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gwydion* "Mugabe 'resisting calls to stand down':" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42020416
* "Saudis must lift Yemen blockade or ‘untold’ thousands will die, UN agencies warn:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/16/lift-yemen-blockade-to-save-children-un-agencies-tell-saudis
* "Trump administration lifts ban on importing heads of hunted elephants:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-lifts-ban-importing-heads-hunted-elephants-n821331
* "Kushner got emails about WikiLeaks, Russia in 2016, lawmakers say:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/jared-kushner-wikileaks-emails-245197
* Another dramatic tax rise to pay for a massive cut for millionaires that hits the poor hardest. "Tax cuts in Senate bill would evaporate in a decade:" http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360660-tax-cuts-in-senate-bill-would-evaporate-in-a-decade-analysis
The fight isn't over. We need to push hard in the Senate. If you can't protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Not only is it a tax cut for billionaires at the expense of the poor and middle class, but it's designed to tax scholarships so heavily that it will make college unaffordable for anyone who can't pay tax up front, and raises taxes on the sick and disabled particularly. "House passes massive GOP tax cuts:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/trump-rally-house-republicans-tax-vote-244965
* There is going to be a 400% tax raise for grad students in order to force the poor and middle class out of being able to afford a college education if this tax plan passes. We are going to rob the future of all those people who have earned a shot at a better life and all the innovations they would create in future so that the Rich don't have to rub elbows with the Poors and they can create a permanent under class while they themselves get not only huge tax cuts, but can pass that freedom from paying their share on to future generations without even a little giving to keeping our society intact. They are not just stealing from those who work for a living to protect those with trust funds from paying in like the rest of us have, but they are stealing our whole future and the futures of all the generations to come to finance it. Please, please, help us fight this.
* "Senators introduce bipartisan gun background check bill:" http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360654-senators-introduce-bipartisan-gun-background-check-bill
* TW: Sexual Assault. "Woman Accuses Bush Of Groping Her ― This Time While In Office:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bush-groped-photo-seventh-woman-in-office_us_5a0df8bfe4b0b9cb33227a92
* TW: Pedophilia "Four more women make allegations against Roy Moore:" https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/roy-moore-campaign-lawyer-statement.html
* This contains the details of the assaults. TW: Sexual Assault. "Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It:" http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leeann-tweeden-on-senator-al-franken/
* This contains the response of Democrats to the assaults. TW: Sexual Assault. "Franken apologizes after woman says he groped her:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/franken-apologizes-after-woman-alleges-he-groped-her-244976
* I believe the woman. Damnit, Al Franken, I trusted you. Not any more.
* "Memorial Hermann Has A Medical Transphobia Problem:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/memorial-hermann-has-medical.html
* This Pipeline is a terrible idea, which was why the Water Protectors were fighting it. "Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html
* "Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change:" http://www.energyandpolicy.org/utilities-knew-about-climate-change/
* This honestly makes a lot more sense. "New study suggests some ancient bite marks from crocs not stone tools:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-crocs-stone-tools.html
* It's interesting, but it needs a much larger sample size for various species to be definitive. "Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-height-weight-evolved-bodies-ancestors.html
* "First infertility diagnosis made 4,000 years ago discovered in cuneiform tablet in Turkey:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/09/first-infertility-diagnosis-made-4000-years-ago-discovered-in-cuneiform-tablet-in-turkey
* "Seattle teen calls out her dad’s Native American art. He learns she’s right:" http://kuow.org/post/seattle-teen-calls-out-her-dad-s-native-american-art-he-learns-she-s-right?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBKUOW7511
* I know it's kind of been resist this, resist that, anti-pedophilia rants all the time, but it was the Republicans who decided to destroy the middle class for a tax cut for billionaires and that Pedophilia is a partizan issue and that they are for it. I am reacting in the only way I can think of.
* Wednesday I successfully did paper and phone bureaucracy. (I just need to wait for more papers to arrive). Today I sorted out the problem with the kitchen fuse constantly shorting, which involved moving furniture, hence the delay. Small things, but progress. On GoB I managed to get make an agreement between the Starks and house Magnar that will likely nicely transition between the historical Skagos relationship with the mainland from WoIaF and the ASoIaF relationship between the Starks and Skagos that plays it's part in Book!Rickon's arc and the northern plot. I know this means nothing to most of you, but I am proud of it.
