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Read more: Music Monday: I Made My Bed & I Sleep Like A Baby
Music Monday: I Made My Bed & I Sleep Like A Baby
No comments on Music Monday: I Made My Bed & I Sleep Like A BabyThis song’s been around for quite a while now, but given the ongoing death threats going around the net it seems a bit timely. And how in the world Can the words that I said Send somebody so over the edge That they’d write me a letter Saying that I better shut up and sing Or my life will be over. Yes, that verse was written in response…
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Read more: QOTD
QOTD
The National Federation of Independent Businesses, National Retail Federation and National Restaurant Association all operate on the premise that none of their workers will ever be their customers. Customers, they assume, are magical creatures who come from a world in which no one works in a store, or a restaurant, or manufacturing, or the service sector, and so keeping wages lower than low only cuts costs and…
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Read more: Labor Day
Labor Day
I created this blog 5 years ago. Thanks for reading :) Today is also Labor Day in the US. I work in a field that is very un-unionized and I know unions aren’t perfect, but I was raised by union members and I support organized labor. Growing up I didn’t see much like my family in the media — fathers who take steel-toed boots and overalls to work, to wear…
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Read more: This Shouldn’t Give Me A Headache
This Shouldn’t Give Me A Headache
But it’s trying. Dear, My name is Lisa. I have been following your blog from quite some time now and thoroughly enjoy every post of yours. Well, after reading through your blog, I think you would be interested in having a look at our recently launched infographic “America’s Battle With Obesity”([link to typical FEAR The Obesity Epidemic Because We Said So FEAR Booga Booga removed – Ed]). If…
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Read more: Opting Out Of The Illusion Of Immortality
Opting Out Of The Illusion Of Immortality
Deb Burgard has a terrific post on the latest “being fat makes you die, damnit” study. Masters’ central argument seems to be that even though the repeated findings for decades of rigorous research (reviewed by Flegal, 2013) has found that BMI and mortality are only weakly correlated, and that higher BMI may actually correlate with longevity in old age, this set of findings must be wrong, because 1)…
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Read more: Some links
Some links
Oh wow have I been busy. But that’s not the point. So here’s some things to read :) ASDAH has launched a HAES curriculum for colleges, universities, and professional groups. Check it out. :) The story behind The Butler. WalMart complains that lower-income people aren’t buying much. If only there was something they could do to raise incomes… (NY Times) Rachel Held Evans had some thoughts about…
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Read more: QOTD: USian Healthcare
QOTD: USian Healthcare
From currently unemployed teacher Diana Wagman, writing in the LA Times: Some 700,000 Americans every year declare bankruptcy because of medical bills. The number in Japan? Zero. The number in Germany? Zero. And the kicker? It could be worse. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, my new insurance company can’t deny me because I had cancer. […] We’re not poor, I don’t want to suggest that…
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Read more: Things to Read
Things to Read
Some links I thought worth sharing: Lara Frater on the word “fat”. Grief moves at its own pace, despite the “rush to normal” common in our society. You know how kids will bulk up a little before a growth spurt? That’s now a strange thing to be studied, not a normal thing. Swimming laps & self-acceptance. On the US government, but likely applies to others: Fewer secrets…
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Read more: Quotes: Persist
Quotes: Persist
“It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.” — Andrew Cohen “It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl…
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Read more: Nothing to Prove
Nothing to Prove
The Doubleclicks made this video for their song “Nothing to Prove” using video clips submitted by friends and fans. (Some of those clips are also being posted at http://geekgirlvideo.tumblr.com, with more being uploaded.) “Nothing to Prove” song lyrics are on their Bandcamp site, and The Doubleclicks talk about making the video on their main site. The song “Nothing to Prove” is on their new album “Lasers and Feelings,” which…
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