[From: Omaha World-Herald] BY ELIZABETH AHLIN WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER COUNCIL BLUFFS — A judge’s decision to overturn Iowa’s law banning same-sex marriage was a victory almost two years in the making for one Council Bluffs couple. Reva Evans, 33, and Ingrid Olson, 29, are one of six couples statewide who sued in December 2005 for [...]
Archive For August, 2007
ironic moments in law enforcement
[From: MaisonBisson.com] New Hampshire’s deputy chief of liquor enforcement caught drunk driving.
Your Yucky Body: Disgusting Diet Trends
[From: Mikhaela's News Blog] Your Yucky Body: Disgusting Diet Trends Originally uploaded by M1khaela. Partly inspired by the disgusting facts about the weirdly popular diet drug Alli, but partly by a personal experience. A few years ago I had a horrible case of pneumonia that left me bed-ridden and barely able to breathe for three [...]
Missouri governor contracts with anti-choice legal group
[From: feministing] As Samhita noted earlier this week, there’s some legal wrangling going on in Missouri over a TRAP law that would require abortion clinics to perform major modifications to their facilities — modifications so expensive it would effectively shut down two of the three abortion providers in the state. (Which is, of course, the [...]
YouTube – iRack – MadTV
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Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at Age 84
[From NPR] Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at Age 84 by Neda Ulaby Toby Talbot The writer Grace Paley, photographed in her Vermont home in 2003. Paley, 84, died Wednesday at home; she had battled cancer. AP © 2003 All Things Considered, August 23, 2007· Grace Paley, one of the great [...]
Bullwinkle the Climate Changing Moose
[Via: Environmental Economics] From Spiegel: The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year — equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey. Rocky: But Bullwinkle, there aren’t any more woods. [...]
Climate change is being blamed for France’s early grape harvest.
Following a gentle winter and warm April the fruit is ripe for the picking three weeks earlier than last year. Vintners say the early picking will make for the best wine. It is hoped that will make French wine more attractive against increased competition from New Zealand, Australian and Californian wines. Tags: war <BR/>
EFF Needs You Now — Support Our Case Against AT&T
[From EFF] Today, EFF will go to court to defend your Fourth Amendment rights and urge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to let our class-action lawsuit against AT&T go forward. The case demands that AT&T stop illegally assisting the National Security Agency (NSA) to snoop on its customers’ telephone and Internet communications. There’s [...]
Gay Marriage Drove Us to Divorce
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