- November 11th, 2008
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Being a narcissistic nerd, I check the stats on my Flickr photos on a near-daily basis; the referring URLs, of course, are of particular interest. I must know who is discussing me, dammit. My Animals…
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Because slapping a gaudy yellow ribbon on the back of your SUV simply won’t do. 1. Volunteer to foster a soldier’s companion animal(s) while he or she is stationed overseas. There exist ve…
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Join the Impact is calling for nationwide protests against California’s passage of Proposition 8 this Saturday, November 15: On the steps of your City Hall on November 15th at 10:30am PST / 1:30…
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- November 10th, 2008
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Shadow came into our lives in the spring of ‘97. It was June 2nd - late spring, early summer. I was just finishing up my freshman year of college. Busy with school, busy with work, busy with fri…
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- November 7th, 2008
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this Matthews/Obama skit from SNL’s Presidential Bash special is GREAT. Seriously, I’ve watched it at least a dozen times now. It’s even better viewed back-to-back with a Hardball se…
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Updated to add: Here’s the exact quote; early accounts of the press conference on the internets only had partial transcripts: With respect to the dog. This is a major issue. I think it’s g…
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- November 6th, 2008
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Spoiler alert! - Namely, for Peter Jackson’s King Kong (2005). Don’t say I didn’t warn you! OK, so perhaps this post is six days late, but I’ve been busy enjoying the last thro…
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…if one more Obamabot trolls my Flickr photostream in order to call Sarah Palin a bitch, a cunt, a whore, etc., and/or call for her murder. Doubly so if they defend their misogyny by saying R…
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- November 5th, 2008
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He wasn’t my candidate, but I’m relieved that today, the Wednesday-morning quarterbacks are discussing how President-elect Barack Obama triumphed over Senator McCain - if only because the…
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- November 4th, 2008
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Mr. Bitch and I headed out to the polling place around 10:45. Anticipating at least an hour’s wait, I brought a copy of the latest Bitch magazine. We even parked a ways down the street from the…
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Today’s the day! Get yer arses to your polling places, people!
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- November 3rd, 2008
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Here I am, less than 12 hours from going to the polls, and I’m just now pouring over the Clinton County ballot and making my picks. Blame it on election burnout. Plus, despite all my blustering…
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- October 31st, 2008
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Happy Halloween, peoples. Shane and will be spending the day watching horror movies, good and bad (think Black Sheep and Poultrygeist), and chowing down on all manner of vegan junk food. (I’ll p…
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- October 29th, 2008
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Crossposted from yesterday’s VeganMoFo entry. Shane picked up some Kalamata olives from Wild Oats’ salad bar yesterday, so I asked him (demanded is more like it!) to make me some olive br…
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- October 27th, 2008
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Aside from the implication that McCain and Obama are the only two motherfuckers running for prez in ‘08, this video from MoveOn is awesome: You can personalize the video and send your frien…
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- October 23rd, 2008
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smiteme has posted a new entry on: Smite Me! [.net]
Just, no. Firstly, I’m not a “girl.” Nor am I bait, a prop, or an object to be used for your political ends. It’s nice to know, though, in a historic election year that nearly…
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- October 22nd, 2008
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I rarely watch the local news, but happened to have it on in the background last night. These two stories ran almost back-to-back: Racial Slur on Receipt Shocks Family Last Edited: Wednesday, 22 Oct…
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- October 21st, 2008
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People for the American Way whittled 4,000+ “McPalin Haiku Hysteria” submissions down to 12 lucky finalists: Is that Tina Fey? Because this is comic gold. Wait, she’s serious? 1 —…
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- October 20th, 2008
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In The New York Times, “Farm Boy” Nicholas Kristof “Reflects” on time spent murdering innocent, sentient beings: Then there were the geese, the most admirable creatures I’…
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Last month, I gave away 100 or so bags of apples through freecycle. I think we divvied ‘em up between five people, give or take. Everyone was rather nice and thanked us for the free food; one wo…
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This is pretty awesome: MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: He served as President George W. Bush’s secretary of state and was once called the man most likely to become the nation’s first…
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- October 18th, 2008
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Today’s VeganMoFo recipe was really good, so I’m crossposting over here. Now, if you’ll ’scuse me, I do believe I’m about to lapse into a sugar coma. I’m too tired…
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A “real” feminist wouldn’t employ such a silly argument in defense of PETA’s campaigns, whether sexist or not: MJ: One question I did have. I really do appreciate the work PETA…
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- October 15th, 2008
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In the wake of the current credit and banking crises, many pundits have been predicting that the presidential candidates will have to curb their proposed spending plans drastically when the winner tak…
