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* neo_prodigy found, "White Baptist church in Mississippi bans black wedding:" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/27/white-baptist-church-in-missouri-bans-black-wedding/#.UBPpVwQHXzo.facebook

* "Maya Angelou Definition Of A Hero:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/07/maya-angelou-definition-of-hero.html

* Thanks again to Brightlion for sorting out my computer.

* Olympics Day 2: ( Blah, blah, blah, Spoilers )

* Confession time: Part of why I watch the opening ceremonies and at least skim through a lot of sports I'm not actually interested in, is I am fascinated my Olympic fashion. I like seeing the variations on a theme. I have a similar fashion with the way sports and body type match up at the high end of excellence. There tends to be an efficient shape for a particular activity. I love seeing all the different shapes of body that are all each beautiful and healthy. In most of our media there's only one or two standards of beauty, in the Olympics there are as many as there are participants. I don't care that much about the medal count beyond rooting for the underdog or particular athletes I like etc.; I'm mostly in it to watch human beings at the peak of training striving to do something amazing. It's why I'm always sad when someone falls.

* You know, I don't find Olivia Munn particularly funny as a stand up, but I really like her acting on the Newsroom.

* I was trying to tag something on Tumblr and had a moment where I was like "Wait, Tony Stark? Am I getting his name confused?" See, there was a Stark in a book I finished last week, plus the Starks in the game of Thrones. Me: "That can't be right, Tony's not stupid enough to be a Stark... Though on second thought he is stubborn and boarderline suicidal enough...."

* Sunday Sweets: Threadcakes 2012: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/7/29/sunday-sweets-threadcakes-2012.html

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* neo_prodigy found, "White Baptist church in Mississippi bans black wedding:" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/27/white-baptist-church-in-missouri-bans-black-wedding/#.UBPpVwQHXzo.facebook

* "Maya Angelou Definition Of A Hero:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/07/maya-angelou-definition-of-hero.html

* Thanks again to Brightlion for sorting out my computer.

* Olympics Day 2: ( Blah, blah, blah )

* Confession time: Part of why I watch the opening ceremonies and at least skim through a lot of sports I'm not actually interested in, is I am fascinated my Olympic fashion. I like seeing the variations on a theme. I have a similar fashion with the way sports and body type match up at the high end of excellence. There tends to be an efficient shape for a particular activity. I love seeing all the different shapes of body that are all each beautiful and healthy. In most of our media there's only one or two standards of beauty, in the Olympics there are as many as there are participants. I don't care that much about the medal count beyond rooting for the underdog or particular athletes I like etc.; I'm mostly in it to watch human beings at the peak of training striving to do something amazing. It's why I'm always sad when someone falls.

* You know, I don't find Olivia Munn particularly funny as a stand up, but I really like her acting on the Newsroom.

* I was trying to tag something on Tumblr and had a moment where I was like "Wait, Tony Stark? Am I getting his name confused?" See, there was a Stark in a book I finished last week, plus the Starks in the game of Thrones. Me: "That can't be right, Tony's not stupid enough to be a Stark... Though on second thought he is stubborn and boarderline suicidal enough...."

* Sunday Sweets: Threadcakes 2012: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/7/29/sunday-sweets-threadcakes-2012.html

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* The Syrian government is shelling civilian neighborhoods in Aleppo. When I went to bed last night, the government had a foothold in a Western neighborhood, but by the time I got home from errands this evening, the Opposition had overrun that position, capturing a few tanks. This is a big deal as up until now, the Opposition was trying to fight tanks and artillery with hand guns and AKs. It also means that 2-3 million civilians are no longer as trapped in the city where they were facing not only artillery and helicopter gunships, but food, water, and power shortages. There are still shortages, but the Opposition holds the road to Turkey which means supplies can get in and people can get out. 85 people died today in the fighting, 25 in Aleppo. Iran, Russia, and China continue to stand firm behind Assad's genocide.

* They have been sterilizing HIV positive women against their wills in Namibia. There are accusations it's also happening all over Southern Africa in other countries. You all know how I feel about forced sterilizations whether in this country or others. I believe in bodily autonomy and the right to decide what happens to and inside one's own body. It was wrong when we did it here, and it's wrong when they do it there.

* I see Romney is out making a foreign policy mess in Israel for no apparent reason, including one of his top advisers trying to start a war between Israel and Iran which we would have to fight in too, and Mitt Romney making racist statements about Palestinians which are now pissing off people all over the Middle east. I guess he thinks we need to spend a lot more blood and treasure on pointless imperialist wars in that region? Otherwise, why else would he be actively trying to provoke more anti-American feeling and armed conflict. Mitt Romney's Bushlike bad will tour of the world is turning out to be scary dangerous for the rest of us. If he can do this much damage to or National interests as a candidate, imagine the damage he could do if he were Commander and Chief!

