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Fabulous news of the day! The CA State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed more cuts to the California budget. Life in California for the poor is going to get worse:

In releasing his revised budget Wednesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed deeper cuts to health care and welfare programs for the poor even as his administration calculated that the projected demand for government assistance is growing.

The Republican governor proposed $627 million more in cuts to health and human services, making it harder for poor families to qualify for welfare and health coverage.

Click here to read the Sac Bee story.

I love my two cats, aka “my tots.” Little did I know that they have the power to heal. Click here and read “The Healing Power of Pets.”

My tots are pretty darn cute, click here to see a few photos.

I love This American Life - it is one of my favorite NPR shows. I download the podcasts every week, so on my way to the grocery store this afternoon I listened to the latest episode, The Giant Pool of Money:

A special program about the housing crisis. We explain it all to you. What does the housing crisis have to do with the collapse of the investment bank Bear Stearns? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to the Giant Pool of Money.

Ira and NPR’s money section do an excellent job of explaining the sub-prime mortgage crisis and how this huge mess comes back to “the Giant Pool of Money.”

If you are interested in learning more about monetary policy and our crazy capitalist system, watch Money as Debt.

I found a few more tiny house resources that are really cool!

Timberlast provides a variety of tiny small house kits and they even help you raise the house! Click here to check out all of their plans.

Anne Lupton recently created Small-House-Building.com. ResourcesforLife.com said, “It is a “wonderful new resource available for small home enthusiasts. It is a beautiful and simply designed site making it enjoyable and easy to navigate.”

Also check out, Don’t Buy A Small House Plan Until You Read This

Check these resources out!

Click here to read an awesome round-up of the top online green resources, for shopping.

Ohh la la - I really want to live in this bike friendly town:

I previously volunteered with the Mexico Solidarity Network and helped organize educational events about the femicides in Juarez, for mothers/family members of victims.

Unfortunately, not much has changed in Ciudad Juarez - women are still being raped, murdered and the state of Chihuahua has institutionalized impunity.

No contemporary human rights crisis in Mexico has moved world public opinion more than the rapes and murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua. Mass protests stretching from the U.S. - Mexico border to Europe and to India have demanded justice.

Even Hollywood took up the theme, when it recently filmed a major drama about the Juarez crimes starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, and Martin Sheen, called Bordertown. The multi-million dollar film was withheld from release on the big screen in the United States for unexplained reasons.

Read the full story by clicking here.

Via Robert1er on Twitter - this is highly disturbing.

Via Shakesville