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January 1, 2014

Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1942/43 are just great.

Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1942/43 are just great. I came for the doodles, stayed for the heartfelt sentiment, humanity and wisdom.



Bigger here:
http://boingboing.net/2013/12/31/woody-guthries-new-years.html

January 1, 2014

When we fight, we win. I’m dedicating 2014 to fighting. And winning.

WHAT Goblue72 says:
January 1, 2014 at 4:47 am

Happy New Year!!! Let us all commit that 2014 is the year we fight back! That means if all you do right now is comment on blogs, then you need to show up & phone bank this year. If all you do is blog, then you need to canvass this year. If all you do is canvass or phone bank, then you need to precinct captain this year. If all you do is precinct captain, then you need set a fundraising target this year. If all you do is fundraise, then you need to double it this year. Or show up at a phonebank.

You get the picture. No one is excused, and no one gets to rest on their laurels. I don’t care what you did last year, or the year before, or 10, 20, 30 years ago. This year – you do more.

Because the plutocrats, their mercenaries, and their rube army don’t quit. And our side is playing for bigger stakes.

When we fight, we win. I’m dedicating 2014 to fighting. And winning.


http://www.balloon-juice.com/2014/01/01/and-a-happy-new-year-to-everyone-aka-thank-fucking-fsm-2013-is-over/#comment-4791439
January 1, 2014

Two men to marry during Rose Parade: "Love Is The Best Protection"

PASADENA- In a Tournament of Roses first, two Los Angeles men will celebrate their gay marriage on a Rose Parade float as it goes down Colorado Boulevard on New Year's Day. The wedding of Danny Leclair, 45, and Aubrey Loots, 42, will take place atop a giant wedding cake-shaped float sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, according to a press release. It is the third float sponsored by the foundation.

"One of the things we're really excited about is we're standing on the shoulders of thousands of men and women who came before us in this fight for marriage equality," Leclair said. "We're excited to be part of that story, to be able to do this because of them. We're looking forward to honor that."

This Rose Parade is the first year gay marriage has been legal in California following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in June.

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The float's theme is "Love is the Best Protection." It will feature a large wedding cake, decorated in white coconut chips and maroon-colored kidney beans with white roses and dendrobium orchids.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2014/01/01/two-men-to-marry-during-rose-parade/?subscriber=1

January 1, 2014

Who Is The Victim?

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