I recently received an email forwarding a political piece by Wayne Allyn Root.Included in the email was a link to snopes.com confirming that Wayne Allyn Root’s statement below has been “Correctly Attributed” – but of course, “correctly attributed” does not necessarily mean “factual statements”, and as with most political pieces, … Continue reading →
Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All – News – GOOD Some alternative choices for support the fight against breast cancer
Continue reading →We Need Your Support – Alison Leigh Lilly My husband has been in negotiations with his ex-wife informally since October, and formally (read: with lawyers) for two months trying to work out a child custody arrangement that will let him see the kids after we’ve moved. We originally hoped for … Continue reading →
Hey, here’s a suggestion: you want to celebrate Thanksgiving? Go for it. Find things to be thankful for and celebrate those things. Don’t let anyone harsh your mellow over it. I really want to find a painting of First Americans meeting European Invaders and caption it “when father’s family met … Continue reading →
Conservatives launch “We are the 53 percent” to criticize 99 percenters – The Washington Post So, as some of you have noticed, there is a new Tumblr called “We are the 53 percent” (I’ve reblogged a couple of their posts over on my Tumblr – warning, posts there are OFTEN NOT … Continue reading →
Noted at : cognitivedissonance.tumblr.com and authored by Meg Lanker-Simons; I’m just quoting the whole thing because she says it better than I can at the moment. Uh-oh. Looks like Florida’s mandatory drug testing for taxpayers is costing the taxpayers more than they’re actually saving.Governor Rick Scott had praised the program when he signed it June … Continue reading →
Ok all of you brainiacs Take the test, don’t cheat Take one at a Time You don’t need to tell me how you did There are 4 questions. Don’t miss one. 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? Stop and think about it and decide on your … Continue reading →
(from an old email) Knowledge is PowerTime is Moneyand as every engineer knows, Power is Work over Time. So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of wisdom, we get: K = P (1)T = M (2)P = W/T (3) Now, do a few simple substitutions: Put W/T in … Continue reading →
Following is a recent post I made to an email list where the topic of the Wiccan Rede came up, as it is wont to do periodically. “The Wiccan Rede” as it is commonly used in American paganism, has become a reductio ad absurdum – reduced to the impracticable “harm … Continue reading →
1pro victoria David canticum2Deus laudabilis mihi ne taceas quia os impii et os dolosi contra me apertum est3locuti sunt de me lingua mendacii verbis odii circumdederunt me et expugnaverunt me frustra4pro eo quod eos diligebam adversabantur mihi ego autem orabam5et posuerunt contra me malum pro bono et odium pro dilectione … Continue reading →
