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Actions of the Day for Progressive Armchair Activists

Actions of the Day for Progressive Armchair Activists

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We come in peace (shoot to kill): Some actions for my fellow armchair activists. Click on the links for more information and to take action. Don’t Give Alberto Gonzales the Power to Speed Up Executions. You’ve got to read this just to believe they are even considering it. Demand the immediate release of renowned Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, who is imprisoned for the 100th day in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, a location infamous for the torture and detention of…

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Non-JWs in a JW Family

Non-JWs in a JW Family

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From the “Ask a Former JW” mailbag… I’ve been reading your dialogue with JWs. I have no advice, though I have experience being married to a JW. I have been told I have a distorted view of the Bible, that I am part of the great (?) Babylon. My parents haven’t seen my son in 1 year – they also are part of Babylon – and they live only 1 hour away. I’ve been told that God doesn’t hear my…

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Catch up? Let go?

Catch up? Let go?

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I’ve been feeling a certain amount of (self-imposed) pressure to keep up with every action and every political development here. Obviously, I can’t do that. There are people who actually receive a salary to do so, and you can find them all over the web. Anyone who has read this blog knows that I would be disappointed in McCain and others for caving on the torture provisions, that I would probably rant on the strategy of seeming to attack the…

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My reaction to the State of the Union Address

My reaction to the State of the Union Address

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I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing. I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I thought he really tried to appeal to our hopefulness at a very sour time – that showed some good leadership. But that’s about it. So…

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Slanguage

Slanguage

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Your Slanguage Profile New England Slang: 100% Victorian Slang: 75% Aussie Slang: 50% Canadian Slang: 50% Southern Slang: 50% Prison Slang: 25% British Slang: 0% What Slanguage Do You Speak?