Open Oh pen Op en Ope n

shot out of a rifle barrel lined with baroque paintings landing in a sea of electricity

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Open journey, don't follow me

Thanks to the HumorlessBitch for the right way...

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Open Foolishness

Dunkin' Donuts is WRONG! To kowtow to the conservative right is to again relinquish human rights in favor of fear ... this is wrong! Boycott Dunkin Donuts!

Per the Huffington Post

The Boston Globe reports that Dunkin Donuts caved to pressure from the conservative blogosphere — and the fear of a mass boycott — and removed the ad:

The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts decided it'd be easier just to yank the ad.

Said the suits in a statement: ''In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.''

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Open Surprise Me!

What a pleasant surprise to hear from the likes of Donald Sutherland on the Democratic primary race...

Donald Sutherland

It is incomprehensible to me that Mrs. Clinton can seriously be touting the notion, with the support of the punditocracy of CNN and Fox, that she is leading in the popular vote and should therefore be seriously considered as the most electable candidate in the November election. She's including those who voted for her in Florida and Michigan's name recognition ballot saying that to exclude them would be to disenfranchise them. What about the Democrats in Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Hawaii and Wyoming who did not cast ballots because they were playing by the pledged delegates playbook and voted by caucus. What about them? Certainly if the rules are going to be changed and judgment is based on the 'popular' vote those voters in the eleven caucus states and Samoa will be disenfranchised. What about them?

And what about us? What about the American people? Haven't we had enough of Mrs. Clinton's mad antics in her pursuit of the realization of venal personal ambition; her 'say anything, do anything, no matter what' effort to manipulate our all too willing media to gull this country's populace into believing that her wretched illegitimacy is indeed legitimate. How much mendacity do we have to suffer, how much brazenness do we have to swallow before someone, anyone, has the decency, the common sense, to relieve us of this terrible trifle, this pathetic madness?

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Open Wonder

When I encounter stories like the following I just have to wonder why there are so many difficulties in the region.

American born Louise Firouz (Laylin) passed away at the age of 78 in Iran

Louise Firouz is known as the reviver of the Caspian horse and the best breeder of Turkmen horses in Iran. She also operated adventure horse-treks in northern Iran. The journeys have been listed by The Times as among the top 10 rides in the world.

(Thanks to Always Under Construction for the great blogging.)

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Open Haiku

Haiku is an open-source operating system currently in development designed from the ground up for desktop computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku aims to provide users of all levels with a personal computing experience that is simple yet powerful, and free of any unnecessary complexities.

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Open Contest: Haiku

we undress for love
and for ten seconds the dusk
makes us young again

John Samuel Tieman

St. Louis, MO, USA

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Open Recall

Foul ....and one

Hillary we're tired of your excuses for staying in the race so long. You're just playing the spoiler now. It almost looks like you are trying to muddy the waters for your fellow democrat. But do what you feel to do. All I can say is both you and Bill showed a wicked and dirty side this election so we're taking back our first black president moniker.

Emphasis mine!

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Open Hoping, maybe, sorta, kinda...

(At least I only suggested the "hit by a bus" scenario...)

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Open Friends

see more politics and fun!

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Open Verses

[LINK]
NSFW

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Open Secrets

If I have to visit the walled-garden facebook then you can keep them.

See 15 more secrets - join the facebook page.

No more secrets!

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