Category Archives: Human Rights

Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I love Kansas–it’s the Kansans I have a problem with: A Kansas House committee is scheduled to take up a bill Wednesday that would exempt doctors from malpractice suits if they withheld medical information to prevent an abortion. The measure … Continue reading →

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The Future is a Desert.

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Here is a pretty video from Microsoft, taking a shot at envisioning the apocalypse: You can come to your own conclusions; I’ve obviously decided that I’m not too impressed.  I couldn’t help but keep imagining the city underneath the one … Continue reading →

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Yup.

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

That is all. (via)

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Agenda Movie Club: Made In Dagenham

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

Made In Dagenham Nigel Cole 2010 “Equal pay for equal work.” Goodness, it just doesn’t seem like it should be that hard, does it? But STILL women aren’t paid the same as men. And we just signed the Lilly Ledbetter … Continue reading →

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A great wrong has been… um… righted.

Posted on January 25, 2010 by

This, from the Guardian (UK) today: Smuggled and bootlegged, it has been the cause of transatlantic tensions for more than two decades. But after 21 years in exile, the haggis is to be allowed back into the United States. (Emphasis … Continue reading →

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Do Unto Others, Motherfucker.

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

First, a story (just stay with me here): It is late winter in Holland.  We’ll say that the year is 1569, because it was.  A man named Dirk Willems is being hunted.  It could be snowing, or not, regardless it … Continue reading →

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THIS.

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

Know what that is? That’s a carne mechada patacón, from Venezuela. It might look like a burger, but look more closely and you’ll see that the “bun” is really flattened plantains, which surround shredded beef, condiments (including SPECIAL SAUCE), and … Continue reading →

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Trigger Option Epic Fail

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

How many ways are there to not reform health care and still act like we’re reforming health care?  Add one more to the list of Coward Bozo “reforms”:  the Trigger Option.  This is the one that says, basically, that we’re … Continue reading →

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May Day

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

May Day, the international workers holiday, is a big deal everywhere but the US. And usually, on this worldwide labor day, there is a lot more excitement than grilling dawgs and drinking a few in the backyard. On May 1, … Continue reading →

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I’m joining the NRA

Posted on April 28, 2009 by

Bumper sticker on red Volvo outside my apartment: “If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will be able to defend themselves from zombies.” Think about it.

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