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Feb. 25th, 2019 04:37 am* "In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-central-asias-forbidding-highlands-a-quiet-newcomer-chinese-troops/2019/02/18/78d4a8d0-1e62-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dcfc4ea06aea
* "Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-protests/haiti-police-fire-rubber-pellets-at-mourners-as-protests-resume-idUSKCN1QC01Y
* "Kamala Harris on climate change, identity politics and her plan for working families:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/one-on-one-interview-with-kamala-harris-1447489091627
* "Kamala Harris on 2020 run in an 'increasingly polarized America':" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/more-from-one-on-one-with-kamala-harris-1447490627968
* "Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/22/18234606/warren-child-care-universal-2020
* You may have noticed I post a lot of different articles about and interviews with various declared and likely 2020 Presidential Primary candidates. I do this because I think it's important we get a good look at all our options. In my opinion it's far too soon for me to be selecting, let alone endorsing candidate.
I will vote for whoever gets chosen for the Democratic ticket. I stand by my policy of voting my heart in the primary and strategically in the general. With this understanding and the caveats above, I admit I have a short list all ready of people I would rather not have to vote for in 2020. I will, mind you, but I really really hope we chose someone better. There are good reasons for each of them:
Tulsi Gabbard is a homophobic DINO with a long list of unpleasant statements and policy positions so odious that David Duke wanted to endorse her. Yes, she turned him down, but still. DO NOT want. I don't want Biden and Sanders for a bunch of reasons. I listed my objections to Biden last time around, s I'm not going to know. They are the same as they were. Sander's has some serious problems with a tendency not to see the way systemic racism and sexism are a major problem in this country and he's really not up to the foreign policy part of the job. There are also way better candidates already in with views more in keeping with my own to the left of Sanders. I'd rather someone who can fight for more of the things I want with less of the baggage, and that actually is a choice this time. I'm much happier with him staying in the Senate.
I admit that I have several other "I would rather they stay in Congress" names on my list, but I'm not as adamant about them as of yet. They have a lot of room left to surprise me and/or convince me that they really are the best choice and a lot of time to do it in. All sorts of things can happen between now and late Spring 2020. I've a short list of likelier names, but it's fluid. My opinions on the candidates are fluid, and so I'm going to keep watching and reading and posting stuff. Let's all see where this goes, okay?
And yes, if you really do have a candidate you are passionate about, definitely donate and/or volunteer to help them. I'm just not even close to there yet and don't expect to be any time soon.
* "War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cross/war-memorial-or-religious-symbol-cross-fight-reaches-u-s-high-court-idUSKCN1QB1CJ
* "Because of Louisiana, the Minimum Wage in New Orleans Is a Poverty Wage:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/02/louisiana-minimum-wage-new-orleans-world-social-justice-day/583363/
* "Trump Should Stop Telling Hateful Lies That Racist Terrorists Believe:" http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/christopher-hasson-donald-trump-responsible-coast-guard-officer-terrorism-plot.html
* Now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration. If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* "Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Has a New Editor: A Black Woman:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/democrat-reporter-elecia-dexter.html
* "They Took a Knee at Ole Miss For All of Us:" http://cwmemory.com/2019/02/24/they-took-a-knee-at-ole-miss-for-all-of-us/
* TW: Rape, Pedophilia. "The Spotlight Effect: This Church Scandal Was Revealed by Outsiders:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/02/catholic-churchs-sex-abuse-scandal-was-driven-outsiders/583489/
* TW: Sexual Abuse. "Cardinal claims Catholic Church 'destroyed' documentation of sex abuse:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cardinal-says-catholic-church-destroyed-documentation-sex-abuse-n974941
* "Everyone* Pours Bacon Fat Down the Drain, Everyone Lies About It:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-pours-bacon-fat-down-the-drain-everyone-lies-about-it-1533741026
* "Stress-free Training May Enhance Surgical Skill:" http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2019/february-2019/021119-pavlidis-surgery-training.php
* "Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/31/stripes-of-wildflowers-across-farm-fields-could-cut-pesticide-spraying
* "Fire at Bellingham feed store started under suspicious circumstances, investigators say:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/north-sound-news/fire-at-bellingham-feed-store-started-under-suspicious-circumstances-investigators-say/923584175
* "These indigenous Peruvians are fighting deforestation with satellites and drones:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdgdm/these-indigenous-peruvians-are-fighting-deforestation-with-drones-and-satellites
* "Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/2/22/17140166/climate-change-lawsuit-exxon-juliana-liability-kids
* "Succulent-Smugglers Descend on California:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/california-chronicles/succulent-smugglers-descend-on-california
