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Hugs

Hugs

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Sharing a hug is so deeply comforting, like hearing that everything is going to be all right. Even watching hugs can make you feel better. If you find January a bit depressing, if you’re having a rough time, if you’re just feeling like you could maybe use a hug – take a look at these. Lion Hug [youtube width=”400″ height=”330″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAk8Z8Bcsz8[/youtube] The Free Hugs Campaign….. Free Hugs in New York City [youtube width=”400″ height=”330″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzcVjeirzYo[/youtube] Free Hugs in New Orleans [youtube width=”400″…

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The Golden Compass – What’s so Terrible?

The Golden Compass – What’s so Terrible?

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Many Americans have so confused power with spirituality that they can no longer tolerate fictional explorations on some of the very topics that religious communities ought to be considering. I have received a number of whisper-campaign communications, all based on the idea that the film The Golden Compass is evil and atheistic and horrible and we all need to boycott it and keep our children away from it and all sorts of other nonsense. I have to admit that it…

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No Cover-up! Hold Contactors Responsible

No Cover-up! Hold Contactors Responsible

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So what’s been happening with Halliburton? Ugly, ugly stuff, even against their own… Gang Rape Cover-Up by US, Halliburton/KBR A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident. Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and…

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Please Ignore Bush

Please Ignore Bush

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UN Climate talks in Bali, Indonesia are down to the wire to set new global emissions targets–but the Bush administration is trying to prevent any concrete agreement on cutting carbon. The Bush administration is trying to block progress at crucial negotiations for this next global climate treaty — the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. This petition sends a message to other countries that Bush’s actions don’t match Americans’ wishes. The petition just says: “Dear world, Please ignore President Bush. He…

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Olbermann on Bush, Cheney, and the Iran NIE

Olbermann on Bush, Cheney, and the Iran NIE

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I had already begun composing my post on the NIE and the question of when the executive branch was actually aware of this information a couple of days ago, but I became so angry that it was counterproductive. I picked it up again this morning, and was a couple of paragraphs into it when I got a link from OpEd News to the Keith Olbermann special commentary (I so wish that we had something more than network television). Chuck Adkins…

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Open Letter to Saxby Chambliss (R, GA)

Open Letter to Saxby Chambliss (R, GA)

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I received an email today from Senator Saxby Chambliss, and I’m posting both his communication and my own. Dear Ms. N: Thank you for contacting me regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) monitoring of conversations connected to terrorist activity and the treatment of military detainees. It is good to hear from you. I certainly understand your concerns regarding personal freedoms. We are blessed to live in a free and effective democracy, and, just like you, I hold dear the personal…

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