Wait – what?

Oh, Jon Voight…. oh my.

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Somehow I knew….I am a Question Mark

You Are a Question Mark

You seek knowledge and insight in every form possible. You love learning.
And while you know a lot, you don’t act like a know it all. You’re open to learning you’re wrong.
You ask a lot of questions, collect a lot of data, and always dig deep to find out more.
You’re naturally curious [...]

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Spot on

Unfit for the presidency, 6.

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John Mellencamp – Jena

I bought John Mellencamp’s new CD today. I was listening to it in my office and Jena, the song Mellencamp released last fall came up… I had forgotten about it.
Hearing the song made me want to see the video again. When I went to YouTube, I found out it was restricted [...]

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A Day of Blogging for Justice – Blogging Against Extra-Judicial Electrocution (Tasers)

Today, Wednesday July 30th 2008, black bloggers and other interested bloggers from across America are holding “A Day of Blogging for Justice – Blogging Against Extra-Judicial Electrocution (Tasers).”
The blog Tasered While Black has been tracking the issue of black folks being tased for some time now. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now is tracking the death [...]

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Monday night video – Struggle No More

I wanna see
my family
get what they want
have what they need

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Iran: Kobra Najjar Faces Imminent Execution by Stoning for Prostitution

When I originally posted this, something in the code that I can’t identify made the rest of the site go screwy.
So – please visit Equality Now, Renee at Womanist Musings or Cara at the Curvature for details and how to respond.

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Measure twice, cut once – or something like that

Oops! Wrong Larry shown on Idaho campaign buttons

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Larry Craig.
But don’t expect the staunch Republican to throw his support behind Obama or for the presidential candidate to ask Craig to change [...]

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House Resolution Apologizing for Slavery and Segregation

From Racism Review:
Rep. Steve Cohen from Memphis, Tennessee, has introduced a non-binding resolution (H.Res.194) next week “apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans,” according to John Breshanan at The Crypt. Cohen represents a majority African-American district in Memphis. The resolution, which was introduced at the beginning of the 110th Congress (image from wallyg), [...]

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A Bench By The Road

Toni Morrison has said that her acclaimed novel “Beloved,” which features the ghost of a baby killed by her enslaved black mother, came out of the need for a literature to commemorate slaves and their history. “There is no suitable memorial, or plaque, or wreath or wall, or park or skyscraper lobby,” Ms. Morrison said [...]

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