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Dec. 30th, 2013 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* Two suicide bombings in Volgograd (used to be Stalingrad), yesterday and today, killed thirty one people and injured dozens of others. The Russians are stepping up public transport security as a result, and there are now questions about safety at the Sochi Olympics. There is an expectation of massive crack down in the old school Soviet style, given Putin's character, the way they were already locking Sochi down hard in advance of the Olympics, the current political situation. No one had taken responsibility at this writing, though authorities are blaming Islamic separatists who have been pursuing a terrorist campaign in the Caucasus region. It is thought the bombers were likely from the same cell due to similarities of bomb design. They are still collecting fragments of people in the hopes of using DNA to identify people. It sounds pretty gruesome.
* I know I've mostly been on about the Olympic Committee needing to get their heads out of their anuses regarding human rights abuses in host countries, and I haven't written about FIFA needing to do the same, but I strongly feel they both need to stop ignoring their own anti-discrimination policies. IOC and FIFA insist that sports shouldn't be political, but by holding games in countries where these things go on, they are de facto endorsing those countries and giving those governments good press. Holding internationally important games in a country while ignoring government violence and civil rights violations IS an inherently political act, because it constitutes endorsement. Franky, the rest of the rant consists mostly of obscenities, so I'm going to stop here.
* "White Perp Knocks Out The Racist 'Knockout Game' Narrative:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/white-perp-knocks-out-racist-knockout.html
* I am very disappointed. "Ani DiFranco's Full Of Fail Feminist Plantation Retreat:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/ani-difrancos-full-of-fail-feminist.html
* My physical situation is unpleasant today. I turned out this morning's Doctor visit wasn't the one I thought it was, but was still valuable as I got triaged into an appointment tomorrow instead of having to wait until the one I already have mid January. (I was scheduled for three appointments for different things. I got today's switched with the one on the 16th in my head. As they are all at the same place, it wasn't an issue. Which reminds me I forgot to schedule another appointment this morning.
Last night and today are particularly nasty as my general lung infection related physical decline of the last week with it's associated exhaustion collided with two other periodic physical inconveniences that happened to hit the bad point on the pendulum swing at the same time that a particularly bad chronic pain wave hit with my legs not working properly as a result, and one of Hector's refusal to let me sleep things. I had to drag my self out for an emergency OTC med to get me through this evening.
I am hysterically shaking from the effort every time I stand up and a simple trip to the Rite AID was enough to wipe out most of the spoons. If my writing is clumsy and/or unusually emotional this is why. Too many things are wrong physically for me to cope with any of them successfully, let alone all of them. Why aren't I lying down? I have to do a meds cycle and take care of the animals. Combined it takes about two hours due to meds timing. I am digesting first meds and resting up for doing fish as I write this.
* I know I've mostly been on about the Olympic Committee needing to get their heads out of their anuses regarding human rights abuses in host countries, and I haven't written about FIFA needing to do the same, but I strongly feel they both need to stop ignoring their own anti-discrimination policies. IOC and FIFA insist that sports shouldn't be political, but by holding games in countries where these things go on, they are de facto endorsing those countries and giving those governments good press. Holding internationally important games in a country while ignoring government violence and civil rights violations IS an inherently political act, because it constitutes endorsement. Franky, the rest of the rant consists mostly of obscenities, so I'm going to stop here.
* "White Perp Knocks Out The Racist 'Knockout Game' Narrative:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/white-perp-knocks-out-racist-knockout.html
* I am very disappointed. "Ani DiFranco's Full Of Fail Feminist Plantation Retreat:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/12/ani-difrancos-full-of-fail-feminist.html
* My physical situation is unpleasant today. I turned out this morning's Doctor visit wasn't the one I thought it was, but was still valuable as I got triaged into an appointment tomorrow instead of having to wait until the one I already have mid January. (I was scheduled for three appointments for different things. I got today's switched with the one on the 16th in my head. As they are all at the same place, it wasn't an issue. Which reminds me I forgot to schedule another appointment this morning.
Last night and today are particularly nasty as my general lung infection related physical decline of the last week with it's associated exhaustion collided with two other periodic physical inconveniences that happened to hit the bad point on the pendulum swing at the same time that a particularly bad chronic pain wave hit with my legs not working properly as a result, and one of Hector's refusal to let me sleep things. I had to drag my self out for an emergency OTC med to get me through this evening.
I am hysterically shaking from the effort every time I stand up and a simple trip to the Rite AID was enough to wipe out most of the spoons. If my writing is clumsy and/or unusually emotional this is why. Too many things are wrong physically for me to cope with any of them successfully, let alone all of them. Why aren't I lying down? I have to do a meds cycle and take care of the animals. Combined it takes about two hours due to meds timing. I am digesting first meds and resting up for doing fish as I write this.