The Stars Hollow Gazette

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 20 July 2008 11:56:42 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

One of my odd skill sets is that I am a public speaker, a trainer of public speaking, and a judge of the same in 2 different formats.One is the traditional 3 to 5 (minutes) either to inform, persuade, or move emotionally. If you ever come before me[...]

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Global food crisis worse for women and poor in
Africa

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 20 July 2008 11:56:00 PM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

As the crisis continues, we will no doubt find more sad stories such as this. For most of us living in wealthy countries we can't even imagine going without a meal or two each day, but for millions, this is an every day reality. Hats off again to the EU for sending leftover EU farm subsidy money to Africa to help the continent lift itself up.

In poor West African nations such as Burkina Faso, mealtime conspires against women. They grow the food, fetch the water, shop at the market and cook the meals. But when it comes time to eat, men and children eat first, and women eat last and least.

Soaring prices for food and fuel have pushed more than 130 million poor people across vast swaths of Africa, Asia and Latin America deeper into poverty in the past year, according to the U.N. World Food Program. But while millions of men and children are also hungrier, women are the hungriest and skinniest. Aid workers call malnutrition among women one of the most notable hidden consequences of the food crisis.

"It's a cultural thing," said Hervé Kone, director of a group that promotes development, social justice and human rights in Burkina Faso. "When the kids are hungry, they go to their mother, not their father. And when there is less food, women are the first to eat less."

A recent study by the aid group Catholic Relief Services found that many people in Burkina Faso are now spending 75 percent or more of their income on food, leaving little for other basic needs.

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DNC Cash Buys Bigoted, Anti-Choice Propaganda

post from Firedoglake on 20 July 2008 11:02:51 PM. © Firedoglake

Leah Daughtry is Howard Dean's Chief of Staff at the Democratic National Committee, as well as the chief executive of our convention in Denver next month. She also heads up a multi-faith advisory team within the DNC called Faith In Action (F.I.A.)[...]

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C&Ls Late Nite Music Club with Sia

post from Crooks and Liars on 20 July 2008 11:00:59 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Breathe Me from Colour the Small One

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Netroots Nation 2008; An Inspiration Realized

post from BeThink - Front Page on 20 July 2008 11:00:00 PM. © BeThink - Front Page

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Netroots Nation 08 - Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi Keynote

Welcome Home Netroots Nation attendees. You may recall, it began with a dream, an impossible hope for a future unforeseen. It was your wish, his want, her desire, and my aspiration. Together we were the inspiration. We imagined greatness would be if we worked together. The issues of import to us were and continue to be the Environment, Education, Energy, Ethics, Wars in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and of course peace. Prosperity for all is for us, a real possibility. Power, we trust does not come form an artificial light source, it is us, we, the people. When we came together and communicated, we created a net that grows from the roots. As a whole, we are a nation of thinkers, doers, and dynamic. We are determined to attain the incredible.
You gave rise to his verve. He encouraged her to trust. She buoyed my beliefs. Together we, each one of us, energized a nation. The topics we spoke of titillated, tantalized; others thought these subjects were taboo. Yet, for us, politics was personal. Religion was real. For us, the vocal few, faith is found everywhere, not merely in a house of worship.

We, the wondrous ones, willing to participate in profundity, cared to discuss what we thought crucial. Education, the curriculum, what our children learn, and teachers teach, reaches far beyond the classroom.

The common folks from throughout the land, when in cyberspace, chatter of health care and how the notion cannot exist as long as medical coverage is inaccessible or too easy rescinded buy "providers."

Food for us is more than an ingestible. Fodder, we realize, has an effect on our bodies, the environment, and our evolution. A cuisine, when commercially produced, can be a source of contaminants to man and beast, and we are not afraid to say so. Oh, there is much that those in the worldwide web talk of and take on. Problems are but a paradigm, and shifts are sustenance. In the Internet neighborhood, silence is the only enemy.

Those who address of the unspeakable, discuss sex. You, he, she, and I give voice to the words often whispered; physical intimacy is a not a sin and lust does not give birth to closeness. Out in the open we speak of the significance of marriage, and not just the ceremony or the legal license issued. It was you, he, she, me, and we, who understood that love is not limited. Each of us trusted, our gender did not restrict the fondness we feel. Emotionally, we work to be intelligent and just, fair, people who honor reverent freedoms. We are Progressives and proud to care for our fellow man.

