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* NWS. "NZ minister gets dildo in face after TPP signing (VIDEO):" https://www.rt.com/news/331376-tpp-joyce-protest-dildo/

* "Australia's offshore asylum policy ruled legal by High Court:" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35479173

* So now it's looking like the Ted Cruz campaign robo-called Iowa voters telling them the lie that Ben Carson has dropped out. That looks really unequivocal on the scale of deliberate and that plus the email makes it hard to believe that this was not coordinated and targeted from very high up. I just don't see how you record and send out a robo call by accident.

* "Why We Need To Keep Using "White", "Male" and "Straight" as Labels:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/labels-of-white-straight-cis-and-male-and-why-we-need-to-keep-them-around/

* "Black Girls Breaking Silence on School Push-Out :"

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* "Puerto Rico releases a new gender change form for driver’s licenses!" http://www.transequality.org/blog/puerto-rico-releases-a-new-gender-change-form-for-driver-s-licenses?utm_content=bufferb0fe7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

* "Quiet Portrayals of Minorities:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2016/01/quiet-portrayals-of-minorities.html

* "It's A Sweet Day For A Winter Wedding:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/1/24/its-a-sweet-day-for-a-winter-wedding.html

* "Sunday Sweets Inspired By The Red Carpet!:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/1/31/sunday-sweets-inspired-by-the-red-carpet.html

* No PBS, small children are not "literally sponges." For example, children have a centralized nervous system, complete with a brain capable of learning new things, whereas sponges have no nervous system at all (or a digestive or circulatory system). Children can not live under water; sponges require submersion to live. Do not put babies in the ocean! It is very bad for them! Indeed, it's hard to imagine a multicelluar organism less like a human baby. Can you please fix this commercial? It's been a year.

* "American Horror Story, Season 5 (Hotel), Episode 11: Battle Royal:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2016/01/american-horror-story-season-5-hotel.html

* "American Horror Story, Season 5 (Hotel), Episode 12: Be Our Guest:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2016/01/american-horror-story-season-5-hotel_15.html

* "My fave is problematic: Harry Potter:" http://www.fandomfollowing.com/my-fave-is-problematic-harry-potter/

* Due to scheduling conflicts, it wasn't possible for me to watch the US Nationals or the Europeans live. I am instead catching them piecemeal as I can. Adam Rippon and Max Aaaron gave lovely mature skates, but as beautiful as they are to watch neither is on the level of the young men coming up in Asia. Nathan Chen skates like the future though, and I expect him to be giving Jin Boyang a run for his money soon, even though he does need to work on his artistic and performance aspects. The Ladies? The ladies broke my heart. There were some lovely passages, but all I kept thinking while watching them is how far they are behind the Russian women. I am old enough to remember when we were producing some of the best women skaters in the world, I'd like to see us do it again.

* Zimbabwe has joined Ethiopia in disaster level drought People and animals are dying. Want to help? https://www.wfp.org/help

* Help the poisoned children of Flint Michigan. "Water Crisis:" https://www.cfgf.org/cfgf/GoodWork/FlintArea/WaterCrisis/tabid/855/Default.aspx

* "How to help Flint, Michigan:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan

* Want to help finance Hector's cat food and my meds/medical co pays? Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Donate to help refugees "UN Refugee Agency:" http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general

* Organizations helping with the refugee crisis: http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com