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Alpha's Florida Democratic Debate Live Blog

Tonight I will be doing another live blog since I had so much fun doing last nights MI Election one!

I will start probably 30 minutes or so (appx 8:30 EST) before the commencement of the debate and hope to see a bunch of you there!

Keep feeling the BERN and catch you guys and gals in a few hours!

Have an Amazing day and remember to:

What makes America great? Here is one example:

I wrote this comment before Michigan:
I want a win in Michigan really really bad. Would be great to
See the Muslim community come out in groves and Vote Bernie to victory.
But, know this- We are winning every moment we are in this race.

I must have been on the super duper nice list because Santa brought me my present early:

Uterus transplants open new world of possibility for trans women

 photo bowick_zpsvcviuweo.jpgSurgeons at Cleveland Clinic transplanted a uterus into a woman identified only as Lindsey in late February. The clinic plans to perform ten such transplants in a clinical trial. Recipients at this time will be women who can't get pregnant because their uterus is damaged or missing.

But transgender women are watching.

I hope it becomes a reality. I absolutely would be willing to do it.

Ever since I was old enough to understand the concept of parenting, I wanted to be a mother. I didn’t know how that would ever happen, but that’s what I wanted.

--Chastity Bowick, 30, a medical case manager in Worcester, Mass

Bowick began her transition when she was 19.

Wha' Happened? 538, Bubble Thinking, and Polls

For those of us who have been dismayed by our poll-obsessed political discourse, the elevation of 538 into Oz-like prestige has been...let's say irritating. But now the curtain has been rather rudely pulled aside. The live blog thread from 538 made for very interesting reading last night (and into the a.m.).

Hellraisers Journal: Charles Moyer, Big Bill Haywood, George Pettibone Indicted by Grand Jury at Caldwell, Idaho

There are no limits to which powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones.

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Friday March 9, 1906
From The San Francisco Call: "Boise Suspects Are Indicted"

The Call of March 8th reports on developments in the murder case against the officers of the Western Federation of Miners:

BOISE SUSPECTS ARE INDICTED
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Caldwell Grand Jury Returns Bills Against
Moyer and His Confederates
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Attorney for Prisoners Announces That He
Will Ask for Trials Immediately
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