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Obama's Victory Speech Vid (complete)
If you haven't heard Obama's election speech, it's on BBC video in its entirety. I was teary to begin with, but I began to cry when I saw Jesse Jackson in the audience. It's hard to believe; we can let go of our despair and cynicism. We can dare to hope again. Leave a comment 3School Boards vs Intellectual Freedom
This is the kind of thing that makes me embarrassed to be an American. You'll note it's being reported in the foreign press. My local paper puts pro sports scores on the front page; international news and real issues barely exist.
"An Indiana teacher who used a much lauded bestseller, The Freedom Writers Diary, to try to inspire under-performing ( Read more... )Apple iPhone: The Music Video
Thanks to emungere for this hysterical link. I laughed so hard that my iBook fell out of my lap when I let go to applaud. (It's OK; I hang out on my futon.)
Apple iPhone: The Music Video
by David PogueReal Horrorshow... again
Warning: the true story is harsh and violent and difficult to read.
What Happened to Aaron Hall?
Paxnirvana said:
A group of men in a small town in Indiana brutally beat and tortured one of their friends to death. Their defense seems to boil down to "he was gay and he hit on us," so they beat him for 24 hours straight, and then shot him with a ( Read more... )The Monkey King and youkai, unlimited
I've been reading some of moonsilver's fun fics, and wanted to comment about the unlimited youkai forms of characters in Minekura's Saiyuki books.
( Read more... )WTF?
Kind of weird. I went from a LJ FAQ to the console to change my security level to Friends-Only for future entries, and now I can't get back to that link. The FAQ is still there, but the links to change security level and to add a banner saying "Friends Only" are dead now. I also can't find the console or the console commands again. WTF?(Untitled)
With apologies to anyone inconvenienced, I'm making many entries Friends Only because of concerns about the new corporate involvement in LJ. I know, they can still search our interests and groups, and I can't control them like I can my cookies. *sigh*LJ Privacy Petition comment and link
My comment when signing LJ Privacy PetitionI agree completely, but I fear LJ is committed to becoming just another corporate mining tool. Thanks for your time researching the issues and lobbying to protect our privacy. I hope LJ takes appropriate action, and if they do not, I hope people are able to move our forums and activity to another blog that ( Read more... )
