About twice a month, an anonymous cartoonist sends out an email with a link to a new creation. I always enjoy the offering. They feature Jesus and Mo (nope, not the real Mohammed, rather his body double is featured because … Continue reading
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Another Kind of Blasphemy
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This morning I read an article by Helen Pluckrose in Aero Magazine entitled The Problem with Intersectional Feminism. It’s but one of many recent articles exploring free speech issues on campuses here and abroad. My sense is that we are struggling … Continue reading
I’m for Human Rights. Where Should I go on June 10?
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On Saturday, June 10, 2017, you’ll have a couple of options if you’re in Seattle and in the mood for protest. From 10 – 2, you could join ACT for America at the City Hall Plaza in their “March Against … Continue reading
Screen Time with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali. You’ve heard of her; she’s a vocal critic of Islam. You might have read a book of hers or seen her on TV or You Tube. For me, she’s the perfect person to inspire us to reconsider our … Continue reading
Blasphemy, Danish Style
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Happy Update: As of June 2, 2017, Denmark has repealed its blasphemy law! How cool is that! Nice to see a blog post become outdated so fast. Some recent history… 1997: Danish artist burns a copy of the Bible on … Continue reading
Blasphemy on Facebook
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I’m not on Facebook, so I don’t know how often blasphemous writings appear there. It seems, however, that Facebook is very accommodating to people who are offended by certain posts, and that includes an army of people who want to … Continue reading
Blasphemy, Canadian Style
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Surprise! Canada has a blasphemy law! Well, it’s actually a blasphemous libel law, so if you don’t print everything you say, you can say most anything. Maybe. Some blasphemers are a bit nervous lately. History first: a blasphemous libel law … Continue reading
Sarah Kliff Helps Us Sober Up
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Do you know Sarah Kliff? I wish I knew her personally. She’s smart, she writes well, and she cares about things I care about. In December 2014, she wrote a great article about Vermont’s attempt to create a state-wide single-payer … Continue reading
Seriously, Pramila? “Free Health Care?”
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A recent note from Rep. Pramila Jayapal boasts that she “co-sponsored H.R.676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act, which would provide all residents of United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary … Continue reading
Extending our Influence
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Those of us who live in beautiful blue bubbles have a challenge: our elected officials mostly vote as we want them to. So we call their offices and leave messages asking them to do what they plan to do anyway. … Continue reading
Tracking the Resistance, Finding Events
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So far, I’ve attended the Womxn’s March Seattle that wonderful day after the inauguration; I’ve gone (with my husband – a rare event) to Westlake Park the weekend the Muslim Ban disrupted the world of travel; and I’ve made several, … Continue reading
OFA Gets a Local Voice
A member of my retirement community held a meeting today to organize a local group for Organizing for Action. I’ve been on an OFA email list for years, but this is the first time I’ve been to a meeting to talk about Doing Something.
After the meeting, I went to the OFA website (http://www.ofa.us, not .org – the .org will take you to an animal welfare group). There I found elements of an action network, so I will check it more often. I learned that someone nearby is organizing for an event on April 1 to support Obamacare. That’s definitely a march that I would attend, pussyhat and all.
If you want to browse their website, I’ve put ilnks to it above and in the right hand column. Consider signing up and choosing issues that you care most about. Ideally we’ll get email notices to prompt us to write letters or attend a march in support of that issue.
I’d love to know how you connect to the Resistance. Twitter? Facebook? Blogs? Email? Good old-fashioned phone tree?