Quizes, games, and other asides Take a quiz to see how much you know about the United Nations Play the redistricting game. Budget Hero: a game that lets you make your own version of the Federal Budget ICE'D: Breakthrough's Anti-deportation video game. Play a fun game and donate food to feed the hungry. Water Dash...Tumbling Trash...The O-Zone... These quick -- and fun -- little games offer valuable insights on protecting the environment. Do you think you could survive the dangers lurking in the Bering Sea if you were a fish? Here's a game for you to test your skills and see just what you'd be up against if you were a fish. Play the game! The Baltic Marine Rescue: You are one of the last cod in the endangered Baltic Sea. Survive the suffocating algae, escape the illegal fishing nets and dodge the fatal oil spillages to make it through to safe waters. Would you pass the U.S. citizenship test? Amnesty International's new exciting campaign where you can virtually tear down Guantánamo Bay! Helpless Democrat (Joke) A short quiz about your political beliefs (thank you Betty) Does your religious choice match your political beliefs? Take a quiz here to see where you fit. A make-you smile, must-see flash video--for a brighter new year and a new political season, when hope can overcome fear. John Gray (2004): A day in the life of Joe Middle-Class Republican Republican-to-English Dictionary Buddhist Monks Chanting for Peace Video Roy Rivenberg (Los Angeles Times): Holiday Gifts for Political Junkies (Humor) Candorville (December 17, 2006): Privacy Bumpersticker list (humor) Al Franken's Photo Album (from Susan) Ginny suggests eons.com, a community website for those over 50. Watch out! Nintendo is also making games for those over 50, so we can use the game players while the grandchildren are at school. Standup: cartoons from comic Matt Bors for the ACLU. Amazing Discovery (thank you Candy) Poems by Rick Brumley. A video poem on torture. (Thank you Barbara Cummings) History Quiz: How well to remember icons of American History? If you are interested in doing your own estimate of the cost of the Iraq war, visit the website set up by the American Enterprise and Brookings Insitution where you can set your own parameters and see what the estimated cost is. Election ditty looking to 2008 Rickie Lee Jones has recorded a song for progressives in this election season: Have you had enough? (Free download) Go to the Archive before December 2006 for more | ||||