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* If the Syrian government did not use gas against civilians as they slept in the middle of the night, why aren't they allowing UN inspection? If all that footage from multiple sources was somehow faked, soil tests would prove no attack took place. The refusal sure looks like guilt to me, especially as the Arab League is calling for tests.

* "Justice “still out of reach” for Maldivian women, girls: Avaaz.org:" http://minivannews.com/politics/justice-%E2%80%9Cstill-out-of-reach%E2%80%9D-for-maldivian-women-girls-avaaz-org-63175

* Yosemite is burning.

* The murder of Australian baseball player, Chris Lane, is a terrible, senseless thing. However, I do not see how a group containing one black, one white, and one mixed race person who killed a white person and were arrested when they went to kill a black person is even vaguely the save as George Zimmerman hunting and killing Trayvon Martin. It seems to me that if it were all about race one of the murdered wouldn't be white and the second target wouldn't be "black." Of course FOX "News" is claiming that somehow this is proof that black people are more racist than white people, ignoring both the white perpetrator and the young man they went after second. Looks like bullshit to me. Bonus points: The suspects were arrested immediately at the house where their second intended victim lived. It did not require national protests to force the police to investigate the crime and make an arrest unlike in the Martin case.

* 50 Years Later, The Dream Deferred. "We got what we fought for and we lost what we had:"

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* LGBTQ Life in Russia:

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* "Poll: Louisiana GOPers Unsure If Katrina Response Was Obama's Fault:" http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-louisiana-gopers-unsure-if-katrina-response-was

And he wasn't even president until several years later. These folks were alive when it happened.

* "Tombs found in west China date to the ancient Zoroastrians:" http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/08/16/Ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-far-western-China/UPI-48131376686057/

* "Prehistoric Europeans spiced food:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23769911

* "Genetic study finds caste system in ancient India began about 2,000 years ago:" http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/08/09/genetic-study-finds-caste-system-ancient-india-began-about-years-ago/hu52rKxbmjJn3XUMNHS2LK/blog.html

* ":" http://phys.org/news/2013-08-typhoid-mary-case-century.html

* "New Mexico county begins issuing same-sex marriage licenses amid pending court battles:" http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/relationship/220546301.html

* "On the Need for a Mother and a Father to Provide Appropriate "Role Models":" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/08/on-need-for-mother-and-father-to.html

* TW "True Blood: Dubious Consent, Abuse and Relationships:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/08/true-blood-dubious-consent-abuse-and.html

* So LOGO is now spitting on the trans community by feting noted transphobe Roseanne Barr. It's the sort of thing I expect from the LG only network. What little BT inclusion they have is either negative or condescending. So more of the same really.

* My cough ramped up on me and I am am really sick. If thee isn't improvement, I may have to cancel table top Sunday.

* Columbus: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/317014.html

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* TW: Child Rape: "Inquiring Minds Want To Know: TX Pols Knew What, When?:" http://crooksandliars.com/juanita-jean/inquiring-minds-want-know

* "Welcome to the Age of Denial:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/opinion/welcome-to-the-age-of-denial.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130822&_r=3&

* "Rich people are more likely to drive like assholes:" http://grist.org/list/rich-people-are-worse-drivers-than-the-rest-of-us/

It's not just on the road they are more likely to engage in "unethical" and "antisocial" behavior.

* "Op-ed: What Not to Yell at a Lesbian Comic:" http://www.advocate.com/comedy/2013/08/15/op-ed-what-not-yell-lesbian-comic

* I'm just been rather disappointed by Carniepunk:

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So while I can strongly recommend the powerful "Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea" by Seanan McGuire, and the charming "Hell's Menagerie," along with maybe a couple of the other better ones, I can only beg people not to purchase this on the grounds that the transmisogyny on display here is stomach churning and the racism, misogyny, and ableism sprinkled through many of the stories is something not to be encouraged with cash.

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* Today was the 50th Memorial March on Washington. It was gratifying to see so much focus on Dr. King's economic agenda. So often the reason for the March has been overshadowed by the "I Have a Dream Speech."

* Women in the Civil Rights Movement:

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* Remember how one of my worries with the massive number of people involved in NSA spying was that there would be stalkers and abusers using the system to harm the women all over again? It turns out this worry was well founded. "NSA abuses include Stalking ex-Girlfriends:" http://www.juancole.com/2013/08/include-stalking-girlfriends.html

* Greenwick found, "Family Of Boy With Autism Receives Shockingly Offensive Letter:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/karla-begley-autistic-letter-teen_n_3780378.html

* "Archeologists Discover Poison Ring From Fourteenth Century; Used to Commit High-Profile Murders:" http://www.hngn.com/articles/10839/20130824/archeologists-discover-poison-ring-fourteenth-century-used-commit-high-profile.htm

* "How to Whitewash a Plague:" http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/opinion/sunday/how-to-whitewash-a-plague.html?hp&_r=0

* I finally figured out how to hit the snooze button on the Birmin alarm that's been stealing my sleep. It involves pom poms. I fear it is a temporary solution, but I'm enjoying it while it works. I'm still clearly sick, but it's a more functional sort of sick.

* I've been having trouble plotting this bit for my table top, but today the flood gates opened and I now have a ton of near future stuff to do with them. (I've got plenty of long plotting, but the timing's wrong). It's rather a relief.

* Greenwick found, "Beautiful Toilets:" http://blog.toiletpaperworld.com/unique-toilets/

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