Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Don’t recognise Wu Yi? She’s #2. Here are the top ten:
1 Angela Merkel, Chancellor Germany
2 Wu Yi, Vice-premier China
3 Ho Ching, Chief executive, Temasek Holdings, Singapore
4 Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of state US
5 Indra K Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo US
6 Sonia Gandhi, President Indian National Congress India
7 Cynthia Carroll, Chief executive Anglo American UK
8 Patricia A Woertz, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2007 | 13 Comments »
In 2006, I wrote Why I Am Not a Member of SFWA. Then Scalzi ran for SFWA’s presidency, so I joined in the hope of helping to make SFWA matter again. Scalzi lost. I decided to let my membership lapse.
But SFWA is being stupid again, so I want this clear: I didn’t forget to rejoin. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2007 | 22 Comments »
Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” It works in reverse, too. In most struggles, the other side fights long after it has lost. And so, once you’ve won, you fight on, but now they are the ones hiding in caves and coming [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2007 | 40 Comments »
Tonight, Texas is going to kill a robber whose partner killed someone during the robbery. Texas is on a killing spree; this’ll be the third night in a row that they’ll have killed someone.
For more details, see here.
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later: It’s been commuted. See Perry commutes sentences of man scheduled to die Thursday
Posted in seeker, tagged universal health care on August 30, 2007 | 13 Comments »
John and Elizabeth Edwards in Portsmouth, NH.
Yes, I want a peaceful revolution, but I don’t expect it in the next year. Of the three most likely near-left candidates, this one sees the problems most clearly. At least he understands that universal health care should mean that everyone is covered.
later: The best plan for the US [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Camp Okutta: An Adventure Camp for Kids.
thanks,
_twilight_
!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2007 | 28 Comments »
Monbiot: How Did We Get Into This Mess?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Orphaned hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as their mother.
via
marykaykare
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Jekyll. I’ve only seen three episodes, so no spoilers, please! Loved the first, thought the second was good, then may have loved the third even more than the first.
Posted in seeker, tagged leveler, race on August 27, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Black Looks: Safe terms, Euphemisms, Distracting Discursive Projects: “White Privilege,” What’s in a Name? has this:
I have actually grown exhausted with such “self-congratulatory” declarations of “I have White Privilege.” While such a declaration requires some introspection, for many Black folks it is a “duh” moment–a reality Black folks and other marginalized people have asserted for [...]
