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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for January 2008

"Juno" a fairytale? Opinion: Sex and the Teenage girl; female desire can bring with it a form of punishment no man can begin to imagine

David Smith will be reading in San Diego January 26th!

Mavericks surf contest, Half Moon Bay, CA

New Orleans nurses turn home into free clinic

I have been there too. Glenn Beck turns awful surgery/hospital experience into "crusade against health care practitioners who don't care"

From Luciole friend S.A. Griffin: History is being made, ranking up there with our first steps on the moon

What do families in different areas get for one week's food budget? What is that budget?

Snow falls in Baghdad!

Drip, Drip... weather talk

Actors offer readings at V-day, Eve Ensler's global effort to end violence against women and girls

7200 people register as prospective candidates (inc. 590 women) in Iran for upcoming parliamentary elections (seen as referendum on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)

French farmer and supporters end hunger strike over the use of genetically modified crops

Ellyn Maybe has a reading at the Palm Springs Art Museum, January 17th! Plus, a new cd out soon.

President Bush visits Auschwitz; states US should have bombed it during WWII

Fraternal twins separated at birth grow up to accidentally marry each other; politicians use it to argue against gay couples having assisted reproduction

Pregnant Marine missing from base found dead; had accused supervisor of sexual assault

Yosemite, by Patrick Kawahara

Indian authorities and prostitutes team up to stop trafficking of girls into forced prostitution

The world sees a "New America" in Democratic candidates: "Whether it is Hillary or Obama..."

Congressman Kucinich seeks recount of New Hampshire vote, citing disparities in hand or machine-counted ballots and polls

Wow... look at what the new budget of California intends to cut; 10% less for schools, 22,000 inmates released, 48 state parks closed...

Drunk Australian falls asleep on train tracks, is run over, and lives (with a bump on his head)

Abu Ghraib officer cleared; conviction thrown out

Newly published diary of "France's Anne Frank;" Helene Berr was a "luminous" advanced student of English at the Sorbonne

Lawmakers in Britain stunned when motion to disestablish Church of England is numbered 666

Music Event: Moses J. Brings Plenty with Brule

What's Violence Against Women? opinion piece in The Nation. Mitt Romney and VAWA

Swedes to use body heat to warm offices

Tiger shrugs off TV commentator's lynching comment

Attempting to Destroy CIA Tapes, Cheney Burns Down White House. Humor Column

Interesting article with many opinions about gender and politics with Clinton. Is it style or gender?

4 brain teasers from a forwarded message

Army major's blog posted after his death: "only the dead have seen the end of war."

Quotes for January 8th

Protestors taunt Hillary Clinton with "Iron my Shirts"

Drunken taunts and abuse lead to angered elephant being shot

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert return to TV Monday night

Motorist banned after driving 10 mph on motorway

Hoover's proposal to house suspect Americans in military and federal prisons

Man using GPS drives in front of train

Quotes, January 3rd

Tonight I was watching...

Underage drinking party burns and breaks up Robert Frost's home