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- October 14th, 2008
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Via Color of Change: McCain-Palin rallies have started to look more like mob scenes than political events. The candidates keep asking “who is the real Barack Obama?” (a question that also…
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- October 11th, 2008
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Writer-slash-environmentalist Nick Jans gives us an Alaskan’s view of Sarah Palin and her run for the White House. It’s a great piece - really, I could excerpt the whole damn thing - but…
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- October 10th, 2008
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…I gave my true love 53 birthday biscuits! (Crossposted from easyVegan.info, of course.) As you can most likely infer from the post title, today is the Ralphster’s birthday. My little ma…
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- October 9th, 2008
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I love these new “Think Before You Speak” PSAs from The Ad Council - and not just because the first stars Wanda Sykes: Now if only they’d tackle the word “bitch” in…
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- October 7th, 2008
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Via Joselle @ Vegans of Color, an interesting article in The New York Times about the origins of the term “maverick” - and how the descendants of the original consummate maverick feel abou…
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- October 6th, 2008
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I’m cross-posting today’s VeganMoFo post because this strawberry applesauce recipe is soooooo ridiculously sweet and fruity and yummy and you simply must try it! For more vegan food bloggi…
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- October 5th, 2008
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While I love that your latest issue features a cover story on “funny girls” Sarah Silverman, Margaret Cho and Kirsten Schaal, I’m less than amused by your “green party” m…
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Ah, fuck it. I can’t seem to get the video to embed properly, so just go here. I guess it’s all MAVERICKY like the McCain/Palin ticket.
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- October 4th, 2008
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Seriously. He’s one of those high-falutin’ talking Hollywood Chihuahuas. And he’s a rescue dog, to boot. Kind of blows that “shelter dogs are broken dogs” myth of of the…
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This is part nine in a nine-part series on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. A full TOC, complete with links for easy navigation, is included at the bottom of each post. Spoiler alert: Danger…
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Last week, after receiving the umpteenth “Obama is a secret Muslim/chain smoker/Communist/reverse racist/serial liar/anti-Christ” from my father - all of which are easily debunked via Snop…
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- October 1st, 2008
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For those not in the veg*n know, fall is the time to be a veghead! Not only is today World Vegetarian Day (happy World Vegetarian Day, peoples!), October 1 also kicks off VeganMoFo, i.e., the Vegan Mo…
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- September 30th, 2008
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Or perhaps she’s more of a Pussycat Doll, what with her sexxxay black knee-highs? No matter. CNN’s prepubescent headline writers are at it again: That’s U.S. Secretary of State Cond…
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Ahem. The Denver police union is selling T-shirts that poke fun at protesters at last month’s Democratic National Convention, but the main target isn’t laughing. The back of the shirts re…
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I’m not sure whether you remember us, but two years ago this September 30th, my husband and I adopted two dogs from Friends of the Friendless. Gracie and Penelope were found abandoned with a third d…
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Via the Arizona chapter of the Sierra Club, by way of Deb at Invisible Voices, an eloquent illustration of intersecting “isms.” In this case, racism/xenophobia (”ZOMG! ILLEGAL ALIENZ…
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- September 29th, 2008
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Another piece of mass-forwarded spam from the godbag wing of my family, for levity’s sake. Am I a douchebag for laughing at this, or a total douchebag for laughing at this? Or maybe I’m T…
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Oh, Tina Fey, you are a fooking genius! (And Amy Poehler, you’re no dubya, either.) Seriously, Hitch, suck on this shit:
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- September 28th, 2008
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smiteme has posted a new entry on: Smite Me! [.net]
This video has been making the rounds, but I thought I might post it here anyhow, as an example of a PETA ad campaign that I quite like. It’s brutal, truthful, powerful and moving. It addresses…
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- September 24th, 2008
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Hey! Feminists! You want to know why PETA continues to engage in (possibly) sexist, racist, classist, sizeist and otherwise “offensive” and “controversial” campaigns? I’l…
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A 26-year ban on offshore oil drilling will be dropped as part of a year-end spending bill, said House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey. Eliminating the ban will allow the measure, which f…
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- September 23rd, 2008
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The five little terrier-mix dogs had been left behind on Galveston Island by their owner. Alone and frightened they watched as the storm surge began to rush into their home. As the water continued i…
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Last week, I shared a recipe for Herbal Tofu with Apples and Pears, a yummy dish for dogs and people. This week, I decided to try out a slightly different version, sans tofu and with loads of caffeine…
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As part of this week’s Countering the Right assignment, I had to sit through this “trailer” for the Family Research Council’s 2008 Values Voter Summit. Before I embedden the vi…
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