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James Dobson’s God is a child abuser, & so is Jerry Prevo’s
Max Blumenthal’s new book Republican Gomorrah talks among other things about corporal punishment in Christianist practices of child discipline — practices taught by Focus on the Family leader James Dobson and, at least in 1985, Anchorage Baptist Temple pastor Jerry Prevo. Continue reading
The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-22
RT: @jdubinak: Its official. There is snow on the mountains. #weredoomed // And it was nearly dark going to work this morning. # It's fire drill week at UAA! We just had ours. (Not that it's guaranteed we won't have … Continue reading
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-20
Per Ted in #qaf 217: your porn name comes from your first pet + street you lived on as a kid. I stand revealed: Sing Song 2nd Avenue East. #
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-19
Another writing day at a location w/ no wireless. Which is good, ao I'll write story, not tweets! #
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-18
Workday starting w/ all-college meeting & some very nice CHSW swag (cheezewhizzy but not cheesy). # RT: @celticdiva: Now THAT'S some down-home indoctrination! TeenPact brings Dominionism to a state govt near you! http://tinyurl.com/m86er2 # RT: @jamielang: Car alarms are so … Continue reading
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-17
Toilet saga: landlord slapped forehead this morning: he spaced it yesterday. Not lying – but will believe better if toilet works tonight! # @jansonjones Between you & me, we’re sure having a lot of shitty tweets. in reply to jansonjones … Continue reading
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Yukon River Haiku
In August 1995, I went on a jail monitoring trip to several villages in the Yukon-Koyukuk region of Alaska, riding in an Alaska State Troopers helicopter. This is a series of haikus that came out of that trip.
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Tagged Alaska State Troopers, bush Alaska, haiku, JJDPA, poem, writing, Yukon River
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Diversity, unity, family
Mayor Dan Sullivan claims, with his Mayor’s Unity Dinner, to be honoring values we all share, including the importance of family. But his veto last month of the Anchorage equal rights ordinance makes it clear that he only deems some families important — and mine’s not one of them.
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Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, crossposted, Dan Sullivan, family, Green-Lieght family, lgbtq, True Diversity Dinner 2009
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-09-16
RT: @alaskacommons: KTVA ran the True Diversity Dinner as its top story http://bit.ly/7qxis # KTVA poll: Mayor changed name of Anchorage Diversity Dinner to Unity Dinner. Was change necessary? http://bit.ly/16DJQl # I need me some Bonnie Raitt this morning. # … Continue reading
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