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Feb. 8th, 2013 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* So things are heating up in Tunisia. They are refusing to set up a technocratic secular focused cabinet as were promised. The Islamists aren't willing to step down early. The protests started in the wake of the assassination are getting bigger and angrier as grievances with the current government and frustration with the slow rate of change are given voice.
* As you likely know, climate change makes weather more severe at both ends. That means when it's cold enough to snow you are more likely to get blizzards and extreme weather generally. Those of you in the path of the storms, stay safe, okay? They are taking the blizzard seriously, and if the storms colide it could get really ugly.
* "Republicans Mask Their Conservative Agenda:" http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/republicans-cantor-sequester.php?ref=fpa
* The Catholic Church Kept Slaves in Ireland until 1996: http://americablog.com/2013/02/magdalen-laundries-catholic-ireland-irish-apology.html
* Re: Lance Armstrong, Australian Doping scandal, and the World Cup fixing scandal: Yes, people oughtn't cheat and I'd very much rather they didn't. Still, it's rather dog bites man, isn't it? This just in: athletes still cheat; world financial system still rigged to help the super rich cheat everyone else; politicians are mostly corrupt; the Pope is still sheltering pedophiles; and also the the rain is still wet.
* "The Drone Memo: More Comedy About the Death of Freedom:" http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/02/the-drone-memo.html#more
* "Marriage Equality!" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/02/marriage-equality.html
* Marriage Equality, Oscar Wilde, and MP David Lammy's speech which brought me to tears:
* Keep Calm and marry on:
* "We Have a History, Too:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/we-have-history-too.html
* "Today Is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2013:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/today-is-national-black-hivaids.html
* As you likely know, climate change makes weather more severe at both ends. That means when it's cold enough to snow you are more likely to get blizzards and extreme weather generally. Those of you in the path of the storms, stay safe, okay? They are taking the blizzard seriously, and if the storms colide it could get really ugly.
* "Republicans Mask Their Conservative Agenda:" http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/02/republicans-cantor-sequester.php?ref=fpa
* The Catholic Church Kept Slaves in Ireland until 1996: http://americablog.com/2013/02/magdalen-laundries-catholic-ireland-irish-apology.html
* Re: Lance Armstrong, Australian Doping scandal, and the World Cup fixing scandal: Yes, people oughtn't cheat and I'd very much rather they didn't. Still, it's rather dog bites man, isn't it? This just in: athletes still cheat; world financial system still rigged to help the super rich cheat everyone else; politicians are mostly corrupt; the Pope is still sheltering pedophiles; and also the the rain is still wet.
* "The Drone Memo: More Comedy About the Death of Freedom:" http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/02/the-drone-memo.html#more
* "Marriage Equality!" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/02/marriage-equality.html
* Marriage Equality, Oscar Wilde, and MP David Lammy's speech which brought me to tears:
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* Keep Calm and marry on:
* "We Have a History, Too:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/we-have-history-too.html
* "Today Is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2013:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/02/today-is-national-black-hivaids.html