Cindy's Blog
My home on the web since 1995
Category: Society
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GRAFTON: Grafton Community Television celebrates another cable access milestone during August. GCTV producer Cindy Bissell, along with program hosts husband Richard Bissell and son Aaron Bissell have reached the 100th episode of their cable access show “Rubber Duck Theater.” “Rubber Duck Theater” debuted on August 1st, 2011. Cindy, Richard and Aaron Bissell are certified access…
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Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist and evolutionary biologist; but he is probably more well-known as an outspoken atheist. He is definitely a hero of mine. What a thrill it was to actually meet Richard Dawkins in person! Richard was a speaker at the 70th Annual American Humanist Association Conference, which happened to be held…
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I am horrified by this recent story from Los Angeles, California! The L.A. County Sheriff is investigating the sexual assault of at least 10 women with severe disabilities. The Sheriff received 11 DVDs containing graphic videos of these men – these pigs – sexually assaulting women with disabilities. As a disability advocate who has attended…
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First official death toll release by the Haitian government on Friday following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. Deadliest Earthquakes arranged by Death Toll, Event, Location and Date: 830,000 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China 1556 250,000 526 Antioch earthquake Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) 526 242,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China 1976…
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The American people are not getting the change we wanted when we elected Barrack Obama president, at least when it comes to the mess of our health care system. True, there are a few regulations in the Senate bill that will help protect some Americans against the nasty ways of the private insurance companies. There…