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gwydion* "Trump calls Kim Jong Un 'very honorable':" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384600-trump-calls-kim-jong-un-very-honorable
* "Third judge rules against Trump move to end DACA:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/24/third-judge-rules-against-trump-daca-550092
* "EPA security chief worked for tabloid owner linked to Trump:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384760-epa-security-chief-worked-for-tabloid-owner-linked-to-trump-report
* "Mulvaney to bankers: Your input will help limit consumer bureau's power:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384742-mulvaney-to-bankers-campaign-donations-will-help-limit-consumer
“If you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you were a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
* The plan is to triple the rent on the elderly, disabled, and extremely poor with large families who are the main beneficiaries of the program, because that will somehow teach them "self sufficiency." Explain to me how tripling the rent on an 80 year old in a wheelchair is going to increase self sufficiency. Go on, I dare you. Oh, and they are throwing in work requirements, presumably to force people who can't afford child care into homelessness for themselves and their children. "Carson proposes rent increases for Americans on housing assistance:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384845-carson-to-propose-rent-increases-for-americans-receiving-housing
* Seriously, why wasn't he fired? "VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during trip, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/ronny-jackson-door-allegations/index.html
* "Sen. Tester: VA nominee handed out prescriptions 'like candy':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/tester-va-ronny-jackson/index.html
* "Pro-Trump Senate candidate Don Blankenship uses ethnic slur in attack on Mitch McConnell’s wife:" https://www.salon.com/2018/04/26/pro-trump-senate-candidate-don-blankenship-uses-ethnic-slur-in-attack-on-mitch-mcconnells-wife/
* "The True Messed Up Story of Pocahontas:"
* "How the USA Stole the Panama Canal:"
* The dentist was an extremely competent, polite, older gentleman; the hygienist, an Elder Goth like me. This is the last tooth as they found no new problems. (I have had a lot of bad experience with assholish older male dentists, hence my general preference for women dentists as they are are apt to listen. I am rather pleased that out of the four dentists I've had there, I have found no duds).
They now have serious security in place at Social Security. I arrived five minutes before open and got in the queue to sign in. The security guard was a sort of younger Shia LaBeouf who mumbled very softly, making the whole me being searched twice very awkward as I couldn't understand him half the time and he refused to speak even as loud as library soft. Imagine Marlon Brando mumbling under his breath. He objected to my key chain, so I had to take my keys back to my car and get searched again going in the second time. Why they hired a man who doesn't speak clearly to deal with a population of elderly people many of whom are hard of hearing I don't know. I barely got back in time to pull my ID out for my turn. It turns out they did not lie about my gender marker five years ago (It was almost the exact anniversary, turns out). Instead, the rather flustered lady who handled me half a decade ago missed a crucial step in the process, so they never posted across the whole Federal system, just the SS network. It took the nice lady today and bher supervisor about fifteen minutes to figure out, but from now on I won't have to loudly discuss my gender at length with Medical receptionists whenever I get a new receptionist, and when they send the new laminated Medicare cards, all my documents ought to match. Sigh.
When I got up in the evening, I did litters, prewashed dishes, did bathroom and kitchen floors, and enlisted Squirrel to help me lift things in the garden. (There are two of the heavy oblong planters I needed to switch, and one is awkwardly placed as that is where the sun is). It's ten times easier if someone stands on the other side to lift it out, after which I'm fine. I set it aside, he scootched a second planter over into thee first one's place, and he helped me lower in the third into the best spot for sun in the garden, where it needed to be. Then I reorganized five things into more appropriate spots for this particular month. Small space gardening is like that, lots of moving things around to make best use of what sun I have. Luckily the two heaviest containers are for partial sun plants and I doubt I'll need to move them in the next several years. I am really pleased with the asparagus. It is so tempting to harvest them as they are large enough this year, but I know you have to let them feather until there are enough to do both. Sigh.
