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kpete's Journal5 Tips for Living in a Surveillance State
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/02/1266225/-5-Tips-for-Living-in-a-Surveillance-State#comments
The Beginning Of The End Of Prohibition
It’s hard to think about any really big changes in society without coming back to marriage rights. Those changes have happened so quickly, and it’s been so profound, that it seems like you have to compare or contrast everything else to it. I believe that the collapse of prohibition will be swift, as the expansion of marriage rights has been, for the same sort of reason. The opposition is irrational, and once the thing is tested in the real world, the argument will be over.
The drug war is an obscenity. It ruins lives, decimates communities, and functions as the main practical foundation of racial inequality in our country. The drug war is the main engine behind the creation of a criminal class in the US. It’s a profoundly destructive and immoral set of policies. The drug war is one of the worst things about America. And today, the drug war has been dealt a death blow.
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/02/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-prohibition-4/
Lots More Photos Here:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2014/jan/01/colorado-smokers-celebrate-legal-sales-of-marijuana-in-pictures
New Blog:
http://www.colopot.com/
Nice Shirt Ya Got There. Care To Find Out A Little About Who Made It?
While Americans fight over the latest deals at retailers, these kids are the ones doing the actual work on some of the clothing that is sold to us by big-box stores.
http://www.upworthy.com/nice-shirt-ya-got-there-care-to-find-out-a-little-about-who-made-it-2?c=upw1
GOP: In with the old, out with the new
Nick Anderson
In with the Old
http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/in_with_the_old_20140101
Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1942/43 are just great.
Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1942/43 are just great. I came for the doodles, stayed for the heartfelt sentiment, humanity and wisdom.
Bigger here:
http://boingboing.net/2013/12/31/woody-guthries-new-years.html
When we fight, we win. I’m dedicating 2014 to fighting. And winning.
WHAT Goblue72 says:
January 1, 2014 at 4:47 am
You get the picture. No one is excused, and no one gets to rest on their laurels. I don’t care what you did last year, or the year before, or 10, 20, 30 years ago. This year – you do more.
Because the plutocrats, their mercenaries, and their rube army don’t quit. And our side is playing for bigger stakes.
When we fight, we win. I’m dedicating 2014 to fighting. And winning.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2014/01/01/and-a-happy-new-year-to-everyone-aka-thank-fucking-fsm-2013-is-over/#comment-4791439
Two men to marry during Rose Parade: "Love Is The Best Protection"
PASADENA- In a Tournament of Roses first, two Los Angeles men will celebrate their gay marriage on a Rose Parade float as it goes down Colorado Boulevard on New Year's Day. The wedding of Danny Leclair, 45, and Aubrey Loots, 42, will take place atop a giant wedding cake-shaped float sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, according to a press release. It is the third float sponsored by the foundation.
"One of the things we're really excited about is we're standing on the shoulders of thousands of men and women who came before us in this fight for marriage equality," Leclair said. "We're excited to be part of that story, to be able to do this because of them. We're looking forward to honor that."
This Rose Parade is the first year gay marriage has been legal in California following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June.
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The float's theme is "Love is the Best Protection." It will feature a large wedding cake, decorated in white coconut chips and maroon-colored kidney beans with white roses and dendrobium orchids.
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/01/01/two-men-to-marry-during-rose-parade/?subscriber=1
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