BBC News - Irish Catholic Church apologises for abuse by...
Rated • 2 reviews • catholic • bbc.co.uk
it is about time!
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Understanding China -- latimes.com
Rated • 1 review • politics, economic, china • latimes.com
Interesting L.A. Times article on how the West fails to realize that China's adoption of a market economy does not mean it will become more "westernized" -
Twelve-year street woman finds home as blogger -...
Rated • 1 review • blogs • pittsburghlive.com
From the page: "Twelve-year street woman finds home as blogger"
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10-Year-Old Wont Pledge Allegiance To A Country That...
Rated • 22 reviews • activism • huffingtonpost.com
This very precocious ten year old refuses to say the pledge of allegiance till gays can marry---maybe there is hope for the world -
In recession, pets go homeless in droves - The Elkhart...
Rated • 3 reviews • pets • msn.com
From the page: "When people ask Reel, "How can I help? she tells them to adopt, donate or send bleach."
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(Rare!) Helen Keller &Anne Sullivan (1930 Newsreel Footage)
Rated • 3 reviews • opera, video • youtube.com
I swiped this from my good buddy Pauline ; this is an rare video of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller; it is amazing and inspiring.
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Video - Lady Gaga Speaks At Gay Rights Rally In...
Rated • 1 review • lady gaga • showhype.com
As bizarre as she can be, I must say this---I have watched numerous Lady Gaga interviews, and while celebrities always put their best side forward or try to impress or maybe shock for press time---she is the first pop star who actually comes across consistently as a person who is genuine and actually KIND. I like her even more. Her brief speech at this gay rights rally and her non-verbal cues of the magnitude of the situation really touched me. -
CBC News - Montreal - Depressed woman loses benefits over...
Rated • 10 reviews • crime • cbc.ca
I agree with Jen on this one, I went through college severely depressed and people thought I was happy as can be; in regards to this article, what should the woman have done, stayed in bed all day?
It kind of reminds me whenIi tell people I take medicine for depression and have since age 24; they say, "you aren't clinically depressed"...well, no, because the medicine works for me. During the lowest point at age 19 I was actually hospitalized because I had coming out issues and issues over my mom's death and pverdosed and nearly died---I remember the utter anhedonia I felt around that time, if you gave me a million dollars I would not have cared, it was like my spirit and brain had been hijacked, I just was not "Bobby".
So, in short, give the lady a break you fuckers out there who think just because you experience life a certain way it is the same for everyone else. I got through college with a 3.6 off medicine and I did it by sometimes actually lying to myself, "If it is this bad tomorrow I will kill myself" and that thought was comforting enough to get me through that day. Thankfully, I have never been like that since but not going out and trying to live life can make a person in clinical depression worse.
Last night was the time in years I missed out on my favorite night in Pittsburgh--"Light Up Night", in which all of downtown Pittsburgh keeps their lights on for four hours at night to kick off the holiday shopping season. I stayed home to be with my father, who is declining rapidly :(
