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Hey, did you read:
• That on Wednesday, when the Egyptian military forced Mohamed Morsi from office, there were reportedly more than 80 mob sexual assaults on women in Tahrir Square? ("In a typical attack, lines of men push their way through the packed square, surround lone women, and start ripping at their clothes until they are naked.") —Kate Schmidt
• That the amount of renewable energy used in the United States today would have powered the entire country 150 years ago, but we are still addicted to fossil fuels?…
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