Stars Dressed As Famous Women In History
Alexis Bledel as Rosie the Riveter
Famous Dead Nontheists
Famous Dead Nontheists “I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.” – Pearl S. Buck, American author (1892-1973) “If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.” – “Voltaire”, French author and playwright (1694-1778) “The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.” [Treasury of Women’s Quotations]
Grace for President
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786839198/ I saw this book at the bookstore the other day and it made me smile! Hooray for Grace!
Our world. Your move.
http://www.ourworld-yourmove.org/ The ‘Our world. Your move.’ campaign is a call to action. Our world faces unprecedented challenges, ranging from conflict and mass displacement to climate change, migration and a global financial crisis. We have a collective responsibility to make our world a better place. It’s up to each of us, as individuals, to make a move and do something to
NY eases drug laws, sees annual savings of $250 mln
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN277377720090327 “New York state relaxed harsh Rockefeller drug laws from the 1970s that required prison sentences for nonviolent drug crimes and will let judges send addicts to treatment programs… estimated this will save the state about “a quarter of a billion dollars” a year.”
Ammiano Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill to the Press
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/get_up_stand_up_ammiano_introd.php 25-year Judge James P. Gray on the Orange County Superior Court said, “The most harmful thing about marijuana today is prison – and also the most expensive.”
Terrorism That’s Personal
via The New York Times I wouldn’t say this is news exactly, but I’ve noticed there has been a collective effort to publicize this type of tragic violence toward women recently. From the page: This month in Afghanistan, men on motorcycles threw acid on a group of girls who dared to attend school. One of the girls, a 17-year-old named
Camerahead Project Dramatizes Surveillance
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Rage Against the Machine Ask Fans to Fight “Fascist Republican Agenda” at Fierce Minneapolis Gig
Biden dislikes File Sharing, Net Neutrality and Encryption!!
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Biden_dislikes_File_Sharing_Net_Neutrality_and_Encryption Now if all those people would go vote Libertarian…
Infidel Value T-shirt
http://www.cafepress.com/landoverbaptist.164589958