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Esprit Decor

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

Just saw Dana Milbank’s column about the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell hearings this week — in which the homophobes who testified apparently made such hilarious fools of themselves that pretty much everyone in the room was embarrassed and appalled. And as Milbank puts it,
Though there’s no expectation that Congress will repeal “don’t ask, don’t […]

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Tags: Politics · LGBT · Don't Ask, Don't Tell · U.S. Congress · Homophobia

On The Christians and The Gays, and Keeping the Flock Together

Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 15th, 2007 at 3:27 am


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Tags: Politics · Culture · Music · Blogs · Journal · LGBT · Activism · Folk · Folk-Rock · Civil Rights · Religion · Spirituality · U.S. Congress · 60s Pop · Joan Baez

Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Tech · Chicago · LGBT · Media · Activism · Film · Climate Change · Democrats · Barack Obama · Books · Comics · HIV · Lit · Science Fiction · AIDS · Peace · Health · Iraq · Animals & Environment · History · Al Gore · U.S. Senate · Foreign Policy · Nature · John Edwards · 2008 Election · Hate Crimes · Fantasy · Cancer · Astronomy · U.S. Congress · Journalism · Elections · Roundup · Jamaica · Middle East · Infrastructure · Public Transportation

Roundup: Pink Elephant Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 10th, 2007 at 3:58 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Music · Science · Tech · LGBT · Media · Activism · Film · Climate Change · Internet · Language · Books · Theater · Comics · Performance · HIV · AIDS · Cardy Pop · Peace · Health · Iraq · Animals & Environment · History · Human Rights · U.S. Senate · Foreign Policy · Solar Power · Energy · Nature · Darfur · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Journalism · Europe · Roundup · Middle East · Racism · San Francisco

Good Morning, Day 51

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 6th, 2007 at 11:21 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Media · Activism · Film · Health · UK/England · Human Rights · U.S. Congress · Europe · France · Documentaries · Healthcare Crisis · Michael Moore · The Economy, Stupid · Canada · HCC-DDT

Good Morning, Day 7

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 24th, 2007 at 11:45 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Media · Activism · Health · Human Rights · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Journalism · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Good Morning, Day 6

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 23rd, 2007 at 4:52 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Activism · Film · Health · Human Rights · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Documentaries · Healthcare Crisis · Michael Moore · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Good Morning, Day 5

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Activism · Human Rights · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Good Morning, Day 3

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 20th, 2007 at 5:18 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Activism · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Good Morning, Day 2

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 19th, 2007 at 5:27 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Activism · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Good Morning

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 18th, 2007 at 5:24 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Health · U.S. Senate · 2008 Election · U.S. Congress · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · HCC-DDT

Update: Internet Radio Gets a Reprieve

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 13th, 2007 at 11:16 am


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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Media · Activism · Internet · U.S. Congress

Liking Norma Rae

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 10th, 2007 at 2:24 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Media · Activism · Film · History · Labor · U.S. Congress · The Economy, Stupid · Peoria

Roundup: Cannibal Cane Toad Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 9th, 2007 at 11:03 am


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