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My Proposal
I'm angry at this bill that Mississippi tried to pass to give a zygote person rights, which would then be used to trump the rights of the mother so she could not get a legal abortion. You'll notice this law is only aimed at women, and the people who fra
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last by lucyt 6 months ago
Avoiding me...?
When I heard about my aunt, I left my supervisor several messages. Usually he calls right back, but he never called. So I went to my boss and worked everything out with him instead. After I got back from my aunt's funeral, I found out my supervisor
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last by hegemone 9 months ago
Building a kit for a time traveler
I ask weird questions sometimes. Imagine you're a time traveler. Wherever you go in time where you might run into people, you'd have to dress to blend in. Costumes and period gear can be made easily enough. But what about that something a
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last by alienated 9 months ago
Cookie Jar and 5 Minute Chocolate Cake
Some rescued recipes found around the web [Colonial Williamsburg Gingerbread Recipe](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Gingerbread-Cookies-I/Detail.aspx) - from scratch! But if you're going to make gingerbread men, why not make them [Red
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No Bake Cookies
A chocolate/peanut butter treat you can make in minutes on your stove top. No Bake Cookies 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup cocoa 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup margarine Dash of
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last by expendable 9 months ago
SoulCast - under new management
Soulcast has a new owner, millisecond. He's cleaned up a lot of the spam, added spam reporting and moved a few things around. I wish him
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last by reckoner 9 months ago
A Death in the Family
Normally I don't share personal stuff, but I just got a call. One of my aunts died. Stroke. I just saw her on Monday for a family cookout. You don't want to know what I had to go through to be there for it. My uncle wants to know if I can come back
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last by expendable 9 months ago
A Secret, Boxed-Up Bazaar Of Fantastical Things
Something strange I ran across - so of course I had to share this with you.
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Contraception
Are you for or against contraception?
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last by wombat about 1 year ago
Design a chair
What do you want from a chair?
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last by wombat about 1 year ago
Saint Valentine's Playlist
a few youtube links. I do this sometimes.
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last by creativewoman over 1 year ago
The Essential Monty Python
They didn't know....
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last by hegemone over 1 year ago
dinged
If you have no voice: Scream
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last by expendable over 1 year ago
Yakkstr New Year's Eve Party
Post links to your favorite songs!
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last by one_wired_kitty over 1 year ago
Miscellanea
various youtube videos; may be depressing. No comments please.
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expendable commented 5 months ago on
Absence of a well regulated militia
Interesting note - When the Japanese invaded Okinawa in 1672, they took away anything with a blade - even kitchen knives. Some found they could defend themselves using a threshing implement called a nunchuku. Which is why you find nunchuku today in read the rest
expendable commented 5 months ago on
Absence of a well regulated militia
Who told you that militias are illegal? The National Guard are federally-regulated militias, while State Defense Forces are state-regulated militias. The UK has outlawed handguns but not rifles or shotguns. Gun deaths still happen there, as criminals read the rest
expendable commented 6 months ago on
Party before country
@alienated - And the GOP never does anything to put money in the pockets of their read the rest
expendable commented 6 months ago on
Today Mississippi votes to define personhood at conception
Fortunately this was defeated, but there are three personhood bills in congress right now. H. R. 374 says "To implement equal protection for the right to life of each born and preborn human person, and pursuant to the duty and authority of the read the rest
expendable commented 8 months ago on
People to Obama: Hello! We are right here watching! What are you doing?
Oddly enough, Solyndra had GOP backing. George Bush's administration approved Solyndra for this program. Republicans DeMint, Hatch and McConnell voted for the loan-guarantee program that they're now trying to use against Obama. Maybe they think pointing read the rest
expendable commented 8 months ago on
My platform is moving !
Sometimes a company will post a job anonymously to see if any of their employees respond. And usually those employees get fired by the company since those people are already "looking". If they're posting the job in the paper with the company name on read the rest
expendable commented 9 months ago on
The New Apple Advantage
Apple has adopted three principles - first, KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid! By restricting choices to the consumer, they've simplified both their production and marketing - not unlike Henry Ford's claim that customers could buy the Model-T in any color read the rest
expendable commented 9 months ago on
Starting to remember
You need to talk to someone you trust to work this read the rest
expendable commented 9 months ago on
Questions
Can you bring your medical records to your family doctor and ask him to explain these to you? Dates and times should let you check with the police and newspapers for an read the rest
expendable commented 9 months ago on
Questions
From what I've been told, when you're ready to face it, the memory will surface. As if that's something you'd want read the rest