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Jim Wallis and Jon Stewart are such a great combination…
Wallis was on the Daily Show Wednesday night talking about his new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street.”
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Sept. 11, 2009 #justicefriday
He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.
isaiah 2:4
Remembering those who have lost their lives in the name of redemptive violence — all around the world.
May [...]
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Bring your ideas to the table
On Tuesday, America lost a lifelong champion of the under resourced.
Regardless of your political view, everyone I’ve heard who’s talked about Sen. Edward Kennedy has said he always fought for the under resourced and always worked to build compromise wherever possible to make landmark legislation happen.
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More on health care
John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods (Austin based grocery store) has stirred some folks up with his recent Wall Street Journal article.
While I don’t know the ins and outs of the business/money side of things I think he could be on to something (Spamboy has a great expansion on Mackey’s ideas).
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Health care – napkins and all
Common Craft shared a link to this great explanation of the current health care situation ::
Healthcare Napkins All
View more documents from Dan Roam.
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#justicefriday – the Vieled Community
Simply put – people should not be bought and sold.
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#justicefriday At the End of Slavery
Coming in September:
Watched much of this during a special online screening of this on Tuesday. Can’t wait till its released and you can see it too. It’s a powerful wake up call.
Find out more at attheendofslavery.com
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iPhones and dirty Coltan #justicefriday
Today a new iPhone 3Gs is being released to the masses. Folks were lining up around the block to get their hands on Steve Jobs’ latest gadget.
The new 3Gs just adds to the iphone buzz on Twitter about the new iPhone 3.0 OS (released earlier this week).
And I get it. I’m a huge fan of [...]
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Obama administration looks at human trafficking
Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post today regarding human trafficking and the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, which was released by the US Dept of State last week ::
Twenty-year-old Oxana Rantchev left her home in Russia in 2001 for what she believed was a job as a translator in Cyprus. A [...]
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A kick in the balls
Yup. There you have it. That’s what Saturday night felt like during our JustOne Dallas Launch Party.
Much of the evening was educating ourselves about JustOne and that included watching “Fields of Mudan” – a 23 minute kick in the balls.
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