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[gwydion]

* If the Syrian government did not use gas against civilians as they slept in the middle of the night, why aren't they allowing UN inspection? If all that footage from multiple sources was somehow faked, soil tests would prove no attack took place. The refusal sure looks like guilt to me, especially as the Arab League is calling for tests.

* "Justice “still out of reach” for Maldivian women, girls: Avaaz.org:" http://minivannews.com/politics/justice-%E2%80%9Cstill-out-of-reach%E2%80%9D-for-maldivian-women-girls-avaaz-org-63175

* Yosemite is burning.

* The murder of Australian baseball player, Chris Lane, is a terrible, senseless thing. However, I do not see how a group containing one black, one white, and one mixed race person who killed a white person and were arrested when they went to kill a black person is even vaguely the save as George Zimmerman hunting and killing Trayvon Martin. It seems to me that if it were all about race one of the murdered wouldn't be white and the second target wouldn't be "black." Of course FOX "News" is claiming that somehow this is proof that black people are more racist than white people, ignoring both the white perpetrator and the young man they went after second. Looks like bullshit to me. Bonus points: The suspects were arrested immediately at the house where their second intended victim lived. It did not require national protests to force the police to investigate the crime and make an arrest unlike in the Martin case.

* 50 Years Later, The Dream Deferred. "We got what we fought for and we lost what we had:"

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* "Poll: Louisiana GOPers Unsure If Katrina Response Was Obama's Fault:" http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-louisiana-gopers-unsure-if-katrina-response-was

And he wasn't even president until several years later. These folks were alive when it happened.

* "Tombs found in west China date to the ancient Zoroastrians:" http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/08/16/Ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-far-western-China/UPI-48131376686057/

* "Prehistoric Europeans spiced food:" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23769911

* "Genetic study finds caste system in ancient India began about 2,000 years ago:" http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/08/09/genetic-study-finds-caste-system-ancient-india-began-about-years-ago/hu52rKxbmjJn3XUMNHS2LK/blog.html

* ":" http://phys.org/news/2013-08-typhoid-mary-case-century.html

* "New Mexico county begins issuing same-sex marriage licenses amid pending court battles:" http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/relationship/220546301.html

* "On the Need for a Mother and a Father to Provide Appropriate "Role Models":" http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2013/08/on-need-for-mother-and-father-to.html

* TW "True Blood: Dubious Consent, Abuse and Relationships:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/08/true-blood-dubious-consent-abuse-and.html

* So LOGO is now spitting on the trans community by feting noted transphobe Roseanne Barr. It's the sort of thing I expect from the LG only network. What little BT inclusion they have is either negative or condescending. So more of the same really.

* My cough ramped up on me and I am am really sick. If thee isn't improvement, I may have to cancel table top Sunday.

* Columbus: http://xkcd-rss.livejournal.com/317014.html

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Comments

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Taking the age of denial article with the ignorance over Katrina and it makes me wonder if the only way right wingers can get votes is by the lamentable ignorance of the electorate

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

I have always assumed this is the reason for their constant and virulent attempts to defund and completely dismantle public education and the policy of making University so expensive that only the very rich can afford to go.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

How else does one convince poor people in the south to vote for a party that continually screws them over every chance they can?

Ignorance and fanning the flames of bigotry and religion (usually linked)

[greenwick.livejournal.com]

My parents were very pro-GOP, poor, and ignorant in ways that I continue to discover and be amazed at. One additional point they've got in their favor has been conflating education/intellect with anti-Christian, unAmerican behavior - Which means if they appear or actually are ignorant, then they both appear patriotic and super religious by default.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Which is the key, I think - not just encourage ignorance but promote ignorance as a virtue

[gwyd.livejournal.com]

It breaks my heart as well as striking me as out right evil. They are deliberately destroying the country for the sake of their own political power.

[greenwick.livejournal.com]

:( Roseanne Barr just disappoints me so much, and I don't get why people continue to support her.

I hope you feel better.