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A Palestinian father’s anguish
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
From the L.A. Times [via Informed Comment]
Minutes away from a scheduled phone interview on Israeli TV 10 with newscaster Shlomi Eldar, Aboul Aish called Eldar’s cellphone, screaming and weeping in Arabic and Hebrew. The doctor’s home had been struck by a shell:
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“They are bombing one and a half million people in a cage.”
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
Via Informed Commment:
CBS News broadcasts an interview with a Norwegian physician on the scene in Gaza.
He says he has seen one military casualty come into the hospital. Of 2500 wounded, 50% are women and children. Doing surgery around the clock. There are injuries you do not want to ( Read more... ) -
Anticipation (aka Worldcon 2009)
I am now registered for Worldcon 2009 in Montreal! The full membership rate of 215 CAD via Paypal was about 181 USD, but rates go up Jan 1st.
So, who else is going?
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Transformation or just more triangulation?
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
Glenn Greenwald hits the nail on the head yet again, reminding those who have apparently forgotten the Clinton years (and ignored the Democrats in Congress during the Bush years) that Obama’s whole post-partisan shtick is hardly new:
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Bill Murray!
At your party! http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=7130
At your subway station! http://gawker.com/news/diary/bizarre-subway-encounters-with-bill-murray-12268.php
At your karaoke! http://drhastings.livejournal.com/58116.html
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Bruce Campbell, Live!
On Sunday, arcaedia and I went to see the incredible Bruce Campbell, who was doing a Q&A session after showings of his new movie, My Name is Bruce, at a theater in Hartford ( Read more... ) -
Bruuuuuuuce!
No, not that one! The one true Bruce, Bruce Campbell!
He's out doing a promo tour [see dates here] to promote his new movie, My Name is Bruce.
Barring union strikes, hurricanes, flat tires or diptheria, I will be personally appearing at each of these cities to introduce the film and do a spirited Q&A afterward. Please bear in mind, this isn't a ( Read more... ) -
The big day
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
Tomorrow the 2008 Presidential election will finally be over, and I’ll have voted for Barack Obama.
I’m not voting for Obama because I agree with all of his positions on the issues, or because I believe he is truly a progressive candidate, or because I’ve become part of his sometimes ( Read more... ) -
Connecticut ballot questions
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
It’s an unusual year here in Connecticut, as we have two statewide ballot questions to deal with on November 4th.
1. “Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the Constitution of the State?”
This is the important one. Right now the Connecticut State Constitution ( Read more... ) -
Prop 8 is about discrimination
Originally published at Wake Up. You can comment here or there.
Here’s what happens when you replace “same-sex marriage” with “interracial marriage” in a pro-H8 ad:
via Wil Wheaton
If you’re a California voter, be sure to go out and vote NO on Proposition 8 tomorrow.
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