We know ethics cannot be ethereal if we are to achieve a greater good. Profound principles are essential if we, the people are to truly unite as one. This week we did. In July 2008, in Austin, Texas, bloggers beamed with delight as we entered a new era. On Thursday, the 17th through Sunday the 20th politicians, pundits, professionals, and people from all walks of life joined forces and followed what was no longer a whimsy. Careful, thoughtful, honorable change had come. The thrust towards venerable transformation grows and grows. As long as we continue to believe and act, we, no matter our differences, can achieve.

A Byte of Information . . .

Netroots Nation
The Online Candidate Confronts Critical Netroots, By Katharine Q. Seelye. The New York Times. July 16, 2008
Appealing to Bloggers' Influence, Gore Asks for Help in Promoting Energy Challenge, By Katharine Q. Seelye. The New York Times. July 20, 2008

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Netroots Nation 2008; A Dream Realized

post from BeThink - Front Page on 20 July 2008 11:00:00 PM. © BeThink - Front Page

video details and more

Netroots Nation 08 - Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi Keynote

Welcome Home Netroots Nation attendees. You may recall, it began with a dream, an impossible hope for a future unforeseen. It was your wish, his want, her desire, and my aspiration. Together we were the inspiration. We imagined greatness would be if we worked together. The issues of import to us were and continue to be the Environment, Education, Energy, Ethics, Wars in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and of course peace. Prosperity for all is for us, a real possibility. Power, we trust does not come form an artificial light source, it is us, we, the people. When we came together and communicated, we created a net that grows from the roots. As a whole, we are a nation of thinkers, doers, and dynamic. We are determined to attain the incredible.
You gave rise to his verve. He encouraged her to trust. She buoyed my beliefs. Together we, each one of us, energized a nation. The topics we spoke of titillated, tantalized; others thought these subjects were taboo. Yet, for us, politics was personal. Religion was real. For us, the vocal few, faith is found everywhere, not merely in a house of worship.

We, the wondrous ones, willing to participate in profundity, cared to discuss what we thought crucial. Education, the curriculum, what our children learn, and teachers teach, reaches far beyond the classroom.

The common folks from throughout the land, when in cyberspace, chatter of health care and how the notion cannot exist as long as medical coverage is inaccessible or too easy rescinded buy "providers."

Food for us is more than an ingestible. Fodder, we realize, has an effect on our bodies, the environment, and our evolution. A cuisine, when commercially produced, can be a source of contaminants to man and beast, and we are not afraid to say so. Oh, there is much that those in the worldwide web talk of and take on. Problems are but a paradigm, and shifts are sustenance. In the Internet neighborhood, silence is the only enemy.

Those who address of the unspeakable, discuss sex. You, he, she, and I give voice to the words often whispered; physical intimacy is a not a sin and lust does not give birth to closeness. Out in the open we speak of the significance of marriage, and not just the ceremony or the legal license issued. It was you, he, she, me, and we, who understood that love is not limited. Each of us trusted, our gender did not restrict the fondness we feel. Emotionally, we work to be intelligent and just, fair, people who honor reverent freedoms. We are Progressives and proud to care for our fellow man.

We know ethics cannot be ethereal if we are to achieve a greater good. Profound principles are essential if we, the people are to truly unite as one. This week we did. In July 2008, in Austin, Texas, bloggers beamed with delight as we entered a new era. On Thursday, the 17th through Sunday the 20th politicians, pundits, professionals, and people from all walks of life joined forces and followed what was no longer a whimsy. Careful, thoughtful, honorable change had come. The thrust towards venerable transformation grows and grows. As long as we continue to believe and act, we, no matter our differences, can achieve.

A Byte of Information . . .

Netroots Nation
The Online Candidate Confronts Critical Netroots, By Katharine Q. Seelye. The New York Times. July 16, 2008
Appealing to Bloggers' Influence, Gore Asks for Help in Promoting Energy Challenge, By Katharine Q. Seelye. The New York Times. July 20, 2008

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New Details Emerge

post from Talking Points Memo on 20 July 2008 10:52:00 PM. © Talking Points Memo

In the unfolding Maliki/Obama story, here are two new articles you should read. The first is in Monday's New York Times. Though the headline is misleading ("Iraqi Premier Steps Back on U.S. Troops Comment"), the article itself is quite good. And it[...]

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McCain: Forget Democracy, Do What The Military
Says

Elected presidents of the United States and Iraq should just do what the leaders of the American[...]

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On fashion...

Glenn GreenwaldWhat's most striking about the Convention bag -- aside, of course, from its stunning design -- is how the parties no longer bother even trying to hide who it is who funds and sponsors them. But -- an earnest citizen might object -- just[...]

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