In which I talk about my brain tumor

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 1:44 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 13:44

(Dear President Obama,

Last night, I was encouraged by a 15 year old to write you a letter. I promised him that I would do so immediately because I was so impressed with an engaged 15 year old who cared enough to ask me to do this. We need several thousand more teenagers just like him! Since I planned to write the following on DKos today, I am simply forwarding you a copy of my current experience from today.)

Many of you know me as a DK oldschooler and a snarky one-liner with a dry sense of humor. And so I have been, since 2004. I'm also a passionate Yelllow Dog who rotated through various positions in YD beginning when I was old enough to participate and ending when I aged out.

I'm also a working RN, which is how I acquire my bread and butter. I work for an inner city hospital in the Southwest--a Catholic "St. Elsewhere" that cares for the poor and uninsured. I love it, and wouldn't work anywhere else in this town.

More after the jump:

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Monday April 10, 2006 · 2:14 PM PDT

2006/04/10 · 14:14

Hey, guys-I got this email from Travelzoo, and it looks like there is a major sale on tickets to Vegas until June 8. You must book by April 21. Flights are 39 bucks from L.A.-ya hear that, MSOC and Fabooj?

Passing this one on because it's too good to ignore Read More

Statement from Raul Grijalva's office (AZ-7)

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Thursday February 16, 2006 · 4:16 AM PST

2006/02/16 · 04:16

I received this statement from Raul Grijalva's office and wanted to share it here:

News From Representative Raúl M. Grijalva
7th Congressional District of Arizona

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 15, 2006
Contact: Natalie Luna (520) 622-6788

Gas and Oil Companies Get a Sweetheart Deal from Bush Administration Read More

An Inconvenient Truth: Al Gore's new film (with poll!)

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Thursday January 26, 2006 · 6:42 AM PST

2006/01/26 · 06:42

In the film, Gore presents the latest evidence to demonstrate how the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other pollutants of the industrial age are increasing temperatures. In addition to timelines and bell curves and stuff about oxygen isotopes in Greenland ice cores, Gore includes several cartoons, one featuring a Mister Sunbeam trapped by the bullies known as Greenhouse Gases. Read More

Shots Fired Across the Bow

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Thursday January 19, 2006 · 8:28 AM PST

2006/01/19 · 08:28

Ok, they've fired shots across the bow. Bin-Laden says that a new attack is imminent, but only if we continue in Iraq, so there you have it.

No overlooked CIA data, leads unchecked, etc. Al-jazeera carried him on the airwaves this time, and here is what he said: Read More

Ernesto Portillo column from the AZ Daily Star

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 6:35 AM PST

2006/01/18 · 06:35

This column by Ernesto Portillo appeared in yesterday's Arizona Daily Star, and I just wanted to make sure that everyone saw it.

Lots of locals just love this guy, myself included.
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I just can't resist posting this

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Tuesday January 17, 2006 · 10:51 AM PST

2006/01/17 · 10:51

Someone has put my email address on a conservative mailing list, either as a joke-or maliciously (the more likely option). I generally avoid reading or listening to wingnut garbage because I have high blood pressure problems. But this one is funny because it's so STUPID.

The money quote: "forcing abortion on demand, including partial birth abortion, without parental notification for adolescent girls"

Now, how one can force you to have an abortion you are demanding is beyond me, but these wingnuts seem to think you can.

Sigh. Read More

Please watch 60 Minutes tonight

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Sunday December 11, 2005 · 3:06 PM PST

2005/12/11 · 15:06

60 Minutes is covering the border crisis tonight. Hopefully, you'll learn the truth about what is happening down here at the border-something you'll never learn watching Lou Dobbs.

Should be on now on the East Coast. Read More

Terrorist threats?

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 6:46 AM PST

2005/11/30 · 06:46

From San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/...

"Deputy Police Chief Howard Jordan said Yusuf Bey IV, 19, and Donald Eugene Cunningham, 73, turned themselves in at Oakland police headquarters Tuesday after a judge signed arrest warrants for them and four other men not identified by police.

The warrants issued Tuesday ask prosecutors to charge the six with vandalism, robbery, conspiracy and making terrorist threats, all felonies, police said." Read More

Arizona is attempting to purge me from its voter rolls

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Saturday November 26, 2005 · 12:01 PM PST

2005/11/26 · 12:01

Today I received a letter from the Pima County, AZ Recorder's office notifying me that they had attempted to send mail to my address which had been returned as undeliverable, so they are going to remove me from the active voter registration rolls unless I respond immediately. This notice, however, reached me easily.

Let me just say this about that: Read More

My shopping days at Fry's are over

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Sunday October 23, 2005 · 10:45 PM PDT

2005/10/23 · 22:45

The following article appeared on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star today. It covers a recent case where a young woman was denied access to Plan B, an emergency contraceptive that I believe we used to refer to as "high dose estrogen"-I could be wrong about this, and I'm sure that moiv will correct me if I am.

When this young woman finally found a drug store that stocked Plan B, the pharmacist refused to fill it on "moral grounds". I guess this means that he thinks that his moral judgement is superior to hers, or that he is somehow qualified to make decisions about her life for her.

Well, I have the ability to make moral judgements also, so here goes: it violates my moral code to interact with health care workers who exhibit a sloppy attitude toward patients. Why did these people even enter health care, and whose needs are they there to meet, their own or the patient's? Read More

Like a third world country

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Friday September 02, 2005 · 10:55 AM PDT

2005/09/02 · 10:55

By Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday offered to help the United States provide disaster relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina as the storm's devastation challenged the U.S. authorities' ability to cope. Read More

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