Welcome to J Town!
A gathering place to promote posts and projects, chat about the news, check on the weather (and brag about yours!) and waste spend a little time. Bring your music, your news stories, your life stories, word of your latest projects, a photo of your town, and, above all, your sense of humor.
Old News, New News, and "News"
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Judge Sides With Obama On Ohio Early Voting Suit Despite Romney Attacks
A federal judge sided with the Obama campaign on Friday and ruled that Ohio made an “arbitrary” decision when it took away early-voting rights for most voters but carved out a special exemption for military and overseas voters.
In granting a preliminary injunction against early voting restrictions, the judge ruled that the “public interest is served by restoring in-person early voting to all Ohio voters.”
Earlier this month, the Romney campaign attacked the Obama campaign’s lawsuit, calling it an “outrage” and falsely accusing the president of trying to take away early voting rights for members of the military. In reality, the lawsuit was trying to ensure that most voters, including servicemen and women, had the chance to cast their ballots early.
Federal Court Rejects Texas Voter ID Law
Rick Scott’s Florida Voter Registration Suppression Law Is Dead
(more under the Orange Entwined Js)
Got Post?
J Town is looking for Readers ... people who read Daily Kos posts and want a place to share them. When you find a diary worth promoting, comment in the threads and we will send the Judicious J Town Jolly Jeniuses (ie Editors Armed With Republishing Marks) to check it out and Republish to the J Town Babbling Brook. And if you write a diary, you can promote it here also!
Got Project?
The Community Action Corner is a place to promote our projects and blogathons, to promote online advocacy projects and to organize for offline activism. It is a place to hook up with people when we need help, volunteers, advice, and contributions and to see what other DKossacks are doing.
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse on J Town's new feature:
"A Community Action Corner is a much needed feature for DK. Whether working on blogathons, fundraisers, take action or other projects at DK or activism in our home communities, we now have a home base to help spread the word to reach a wider audience and provide all of us with a work room!"
Sara R:
"I like the idea of a Community Corner as a go-to place to learn what creative good works are going on in the DKos community on any given day. The more people know about what is going on, the more they can get involved – and be inspired to come up with new ideas and projects, as well."
citisven:
"I totally love the idea of a community bulletin board type of space where people can post things they're organizing and action items, something that stays up for a few days, giving others a chance to share ideas, contribute, give advice."
rb137:
"This is a great idea -- herding kittens is harder than it looks, and this will be a great tool to ease our admin work and to spread word about our many excellent progressive projects at DK."
Our projects promoted
"Activism is my rent for living on the planet."
~ Alice Walker
Climate Change SOS Blogathon and 350.org Petition Sign the petition at 350.org to ask Mitt Romney two questions about his solutions for climate change that highlight how dangerous it would be if he were president.
Romney has flipped flopped on whether climate change is real, and admitted he is climate change illiterate. His energy plan does not mention climate change. If president, he would approve a tar sands pipeline the first day that will move us closer to game over.
Community Quilt Projects The Community Quilt Project is run by Sara R and connects the community in a very unique way: "Community Quilts are a way of sharing care, compassion and support for community members who are facing illness or other hardships. "
The Inoculation Project - Sunday morning at 10am Eastern Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance. The objective of this weekly project is to combat the anti-science push in conservative America by providing direct funding each week to math and science projects in red state classrooms.
Your Project Here Promote your short term or long term project in the comment threads.
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J Town is for Healing
People visit J Town to meditate on the California Poppy Field, grab some moon energy for healing and release, and to curse their bad luck at Nurse Kelley's Cursing Tree. Feel free to use the images provided here for reflection and to share your hardships, illnesses, and losses in the comment threads. We are at our best when we care about others.
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Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
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Nurse Kelley Shares Her Cursing Tree with J Town
Because sometimes it feels good to simply curse the unfairness of it all.
Cursing Tree Instructions: "I stand very close to the trunk and, depending on my need, I might yell at it, kick it, heave curses at it, look up through the branches and curse the universe, or just stand there and cry. When it was obvious exmearden was suffering and would die soon, I even beat it with my fists." ~ Nurse Kelley
“Life. Optimism. The future of us. Smooth the waters of the past, so that we can push out into the waves a bit further, for a little longer. Pull who we love and what we love close to us, around us like a warm blanket, which gives us comfort and lends a strength we may not see inside ourselves. Underpin our days with caring and contact and not isolation and fear.”
~ Kris Froland (exmearden)
J Town is a community diary series founded February 14, 2011 by JanF and Julie Gulden. It posts daily at 9 am Central* / 10 am Eastern / 8 am Mountain / 7 am Pacific. *Democracy in action (or inaction). (The fine print)
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Each day in J Town starts as something new. It is, quite literally, what you make it.
Have fun!