Firing Tear Gas at Monks in Burma [Update 2]

Sorry, Jeff. This isn’t the blog I told you I’d have, but it’s still on it’s way. In the meantime, I got this email from Diana Lee Hirschi today, and felt it was worth dragging myself away from work for a moment.
Greetings. Suggested political action courtesy France Barrel, Amnesty International:
“May we be free of torture, [...]

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Pete Ashdown to be featured speaker tonight

KCPW says Pete Ashdown is going to be a featured speaker for tonight’s Peace Vigil and War Protest in honor of International Peace Day. The event is being put on by Mormons for Equality and Social Justice, as well as Radical Action Against War.
The event is being held outside of Orrin Hatch’s office in Provo [...]

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Lights Off Utah Accomplished Something

I’ve seen a post or two around that implied Lights Of Utah would accomplish nothing. I’m here posting to prove you wrong.
I’m not sure how many cars we made up for tonight by turning off our lights, but I’m glad we did it. I’m in the middle of a move, and I was packing kitchen [...]

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Lets Talk About Sex

Let’s talk about sex.
Today’s video is brought to you by the letter “B”, as in “Bribed”, and the state of “Alaska”, and the number 400,000. But, we’re not talking about that.

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Romney Pride

Mitt wishes you a great Pride Weekend, how sweet!

Just in case you want more information, Crooks and Liars has some good coverage.

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Congress, I’m Watching

I can’t wait to get this set up on my blog. “Congress, I’m watching” is the latest widget created by Open Congress to encourage citizen awareness and interaction with Congress. You can display your support or opposition to any bill, and it provides a quick link to the bill’s page on OpenCongress.org, so you can [...]

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Lights Off Utah is tomorrow!

Don’t forget, tomorrow evening is Lights Off Utah.
If you haven’t yet, take a moment to register, and enter for a chance to win energy saving products.
There’s a door poster you can print out saying you support the event (and possibly explaining to people coming to your door right about then why your lights are off [...]

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No Confirmation Without Whitehouse Documents?

I had been under the impression that most of the Senate Democrats had been castrated upon being sworn in. And indeed, they may only be bluffing, but they’re at least pretending that they have balls today. From the NY Times:
Two Senate Democrats warned Monday that the Judiciary Committee would delay confirmation of President Bush’s choice [...]

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Generation Obama Countdown for Change Fundraiser

Saturday night, the Utah chapter of Generation Obama held a fundraiser at The Woodshed. It was a wonderful success, and a great time!
The suggested donation to the Obama campaign was $5, or $12 if you wanted food, too. Many people donated more, and some purchased t-shirts. I think that the total campaign donations we recieved [...]

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Bushy Math Meets Universal Health Care

From CNN:
The American Cancer Society is devoting its entire $15 million advertising budget for 2007 to highlight the problems faced by Americans who don’t have any or enough health insurance.
The society says that, because they lack insurance, people may not be getting the checkups they need to catch cancer early, when treatments are more successful.
The [...]

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