* I'm still angry about Vail. "Into the Badlands, Season 3, Episode 1: Enter the Phoenix:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/04/into-badlands-season-3-episode-1-enter.html
* "Dissecting the Hobbit Part II: The Desolation of Plot:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/dissecting-the-hobbit-part-ii/
* Snerk: https://xkcd.com/1985/
* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem
* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Ends tonight! Two no bid as of this writing. I'm not going to raise even close to enough looks like. Ebay BPALs for sale:
BPAL: Krampus 2007 (Yule, LE) & Halloween: San Francisco 2010 (LE) : https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Krampus-2007-Yule-LE-Halloween-San-Francisco-2010-LE/302706531555?hash=item467ab71ce3:g:0H8AAOSwcNxa1DfN
BPAL: The Convocation 2008 (Neil Gaiman) & CHAOS THEORY VII: Woods #100 2015: https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-The-Convocation-2008-Neil-Gaiman-CHAOS-THEORY-VII-Woods-100-2015/302706536792?hash=item467ab73158:g:8~MAAOSwZMZa1DzM
BPAL: KOITO AND SASHICHI 2014 (Lupercalia, Shunga, Novel Ideas): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-KOITO-AND-SASHICHI-2014-Lupercalia-Shunga-Novel-Ideas/302706541511?hash=item467ab743c7:g:nXcAAOSwAXZa1D8w
BPAL: WHISPERS OF MONSTROUS THINGS 2013 (LE, Yule): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-The-Convocation-2008-Neil-Gaiman-CHAOS-THEORY-VII-Woods-100-2015/302706536792?hash=item467ab73158:g:8~MAAOSwZMZa1DzM
BPAL: A THOUGHT FROM PROPERTIUS 2013 (LE, Lupercalia): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-A-THOUGHT-FROM-PROPERTIUS-2013-LE-Lupercalia/302706547525?hash=item467ab75b45:g:SI0AAOSwY5Ra1EIM
BPAL: Go to Sleep, Darlings 2013 (LE, Yule): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Go-to-Sleep-Darlings-2013-LE-Yule/302706551915?hash=item467ab76c6b:g:a8QAAOSwANpa1EPA
*****
* 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
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* 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
* "Third judge rules against Trump move to end DACA:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/24/third-judge-rules-against-trump-daca-550092
* "EPA security chief worked for tabloid owner linked to Trump:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384760-epa-security-chief-worked-for-tabloid-owner-linked-to-trump-report
* "Mulvaney to bankers: Your input will help limit consumer bureau's power:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384742-mulvaney-to-bankers-campaign-donations-will-help-limit-consumer
“If you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you were a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
* The plan is to triple the rent on the elderly, disabled, and extremely poor with large families who are the main beneficiaries of the program, because that will somehow teach them "self sufficiency." Explain to me how tripling the rent on an 80 year old in a wheelchair is going to increase self sufficiency. Go on, I dare you. Oh, and they are throwing in work requirements, presumably to force people who can't afford child care into homelessness for themselves and their children. "Carson proposes rent increases for Americans on housing assistance:" http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384845-carson-to-propose-rent-increases-for-americans-receiving-housing
* Seriously, why wasn't he fired? "VA nominee drunkenly banged on female employee's door during trip, sources say:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/ronny-jackson-door-allegations/index.html
* "Sen. Tester: VA nominee handed out prescriptions 'like candy':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/politics/tester-va-ronny-jackson/index.html
* "Pro-Trump Senate candidate Don Blankenship uses ethnic slur in attack on Mitch McConnell’s wife:" https://www.salon.com/2018/04/26/pro-trump-senate-candidate-don-blankenship-uses-ethnic-slur-in-attack-on-mitch-mcconnells-wife/
* "The True Messed Up Story of Pocahontas:"
* "How the USA Stole the Panama Canal:"
* The dentist was an extremely competent, polite, older gentleman; the hygienist, an Elder Goth like me. This is the last tooth as they found no new problems. (I have had a lot of bad experience with assholish older male dentists, hence my general preference for women dentists as they are are apt to listen. I am rather pleased that out of the four dentists I've had there, I have found no duds).
