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Sep. 18th, 2012 01:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* That dispute between Japan and China is getting nastier, with anti-Japan protests and rioting in China, and the up coming Japanese election making the Japanese side volatile as well. It's sounding like the current dispute over the islands is stirring up anger left over from the Japanese invasion what with the anniversary coming up. If you don't know why the Japanese Invasion is a reason for upset, may I suggest looking up "The Rape of Nanking." A whole lot more happened, but I think that will give you an idea of why there is long lasting bad feeling, especially as some of the survivors still live.
* Mitt Romney attacks half the country to a room of rich donors. He wants you to know that you view yourself as a victim and are lazy if you use any of the social insurance programs you paid into as a worker or took a student loan from the government, or used any other public service designed to help the middle or working class, and that retirees and that the working poor who are already paying half their income into things like pay roll taxes aren't "taking personal responsibility for their lives" and aren't paying their share. He says this while pushing the Ryan budget which will lower his personal taxes to less than one percent. He said outright that he doesn't care about anybody who uses their government insurance they paid into (like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and unemployment insurance), thus making it clear that as President, he plans to work only for the benefit of rich.
* The Anderson Cooper coverage does a good job of showing the lie behind the Romney claims about who's not paying their share:
* On Education Policy Double Standards:
* Help is the Oxygen of Success:
* Jason Puracal, an innocent Washington State native, who was imprisoned in Nicaragua's worst prison on no evidence, is finally free!
* Denmark's shameful treatment of trans activist Femanda Milan:
* "Indonesia’s Top Five Hominid Fossil Sites:" http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/09/indonesias-top-five-hominid-fossil-sites/
* Despite my exhaustion, I did manage to get out to mail my ebays, plus I did a bunch of housework type things needing doing. I haen't really started on the getting ready for inspection specific stuff, but I figure that needs to wait for a little more energy. I'm still icky from the inoculation and the Hector related sleep dep and I don't want to push things when I'm already struggling with the basics.
* "How Racism Works In the Comic Industry:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1093165.html
* "Introducing: A More Diverse Universe Blog Tour:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1093474.html
* Vintage Cake: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/9/16/sunday-sweets-casual-elegance.html
* Attn: il_volpe: Remember that hamster ball Gwion wanted to make for your Djinn? http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/27717634661/kadrey-a-walk-on-the-seine
* Mitt Romney attacks half the country to a room of rich donors. He wants you to know that you view yourself as a victim and are lazy if you use any of the social insurance programs you paid into as a worker or took a student loan from the government, or used any other public service designed to help the middle or working class, and that retirees and that the working poor who are already paying half their income into things like pay roll taxes aren't "taking personal responsibility for their lives" and aren't paying their share. He says this while pushing the Ryan budget which will lower his personal taxes to less than one percent. He said outright that he doesn't care about anybody who uses their government insurance they paid into (like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and unemployment insurance), thus making it clear that as President, he plans to work only for the benefit of rich.
* The Anderson Cooper coverage does a good job of showing the lie behind the Romney claims about who's not paying their share:
* On Education Policy Double Standards:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Help is the Oxygen of Success:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Jason Puracal, an innocent Washington State native, who was imprisoned in Nicaragua's worst prison on no evidence, is finally free!
* Denmark's shameful treatment of trans activist Femanda Milan:
* "Indonesia’s Top Five Hominid Fossil Sites:" http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/09/indonesias-top-five-hominid-fossil-sites/
* Despite my exhaustion, I did manage to get out to mail my ebays, plus I did a bunch of housework type things needing doing. I haen't really started on the getting ready for inspection specific stuff, but I figure that needs to wait for a little more energy. I'm still icky from the inoculation and the Hector related sleep dep and I don't want to push things when I'm already struggling with the basics.
* "How Racism Works In the Comic Industry:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1093165.html
* "Introducing: A More Diverse Universe Blog Tour:" http://neo-prodigy.livejournal.com/1093474.html
* Vintage Cake: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/9/16/sunday-sweets-casual-elegance.html
* Attn: il_volpe: Remember that hamster ball Gwion wanted to make for your Djinn? http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/27717634661/kadrey-a-walk-on-the-seine