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[orbitaldiamonds]

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: What's Privacy in the Age of Facebook?
:: From @haterhater, Melissa Bean and Bill Foster, Give Us Our Healthcare (from culturekitchen.com)
:: Another from @haterhater, Cecile Richards: Misleading Attacks on Women's Health. (from huffingtonpost.com -- and to be clear, Cecile Richards is the author of the article)
:: And another from @haterhater, Howie Klein: Are Republican Elected Officials Backing the Violent Thugs? (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: From the above page to J. Bradley Jansen: For Liberty Examines the Kingmakers (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: And another from that link, Glenn Beck Accepts Key To Hometown of Mount Vernon, Washington; 800 Demonstrate (from huffingtonpost.com)
:: From @haterhater, Republicans LYING in order to Attack Health Care. (from charlesadler.com)
:: And another from @haterhater (I'm going as far down the tweets of the tweeps with the most and best links as I can), theHealthcare In Crisis blog.
:: And this is how it is. From @haterhater, Fight Back Against the Health Insurance Industry's Lies. (from pubrecord.org)
:: Another blog linked from @haterhater: Robert Reich's Blog. (I think that Blogger layout needs a "stretch" option.)
:: Geek the fuck out with drharper quoting sparkindarkness commenting on WoW's new patch. :)
:: Check it out, yo (funk soul brother)--from @haterhater, Health Insurance Reform Reality Check (from whitehouse.gov)
:: And a petition linked by @haterhater: Keep Anti-Choice Extremism out of Health-Care Reform. (from prochoiceamerica.org)
:: If atheist chaplains existed, this is the sort of issue you'd discuss with one. From antitheism .
:: More awesomeness from metaquotes . 

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[orbitaldiamonds]

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: SWEET. Froma_tergo_lupi, The Secular Coalition for America: Atheists. Humanists. Freethinkers. AMERICANS.
:: BIG ASS ROTOTILLER. XD From metaquotes.
:: From iisz at atheism, The Godless rise as a political force. (from atheistsforhumanrights.org) 
:: The entry has lots of other great links. :)
:: From forwrathandruin at antitheism, Women Protesting "Pro-Rape" Law Attacked by Afghan Men. UGH. (from truthout.org)
:: From pensivegargoyle at antitheism, Listen and Do, When Jesus Did Not Come, and India. A children's bible study book from the fifties. (from starlen at flickr)
:: Saw this on MSNBC on Sept. 27: The Horse Boy. Autism and animals stuff. Really cool. I'm disappointed that it's not playing anywhere in Alaska.
:: From @JennywithaY, Glee on Hulu! :D
:: From this post from antitheism, Malice of Absence. (from snopes.com)
:: This awesome metaquote ofbrownie_utoniumexplaining why Adam is a whiny gullible slacker. ^_^
:: From change.org, The Five Things Bill Clinton Should Do to Take a Firm Stand on Gay Marriage.
:: From zevshir:

"I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."
- Thomas Edison, 1931

:: And another from zevshir:

"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
- Elie Wiesel

:: Fucking awesome. Another from change.org, Students vs. the Defense of Marriage Act.
:: A funny metaquote about stupid birds.

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[orbitaldiamonds]

Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere.

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:: From this post in atheism, When Syliva Comes to Town, Sylvia Browne In Halifax, and Stop Sylvia Browne. (from randi.org, littlemysteries.wordpress.com, and stopsylvia.com)
:: Awesomecakes! Fromeh_notsomuch, NJ girl pitches perfect game against boys. :D (from the NJ Star-Ledger)
:: When the news gets too depressing, asks for meerkats. A very good idea, methinks.
:: The lovely poem Sweetness by Stephen Dunn, posted by exceptindreams. :)
:: This is an awesome poem: Eating Poetry by Mark Strand, posted by bluebombardier. ^_^
:: Heehee, neato. From Fizzy via Gtalk, Car Cricket :D (from Wikipedia)
:: This is so lovely. On the Necessity of Sadness by Mikael de Lara Co. Posted by exceptindreams. (I'm tempted to make this a separate post, but...maybe later.)
:: From IAVA, Wartime Soldier, Conflicted Mom. (from nytimes.com)
:: Right on! Another from Fizzy, War widows 'should get soldier pay in full' (from theage.com.au)
:: I don't remember where I found this. But it's a good read. Denying Health Care to Immigrants Would Be Harmful to America. (from truthout.org)
:: Oh, lordy. From @sarking, A bunch of "original slash" authors getting their panties in a twist that their romances aren't eligible for a Lambda literary award if they themselves are not queer. (from kanata at Dreamwidth)
:: Ugh. From @rkref, VA Gov: McDonnell defends opposiition to birth control, working women. Um, fuck off, dude. (from dailykos.com)
:: Another from @rkref, The Washington Post's social media guidelines and the lie of journalistic freedom from bias (from culturekitchen.com)
:: From the above link, Award winning director and fugitive rapist, Roman Polanski, is captured in Switzerland. He can has prisontiems nao? (from culturekitchen.com)
:: SING IT. From @tenderonicakes, Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child. Seriously. Unforgivable, even decades later. (from salon.com)