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Feb. 8th, 2014 04:59 am* Riot police have been firing tear gas at protesters and beating them in Brazil. I know we are mostly focused on the violent repression of LGBT folk in Russia, and I am absolutely in favor of putting whatever pressure we can on Russia and the IOC, but I wanted to remind people that the government in Brazil is doing some pretty terrible things to ordinary citizens to finance sports facilities for the World Cup and the Olympics. I've said before and I know I'll say again that the IOC and FIFA need to stop endorsing human rights abuses such as are happening in Russia and Brazil. I honestly don't think they should hold Olympics in the United States until we do something about our prison abuses either. They claim that they can't take a stand against human rights abuses, as that would be political, but holding games in Russia where they are allowing people to beaten and literally murdered with government sanctions is not okay. FIFA has held games in countries where they were literally murdering and disappearing protesters quite often in recent years. Much as I like the idea of finally holding games in South America, I'm not convinced that causing this level of hardship to teachers and other people who work for a living to build facilities that mostly benefit the elite is worth it. Olympics and World Cup venues are expensive and are luxuries. Maybe if they are going to have incredibly expensive luxuries against the will of the people the rich ought to pay for that. Instead they bleed ordinary people dry and beat them when they protest. It's not okay when they do it. It's not okay when the Olympics and FIFA encourage and endorse it.
* In the wake of an activist being released after being tortured, there is increasing concern about "disappeared" protesters. The protesters continue to demand the government step down and new elections to be held. My best wishes to the missing and their families.
* "April attack that knocked out California power station raises fear that U.S. power grid is vulnerable to terrorism.:" http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304851104579359141941621778-lMyQjAxMTA0MDAwNDEwNDQyWj
* "A Creepy Medical Tour Of The Past:" http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858344/
* "Moni Ain't Happy About The Bigoted White Trans Feminine Attack On Janet:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/moni-aint-happy-about-bigoted-white.html
* Today Greenwick and I did sundry move related things, including a massive reorganization of the on site storage. Somehow I must clear all these boxes in time for game Sunday. I then took Djinni and Greenwick shopping, as they wanted heavy stuff like cat litter, which is hard to haul on foot.
...And I dropped a bunch of heavy stuff on my foot trying to organize stuff in the evening and now it's all bruised and swollen.
The white cats are unsettled, working out a new dynamic. No one is sure who owns what territorially and they are working out rules and time shares on mests. I expect this to take some time. Hector is swinging between anxious and bratty. He has decided kibble isn't food. He is wrong. He's stop trying to get me to help him look for Mache. We're doing once a day goosh, to wean them back toward the old trice a week schedule slowly. After goosh, I sprayed some of the cat furniture with the nip spray. There was a wild rumpus. They did manage to share the cat tree for quite possibly the only time ever without fighting. Of the four of them, the white cats were least likely to get along with each other before. Loneliness after the Butt died has lead to LM being more willing to share space with the senior kitties, but that was with me and Mache cooperating to enforce rules. I don't know if her pro-social upward trend will continue. I hope it does. I think they'd both be happier in the long run if they got better at tolerating each other and getting along.
* "Witches Part 1:" http://halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/witches-part-1/
* "Benedict Cumberbatch and the Sign of Four (or is it Three?):"
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* In the wake of an activist being released after being tortured, there is increasing concern about "disappeared" protesters. The protesters continue to demand the government step down and new elections to be held. My best wishes to the missing and their families.
* "April attack that knocked out California power station raises fear that U.S. power grid is vulnerable to terrorism.:" http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304851104579359141941621778-lMyQjAxMTA0MDAwNDEwNDQyWj
* "A Creepy Medical Tour Of The Past:" http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/83858344/
* "Moni Ain't Happy About The Bigoted White Trans Feminine Attack On Janet:" http://www.transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/02/moni-aint-happy-about-bigoted-white.html
* Today Greenwick and I did sundry move related things, including a massive reorganization of the on site storage. Somehow I must clear all these boxes in time for game Sunday. I then took Djinni and Greenwick shopping, as they wanted heavy stuff like cat litter, which is hard to haul on foot.
...And I dropped a bunch of heavy stuff on my foot trying to organize stuff in the evening and now it's all bruised and swollen.
The white cats are unsettled, working out a new dynamic. No one is sure who owns what territorially and they are working out rules and time shares on mests. I expect this to take some time. Hector is swinging between anxious and bratty. He has decided kibble isn't food. He is wrong. He's stop trying to get me to help him look for Mache. We're doing once a day goosh, to wean them back toward the old trice a week schedule slowly. After goosh, I sprayed some of the cat furniture with the nip spray. There was a wild rumpus. They did manage to share the cat tree for quite possibly the only time ever without fighting. Of the four of them, the white cats were least likely to get along with each other before. Loneliness after the Butt died has lead to LM being more willing to share space with the senior kitties, but that was with me and Mache cooperating to enforce rules. I don't know if her pro-social upward trend will continue. I hope it does. I think they'd both be happier in the long run if they got better at tolerating each other and getting along.
* "Witches Part 1:" http://halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/witches-part-1/
* "Benedict Cumberbatch and the Sign of Four (or is it Three?):"
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