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Jul. 23rd, 2012 01:23 am* Chris Hayes talks to some Syrians about what's going on:
Pt. 1 Overview http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/vp/48275263#48275263
Pt. 2 Who are the Rebels and what might happen if Assad falls.: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/vp/48275268#48275268
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* Re: July 20th and the armchair quarterbacks claiming that shooting wildly into a crowd in the dark is a good idea and would have lowered instead of increasing the carnage. No. It wouldn't. Adrenaline tends to ruin the aim. Studies of law enforcement officers involved in real life shoot outs shows zero correlation between range scores and their ability to hit what they aim at. Shots go wild, despite all the training. Now picture a packed and darkened theater full of panicky people. Odds are the folks firing back would be experiencing the known effects of adrenaline. They'd be trying to shoot back while the shooter reloaded, exactly when people were trying to flee for safety. That looks like a recipe for more injured and dead to me.
* Aurora Theater Shooting Hero, Jarell Brooks, Saves Mom, 2 Daughters: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/jarell-brooks-aurora-hero_n_1690579.html
* Penn State has decided to remove Joe Paterno's statue because of his roll in deliberately covering up Sandusky's child rape which allowed him to victimize more children.
* "Patti Shaw Suing DC Police and US Marshal's Service:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/07/patti-shaw-suing-dc-police-and-us.html
* Melissa Harris-Perry talks to Dr. John Carlos about his protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and how segregation affected athletics.: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/46419672#48275925
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* This discussion on EBT/SNAP is well worth reading: http://bonjoursex.tumblr.com/post/26284523997/this-article-you-should-read-it
* A reminder that some of the survivors of the Colorado shooting are likely to have long term disabilities or need for more help and rehabilitation than they can afford. Those interested in helping the survivors should go here: https://givingfirst.org/
It is also just generally a good idea to give blood if you are legally allowed to and your health permits, and is something those with less money can do.
* Squirrel can't figure out the paperwork either. Damn.
* The Network: As soon as they asked Amen to show his face and tell his full name I started weeping. I thought instantly of the Syrian amateur journalist who filmed his own death and all the other real life incredibly brave women and men who have died or risked their lives in the last year and a half shooting footage or sneaking it out of Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, etc.. Yes, the actor conveyed beautifully his quiet internal realization that he might die to get the story out, but really, I was weeping for that Syrian reporter, for him going out every day knowing the chance that he would die was high and the fact that he was right. I had to pause the show and go calm down. Even though I guessed all that weeks twists on the various storylines, I watched the rest still thinking of the camera falling to the ground in Syria.
* Cleolinda has some interesting things to say about The Dark Knight Rises, both as a movie and in the light of July 20th: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1029214.html
* Box_in_box has the best one line description of The Dark Knight Rises I've seen, "it felt like I was listening to a performance of the 1812 Overture being performed by nothing but Chekhov's guns." The rest is short and spoiler free here, though there is a more spoilery interesting discussion of Catwoman from a feminist perspective and the series as a whole in the comments: http://box-in-the-box.livejournal.com/556051.html
* A friend of a friend needs help to save her cat: http://issendai.livejournal.com/606619.html
* Art sale to cover cat damage (different friends). This is not a lot of money but it's a big problem for Milo: http://djinni.livejournal.com/430285.html
* Sunday Sweets: C'est Bon!: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/7/22/sunday-sweets-cest-bon.html
Pt. 1 Overview http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/vp/48275263#48275263
Pt. 2 Who are the Rebels and what might happen if Assad falls.: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/vp/48275268#48275268
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* Re: July 20th and the armchair quarterbacks claiming that shooting wildly into a crowd in the dark is a good idea and would have lowered instead of increasing the carnage. No. It wouldn't. Adrenaline tends to ruin the aim. Studies of law enforcement officers involved in real life shoot outs shows zero correlation between range scores and their ability to hit what they aim at. Shots go wild, despite all the training. Now picture a packed and darkened theater full of panicky people. Odds are the folks firing back would be experiencing the known effects of adrenaline. They'd be trying to shoot back while the shooter reloaded, exactly when people were trying to flee for safety. That looks like a recipe for more injured and dead to me.
* Aurora Theater Shooting Hero, Jarell Brooks, Saves Mom, 2 Daughters: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/jarell-brooks-aurora-hero_n_1690579.html
* Penn State has decided to remove Joe Paterno's statue because of his roll in deliberately covering up Sandusky's child rape which allowed him to victimize more children.
* "Patti Shaw Suing DC Police and US Marshal's Service:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/07/patti-shaw-suing-dc-police-and-us.html
* Melissa Harris-Perry talks to Dr. John Carlos about his protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and how segregation affected athletics.: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/melissa-harris-perry/46419672#48275925
( Embed: )
* This discussion on EBT/SNAP is well worth reading: http://bonjoursex.tumblr.com/post/26284523997/this-article-you-should-read-it
* A reminder that some of the survivors of the Colorado shooting are likely to have long term disabilities or need for more help and rehabilitation than they can afford. Those interested in helping the survivors should go here: https://givingfirst.org/
It is also just generally a good idea to give blood if you are legally allowed to and your health permits, and is something those with less money can do.
* Squirrel can't figure out the paperwork either. Damn.
* The Network: As soon as they asked Amen to show his face and tell his full name I started weeping. I thought instantly of the Syrian amateur journalist who filmed his own death and all the other real life incredibly brave women and men who have died or risked their lives in the last year and a half shooting footage or sneaking it out of Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, etc.. Yes, the actor conveyed beautifully his quiet internal realization that he might die to get the story out, but really, I was weeping for that Syrian reporter, for him going out every day knowing the chance that he would die was high and the fact that he was right. I had to pause the show and go calm down. Even though I guessed all that weeks twists on the various storylines, I watched the rest still thinking of the camera falling to the ground in Syria.
* Cleolinda has some interesting things to say about The Dark Knight Rises, both as a movie and in the light of July 20th: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1029214.html
* Box_in_box has the best one line description of The Dark Knight Rises I've seen, "it felt like I was listening to a performance of the 1812 Overture being performed by nothing but Chekhov's guns." The rest is short and spoiler free here, though there is a more spoilery interesting discussion of Catwoman from a feminist perspective and the series as a whole in the comments: http://box-in-the-box.livejournal.com/556051.html
* A friend of a friend needs help to save her cat: http://issendai.livejournal.com/606619.html
* Art sale to cover cat damage (different friends). This is not a lot of money but it's a big problem for Milo: http://djinni.livejournal.com/430285.html
* Sunday Sweets: C'est Bon!: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/7/22/sunday-sweets-cest-bon.html