Archive for November, 2006
Monday, November 27th, 2006
If you’re anti-war, you’re now pro-satan
2 years ago, I posted a photo to my other blog To the Teeth — of an anti-bush flag that we hung from our patio during a televisted presidential debate, when I was living in an apartment complex in New Jersey. Within two days, I received a piece of mail from the housing association asking [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in nonviolent resistance by anjali
Monday, November 27th, 2006
“Mommy, everything cool comes from oil!”
This summary in from the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s daily “Progress Report”: GLOBAL WARMING — SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION REFUSES COPIES OF ‘INCONVENIENT TRUTH’: Global warming activist Laurie David reported in the Washington Post that the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) refused 500,000 free DVD copies of An Inconvenient Truth, which scientists gave “five [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in education,sleeping with the corporation by anjali
Monday, November 27th, 2006
“I’m not accusing you of being an enemy…”
“…but that’s the way I feel, and I think a lot of Americans will feel that way.” I’m late to come to read about this, but that was a line from CNN Headline News’ Glenn Beck interview with a newly elected muslim-american congressperson. I read the transcript of the interview, but the video is even [...]
No Comments » - Posted in press this,religion by anjali
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Comic books… for women
From “For Graphic Novels, a New Frontier: Teenage Girls”: The right creative team is important. “When you had mostly boys and men making comics, you had comics made mainly for boys and men,” said Johanna Draper Carlson, the editor of comicsworthreading.com, a Web site for comic book news and reviews. “Then you end up with [...]
No Comments » - Posted in books by anjali
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Why do you insist on dwelling on the past?
Happy time with your family day to all (as I head off to the pediatric emergency room to treat patients for the next 10 hours). I’m happy that this day marks an important time for families to come together and (mostly) be at peace, but it is essential that we remember the historical context of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,race by anjali
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
chemistry and power building… a nice mix
I saw this artwork on Down on the Brown Side and had to share it: Sweet! I love it! Where did you get it from, rage? It’s got the right mix of nerd chemistry and power politics in it. :> [Update]: Rage (who first posted this photo) wrote in the comments that it was taken [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in quotes,strategy and tactics by anjali
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
I have nineteen remote controls.
My father emailed me this article from the New York Times. It’s such a commentary on consumption in the US, but more specifically a commentary on my parents. Almost every statement below applies to my parents. I’d like to not actively (or passively) accumulate as much as they have. We’ll see, it’s a battle. And [...]
No Comments » - Posted in culture,silly by anjali
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Shock and awe: thoughts on the UCLA taser incident
My friend Vivek is a law student at UCLA and writes at a wonderful blog called Your Good Name. He participated in a protest organized by UCLA students, on the issue of a Persian-American student who was tasered (stunned by a stun gun with 50,000 volts) several times by community police in the university library. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in los angeles,nonviolent resistance,race,technology for the masses by anjali
Monday, November 13th, 2006
“We overcame our fear” – the women of Gaza speak
[above photo from BBC World News] Friends, check out a video from La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, if you can stomach it (it’s disturbing): here’s the [link] and then read the pieces below… The women speak: We overcame our fear The unarmed women of the Gaza Strip have taken the lead in resisting Israel’s latest [...]
No Comments » - Posted in palestine,this is feminism,war and health by anjali
Monday, November 13th, 2006
Eat your words, part 1.
Remember when Bush met with top Republican leaders and Trent Lott said the following? “No, none of that,” Lott told reporters after the session when asked if the Iraq war was discussed. “You’re the only ones who obsess on that. We don’t and the real people out in the real world don’t for the most [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in iraq by anjali
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
devilish.
Yesterday, a few of my fellow family medicine residents and I visited a hospital in LA for a workshop (not a hospital that we usually work at). It was halloween, and there was no way of getting around it! Staff were dressed up as devils, scarecrows, in style, we’re talking all out. There seemed to [...]