* Also, why is Mitt Romney praising the Israeli socialized healthcare system for being cheap and efficient while he wants to deny US citizens the same?

* Even more on Republicans claiming them persecuting innocent individuals on the basis of vague and unfounded claims by a racist hate group is completely fair and reasonable and anyone who doesn't agree is a terrorist sympathizer: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/kth-gingrich-wants-muslim-brotherhood-infiltration-inquiry/?hpt=ac_mid

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* Republicans are cracking down on rape and incest survivors (Not the crimes or criminals, they are targeting the survivors to further punish them by taking away even more of their agency and control over what happens to their bodies): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48409172

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* Remembering Thelma Glass, one of the Montgomery bus boycott organizers:

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* "The difference between bad things happening and being marginalized:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2012/07/the-difference-between-bad-things.html

* Thanks to oddmanrush for pointing me at this: "Zombies take on Westboro anti-LGBT protesters near Seattle:" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/30/zombies-take-on-westboro-anti-lgbt-protesters-near-seattle/

* Anderson Cooper discovers a new piece of sexually suggestive exercise equipment that make the Shake weight look demure: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/ridiculist-pelvic-thrust-your-way-to-fitness/?hpt=ac_bn2

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* I went into my room last night and there were classic signs of struggle right out of a noir novel, complete with the phone upside down on the floor with the gandset off the hook. I don't know exactly what happened, but I can guess the broad outlines. I went to my room to feed Hector. LM was in there already so I gave her a pet too, and as she missed the morning treat distribution, I slipped her one. Hector, hearing a drawer open that might contain Zukes, came running. Mache, seeing Hector thought their may be treats came trotting after. I left the three of them in there alone, LM just having scarfed an illicit treat. Clearly some sort of quiet mayhem ensued.

* Today was one fail after another. First, Hector decided I only needed three hours sleep, at which point he howled me awake every 15-20 minutes from then one. As a result, I cancelled by first errand, as my function level was low and cutting an extra hour and a half of standing and walking was suddenly a must. I messed up my meds schedule, so imagine the whole rest of the day involving nausea. Then the cats slowed my whole getting out the door thing, which would have been fine if I'd skipped picking up my meds, or they hadn't shortened hours of operation at the government office I needed to visit by an hour. I then headed towards my back up plan for getting the documents copied as I had to turn copies in at a different office also and could double copy there, then night deposit the other set. Except a scary warning light came on in the car. Luckily, I had enough on my credit card for a quick fix. (I now need to budget longer term fixes for two things into next months budget. This and traffic congestion turned what should have been 45 minutes at the other office into ten minutes, which was of course about half the time I needed. Remember how scheduling was super tight for me getting everything done by the 6th? How things had to happen in exactly the right order? Yeah, this not only messed up today's bureaucracy, but the next two steps on the chain. Fingers crossed that it will all work out from here on in.

* Meanwhile, my apartment complex is getting power washed starting Wednesday and painted throughout August. This means no day parking in our spot, luckily not for the whole period, but only this week and the week we are being painted. Unluckily, there is almost no spare parking. It also means I have to bring in all the plants. I need to buy planters and did up the garden, preferably by Thursday. The money I could have used to buy more planters just went into fixing my car. There will be no new money until Friday. *facepalm*

* It turns out the metae corys are better than the pandas, given the common area configuration. Pandas are pygmys, so would be harder to see from my office area. While I can't see the whole tank, I can see most of it, and it makes me happy to watch them swimming about in there.

* "Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks His Silence on CBS' Elementary: 'I'd Be Frightened':" http://tvline.com/2012/07/29/benedict-cumberbatch-elementary-cbs/

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* The Syrian government is shelling civilian neighborhoods in Aleppo. When I went to bed last night, the government had a foothold in a Western neighborhood, but by the time I got home from errands this evening, the Opposition had overrun that position, capturing a few tanks. This is a big deal as up until now, the Opposition was trying to fight tanks and artillery with hand guns and AKs. It also means that 2-3 million civilians are no longer as trapped in the city where they were facing not only artillery and helicopter gunships, but food, water, and power shortages. There are still shortages, but the Opposition holds the road to Turkey which means supplies can get in and people can get out. 85 people died today in the fighting, 25 in Aleppo. Iran, Russia, and China continue to stand firm behind Assad's genocide.

