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Second time's a charm?

California is *still* trying to legalize same-sex marriage, with little hope of success. 

In Sacramento, the California state assembly has approved AB43, legislation which reverses the current prohibition against same-sex marriage.  Read More »

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Vanity is Virtue- Especially in SF Politics

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom may run relatively unopposed as deadlines to file for candidacy will end on August 10 (which, in politics, is rapidly approaching). 

Newsom's scandalous infidelity, announced this past February, has apparently improved his popularity now, especially since he o  Read More »

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Part II: Shell: Just as evil as other gas companies

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As if Bob Oyster didn't get enough publicity for his stunt raising gas prices to over $4 per gallon to protest Shell, now he's doing just the opposite to say farewell as he closes up shop. 

After reading the headline of the SF Chronicle article, "Drivers Flood SF Gas Station for $2.9  Read More »

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Racism in pet ownership?

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Who would have thunk that black dogs are desired less and euthanized alarmingly more often than any other color of dog in most shelters and pet stores?

I was reading about a potential California law that's moving through the legislature to require all pets in California to be spayed or neutered by t  Read More »

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Book burning: hating books or those who won't read them?

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Almost as bad as the gas station owner raising gas prices to protest Shell's abusive tenancy practices, a used bookstore owner in Kansas City, Missouri, has decided that since he can't even give away the 20,000 books he has warehoused, he might as well burn them.

Here's the CNN article  Read More »

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Stem cells and society- the long lost paper

This spring, I took a class called "The Rhetoric of Scientific Discourse: Stem Cells and Society" at UC Berkeley, taught by Charis Thompson, a bioethicist, the co-director for the ethics committee on stem cell research for the University of California, and a consultant for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine's (CIRM) bioethics committee.  Read More »

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Golden Gate Bridge turned 70!

If you've never crossed the majestic Golden Gate Bridge at least once in your life, you're missing out. 

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/27/MNGA0Q2EQ91.DTL

On M  Read More »

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My someone will know that in both selfless and selfish, there's a self.

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I accept that everyone has a different role in life; that some are givers, some are takers, some fall somewhere in between. I think I'm more of a giver, but it's still not an entirely selfless exercise.  Read More »

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