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
* "Saudis must lift Yemen blockade or ‘untold’ thousands will die, UN agencies warn:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/16/lift-yemen-blockade-to-save-children-un-agencies-tell-saudis
* "Trump administration lifts ban on importing heads of hunted elephants:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-lifts-ban-importing-heads-hunted-elephants-n821331
* "Kushner got emails about WikiLeaks, Russia in 2016, lawmakers say:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/jared-kushner-wikileaks-emails-245197
* Another dramatic tax rise to pay for a massive cut for millionaires that hits the poor hardest. "Tax cuts in Senate bill would evaporate in a decade:" http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360660-tax-cuts-in-senate-bill-would-evaporate-in-a-decade-analysis
The fight isn't over. We need to push hard in the Senate. If you can't protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Not only is it a tax cut for billionaires at the expense of the poor and middle class, but it's designed to tax scholarships so heavily that it will make college unaffordable for anyone who can't pay tax up front, and raises taxes on the sick and disabled particularly. "House passes massive GOP tax cuts:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/trump-rally-house-republicans-tax-vote-244965
* There is going to be a 400% tax raise for grad students in order to force the poor and middle class out of being able to afford a college education if this tax plan passes. We are going to rob the future of all those people who have earned a shot at a better life and all the innovations they would create in future so that the Rich don't have to rub elbows with the Poors and they can create a permanent under class while they themselves get not only huge tax cuts, but can pass that freedom from paying their share on to future generations without even a little giving to keeping our society intact. They are not just stealing from those who work for a living to protect those with trust funds from paying in like the rest of us have, but they are stealing our whole future and the futures of all the generations to come to finance it. Please, please, help us fight this.
* "Senators introduce bipartisan gun background check bill:" http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360654-senators-introduce-bipartisan-gun-background-check-bill
* TW: Sexual Assault. "Woman Accuses Bush Of Groping Her ― This Time While In Office:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bush-groped-photo-seventh-woman-in-office_us_5a0df8bfe4b0b9cb33227a92
* TW: Pedophilia "Four more women make allegations against Roy Moore:" https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/15/roy-moore-campaign-lawyer-statement.html
* This contains the details of the assaults. TW: Sexual Assault. "Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It:" http://www.kabc.com/2017/11/16/leeann-tweeden-on-senator-al-franken/
* This contains the response of Democrats to the assaults. TW: Sexual Assault. "Franken apologizes after woman says he groped her:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/16/franken-apologizes-after-woman-alleges-he-groped-her-244976
* I believe the woman. Damnit, Al Franken, I trusted you. Not any more.
* "Memorial Hermann Has A Medical Transphobia Problem:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/memorial-hermann-has-medical.html
* This Pipeline is a terrible idea, which was why the Water Protectors were fighting it. "Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota:" http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/us/keystone-pipeline-leak/index.html
* "Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change:" http://www.energyandpolicy.org/utilities-knew-about-climate-change/
* This honestly makes a lot more sense. "New study suggests some ancient bite marks from crocs not stone tools:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-ancient-crocs-stone-tools.html
* It's interesting, but it needs a much larger sample size for various species to be definitive. "Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors:" https://phys.org/news/2017-11-height-weight-evolved-bodies-ancestors.html
* "First infertility diagnosis made 4,000 years ago discovered in cuneiform tablet in Turkey:" https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/09/first-infertility-diagnosis-made-4000-years-ago-discovered-in-cuneiform-tablet-in-turkey
* "Seattle teen calls out her dad’s Native American art. He learns she’s right:" http://kuow.org/post/seattle-teen-calls-out-her-dad-s-native-american-art-he-learns-she-s-right?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBKUOW7511
* I know it's kind of been resist this, resist that, anti-pedophilia rants all the time, but it was the Republicans who decided to destroy the middle class for a tax cut for billionaires and that Pedophilia is a partizan issue and that they are for it. I am reacting in the only way I can think of.
* Wednesday I successfully did paper and phone bureaucracy. (I just need to wait for more papers to arrive). Today I sorted out the problem with the kitchen fuse constantly shorting, which involved moving furniture, hence the delay. Small things, but progress. On GoB I managed to get make an agreement between the Starks and house Magnar that will likely nicely transition between the historical Skagos relationship with the mainland from WoIaF and the ASoIaF relationship between the Starks and Skagos that plays it's part in Book!Rickon's arc and the northern plot. I know this means nothing to most of you, but I am proud of it.
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/
* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate
* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc
* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries
* Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com