* They have been sterilizing HIV positive women against their wills in Namibia. There are accusations it's also happening all over Southern Africa in other countries. You all know how I feel about forced sterilizations whether in this country or others. I believe in bodily autonomy and the right to decide what happens to and inside one's own body. It was wrong when we did it here, and it's wrong when they do it there.

* I see Romney is out making a foreign policy mess in Israel for no apparent reason, including one of his top advisers trying to start a war between Israel and Iran which we would have to fight in too, and Mitt Romney making racist statements about Palestinians which are now pissing off people all over the Middle east. I guess he thinks we need to spend a lot more blood and treasure on pointless imperialist wars in that region? Otherwise, why else would he be actively trying to provoke more anti-American feeling and armed conflict. Mitt Romney's Bushlike bad will tour of the world is turning out to be scary dangerous for the rest of us. If he can do this much damage to or National interests as a candidate, imagine the damage he could do if he were Commander and Chief!

* Also, why is Mitt Romney praising the Israeli socialized healthcare system for being cheap and efficient while he wants to deny US citizens the same?

* Even more on Republicans claiming them persecuting innocent individuals on the basis of vague and unfounded claims by a racist hate group is completely fair and reasonable and anyone who doesn't agree is a terrorist sympathizer: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/kth-gingrich-wants-muslim-brotherhood-infiltration-inquiry/?hpt=ac_mid

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* Republicans are cracking down on rape and incest survivors (Not the crimes or criminals, they are targeting the survivors to further punish them by taking away even more of their agency and control over what happens to their bodies): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48409172

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* Remembering Thelma Glass, one of the Montgomery bus boycott organizers:

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* "The difference between bad things happening and being marginalized:" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2012/07/the-difference-between-bad-things.html

* Thanks to oddmanrush for pointing me at this: "Zombies take on Westboro anti-LGBT protesters near Seattle:" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/30/zombies-take-on-westboro-anti-lgbt-protesters-near-seattle/

* Anderson Cooper discovers a new piece of sexually suggestive exercise equipment that make the Shake weight look demure: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/ridiculist-pelvic-thrust-your-way-to-fitness/?hpt=ac_bn2

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* I went into my room last night and there were classic signs of struggle right out of a noir novel, complete with the phone upside down on the floor with the gandset off the hook. I don't know exactly what happened, but I can guess the broad outlines. I went to my room to feed Hector. LM was in there already so I gave her a pet too, and as she missed the morning treat distribution, I slipped her one. Hector, hearing a drawer open that might contain Zukes, came running. Mache, seeing Hector thought their may be treats came trotting after. I left the three of them in there alone, LM just having scarfed an illicit treat. Clearly some sort of quiet mayhem ensued.

* Today was one fail after another. First, Hector decided I only needed three hours sleep, at which point he howled me awake every 15-20 minutes from then one. As a result, I cancelled by first errand, as my function level was low and cutting an extra hour and a half of standing and walking was suddenly a must. I messed up my meds schedule, so imagine the whole rest of the day involving nausea. Then the cats slowed my whole getting out the door thing, which would have been fine if I'd skipped picking up my meds, or they hadn't shortened hours of operation at the government office I needed to visit by an hour. I then headed towards my back up plan for getting the documents copied as I had to turn copies in at a different office also and could double copy there, then night deposit the other set. Except a scary warning light came on in the car. Luckily, I had enough on my credit card for a quick fix. (I now need to budget longer term fixes for two things into next months budget. This and traffic congestion turned what should have been 45 minutes at the other office into ten minutes, which was of course about half the time I needed. Remember how scheduling was super tight for me getting everything done by the 6th? How things had to happen in exactly the right order? Yeah, this not only messed up today's bureaucracy, but the next two steps on the chain. Fingers crossed that it will all work out from here on in.

* Meanwhile, my apartment complex is getting power washed starting Wednesday and painted throughout August. This means no day parking in our spot, luckily not for the whole period, but only this week and the week we are being painted. Unluckily, there is almost no spare parking. It also means I have to bring in all the plants. I need to buy planters and did up the garden, preferably by Thursday. The money I could have used to buy more planters just went into fixing my car. There will be no new money until Friday. *facepalm*

* It turns out the metae corys are better than the pandas, given the common area configuration. Pandas are pygmys, so would be harder to see from my office area. While I can't see the whole tank, I can see most of it, and it makes me happy to watch them swimming about in there.

* "Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch Breaks His Silence on CBS' Elementary: 'I'd Be Frightened':" http://tvline.com/2012/07/29/benedict-cumberbatch-elementary-cbs/