March 2012
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“No one has yet argued for votes for whales and dolphins. But considering some of...”
– Should whales be afforded the same inalienable civil rights as humans? Some academics find the idea compelling.
February 2012
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Also, I will be taking a hiatus from tumblr until...
Hopefully this helps…
I've committed to insanity
My room mate bought Insanity the workout program by the same folks that do P90X, so I’m going to join him. Today was the first day, 59 more to go. We took before pictures, so that we can send them in with our after pictures and get a free t-shirt. After we documented the before, we did day 1’s workout which was a fitness test. I don’t know if it was lack of sleep or water or...
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Adding to my Utah bucket list: See Pando
Pando (Latin for “I spread”, also known as The Trembling Giant) is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) located in the U.S. state of Utah, all determined to be part of a single living organism by identical genetic markers and one massive underground root system. The plant is estimated to weigh collectively 6,000,000 kg (6,600 short tons), making it...
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postscripting replied to your post: Bitch this one is for school.
Boy, why you so obsessed with me?
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#nostalgia
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willhelmhesse:
that lovely moment when you satisfy a craving you’ve been having like all week
Me every Saturday Faturday
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Secret Friends
Karl: I'm being more deliberate in crafting my online presence
Victoria: I just like to post TFLN on your wall sometimes though
Karl: That's why we have our FB Message thread
Victoria: Yeah but then I feel like you're hiding me
Karl: But see I look at it more like we're friends that have secrets
Victoria: Yeah, but I don't like it when I feel like that secret is me
Raise your hand if you're over Nicki Minaj
and her moronic attempts at being edgy […or something].
Not offended, not impressed, not paying attention. Go away.
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Senate Republicans seek to make joblessness worse... →
In recent months, Florida and South Carolina have talked about forcing people to “volunteer” for their unemployment insurance benefits, only to be told it was against federal law. Now, Senate Republicans want to change federal law to allow states to pass such laws but to require all long-term unemployed people to “volunteer” 20 hours a week to continue receiving benefits, with an additional...
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But wait, there's more: Utah HB 253
I’m getting sick of writing about these things all over facebook, twitter, and tumblr so here’s a slimmed down article from the Trib:
The Utah House last week passed a bill with the stated goal of making Utah look marginally more democratic than it really is, by actually making it slightly less democratic.
Call it voter suppression lite.
Sponsor Rep. Kraig Powell, a Heber City...
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Here's what happens when you don't allow school... →
One Town’s War on Gay Teens
In Michele Bachmann’s home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back.
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Utah HB363: The lastest Utahded house bill to hit...
Utah Rep. Bill Wright is sponsoring the bill that aims to make sex education optional in schools, and goes on to prohibit any discussion of contraception or same sex relationships even when a student explicitly asks their instructor.
The current curriculum allows for the discussion of “abstinence over other methods in preventing sexually transmitted diseases.” And it allows...
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Holy Sh*t
The moment you realize that not only did you spend 8 hours in meetings last week with the former CEO of Novell and VP of Hewlett Packard Bob Frankenberg, but you’re going to lunch next week with Bruce Bastian who co-founded WordPerfect.
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There isn't a single logically valid, nonreligious...
newsweek:
spytap:
Not one. And if the only argument you have is that your specific religion disapproves, well, that’s not really an argument at all; at least not in this country.
Truth.
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9th Circuit Court Rules Prop 8 UNCONSTITUTIONAL →
Nearly one and a half years since Federal District Court Judge Vaughn Walker declared Prop 8 to be unconstitutional, the 9th US District Circuit Court of Appeals finally announced this morning that they will be upholding Judge Walker’s decision.
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