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Sep. 16th, 2013 05:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* Massive storms were hitting both coasts of Mexico, with 19 dead before my bedtime last night.
* The Senior Woman Police Officer in Helmand has been shot to death. She was providing for her paralyzed brother and his children, and was a inspiration to her fellow officers on the job.
* Police are using tear gas on protesters in Turkey again.
* More than 60 are dead in the rebel siege of a city in Southern Philipines. The government was launching a counter attack as I wrote this last night.
* I genuinely tried to watch live coverage of Kerry, France, and the UK do their joint Syria policy announcement stuff last night, but my concentration's always a mess after running my game. I simply couldn't focus the way I have to on things like this to parse them into sense. Apologies. The jist seems to be we are trying negotiation, in the hopes of easing Assad out so as to allow better protection of minorities during the change over and in the hopes of finding moderates to turn the government over to, but do not quote me on it. They seem to be talking sanctions rather than military action.
* They are still trying to rescue people from the flooding in Colorado. While the water is receding there is more rain coming and are concerns about flash floods.
* 12 are dead in a mass shooting at the DC Naval Yard. The gunmen was killed as well. As is my policy, I do not name mass shooters in this space so as not to contribute to glorifying these sorts of criminals. A DC police officer and a few others were wounded.
* "Lost silent film with all-Native American cast found:" http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/53890738832/girljanitor-girljanitor-lost-silent-film-with
* The Clutch:
* The Senior Woman Police Officer in Helmand has been shot to death. She was providing for her paralyzed brother and his children, and was a inspiration to her fellow officers on the job.
* Police are using tear gas on protesters in Turkey again.
* More than 60 are dead in the rebel siege of a city in Southern Philipines. The government was launching a counter attack as I wrote this last night.
* I genuinely tried to watch live coverage of Kerry, France, and the UK do their joint Syria policy announcement stuff last night, but my concentration's always a mess after running my game. I simply couldn't focus the way I have to on things like this to parse them into sense. Apologies. The jist seems to be we are trying negotiation, in the hopes of easing Assad out so as to allow better protection of minorities during the change over and in the hopes of finding moderates to turn the government over to, but do not quote me on it. They seem to be talking sanctions rather than military action.
* They are still trying to rescue people from the flooding in Colorado. While the water is receding there is more rain coming and are concerns about flash floods.
* 12 are dead in a mass shooting at the DC Naval Yard. The gunmen was killed as well. As is my policy, I do not name mass shooters in this space so as not to contribute to glorifying these sorts of criminals. A DC police officer and a few others were wounded.
* "Lost silent film with all-Native American cast found:" http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/53890738832/girljanitor-girljanitor-lost-silent-film-with
* The Clutch: