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Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed.

• Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Event | Rock for Barack – Rock for Barack –
  One Night, Two Venues, Too many acts!!! Sept 19th Pittsburgh, PA. 7pm @ Garfield Artworks (4931 Penn Ave) featuring – Dawn Canon, John Huffman, Axelrod, and Big Hurry, with special guest speakers from the Obama Campaign and Pittsburgh Dems. . . . . 10pm @ Brillobox (4104 Penn Ave) featuring – Gene Stovall, Famous Mr. Nobodiez, Knowledge, and Jack Wilson. At this event you can: Hear good music, register to volunteer for the campaign, register to vote, or just come to support Obama!
• Catholics for Obama Strategy Session in Pittsburgh – Sat. Sept. 13, 2008 – The Pennsylvania Campaign for Change will be running a one day Organize for Change Strategy Session for Catholics for Obama on Saturday, September 13th. This day long training will immerse you in the community organizing skills that Barack learned on the South Side of Chicago and which have guided the grassroots energy of this campaign.
• Steel City Stonewall Democrats Discussion List – The Steel City Stonewall Dems have a dicussion list (Yahoo Group) – it is open for anyone to join and share info.

Here are some blog posts, article and links that you may have missed.

• Palin’s Wasilla To Rape Victims: Bring Your Checkbook – "So, for four years – from 1996, when Palin took office to 2000 when this law was passed – Palin didn't seem to have a problem with charging rape victims to solve their own crime. And if she did, she certainly didn't communicate that to her hand-picked Police Chief, who didn't have a problem with it."
• Ayanna Lee – Ayanna Lee is a democrat running for State Rep in the 44th district against Mark Mustio
• The Sorry State of Pittsburgh’s Public Transit « My Life and Times – Another Pittsburgh bloger looks at the state of transit in Pittsburgh