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Kelley testimony 1: Contrary to prior Assembly testimony, existing law does not protect LGBT people from discrimination
Among the few arguments against proposed Anchorage ordinance AO 2009-64 that does not involve Christianist claims about the Bible is the claim that such an ordinance is unnecessary — that existing law already protects lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transfolk from unfair discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial practices. But this claim is not true, as attorney and UAA professor Pamela Kelley testified on July 21. Continue reading
The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-22
@tonei: You asked last night "she's 50?!" — not sure who you were tweeting about? (I'm 50 myself) Have a good flight! # Divebombed by gulls protecting a distressed juvenile on the sidewalk back of the library this morning. Another … Continue reading
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Stuffsack #2: 22 July 2009
A collection of the most important, interesting, and/or visited stuff I’ve been writing on this blog recently. This list is based partly on what my blog stats say people are visiting, partly on what is most important or interesting (or … Continue reading
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You're looking very quitty, too
Last night while enmired in the seemingly endless (yet it ended, yay!) & repetitively nonsensical “Truth is not Hate” untruthful hate speech testimony of equal rights ordinance opponents (happily broken up by a lot of really good ordinance supporter testimony), … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, humor, Sarah Palin, satire, video
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-21: Assembly public hearing #6
Note 7/22/09: Most of the tweets in this collection are from the Anchorage Assembly meeting, the sixth (& last) meeting at which public testimony was taken on the Anchorage equal rights ordinance which will, if passed, add sexual orientation/gender identity … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Assembly public hearing, live tweeting
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Waking from the grey
The grey is a term I have for one of my modes of experiencing depression. I wrote about it three years ago: The grey is like a great grey landscape of bleakness, just dust & stones. Emotionally dead: I can’t … Continue reading
The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-20
Feeling uncommunicative. # In the grey. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-17
Bravely declared to Starbucks worker: this is my last pumpkin scone for awhile. Next week: back to low carb. # RT: @celticdiva: @ivyfrye-Sarah Palin's babysitting hack tries to go all "Monty Python killer rabbit" in Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/n6kcpj # Palin looks … Continue reading
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-16
Need music to work by. In honor of its Emmy nomination http://bit.ly/3xkNWd : soundtrack to @drhorrible 's Singalong Blog. # RT: @tonei: RT @studentactivism: Study says rises in youth, college-educated, POC voters ending GOP's culture war edge: http://bit.ly/zVJbJ # Bethel … Continue reading
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-07-15
RT: @Mark_Sheppard: The second season of #LEVERAGE premieres tonight!! Tell everyone you know! # Spokane !! go see @dtheatrical production of “Into the Woods” in Davenport this weekend: great show! http://a2a.me/eCj # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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