Block The Keystone XL! — Two Mad-Libs For Your Commenting Convenience
It's easy to make a public comment against the Keystone XL pipeline. Here are two "mad-libs" to help with the composition process. Each block contains three lines, any of which will connect correctly...
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Boston Kossacks! Upcoming Climate Concert, May 10...will be awesome!
Deepti Navaratna / Dean Stevens / Gabrielle Agachiko
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SB 1132 Blogathon — Letters, Comments, Talking Points, Environmental Wisdom,...
A Climate Message From Stuart Chapman, of Bolinas, CaliforniaA Few Words Of IntroductionHello, I'm Warren Senders, known in these parts as WarrenS. Thank you for visiting my diary. I hope you'll find...
View ArticleWrite Like George Will! — A Political Bulwer-Lytton Contest!
It is widely known that George F. Will is one of America's premiere douchecanoes. Every week brings a fresh atrocity from the fetid pen of the bowtied one; whether it's climate denialism, contemptuous...
View ArticleSo The NRSC Just Called...
...and the guy on the other end wants to know if I think we should replace Harry Reid. I say, "depends on who you're replacing him with." He says, "yes, McConnell's not my favorite either." I draw him...
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Bearing Witness To The Climate Crisis — Welcome To Our Festival Of Song And...
The Climate Message Video Festival is now underway!Step right up and hear some of the most beautiful music you've ever encountered — and a clarion call for the urgency of action against global warming!
View ArticleA Great Tree Has Fallen. Charlie Haden, 1937-2014, R.I.P.
I can't stop crying.Very sad news: It is with deep sorrow that we announce that Charlie Haden, born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, passed away today at 10:11 Pacific time in Los Angeles after...
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Raga Against The Machine — Why I'll Be At People's Climate March 9/21
Marchons! 48 Hour People's Climate March Recruitment Storm:Thursday through Friday, August 21-22 As a stay-at-home homeschooling dad with a daughter, a puppy, and a full schedule of music students, I...
View ArticleMe Atheist Too!
Well, step away from the computer for a little while and next thing you know there's a whole slangin' match goin' on — all on the subject of atheism.So I thought it would be a good idea to pitch in my...
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September 21, 2014: A Silence For Now, For Then, For What Will Be
Once there was a moment poised in the middle of the middle of the middle, just like any other moment.Freeman Dyson: The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct...
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On Mortality: Oliver Sacks prepares to join the Great Hum
The polymathic neurologist, whose books, research, and clinical insights have helped countless people understand the deep and abiding mysteries of the human mind, announced the sad news in today's New...
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Ornette Coleman has died at 85.
The alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, one of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz, died on Thursday morning in Manhattan. He was 85. link
View ArticleDo The Republican Powers That Be Actually Want A Trump 3rd-Party Run?
Let's forget The Donald for a minute.If I were Reince Priebus or someone else in a leadership position in the GOP, I'd be awake all night, despairing of finding a candidate who wasn't an obvious...
View ArticleMy Mother's Abortion(s)
This is a repost of a diary I first put up quite a few years back. It's still germane today. I have mentioned in many comments over the years that my mother's life was saved by a "partial-birth...
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Boston Kossacks — Playing For The Planet Environmental Benefit Concert, 11/7!
On Saturday, November 7, the twelfth “Playing For The Planet” benefit concert will showcase master musicians from three different musical traditions in a rare evening of pan-cultural improvisation,...
View ArticleWhy Would A Pacifist Support Clinton? Allow Me To Explain.
The world is full of evil. Individual humans encounter it often, but whole days and weeks may sometimes go by when we don't stare it right in the face, so to speak.Governments have to deal with evil...
View ArticleI Owe My Life To My Mother's Late-Term Abortion.
After last night’s debate, I’m going to share this story again, with a few minor updates. The idiocy surrounding late-term abortions is infuriating to me for many reasons, but uppermost is the fact...
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