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February 9th Democratic Presidential Caucus

Confused about how to vote for your Presidential preference in Washington State? Wonder no longer — if you're a Democrat, we've got the deets on the who-what-when-where. And even the why.

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Latest comment by: elle: "Caucus is synonymous with headache. No one knew where to go or what to do, the person in charge of our precinct announced she didn't even want to be in charge, and most of the procedure was a big waste of time. However, I somehow ended up getting out of there as a ...

Vote No and Hell No

Voting NO on BOTH is like taking a money-loaded gun out of the hands of politicians who are behaving like children.

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Utah Ravers Raided by Police

Only for the headstrong?

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All the Residents' Men

Record Store Democracy

Record Store Democracy

And anyone with any sense of romance in them will tell you, the last thing we want in our mysteries is a real human being. Kind of like the day I realized that I knew who the Residents are.

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College Students Can't Write "Sex" or "Balls"

I find it hard to believe that the Virginia State Legislature would revoke funding to one of its public universities because of a column in which a student gives sex advice to other students.

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Microsoft Wants Gay Employees to Do More With Less

Microsoft, a long-time advocate for gay rights {pun not intended, but still funny} and anticipated supporter of the bill, reversed it's long-standing stance on anti-discrimination based on sexuality, and instead proclaimed themselves "neutral" on this bill.

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The Right to Die

The article addresses the hypocrisy of our cursed Republican leaders du jour, who supposedly advocate for small government and the so-called "sanctity of marriage," but who have trounced Congress into the marriage of Terri and Michael Schiavo to appease their Christian Conservative voterbase.

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Ignorance + Pina Coladas = Bliss

My new husband (omg husband!) and I lounged in the sun, and downed frothy pina coladas + shots of tequila, all the while purposefully avoiding newspapers, televisions, and the Internet news sites.

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With a Rebel Yell

While I wasn't in at the ground level of Dean activism, I did caucus for him in Washington state. I completely admire the way he inspired hope, organized the masses, and challenged both the Republican opposition as well as John Kerry's campaign to take on important issues.

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Chocolates are on the March!

Since my weekly MFA column falls on the day after the first so-called free election in Iraq in 50 years, I felt the need to address the subject. But what to say about it?

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