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AnnieD replied 12 years, 4 months ago

Iceland. Seriously. If it wasn’t far too cold I would want to move there, politically speaking it sounds like heaven on earth. The Prime Minister of Iceland, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, a happily gay married woman and proud feminist recently said “The Nordic countries are leading the way on women’s equality, recognizing women as equal citizens ra…[Read more]
- Rose replied 12 years, 4 months ago
  
  For me, it’s not the cold (I can deal with cold, it’s really hot summers – like the ones we have here in Baltimore – that I can’t fucking stand) but it’s the lack of large cities and the geographic isolation. I’m a city mouse, I need to be near things! But other than that, Iceland sounds like paradise.
  - AnnieD replied 12 years, 4 months ago
    
    I’m from the tropics. It hit 12’C last week and we all froze. At least hot summers mean lots of time on the water and at the beach.
    
    Here politics are crazy, the “Liberal” party is socially conservative and the leader a misogynistic Catholic. The Labor party (spelt the American way for kicks) is holding onto its government with the aid of the…[Read more]
    - Rose replied 12 years, 4 months ago
      
      Yeah, I know Baltimore is not really that hot by a lot of people’s standards, but I’m from Detroit – I’m used to summers where, while super-humid, it rarely goes above 100 F. My first summer here was last year, and there were weeks where it never went below 90. And my parents’ house (thank god I have my own apartment now) didn’t have central…[Read more]
magiclovemuffin replied 12 years, 4 months ago

I am focused on the 2011 gubernatorial races! Exciting times! I am biased because I am currently working on one of them. Which? I will never tell! I do try to keep up with what Congress is doing and, you know, actual governing, but I mostly just like electoral politics. I think the entrenched Dems vs. Repubs mentality is everything that’s wrong…[Read more]
- Rose replied 12 years, 4 months ago
  
  I’m a Democrat though personally I feel like I am too liberal for them and wished there was a viable party that better matched my views. I much prefer multi-party to two-party systems. Regardless, I get what you mean about how the system is fun in a kind of crazy, dramatic way. Electoral politics has a very high-school-drama-ish feel sometimes.
  - magiclovemuffin replied 12 years, 4 months ago
    
    Yeah, I am definitely more liberal than Democrats. Especially in any of the damn states with 2011 governor’s races! That’s part of why the system is so flawed — it’s better to vote in lockstep with something you only marginally agree with in order to block the thing you definitely don’t agree with. There’s no point in even trying to get what you…[Read more]
    - Rose replied 12 years, 4 months ago
      
      Yeah I currently live in Maryland and I like Governor O’Malley, but I’m from Michigan originally and I’m so angry at the doucheface that they elected this year. He is a teacher-hater and the only reason he doesn’t get more attention is because Wisconsin is soaking up all the attention in that region as far as crazy teacher-hating governors go.…[Read more]

sarah replied 12 years, 4 months ago

Well, whilst I was *ahem, busy at work today I googled those coordinates released on twitter, and there are a few dissused buildings around that location, so if it’s not an online interactive shiny social Harry Potter World type thing, then I’m going for a real life Hogwarts Academy in London. But then I read they were just clues?? Yes, as you…[Read more]
- Megan replied 12 years, 4 months ago
  
  Ah, I’ve been hearing about the coordinates, too! I -heard- something similar that it would a huge social networking/world/thingy for Harry Potter fans. Also, that the long awaited Harry Potter encyclopedia might be released? But again.. those are all just rumors!

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