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gwydion* Mohamed Morsey is refusing to back down on his takeover of the Egyptian government and the plan to introduce a Shari based constitution. The army and protesters continue to fight. The moderates refuse to negotiate until Morsey gives up the extra judicial powers and agrees to delay the constitution.
* Gov. Rick Snyder pushes an anti-Union bill against protests in Michigan:
* More Anderson Cooper on the illogical Right Wing claims that extending our freedoms to people in other countries magically harms home schooled children here despite zero evidence that building a wheelchair ramp in France causes abortion in the US. I get that Evangelical Christians really hate disabled people, but I do not see that that's a rational reason for 650 Million people or more to be denied accessible accommodations:
* SCOTUS, anti-miscegenation laws, and marriage Equality:
* Why raising Medicare eligibility age is a bad idea:
* "Evangelicals vs. Persons With Disabilities: The real dangers of fighting against imaginary monsters:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2012/12/06/evangelicals-vs-persons-with-disabilities-the-real-dangers-of-fighting-against-imaginary-monsters/
* "The catfish that strands itself to kill pigeons:" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=8057#.UMKBMXfhdIr
* Australian Prime minister Apocalypse prank:
* Pizza Perfume:
* I got rear ended at a different intersection while trying to take Greenwick home. It was nearly the same accident. We were the second car at a light. The person in front braked due to a hazard in the intersection. We braked. The guy behind me had his brakes lock up and rammed us good. I'm in a stunning amount of pain. I'm on the bubble as to whether I should go to a doctor tomorrow. The car has a mysterious rattle, some more bumper damage, and damage more damage to the bumper brackets, but my car is mostly fine. The other car though? Jesus fucking Christ! The front end crumpled like it was made of paper. He had picked his kid up from an after school thing and was rushing home for dinner. The most important thing is that the boy wasn't hurt. The second is that he got to see a bunch of people acting link grown-ups over a car accident, including some good citizens who witnessed the accident and waited more than an hour for a cop plus all the extra time for him to gather data and write it up. It a good thing to model or someone who will be driving in a few years, that in a stressful situation, sensible people can behave decently to each other. We exchanged info and accident stories; we marveled over the extent of his damage; we laughed as he picked bits of my bumper stickers out of what was left of his grill.
I am rather glad I hadn't quite gotten around to fixing the bumper.
Now there's even more exhausting bureaucracy and errands to do. Sigh. But no one was seriously hurt and that's the main thing.
* Greenwick found, https://twitter.com/DeekyMD/status/276080962306187264/photo/1
* "“Homicide Victims Rarely Talk to Police,” and Other Horrible Headlines:" http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/12/05/homicide-victims-rarely-talk-to-police-and-other-horrible-headlines/
* Gov. Rick Snyder pushes an anti-Union bill against protests in Michigan:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* More Anderson Cooper on the illogical Right Wing claims that extending our freedoms to people in other countries magically harms home schooled children here despite zero evidence that building a wheelchair ramp in France causes abortion in the US. I get that Evangelical Christians really hate disabled people, but I do not see that that's a rational reason for 650 Million people or more to be denied accessible accommodations:
* SCOTUS, anti-miscegenation laws, and marriage Equality:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Why raising Medicare eligibility age is a bad idea:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* "Evangelicals vs. Persons With Disabilities: The real dangers of fighting against imaginary monsters:" http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2012/12/06/evangelicals-vs-persons-with-disabilities-the-real-dangers-of-fighting-against-imaginary-monsters/
* "The catfish that strands itself to kill pigeons:" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=8057#.UMKBMXfhdIr
* Australian Prime minister Apocalypse prank:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Pizza Perfume:
* I got rear ended at a different intersection while trying to take Greenwick home. It was nearly the same accident. We were the second car at a light. The person in front braked due to a hazard in the intersection. We braked. The guy behind me had his brakes lock up and rammed us good. I'm in a stunning amount of pain. I'm on the bubble as to whether I should go to a doctor tomorrow. The car has a mysterious rattle, some more bumper damage, and damage more damage to the bumper brackets, but my car is mostly fine. The other car though? Jesus fucking Christ! The front end crumpled like it was made of paper. He had picked his kid up from an after school thing and was rushing home for dinner. The most important thing is that the boy wasn't hurt. The second is that he got to see a bunch of people acting link grown-ups over a car accident, including some good citizens who witnessed the accident and waited more than an hour for a cop plus all the extra time for him to gather data and write it up. It a good thing to model or someone who will be driving in a few years, that in a stressful situation, sensible people can behave decently to each other. We exchanged info and accident stories; we marveled over the extent of his damage; we laughed as he picked bits of my bumper stickers out of what was left of his grill.
I am rather glad I hadn't quite gotten around to fixing the bumper.
Now there's even more exhausting bureaucracy and errands to do. Sigh. But no one was seriously hurt and that's the main thing.
* Greenwick found, https://twitter.com/DeekyMD/status/276080962306187264/photo/1
* "“Homicide Victims Rarely Talk to Police,” and Other Horrible Headlines:" http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/12/05/homicide-victims-rarely-talk-to-police-and-other-horrible-headlines/
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