Say no to trigger in US health care reform

Hey everyone,

Say no to the trigger, and send on the news to people to stop the trigger in its tracks here:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51843&id=17165-17197073-LTwmcEx&t=2

Not having a public health option in health insurance can lead to health care costs swelling to a terrifying rate. It would cause a huge drop in people in the workforce (due to the number of people becoming sick or dying from lack of affordable healthcare). Not to mention the ensuing toll on lives and quality of life. It can lead to people struggling to pay the bills, keep their livelihoods and homes (due to taking time off work and being unable to pay for health care).

The cost in not having a public option in health care insurance is too high.

Feel free to learn more in the MonveOn.org email below:

Email from MoveOn.org:

Recent news reports are saying that White House negotiators are considering a public option "trigger" in health care reform—a favorite idea of conservatives that would postpone the public health insurance option for years or eliminate it entirely.1

We can't afford to wait for real health care reform. Can you submit a comment on the White House comment page urging President Obama to say no to the "trigger"?

Click here to submit your comment:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51843&id=17165-17197073-LTwmcEx&t=2

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Impossibly gorgeous or must see Fanart - mostly Harry Potter centric

Hey all,

If you just like Snape, Lily/Snape, Cho, Ginny/Luna, Neville/Luna this will most likely rock your socks.

Snape as Deatheater, by LadyArweni. Creepy and otherwordly:

http://ladyarweni.deviantart.com/art/Snape-as-Deatheater-69920080

beautiful and yet so sad. Lily and Snape by Brunabrito (based on a fic by Northangel):

http://brunabrito.deviantart.com/art/Lily-and-Snape-96347640

Snape's Choice. Beautifully captures Snape's loyalties being rent in two:

http://melaniedavis.deviantart.com/art/snape-s-choice-79569109

Everyone's probably seen this. But anyway, here it is! Two sides of the same coin? Severus and Lily bookmark, by ellaine:

http://ellaine.deviantart.com/art/Severus-Lily-Bookmarks-63406115

I don't ship this pairing. But the pic *is* gorgeous. Ginny as Delirium, and Cho as Death (by sexyharryspecs). Should please Neil Gaiman fans, J K Rowling fans or lovers of stunning, sexy art:

http://sexyharryspecs.deviantart.com/art/Delirium-Ginny-and-Death-Cho-13740698

Too cute for words! I don't care what others think, I like Cho. The poor girl was going through severe trauma, she just wanted to talk to someone about how her boyfriend had been murdered by Voldemort. Here she is, the lovely and human Cho:

http://nekofoot.deviantart.com/art/Cho-Chang-31237760

Just. Plain. Adorable. Ginny and Luna, by andlatitude:

http://andlatitude.deviantart.com/art/Ginny-and-Luna-73534090

Some cute randomness. Trevor should always stay on somebody's head! lberghol's Young love (Neville x Luna):

http://lberghol.deviantart.com/art/Young-Love-Neville-Luna-23566254
Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Eerie, abandoned and lost:

http://steeringfornorth.deviantart.com/art/Miss-Havisham-115187016

Laugh out loud or gorgeous Avatar and HP centric fanart

puppet love! Haru needs more love.

http://katsari-chan.deviantart.com/art/SDCC-Fri-Haru-gets-love-92826088

Gorgeous cosplay of beach!episode coolly amused Mai, aloof Zuko and sunny Ty Lee (the smile just captures her cheery Ty Lee-ness!). The cosplayers mirror the characters perfectly:

http://zvko.deviantart.com/art/SDCC08-Beach-PARTAAY-93216274

Ozai's Angels and beautiful Dangerous Ladies. Coming to a cinema near you! I'd watch this anytime over the atrocious whitewashed travesty of an Avatar movie made by Shyamalan:

http://finni.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-Ozai-s-Angels-32165827

Kalmia's laugh out loud answers to an Avatar art meme:

http://kalmia.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-meme-95237714

Loved this. Ty Lee goes aerodynamic and cheekily balances on Sokka's head! XD Or something to that effect:

http://kutyabengekereg.deviantart.com/art/Sokka-vs-Ty-Lee-coloured-102557156

Cheeky and cute. Ty Lee's interactions with Sokka in ATLA were so cute and hilarious. It seems that Sokka is quite a hit with the ladies. ;) Sokka and Ty Lee, by kamladolly:

http://kamladolly.deviantart.com/art/atla-sokka-and-ty-lee-33910950

Too beautiful and cute not to put in. Alanna and faithful, by Maseiya. Characters are from Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet books:

http://maseiya.deviantart.com/art/Alanna-Faithful-Portrait-86473640

bwahahaha, couldn't resist this! koenta is a genius of random craziness. Pirates of The Caribbean/Aladdin crossover. A Whole New World, indeed!

http://koenta.deviantart.com/art/PotC-Aladdin-of-the-Caribbean-58217683

Why Snape might not have wanted to survive in HP book 7. From koenta, the master/mistress of madcap hilarity. Should please the Snape/Harry and Lily/Snape shippers out there:

http://koenta.deviantart.com/art/HP-If-Snape-survived-62699405

A... touching *ahem* *coughs* picture of Snape's last minutes with Harry in the Shrieking Shack:

http://koenta.deviantart.com/art/HP-100-000-hits-danke-68575485