ( Read more... )

ITT: Top 10 played songs in your iTunes library, GO!

1. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash - From Here to Eternity (Live)
2. The Arms of Sorrow - Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies
3. Complete Control - The Clash - From Here to Eternity (Live)
4. Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly - Whiskey On a Sunday
5. Rocky Road to Dublin - ( Read more... )

It's September, and I'm rooting for the Yankees to win over Tampa Bay so the Red Sox have a chance of winning the division. WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?

Edit: Who am I kidding, I can't do this. My Yankee rooting lasted all of about 8 pitches. LETS GO RAYS!!

Prepare your fragile minds for -

The Official Whup Ass Stick of the United States (really ( Read more... )