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Jun. 25th, 2012 05:45 pm* The Syrians have shot down a second Turkish airplane. It looks to me like they want a war with Turkey. This on top of them shooting across the border into Turkey to murder unarmed refugees a while back. There is a NATO meeting tonight, Turkey being a NATO member. Turkey has said they don't want war, but if this continues... Yeah. People are waiting to see if they invoke the mutual defense clause.
* The last known Pinta Tortoise has died, though they are checking a tortoise at the Prague zoo in the hopes he might be the true last one. Either way, this is it for the species.
* North Korea Update: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/118741.html?mode=reply&style=mine
* Mitt Romney wants you to know that Arizona is a model for the nation on Immigration policy. I guess this means stopping anyone who isn't white to demand proof of citizenship on a national level if wins in the fall.
* Changing Marriage for the better: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/46419672#47938321
* Psybelle found, Artists held as potential Terrorists: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/27915-quadcopter-drone-group-held
* This does a brilliant job of illustrating the difference between running a country for the common good and running Bain Capital for the benefit of a handful of extremely rich people: http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2012/6/24
* Two slots on my drink swap are open: http://www.bpal.org/topic/77643-hot-drink-summer-circular-swap/
* The last known Pinta Tortoise has died, though they are checking a tortoise at the Prague zoo in the hopes he might be the true last one. Either way, this is it for the species.
* North Korea Update: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/118741.html?mode=reply&style=mine
* Mitt Romney wants you to know that Arizona is a model for the nation on Immigration policy. I guess this means stopping anyone who isn't white to demand proof of citizenship on a national level if wins in the fall.
* Changing Marriage for the better: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/46419672#47938321
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* Psybelle found, Artists held as potential Terrorists: http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/27915-quadcopter-drone-group-held
* This does a brilliant job of illustrating the difference between running a country for the common good and running Bain Capital for the benefit of a handful of extremely rich people: http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2012/6/24
* Two slots on my drink swap are open: http://www.bpal.org/topic/77643-hot-drink-summer-circular-swap/