Month: February 2004
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Slaving for Your Sweet Tooth
“In 2001, The US State Department and the ILO reported child slavery in the Ivory Coast, the origin of 43 percent of the world’s cocoa beans. Follow up research exposed poverty as the culprit . The average West African cocoa farmer earns only $60-$108 per year per household member from cocoa.” Global Exchange has a […]
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Irish Friendship Wish
I normally hate these things but Susan never BSes me so I figured blogging this was the easiest way to broadcast it. Feel free to Trackback it! This may sound nuts, but Dennis got this the other day and sent it off. About 10 minutes later a really good financial windfall happened for his son […]
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The Right Hand Ring
The DeBeers diamond cartel, in an effort to relieve slagging sales announces the right-hand ring for women. This is like the sad story where a friend of a friend threw herself a ‘staying single shower’. Sometimes empowerment looks like an easy reach to shore up your self-esteem. I’m all for everbody decked out in a […]
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San Fran Granny Grrls Tie the Knot
The world ended yesterday as the mayor of San Francisco married a lesbian couple in an act of civil disobedience. Del and Phyllis have been together for over 50 years. The decision to challenge marriage laws was taken late Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle said, and city workers spent Thursday morning altering official marriage forms […]
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Dr. Atkins Died Bloated, Fatass
“A physicians group that is highly critical of the diet released details of a city medical examiner?s report filed after Atkins? 2003 death which showed the 6-foot doctor was at a weight normally considered obese.” This is sort of life when the (self-proclaimed) founder of personal coaching passed away of a heart attack – actually […]
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Abundantly Clear
Don’ t you hate it when you take a spare 15 minutes and close your eyes and actually relax and think about attracting the things you want instead of struggling, striving and pushing for them. So you do as the fruity self-help books say and make space for this new stuff and take two and […]
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Richard Roeper on Catholic Persecution
Richard Roeper – oblivious to the abuse and discrimination of young Muslim men – not in movies – in real life (and thankfully discontinued): “And no other religious group gets bashed with such frequency [as Catholics].” (via MeFi. God I’m glad I don’t watch TV as much as I used to. This is going to […]
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Federal Judge Subpoenas Anti-War Protest List
A federal judge has ordered a university to turn over records about a gathering of anti-war activists.
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Miss Piggy Does A Janet
(via Dave and found at The Trademark Blog)
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Bush AWOL Story Pops Again
The story of Bush not fulfilling his duty in the National Guard is out in the papers again. This time – that he was AWOL for over a year. Say what you will – but why can’t they find any eyewitnesses that served with him? Why isn’t this easily disproved. in Alabama nor Texas has […]