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November 12th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments

I’m sorry I’ve not been posting recently, law school has finally caught up with me and consumed my life. I had to cancel the event that makes the holidays bearable for me (a goose-filled gamer fest) because I simply hadn’t the time to prepare and plan it. One of the prospective attendants told me that, [...]

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Weekly Photo: Just Segregated.

November 12th, 2008 · by John · 18 Comments

Just Segregated, originally uploaded by mind on fire. I met this beautiful couple at the protest of Prop 8 in Laguna Beach last Saturday. You can see more here. There is another protest rally tomorrow (Thursday, November 13th) in Irvine. We will meet at Campus and Culver at 4:30pm and march up to Culver and [...]

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Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley

November 12th, 2008 · by John · 2 Comments

Afghanistan is often referred to as the Soviet version of the Vietnam War. Some analysts credit the long. fruitless occupation (and the U.S. support of the mujaheddin–including one Osama bin Laden…) as a serious drain on the already fragile Russian economy and a factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90s. [...]

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