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The new documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell tells the story of the women who fought for peace—and won—in war-ravaged Liberia. "Leymah had a vision of peace, and one day, she decided to gather friends (both Muslim and Christian) and sit in a field near the central Monrovia fish market, clad in white, to demand an end to the fighting. The few turned to hundreds and into a real organization—Women in Peacebuilding Program, or WIPP. The sit-in turned into meetings with the president and leaders of LURD, leading to the 2003 peace talks in Ghana. During the peace talks, when the two sides hadn’t come to a decision after months, Leymah and her troops blocked the building exits in Accra until accords had been made. It was nonviolent resistance, and completely feminine in its nature (done by word of mouth and through clothing and coded signals rather than loud acts), but Leymah and her army did more to bring peace to Liberia than almost any other group." - Anna Haro via Bookmarklet

Liberia has such an interesting and compelling history, one I don't know much about, I'm afraid. Will check this out. - Derrick

Bjorn, I recently started to read it, and I do enjoy it. - Anna Haro

"One Cuil = One level of abstraction away from the reality of a situation. Example: You ask me for a Hamburger. 1 Cuil: if you asked me for a hamburger, and I gave you a raccoon. 2 Cuils: If you asked me for a hamburger, but it turns out I don't really exist. Where I was originally standing, a picture of a hamburger rests on the ground." - Kevin Fox via Bookmarklet

whoooeeee! - MikeAmundsen

For those frequent occurrences when the rest of the air around you catches fire, you're on an airplane that loses all air pressure and when you're conducting one of those ubiquitous space walks. - AJ Kohn

I prefer Perri-air - Lindsey

There's a big market for these out in Colorado especially at high altitude ski resorts. - Brandon

By "large tech company", you wouldn't mean "Google", would you? - Roberto Bonini

Cool. Rather than me going to the Google Phone, the Google Phone will come to me, and I won't have to ditch my 2 yr contract. - Ted Gilchrist

AndroidNet sounds awesome!!! - Chris Hofmann

I had this idea over a year ago. Now if it could only extend to brick and mortar stores, give historical data (with graphs), and likely get a critical mass for something other than electronics ... - Alex Power

OMG GOLD!!!!! - Mona N.

Hur! Hur! A geek joke! - Mark O'Neill

Autobots! Masterbate! - Pete Delucchi

Heh. - pea gives ♥ a bad name

Ugh, thanks for pointing that out. I can't stand lazy kerning. - Glenn Batuyong

LOL yeah, i cringed when I saw that. At least the leading is alright.. - Maria

So.True. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Yes. Sham-wow! And I can live quite well without it. :) - Jill, Superhero Librarian

"Wine is broken in America." - edythe

"Entrepreneurship boils down to the simple fact that a team of really smart people who can get things done are going to get smart, useful things done. Need proof? No problem: Check out http://stackoverflow.com." - Gabe via Bookmarklet

Not having done a startup before, the someecards guys weren't sure whether they were supposed to stay neutral on this election. Once they realized that it was entirely okay for them to pick sides, they nevertheless realized they were having trouble writing any funny pro-Republican cards at all. What to do? Ask the community to write them: http://someecards.wordpress.co... - Christopher Sacca

someecards is one of my favorite new apps of the year. Its worth checking out if you haven't been there yet. - Mark Edwards

...thanks to embee for this... - JA Castillo via Bookmarklet

HAAAAAaaaaaahhahahahahhahahaaaa! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

California?!? Yeah, if Orange County secedes and declares itself the Christian Republic of California! - Steven Perez

As a hoosier, I'll just say that if it is remotely close (no matter the result) it is still a minor miracle. This is the first time that I can remember that natl campaigns have actually payed attention to us here. I think we are seeing what a little attention can do. - Katy Southern

"Let the issues be the issue." - April Buchheit via Bookmarklet

A little clumsy, but I like the point that this makes. - Kamilah Gill

Heh, it's Mr. Potato Head, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. - Tanath

"That's some confession, even for a thick-skinned man. He seems to know himself well, knows he can be selfish and that he cuts quite a lonely figure – just him and his remaining cat rattling around in that big house. He also knows he is easily bored. 'I don't have guests on my show because I don't care what other people think,' he tells me. 'Most guests are boring.' But it's not only others he is bored with, it is also, perhaps, himself. This may be what explains his recklessness, his bravado, his determination to say the unsayable. And perhaps it also explains why he never misses a beat, until you draw him out about himself — how he is difficult to live with, how he cried when his cat died, how, to his surprise, he found it helpful talking to a therapist. Only then does he hesitate. As we part he bets me a cigar from Desmond Sautter's of Mayfair that Obama won't win. I'd better go and choose one." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

I bracket Rush Limbaugh in my mind with Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Jay Severin, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity. Stupid bullies. Lots of aggression, fear and violence. Little brainpower and zero analytical skills. They promoted every disastrous policy promoted by the Bush 43 administration (especially the Iraq War) without a moment's thought or effort at independent critical analysis. Low-grade agitprop artists. Much of this mess has been engineered by Rupert Murdoch and a handful of other mainstream media owners -- they provided the paychecks and suppressed or censored opposing views. - Sean McBride

OMG Gregory you had me going there... however, as we get old and cranky we become more susceptible to this sort of appeal to the reptilian brain, IMO :-) - Richard Walker