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So apparently, today the US Senate passed an amendment giving a vote of confidence to General Petraeus and condemning MoveOn.org's recent newspaper ad questioning Petraeus' report on the success of the surge in Iraq.
If it strikes you as B.S. for the Senate to reprimand a citizens' organization for publishing an ad raising legitimate questions about ( Read more... ) -
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BirthNet bringing BOLD to NY's Capital Region on September 30th
The Naked Truth about Childbirth
www.birthnewyork. org/bold
WHAT: BirthNet is hosting special staged readings of the critically acclaimed play Birth by Karen Brody, as part of the global Birth On Labor Day movement to make maternity care Mother-Friendly.
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Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream...
On Sunday night, I witnessed over 50 sane-ish adults singing "Row, row, row your boat" in a round at the top of their lungs. It sounded awesome.
The people in question were gathered for the big a cappella sing at the annual GottaGetGon folk festival. Usually they don't sing children's rounds. But since the event takes place in a big open barn- ( Read more... ) -
GottaGetGon Festival!
Everyone has things they always do on Memorial Day weekend. Mine is the GottaGetGon Folk Festival. Most of y'all have heard me talk about this... but for once I'm remembering to put the info up in time that you could decide to come check it out if you want to! It's a lovely, mellow little festival. Four paid performer acts doing concerts and ( Read more... ) -
Sustainability Skillshare
The next Albany Skillshare will be on Saturday, September 29. From the call for participation:
due to the increasingly dire warnings about the catastrophic and immediate
effects of global warming, we would like to focus exclusively on workshops
which deal with decreasing our use of fossil fuels and self
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MoveOn Town Hall meeting
A chance for people to talk to presidential candidates without the mainstream media in the middle. Don't know if it will live up to the potential, but it seems like an idea worth encouraging.
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darshan at folk concerts
I have always had a hard time explaining to anyone what kind of music I like. Partly that's because I grew up listening to a lot of folk music most people have never heard. But that isn't all of it... I run into other people who like obscure folk and as likely as not, they're focused on a completely different aspect of it than I am. And the ( Read more... )
