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Interesting Political Sites

Posted by Daphne on October 5th, 2008 — Posted in Current Events

If you’re not sure whether you’re registered to vote or not–or even if you think you *are* registered to vote–you might want to check out this site to be sure. Can I Vote has links for all 50 states. In addition to checking whether you’re registered or not, you can also find out where you need to go to vote, whether you need to bring ID, and if so what kind of ID.

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FCC Proposes Lifting More Rules Against Media Consolidation

Posted by Daphne on November 18th, 2007 — Posted in Current Events

In the past several years, the FCC has removed many of the rules that kept companies from buying up too much of our media — our TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers. It used to be that a single corporation could only own a limited number of media outlets. What that meant was that the viewpoints we got about the news were sufficiently diverse so we could get a good idea of the whole picture. But with fewer and fewer corporations buying up all the media outlets — with the FCC’s approval — the news we get is increasingly homogenized.

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Snake in the Toilet

Posted by Daphne on November 5th, 2007 — Posted in Current Events

Check out this awful tale about a woman who found a python in her toilet.

Ahhhhhhhhh!

Tags: snakes, python, toilet

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More Death in Burma

Posted by Daphne on October 2nd, 2007 — Posted in Current Events

It just gets worse and worse. I had to miss posting a few days, so here’s what’s been happening for the past several days.

Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar’s Dead
Yangon: Monks Massacred at Monastery

A news clip from September 27:

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Burmese Demonstrators Killed

Posted by Daphne on September 26th, 2007 — Posted in Current Events

Overnight, monasteries in Burma were raided by government forces, and at least one and possibly as many as three or four of the protesters were killed during the crackdown. Read the details on BBC’s site and commentary on With Bowl and Robe.

Here’s some more background on the situation:

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Burmese Buddhists March in Rangoon

Posted by Daphne on September 26th, 2007 — Posted in Current Events

I’ve been watching the amazing protests going on in Burma for the past nine days. Here’s a YouTube clip from BBCnews from day four of the march:

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Educational and Interesting Podcast Sites

Posted by Daphne on May 15th, 2007 — Posted in General, Good Reading, Environmental Issues, Current Events

Found an interesting post on podcasts being put out by universities, and another list of college podcasts here. In addition to the sites they lists, I also found several more universities that are now putting out podcasts. Here’s are some of them:

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Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

Posted by Daphne on April 12th, 2007 — Posted in Legacy of Blood, Environmental Issues, Current Events

For a story I’m writing that’s set in the future, I needed to research this sea level rise I’ve been hearing about. With the temperature rise from global warming, the sea levels will also rise, for two different reasons. For one thing, it’s basic physics that water expands as its temperature rises. As the temperature of the earth rises, the temperature of the oceans and all other water on the earth will also rise. As they rise, the water will expand, and the sea levels will rise.

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Happy Days

Posted by Daphne on November 9th, 2006 — Posted in Novel Writing, NaNoWriMo, Current Events, Internet Marketing

I’m thrilled to pieces that the democrats did so well in the midterm elections. Yippee! Hooray!

Now to keep their feet to the fire. There’s a lot to be done, and a lot to undo, and if they screw this up, it’ll hurt our chances of taking the White House in ‘08.

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Screwed

Posted by Daphne on October 15th, 2006 — Posted in Good Reading, Current Events

I just saw a fascinating talk on BookTV on CSPAN given by Thom Hartmann, author of the book Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class — And What We Can Do About It. He talked a lot about the history of the middle class, about conservatives and progressives and how many of the laws put into the place in the last 20-30 years are essentially causing the middle class to wither and die. Fascinating stuff. I plan to get the book and read it as soon as I can. Oh - and he suggested this site: World Can’t Wait, which I haven’t had a chance to look through yet, but which also looks very interesting. Check it out.

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