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I'm trying to figure out a way to see John Kerry at WCC today. I don't think there's a way, though.

Edit: There isn't a way. One of my co-workers just informed me that the event is invite-only. Dammit.

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I just realized that Beltaine is a few days away. Wow.

taken from techno_shaman

We live in scary times.

Eastern Washington teen's sketches attract Secret Service scrutiny

Secret Service agents questioned a high-school student here about anti-war drawings he turned in to his art teacher.

One of them depicted President Bush's head on a stick.

Another pencil-and-ink drawing depicted Bush as a devil launching a missile, with a caption reading "End the war — on terrorism."

The 15-year-old boy's art teacher turned the drawings over to school administrators, who notified a police officer assigned to work with the school.

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*shiver*

Giant African snails seized from schools

Federal health officials have seized several dangerous pests called Giant African Land Snails from Wisconsin classrooms and have started a national search for the creatures, which reproduce rapidly, destroy plants and can transmit meningitis.

[...] [Officials] are concerned the snails, about the size of a person's hand, could be transported to states with warmer climates, where they can rapidly reproduce and destroy plants.

In 1966, a Miami boy smuggled three Giant African Land Snails into the country. His grandmother eventually released them into a garden, and in seven years there were more than 18,000 of them. The eradication program took 10 years, according to the USDA.

Ugh.

N.C. judge rejects teen's 'queer' slogan

I really don't think that if I ran for student body president with the slogan "Vote for the black girl!" that there would have been too much said about that.

I'm starting to dislike this woman more and more.

Hughes Defends Remarks on Abortion Rights March

Asked by host Wolf Blitzer how big an issue she thought abortion would be in this year's presidential election, Hughes responded: "Well, Wolf, it's always an issue. And I frankly think it's changing somewhat. I think after September 11th the American people are valuing life more and realizing that we need policies to value the dignity and worth of every life."

[...] "And I think those are the kind of policies that the American people can support, particularly at a time when we're facing an enemy, and really the fundamental difference between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life," she added. "It's the founding conviction of our country, that we're endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, the right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Unfortunately our enemies in the terror network, as we're seeing repeatedly in the headlines these days, don't value any life, not even the innocent and not even their own."

Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, condemned the comments as "cynical, ugly and mean-spirited" and urged Hughes to clarify or take back what she said. Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) issued a statement expressing shock that Hughes "compared the 9/11 terrorists to Americans who marched on the Mall" on Sunday. "It's outrageous to use the tragic events of 9/11 to demonize the pro-choice movement," he said.

Asked for her response yesterday, Hughes sent an e-mail saying, "That is a gross distortion and I would never make such a comparison. Surely even the most strident of partisans, and reasonable people on both sides of the abortion issue, can agree that we have been reminded of the precious nature of human life and that we ought to work to reduce the number of abortions in America."

Mmm... perc-a-pop

Lollipop drug hitting the streets

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( mission accomplished )

*gasp*

Thom Gunn, 74, Poet Who Left Tradition for the Counterculture, Dies