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gwydion* I am way too ill to explain what's going on with the President's trip to Israel/Palestine. I'm picking the Rachel Maddow coverage on the grounds that it covers most of the main points concisely with bonus coverage of the FOX "News" blackout which was very suggestive. (BBC did a way better job of covering his meetings with the Palestinians than any of the US sources, but I wanted you to see what the President said to the Israelis, which hadn't happened yet in the BBC coverage I saw). I'm also tossing you the Last Word's coverage of the President's speech as there was more of it there. I will likely do a longer posting on stuff going on there generally, but today's physical challenge level is not conducive to subtle policy discussion.
* The Governor of Ohio came out for Marriage then claimed he didn't really mean it. Looks like he's lying about one of those two statements to me.
* Rachel Maddow asks, "Are Republicans post policy?"
* VA Shaming:
* Baby sea lions are literally starving in large numbers:
* Why am I always on about the right to pee? This does a beautiful job of explaining what it's like for us: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/194433.html?mode=reply&style=mine#
* The petition to stop the flogging of a fifteen year old rape survivor is 320 signatures short. If you haven't signed, but want to stop this injustice, the petition is here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Prevent_a_rape_victim_from_being_punished/?evpCEcb
* Last night close to bed time, something started to go very wrong in the vicinity of my right kidney. Today, it got to the unbearable point. After some debate, I opted for a Doctor's appointment tomorrow instead of the emergency room, as the odds are high it's muscular rather than the organ failing. Of course, there is a chance that the organ is failing, that it's a heart attack or stroke, but I don't think so. (Can you herniate something there? It feels rather like that). The terrible part is that the pain is "special" when I cough. And I still have that lung infection. Similarly, I can't really bend or lift anything and changing positions is nightmarish. Do not start me on trips to the bathroom with all that getting up and down and moving about. If I didn't have to move or breath, I'd be fine. Greenwick's been kind enough to do tanks today and is coming next week too. I can feed them, but I simply can't cope with the buckets. Every time I cough it gets worse. Dramatically worse. I keep remember my Mother coughing until her ribs broke several times a year for nearly the whole of my life.
Why don't I lie down? Because rolling over and sitting up from a prone position hurt more than coughing and I'm having the sort of night where I pretty much have to camp in the bathroom. Also, lying down means a couple of hours of coughing and I simply can't cope with that kind of pain. Sitting up, I have juice, I have lozenges. I have access to my meds which I need to take on a schedule. If I can sit still and breath very carefully, the base level of pain is incredibly unpleasant, but not unbearable most of the time.
NOTE: The worse the pain, the more my typing deteriorates, as my fine muscle control goes with it. I'm trying to catch them all, but it's difficult. I took the mildest of my prescription narcotics, but it's barely taking the edge off when I'm still.
* The Butt is at the vet for hydration, tests, and overnight observation. Not a moment to soon, he was scaring the shit out of me last night. The others are terribly upset. His sister's been wandering around searching for him and meeping plaintively. Hector's been full on caterwauling panic attacks and generally freaked out. He was so good for the worst of my illness earlier in the month and I think the Butt being clearly on the way down and me being not right either is just to much for him. Mache's in super clingy mode, which is a pretty sensible reaction. The Butt is the only cat in the house that all the others like and cuddle with. (Cats are distressed when any clowder mate is sick or missing even if they don't personally get along, but it's more alarming when the cat in question is popular).
* I managed to finish "Rock of Ages." I really did not like its racial agenda, and I have a lot of questions about what it was trying to say about sexuality and gender. Add to this the whole painfully boring thing, it's definitely not for owls, despite the music being up my alley.
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* The Governor of Ohio came out for Marriage then claimed he didn't really mean it. Looks like he's lying about one of those two statements to me.
* Rachel Maddow asks, "Are Republicans post policy?"
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* VA Shaming:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
* Baby sea lions are literally starving in large numbers:
* Why am I always on about the right to pee? This does a beautiful job of explaining what it's like for us: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/194433.html?mode=reply&style=mine#
* The petition to stop the flogging of a fifteen year old rape survivor is 320 signatures short. If you haven't signed, but want to stop this injustice, the petition is here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Prevent_a_rape_victim_from_being_punished/?evpCEcb
* Last night close to bed time, something started to go very wrong in the vicinity of my right kidney. Today, it got to the unbearable point. After some debate, I opted for a Doctor's appointment tomorrow instead of the emergency room, as the odds are high it's muscular rather than the organ failing. Of course, there is a chance that the organ is failing, that it's a heart attack or stroke, but I don't think so. (Can you herniate something there? It feels rather like that). The terrible part is that the pain is "special" when I cough. And I still have that lung infection. Similarly, I can't really bend or lift anything and changing positions is nightmarish. Do not start me on trips to the bathroom with all that getting up and down and moving about. If I didn't have to move or breath, I'd be fine. Greenwick's been kind enough to do tanks today and is coming next week too. I can feed them, but I simply can't cope with the buckets. Every time I cough it gets worse. Dramatically worse. I keep remember my Mother coughing until her ribs broke several times a year for nearly the whole of my life.
Why don't I lie down? Because rolling over and sitting up from a prone position hurt more than coughing and I'm having the sort of night where I pretty much have to camp in the bathroom. Also, lying down means a couple of hours of coughing and I simply can't cope with that kind of pain. Sitting up, I have juice, I have lozenges. I have access to my meds which I need to take on a schedule. If I can sit still and breath very carefully, the base level of pain is incredibly unpleasant, but not unbearable most of the time.
NOTE: The worse the pain, the more my typing deteriorates, as my fine muscle control goes with it. I'm trying to catch them all, but it's difficult. I took the mildest of my prescription narcotics, but it's barely taking the edge off when I'm still.
* The Butt is at the vet for hydration, tests, and overnight observation. Not a moment to soon, he was scaring the shit out of me last night. The others are terribly upset. His sister's been wandering around searching for him and meeping plaintively. Hector's been full on caterwauling panic attacks and generally freaked out. He was so good for the worst of my illness earlier in the month and I think the Butt being clearly on the way down and me being not right either is just to much for him. Mache's in super clingy mode, which is a pretty sensible reaction. The Butt is the only cat in the house that all the others like and cuddle with. (Cats are distressed when any clowder mate is sick or missing even if they don't personally get along, but it's more alarming when the cat in question is popular).
* I managed to finish "Rock of Ages." I really did not like its racial agenda, and I have a lot of questions about what it was trying to say about sexuality and gender. Add to this the whole painfully boring thing, it's definitely not for owls, despite the music being up my alley.
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Date: 2013-03-23 03:17 am (UTC)http://www.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?fp
Their actions have even made the news:
http://minivannews.com/society/horror-in-paradise-avazz-launches-campaign-to-target-maldives-tourism-reputation-over-flogging-sentences-54958
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Date: 2013-03-23 03:23 am (UTC)