Giving thanks in an animal shelter

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Thursday November 27, 2008 · 10:40 PM PST

2008/11/27 · 22:40

I volunteer every Thursday morning at a nearby animal shelter. My job is to clean up the cat room before the shelter opens for the public at noon. Imagine walking into a small room that contains three dozen dirty litter boxes and three dozen hungry vocal cats. Cory Booker, bless his heart, would maybe describe it as a delicious symphony of smell and sound, but I have to admit most mornings I think to myself, "why am I doing this? I have enough housework waiting for me at home." But my co-volunteer and I roll up our sleeves and get to work and the time flies, and by noon the cat room smells acceptable if a little antiseptic, the cats are fed, sleeping and purring and most importantly it seems a lot more likely that some of them will get adopted than it did when we arrived.

If you can afford it, please consider adopting an animal from a shelter. More reasons below.

k2winters

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 10:38 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 22:38

who knows a thing or two about folksiness:

She will get a nice book deal from Regnery and a new career making personal appearances for forty grand a pop, and she'll become a trivia question, "What politician claimed foreign-policy expertise based on being able to see Russia from her house?"

Trivial Pursuit sounds about right to me. But there's more.

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 10:15 PM PDT

2008/03/27 · 22:15

One of the most interesting things to come out of this election cycle, for me, has been the level of hostility shown by some venerable feminists toward the idea of women choosing to vote for Obama rather than Clinton. As a feminist myself who is supporting Obama, it hurts a bit when women you grew up admiring turn around and criticize your choice of candidate. I recently came across an interesting piece by Michelle Goldberg in the Guardian (via Ezra Klein) that helps explain some of the anger.

k2winters

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Thursday February 07, 2008 · 11:43 PM PST

2008/02/07 · 23:43

My husband and I are approaching political estrangement over these two candidates. We're both as liberal as it possibly gets, but he wants to keep fighting the GOP until they're dead, basically, and then kick them a couple more times to make sure.

I have no problem with that, but they're doing that to themselves right now, so they don't seem to need our help.

What's dividing us is that Kevin thinks Hillary brings the big fight and Obama's all talk.

So let's talk about that.

k2winters

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Tuesday February 05, 2008 · 11:43 PM PST

2008/02/05 · 23:43

Our planet is mostly ocean, and although we humans like to think we dominate every single known corner just because our portion is above water, there are actually some amazing creatures who live amazing lives underwater.

Sometimes they catch our eye for their peculiarities, like migaloo, the albino humpback who lives off the coast of Australia.

Sometimes they catch our eye for their unbelievable abilities,

And sometimes these amazing creatures, who have no voice up here on land, actually win.

A federal court judge has just ruled that Bush cannot, repeat cannot, exempt the Navy from the court's ruling that sonar may be harming the whales.

k2winters

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Sunday January 27, 2008 · 1:11 AM PST

2008/01/27 · 01:11

In today's column Rich takes a look at his paper's endorsements of Hillary Clinton and John McCain and wonders if this match up doesn't work to the GOP's advantage. As usual, I think he's absolutely right.

In a McCain vs. Billary race, the Democrats will sacrifice the most highly desired commodity by the entire electorate, change; the party will be mired in déjà 1990s all over again.

Yeah.

k2winters

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Saturday May 13, 2006 · 11:31 PM PDT

2006/05/13 · 23:31

This lovely Pacific NW afternoon I was enjoying a few moments to tidy up my front yard. Actually, I was wiping slime off the side of my pond insert with my bare hands when I look up to see a handsome young fellow walking up my driveway with a clipboard. "I'm running for your State Rep on the GOP ticket," he says, "and I hope I've got your vote."

Oh my dear boy, did you ever just walk up the wrong driveway. Read More

What $30,000 could have bought my child.

k2winters

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Wednesday March 22, 2006 · 12:30 AM PST

2006/03/22 · 00:30

I have 3 kids under the age of ten, and like a lot of parents right now, I don't really understand what it means for each of them to "owe" $30,000 to the government. Do they really have to pay that amount, as if the government's been running around with credit cards taken out in my kids' names? Isn't that called identity theft?

But what really pisses me off is thinking about what that $30,000 could have bought. Read More

Are there any smart Republicans?

k2winters

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Saturday March 18, 2006 · 12:15 AM PST

2006/03/18 · 00:15

I've been a liberal democrat my entire 39 years, and have pretty much always discounted, dismissed and disrespected anything any republican said. Classic knee-jerk liberal, that's me.

I used to think Bob Dole was okay, until he came out in support of the swift boaters against John Kerry. He said something completely idiotic about how so many people wouldn't be coming out against Kerry if there weren't some germ of truth in it. How pathetic was that.

As for McCain ...
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Money for Alaskan 'Bridges to Nowhere' no longer 'earmarked'?

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 10:14 PM PST

2005/11/15 · 22:14

This article (or press release?) from Sierra Club, via Raw Story is very interesting.

The Senate Appropriations Committee removed earmarks for two controversial "bridges to nowhere" in Alaska: the Gravina bridge, which would connect Ketchikan to an island of 50 people, and the Knik Arm bridge, which would link Anchorage to a sparsely populated area. The projects have been the subject of strong criticism because of the general backlog of existing roads and bridges in desperate need of repair, especially those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The only problem is, I'm not entirely sure what this means. Read More

Veteran's Day, 2005

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Sunday November 13, 2005 · 12:54 AM PST

2005/11/13 · 00:54

I just watched a riveting program on PBS called Independent Lens. It profiled a family who'd lost a son in the Iraq war. The father was a military guy, and seemed pretty accepting of the loss, but the mother was NOT. She was pissed and looking for answers. Read More

Big Surprise! Insurers Won't Pay!

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Friday September 09, 2005 · 11:56 PM PDT

2005/09/09 · 23:56

Caught this off Raw Story. I'm not a lawyer, but married to a good one. Regardless, these people are getting shafted, as usual, and anyone who files lawsuits on their behalf will be stigmatized as ambulance chasers. Blame the victims, and then blame their lawyers.

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Veteran's Day, 2005

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