February 8^th is marriage equality day in Albany where approximately 160 people are expected to converge in order to meet with elected officials.  Marriage equality supporters are being bused in from all over the state as part of an organizing drive led by Marriage Equality New York.

There may very well be one god who however offers different interpretations of his/her existence through a diverse array of religions reflecting the characteristics of their respective people.  So a Britain sees a Protestant god, the Spanish a Catholic one, an Israelite a Jewish god, an Egyptian a Muslim one and a Native American sees their own spiritual array of beliefs so on and so forth through Hinduism and Buddhism and other religions.

Krugman makes a lot of good small points here, but he misses the big one:

Whenever there is a labor dispute involving athletes and management, I almost always support the millionaire workers rather than the billionaire owners.

But sometimes even union members just don’t understand what it’s like in the real word.

On Politico.com, there is an article about the NFL Players Association mounting a lobbying and PR campaign urging members of congress to push the owners to strike a deal.

Here's a joke I can no longer tell now that I've taken up my campaign for decency:

Q: How can you tell a moderate Republican?

A: They only shoot to wound.

Blood Libel Joke of the Day: We're having Sarah Palin over for Matzoh Brie; for cocktails, we're serving Bristol Cream

I remember a different Arizona than the one we are seeing today with its expansion of gun rights, anti immigrant reactions, closing of ethnic study programs and its super charged political rhetoric.

New Republic gets it dead on. Incivility is allowable (sometimes maybe even merited); indecency is impermissible (but not outlawable). Henceforth this department will endeavor to always remember this important distinction.

Ms. Palin and her enablers have invoked an archaic term, “Blood Libel,” to attack those who criticize her use of vitriol in the nation’s political debate accusing many of us in a way of being anti-Semites.  Well let me tell you something about Blood Libel Ms.