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* "'Half of Lords' clock in for cash:" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25411182

* "Champagne wars in the Lords as peers say no to a cheaper vintage:" http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/07/champagne-house-of-lords-reform-taxpayer

* "While the rest of us face austerity, the Lords refuse to drink cheaper champagne:" http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-you-want-to-see-the-gap-between-the-house-of-lords-and-reality-for-yourself-then-just-look-at-their-champagne-budget-9910611.html

* "#illridewithyou takes off following siege:" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/illridewithyou-hashtag-takes-off-following-siege/5969102

* "ACLU Sues To End Almost Total White Control Over Ferguson’s Majority Black School System:" http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/18/3605326/aclu-ferguson-post/?utm_content=buffer42952&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* "Ku Klux Klan's lasting legacy on the US political system:" http://phys.org/news/2014-12-ku-klux-klan-legacy-political.html

* "Amputee simultaneously controls two prosthetic arms with his mind :" http://www.cnet.com/news/amputee-simultaneously-controls-two-prosthetic-arms-with-his-mind/

* "Fool's Journey: The Fascinating Life of Pamela Colman Smith:" http://www.autostraddle.com/fools-journey-the-fascinating-life-of-pamela-colman-smith-267673/

* "Free capybara, only moderately terrifying:" http://groupthink.jezebel.com/free-capybara-only-moderately-terrifying-1667586850/all

* "Sonnet:" http://sonnet.emilycheeseman.com/

* Box of art for sale: http://djinni.livejournal.com/516287.html

* Katharine Kerr needs our help.: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/604572.html

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws

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* This is important context for those of you too young to remember 1989. "Americans reject foreign efforts at intimidation:" http://on.msnbc.com/1zGVIyG

* Update on the Lynching of Lennon Lacey. "Lennon Lacy’s family searching for answers:" http://on.msnbc.com/1Hg3vFj

* "KKK membership sinks 2 Florida cops:" http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/14/florid-police-kkk/12645555/

* "Your police raid outrage of the day:" http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/12/18/your-police-raid-outrage-of-the-day/

* "TX SWAT team beats, deafens nude man in his own home, lies about arrest; judge declines to punish cops or DA:" http://boingboing.net/2014/12/20/tx-swat-team-beats-deafens-nu.html

* "St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch breaks his silence:" http://on.msnbc.com/13L5xky

* "Andrew Cuomo: 'I'm not a scientist':" http://on.msnbc.com/1zxQwNG

* The Republicans are pushing the "legitimate rape" crap again, with an extra dollop of women don't have any right to make their own decisions. "Lawmaker Wants Women To Ask A Man's Permission To Have An Abortion:" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/17/missouri-abortion-bill_n_6342282.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013

* Two NYPD officers of colour were shot at point blank range in Bedford–Stuyvesant by an African American who fled and shot himself shortly after. The killer wrote on social media that he wanted to retaliate for the police murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The shooter may have killed his girlfriend before leaving Baltimore.

* I've never seen Columbo, but the thoughts on class and Sherlock vs. Columbo are really interesting. "The Case For Columbo:" http://the-toast.net/2014/03/05/the-case-for-columbo/

* "American Horror Story, Season 4, Episode 10: Orphans:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/12/american-horror-story-season-4-episode_19.html

* "Virginal or Gently Used Heroines:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/12/virginal-or-gently-used-heroines.html

* Box of art for sale: http://djinni.livejournal.com/516287.html

* Katharine Kerr needs our help.: http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/604572.html

* Our Financial Situation continues Scary: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws