May 2013
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How to Help Animals Affected by the Moore, Okla.,... →
Vetstreet compiled a list of animal shelters, veterinary clinics and rescue groups that are helping lost, found and injured pets. Here’s where you should bring displaced animals and how you can donate.
“CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks to an Oklahoma tornado survivor: Wolf Blitzer: We’re...”
– This is CNN, cont. - Politico
(via T Says)
“Did you thank the Lord?” ???
I just can’t even believe he asked that question.
(via herblondness)
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On my way to teach high school kids in the Bronx about the death penalty and exonerations. Terrified. Can’t wait to get back to my regular schedule of spending time in federal prison.
nprfreshair:
How to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims.
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I feel like I am 15 again...
I am teaching two high school classes about the death penalty tomorrow and I am way more nervous than I ever am about going to court!
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Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, is seeing her young... →
wilwheaton:
She was kicked off the basketball team because of the potential for “drama” her presence created. She’s been vilified by fellow students, called “criminal,” “rapist” and “child abuser.” She was expelled from school. And far worse. She’s facing a lifetime label of “sex-offender,” because the other girl’s parents brought criminal charges against her despite the fact that the...
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Brimming with emotions on a Saturday...
I spent this morning and early afternoon in federal prison visiting CJA (a form of legal aid in the federal system) clients.
One client told me I was the best lawyer he has ever had (and he has had quite a few). What distinguishes me from his other lawyers is I am fighting for him and this is a first for him. It makes me so angry I could explode.
I also had to ask another client to make an...
“I thought there was a bombing. I smelled smoke and looked outside the window and...”
– Metro North train rider Natalie Sepulveda • Describing the situation she (along with her two-year-old son) experienced immediately in the wake of today’s crash, which has injured 60 people, including five critically. The crash snarled transit around the busy Northeast Corridor, forcing both Metro...
“In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has...”
– Robert Brault (via lectoblix)
I relate to this.
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Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting... →
historyintheworks:
A telling excerpt:
“Unforunately, though, I’ve learned to redefine what constitutes an American tragedy. American tragedies occur where middle America frequents every day: airplanes, business offices, marathons. Where there persists a tangible fear that this could happen to any of us. And rightfully so. Deaths and mayhem anywhere are tragic. That should always be the case....
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SOS to my tech savvy Tumblrs!!
Is it possible to print all pages in a PDF that contain a specific search term into a separate document in one shot or is the only way to do it page by page?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciate!
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Flatulence leads to knife fight, arrest →
An Immokalee woman who is accused of throwing a kitchen knife at her longtime boyfriend told detectives she became angry when he passed gas in her face while they were watching TV Tuesday night, according to an arrest report.
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How often do you get to go to dinner with one of...
At least once for me and it is tomorrow night!
I am going to dinner with Kirk Bloodsworth - the first man to be exonerated from death row based on DNA evidence and one of the driving forces behind getting the death penalty abolished in Maryland earlier this year.
Such an honor!!
