CNN: The spicy hotdog sausage fueling French protests – by Oliver Briscoe Excerpt: Protesting in France is a hungry business, and when the country’s angry citizens put down their placards, they seek out sustenance. Not for classic French cuisine though. Above all else, demonstrators demand spicy hotdog sausages. Beef and […]
AI , Social Justice , Socialism
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Advice via AI – How can capitalism be defeated?
What follows are some results I received today from Bing’s AI tool wih this question : Tell me how capitalism can be defeated. Searching for: how to defeat capitalism Searching for: how to defeat capitalism Generating answers for you… Generating answers for you… This is Bing. I found some information from […]
Free Speech , LGBTQ , Oklahoma
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Oklahoma needs public television! Save OETA!
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2023/05/08/outdoorsman-tell-gov-stitt-and-your-legislator-to-support-oeta/70194158007/ Please take a moment and call or email your state legislator, urging them to override Gov. Stitt’s painfully stupid (and hateful) veto of funding for OETA (Oklahoma’s PBS network — FYI, the only network that serves the entire state). #PBS #OETA #Oklahoma #LGBTQ
LGBTQ , Theology
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A response to the Word Nerd about LGBTQ-inclusive theology
The following is a letter-to-the-editor that I wrote to Bible Study Magazine in response to “Word Nerd-Language & the Bible,” a column by Editor Mark Ward in the September/October 2022 print issue of the magazine. Dear Editor, I am deeply disturbed by your decision to use your Word Nerd column in the […]
COVID19 , HIV , LGBTQ , Literature
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Launching 28Barbary.com – a fan website for Tales of the City Fan by Armistead Maupin
This was originally posted on facebook. I’ve been sick this weekend (bad allergies/hay fever, but thankfully not COVID! (EDITORS NOTE: It turned out it was covid.) so I felt too crummy to do much in the way of law work, so instead I created the start of a long-contemplated fan blog that will be […]
Judaism , Reproductive Justice
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Judaism and Vasectomies
This was originally posted on Facebook. Kveller.com: I’m a rabbi who had a vasectomy even though Judaism prohibits it. A very thoughtful piece but the headline is misleading. #Judaism doesn’t bar vasectomies, but rather #halakha does. Most Jews today (but especially those in the Reform, Reconstructionist, and Humanistic movements) do not […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Botany , Gardening , Iraq , Law School , Public Health , San Marcos , Socialism
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From the JMBzine Vault – Oct 11, 2001 – Bluebonnets, Iraq, Afghanistan, health care in Canada
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when […]
9-11 Attacks , Afghanistan , Austin , JMBzine Vault , Law School , Personal Memories , San Marcos
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From the JMBzine Vault – October 8, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when […]
9-11 Attacks , Capital Punishment , Current Events , JMBzine Vault , Law , Law School , Peace , Personal Updates
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From the JMBzine Vault – Oct 5, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when […]
9-11 Attacks , Austin , Christian , Green Party , Imperialism , JMBzine Vault , Libertarian , Music , Peace , San Marcos
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From the JMBzine vault – Oct 1, 2001
This post is from the JMBzine Blog Vault, which means it is a very old blog post that I wrote at a very different time of my life. My views on religion, politics, and many other subjects have drastically changed over the years, so please bear this in mind when […]