They now have serious security in place at Social Security. I arrived five minutes before open and got in the queue to sign in. The security guard was a sort of younger Shia LaBeouf who mumbled very softly, making the whole me being searched twice very awkward as I couldn't understand him half the time and he refused to speak even as loud as library soft. Imagine Marlon Brando mumbling under his breath. He objected to my key chain, so I had to take my keys back to my car and get searched again going in the second time. Why they hired a man who doesn't speak clearly to deal with a population of elderly people many of whom are hard of hearing I don't know. I barely got back in time to pull my ID out for my turn. It turns out they did not lie about my gender marker five years ago (It was almost the exact anniversary, turns out). Instead, the rather flustered lady who handled me half a decade ago missed a crucial step in the process, so they never posted across the whole Federal system, just the SS network. It took the nice lady today and bher supervisor about fifteen minutes to figure out, but from now on I won't have to loudly discuss my gender at length with Medical receptionists whenever I get a new receptionist, and when they send the new laminated Medicare cards, all my documents ought to match. Sigh.
When I got up in the evening, I did litters, prewashed dishes, did bathroom and kitchen floors, and enlisted Squirrel to help me lift things in the garden. (There are two of the heavy oblong planters I needed to switch, and one is awkwardly placed as that is where the sun is). It's ten times easier if someone stands on the other side to lift it out, after which I'm fine. I set it aside, he scootched a second planter over into thee first one's place, and he helped me lower in the third into the best spot for sun in the garden, where it needed to be. Then I reorganized five things into more appropriate spots for this particular month. Small space gardening is like that, lots of moving things around to make best use of what sun I have. Luckily the two heaviest containers are for partial sun plants and I doubt I'll need to move them in the next several years. I am really pleased with the asparagus. It is so tempting to harvest them as they are large enough this year, but I know you have to let them feather until there are enough to do both. Sigh.
* I'm still angry about Vail. "Into the Badlands, Season 3, Episode 1: Enter the Phoenix:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/04/into-badlands-season-3-episode-1-enter.html
* "Dissecting the Hobbit Part II: The Desolation of Plot:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/dissecting-the-hobbit-part-ii/
* Snerk: https://xkcd.com/1985/
* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem
* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Ends tonight! Two no bid as of this writing. I'm not going to raise even close to enough looks like. Ebay BPALs for sale:
BPAL: Krampus 2007 (Yule, LE) & Halloween: San Francisco 2010 (LE) : https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Krampus-2007-Yule-LE-Halloween-San-Francisco-2010-LE/302706531555?hash=item467ab71ce3:g:0H8AAOSwcNxa1DfN
BPAL: The Convocation 2008 (Neil Gaiman) & CHAOS THEORY VII: Woods #100 2015: https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-The-Convocation-2008-Neil-Gaiman-CHAOS-THEORY-VII-Woods-100-2015/302706536792?hash=item467ab73158:g:8~MAAOSwZMZa1DzM
BPAL: KOITO AND SASHICHI 2014 (Lupercalia, Shunga, Novel Ideas): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-KOITO-AND-SASHICHI-2014-Lupercalia-Shunga-Novel-Ideas/302706541511?hash=item467ab743c7:g:nXcAAOSwAXZa1D8w
BPAL: WHISPERS OF MONSTROUS THINGS 2013 (LE, Yule): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-The-Convocation-2008-Neil-Gaiman-CHAOS-THEORY-VII-Woods-100-2015/302706536792?hash=item467ab73158:g:8~MAAOSwZMZa1DzM
BPAL: A THOUGHT FROM PROPERTIUS 2013 (LE, Lupercalia): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-A-THOUGHT-FROM-PROPERTIUS-2013-LE-Lupercalia/302706547525?hash=item467ab75b45:g:SI0AAOSwY5Ra1EIM
BPAL: Go to Sleep, Darlings 2013 (LE, Yule): https://www.ebay.com/itm/BPAL-Go-to-Sleep-Darlings-2013-LE-Yule/302706551915?hash=item467ab76c6b:g:a8QAAOSwANpa1EPA
*****
* 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
* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.
* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386
* 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