From What I've Tasted of Desire...

[Unknown LJ tag]</lj>Being a Brit there's not a damn lot I can do about this but I can signal boost. From sotto_voice :


It's that time again, to mention the post I made a couple days ago. The Senate is voting on the National Defense Authorization Act -- which includes Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal -- tomorrow. As of right now, supporters don't even have enough votes to get it past John McCain's filibuster.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS MY SHAME-RAGE. THAT IS NOW A WORD. SHAME-RAGE.

Guys, I am begging you. Please, please, please, please call your senator and tell him or her that you strongly support repeal, even if your senator has already come out in favor of it. They need to know that people want this; polls say that 70% of Americans do, but poll numbers don't pack the punch of constituents' actual voices. Make sure that you tell them your name and the city/town that you live in, so that they can properly log your call.

Call the Capitol switchboard and ask to be connected to your senator's office. (202) 224-3121 It's fast, it's easy, and it makes a difference. I've done it. It's seriously super easy.

If you live in: Maine, Arkansas, Indiana, New Hampshire, Virgina, or Ohio: you are especially important! You have a Republican senator who has yet to indicate how he or she will vote. PLEASE CALL. Please, you guys. Please please please. It will be terrible if this doesn't even make it to the fucking floor.

Susan Collins D.C. office: (202) 224-2523
Susan Collins Augusta, ME office: (207) 622-8414

Olympia Snowe toll-free number: (800) 432-1599
Olympia Snowe Augusta, ME office: (207) 622-8292

Mark Pryor D.C. office: (202) 224-2353
Mark Pryor Little Rock, AR office: (501) 324-6336

Richard Lugar D.C. office: (202) 224-4814
Richard Lugar Indianapolis, IN office: (317) 226-5555

Judd Gregg D.C. office: (202) 224-3324
Judd Gregg Concord, NH office: (603) 225-7115

Jim Webb D.C. office: 202-224-4024
Jim Webb Richmond, VA office: 804-771-2221

George Voinovich D.C. office: (202) 224-3353
George Voinovich Columbus, OH office: (614) 469-6697

Tell them to:

OPPOSE a motion to strike the DADT repeal amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act.

OPPOSE any replacement or substitute repeal amendment

OPPOSE any attempt to modify the repeal amendment in the bill

OPPOSE any filibuster attempt

SUPPORT final passage of the bill

I am on my knees pleading here. If people don't call and make their voices heard, the bill is going to be filibustered out of existence. If the bill is killed, you can be sure that it won't be back anytime soon; not with a Republican takeover of Congress likely in November. You can make a difference, either through action or inaction. Please choose action.

If extra incentive is at all helpful, I'll bake and mail cookies to anyone who tells me that they've called their senator. (Uhh, if this blows up -- which I don't expect it will, but just in case -- I reserve the right to cap the number of cookies I'll be making; I do not, sadly, have the resources of a commercial bakery!)

This is a public post; please c&p or boost the signal. I want this going as wide as possible.
Originally posted at http://requiem2adream.dreamwidth.org/295961.html. Comment where ever you feel most comfortable.

Here's a little something I could have sworn I'd already uploaded but since I can't find it, here it is again.

Title: Untitled Torchwood/St. Trinians crossover.
Summary: Polly goes to a job interview at Torchwood 1
Notes: Totally bethan_b_bad's fault. Unbeta'd and unedited since I write it, I can't guarantee quality. Constructive criticism welcomed.

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1. I will not journey to the centre of the Earth just to see the dinosaurs that live there.
2. I will not try to find the big  red self destruct button for the earth and if I do happen to find it by accident I will not push it.
3. I will not spend my nights dressed up in black leather while swinging from rooftops yelling 'I am the goddamn Batman!'
4. I will not set out to discover God's last message to his creation.
5. I will not run naked across the surface of the moon.
6. I will not murder my sister by pointing a wand at her and yelling Avada Kedavra.
7. I will not murder anyone by pointing a wand at them and yelling Avada Kedavra.
8. I will not let myself fall in love with creepy stalker vampires named Edward.
9. I will not catch a falling star and put it in my pocket. Nor will I save it for a rainy day.
10. I will not begin a political coup, no matter how much  I want to.

Stolen from plum177!
- Pick up to 15 OTPs (some will be platonic!OTP's, BTW. I certainly don't ship all of these pairings.)
- Describe them in less than 15 words.
- Have your flist guess the OTP!

1. Adopted son of playboy millionaire. Promiscuous daughter of criminal mastermind. Together they fight crime!
2. Their marriage was rock solid until someone decided it wasn't. Fandom demanded a brand new writer.
3. Iron Man and Batman! Iron Man and Batman! Together they fight crime.
4. Politics. Latin. Snark. It all started with a napkin.
5. Screwdrivers and spaceships. One has an oral fixation. Drums have never been this kinky.
6. A hardened cop. A snarky PI. Together they fight (magical) crime.
7. Their relationship is defined by goldfish.
8. They are not Ross and Rachel.
9. Ink spots and impotence.
10. A snarky girl and her prehistoric/futuristic partner.
11. A computer genius and a technophobe share a love of ornithology. Together they fight crime.
12. A creepy older man. A lonely teenage girl.  Their love is a glass soap bubble.
13. He shows his love by trying to kill him. Their song is Starship Troopers.
14.  Alien and human. Shapeshifter and mage. Won't let  Northstar have all the fun.
15. The women come and go, but she is his true love. She is his home.

Comments screened until I post the answers later, to stop you all cheating :P Go!

This is for sotto_voice, who worked so hard on the 'No on 1' campaign over in Maine. Lexie, I know the result isn't what you wanted but you did an amazing job and I have loved watching you tirelessly campaign for something you are so passionate about.

It's also for everyone one of you who is disappointed/sad/heartbroken over the result, but it's mostly for Lexie.





I love you guys.

ETA: I wasn't going to add this as it relates to Prop 8 and I kind of felt it detracts from the subject as it applies to Maine, but then I re-watched it and remembered that it's relevant to ANY state in America that votes against same sex marriage. Also it's a more valid argument than Lilly Allen songs and songs about duck sex.