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[gwydion]

* Wildfire season used to be late summer or early Autumn. Thanks to climate change it's already started and California continues to burn.

* Melissa Harris-Perry addresses George W. Bush on his attempt to rewrite Hurricane Katrina as an insurrection instead of a humanitarian disaster:

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* The USDA has been discriminating against African American farmers for generations. Racists are now furious that there is an attempt to compensate them for this systematic discrimination:

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* More on the VA Backlog:

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* Public School Creationism Mandate in Louisiana and other places:

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* Fear and the New Deal:

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* John Amaechi talks about Jason Collins coming out:

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* "10 Weapons You Won't Believe Are Legal:" http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2013/03/28/10-Weapons-You-Wont-Believe-Are-Legal.aspx

* "Canadian Trans Woman Discriminated Against At Bridal Shop:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/05/canadian-trans-woman-discriminated.html

* "The Straight Dope: If I traveled back in time, would I get ancient diseases?:" http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3104/if-i-traveled-back-in-time-would-i-get-ancient-diseases

* Today I went out to clip salad greens and discovered a narcissus in full bloom. This is my third flower this season, the first two being hyacinths. This is weird to me. growing up, the crocuses came first, then daffodils and narcissus, followed by hyacinths.

* "How historical figures would have looked today:" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10030619/Historical-Figures-for-the-21st-Century.html

* "Quiz: Whose Butts Have We Seen on Game of Thrones?" http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/game-of-thrones-butts-asses-quiz.html

* What Not to Say in the Bedroom: http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/8723

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Comments

[tibicina]

On the '10 weapons' thing, the only one that surprised me at all was the grenade launcher (and since grenades for the grenade launcher /are/ illegal, there's little use to that). I was actually fully aware that the rest of those were legal. I'm not sure what hole in the ground the person who wrote that article has been living in that they needed to do research to realize that all of those were legal. (Also, flame throwers actually have several practical uses, which is part of why they're legal. As do spear guns.)

[gwydion]

I was confused by them being surprised swords were legal. I thought everyone knew that.