* "The Funeral Directors Deployed to America's Deadliest Disasters:" https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-funeral-directors-deployed-to-americas-deadliest-di-1832357395
* "Pre-Civil War African American Writers:" https://www.writersspot.net/articles/pre-civil-war-african-american-writers
* "Ira Aldridge: The Black Shakespearean Actor Who Broke Theater's Color Barrier:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573441/ira-aldridge
* "Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?:" https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/spanish-flu-women-nurses-heroism.html
* "The Disturbing Reason Schools Tattooed Their Students in the 1950s:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573101/operation-tat-type
* "Inside the Belgian Library That Tore Itself Apart:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-was-the-leuven-library-divided
* "The History of African-American Casting in Ballet:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-african-american-casting-in-ballet/
* "Sunday Sweets Would Like This Dance:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/2/24/sunday-sweets-would-like-this-dance.html
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/
* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment
* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1
* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/
* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border
* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape
* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
* "Haiti police fire rubber pellets at mourners as protests resume:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-protests/haiti-police-fire-rubber-pellets-at-mourners-as-protests-resume-idUSKCN1QC01Y
* "Kamala Harris on climate change, identity politics and her plan for working families:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/one-on-one-interview-with-kamala-harris-1447489091627
* "Kamala Harris on 2020 run in an 'increasingly polarized America':" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/more-from-one-on-one-with-kamala-harris-1447490627968
* "Elizabeth Warren’s universal child care plan, explained:" https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/2/22/18234606/warren-child-care-universal-2020
* You may have noticed I post a lot of different articles about and interviews with various declared and likely 2020 Presidential Primary candidates. I do this because I think it's important we get a good look at all our options. In my opinion it's far too soon for me to be selecting, let alone endorsing candidate.
I will vote for whoever gets chosen for the Democratic ticket. I stand by my policy of voting my heart in the primary and strategically in the general. With this understanding and the caveats above, I admit I have a short list all ready of people I would rather not have to vote for in 2020. I will, mind you, but I really really hope we chose someone better. There are good reasons for each of them:
Tulsi Gabbard is a homophobic DINO with a long list of unpleasant statements and policy positions so odious that David Duke wanted to endorse her. Yes, she turned him down, but still. DO NOT want. I don't want Biden and Sanders for a bunch of reasons. I listed my objections to Biden last time around, s I'm not going to know. They are the same as they were. Sander's has some serious problems with a tendency not to see the way systemic racism and sexism are a major problem in this country and he's really not up to the foreign policy part of the job. There are also way better candidates already in with views more in keeping with my own to the left of Sanders. I'd rather someone who can fight for more of the things I want with less of the baggage, and that actually is a choice this time. I'm much happier with him staying in the Senate.
I admit that I have several other "I would rather they stay in Congress" names on my list, but I'm not as adamant about them as of yet. They have a lot of room left to surprise me and/or convince me that they really are the best choice and a lot of time to do it in. All sorts of things can happen between now and late Spring 2020. I've a short list of likelier names, but it's fluid. My opinions on the candidates are fluid, and so I'm going to keep watching and reading and posting stuff. Let's all see where this goes, okay?
And yes, if you really do have a candidate you are passionate about, definitely donate and/or volunteer to help them. I'm just not even close to there yet and don't expect to be any time soon.
* "War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cross/war-memorial-or-religious-symbol-cross-fight-reaches-u-s-high-court-idUSKCN1QB1CJ
* "Because of Louisiana, the Minimum Wage in New Orleans Is a Poverty Wage:" https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2019/02/louisiana-minimum-wage-new-orleans-world-social-justice-day/583363/
* "Trump Should Stop Telling Hateful Lies That Racist Terrorists Believe:" http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/christopher-hasson-donald-trump-responsible-coast-guard-officer-terrorism-plot.html
* Now is an excellent time to tell your Republican Senator to stand against the Emergency Declaration. If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* "Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Has a New Editor: A Black Woman:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/us/democrat-reporter-elecia-dexter.html
* "They Took a Knee at Ole Miss For All of Us:" http://cwmemory.com/2019/02/24/they-took-a-knee-at-ole-miss-for-all-of-us/
* TW: Rape, Pedophilia. "The Spotlight Effect: This Church Scandal Was Revealed by Outsiders:" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/02/catholic-churchs-sex-abuse-scandal-was-driven-outsiders/583489/
* TW: Sexual Abuse. "Cardinal claims Catholic Church 'destroyed' documentation of sex abuse:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cardinal-says-catholic-church-destroyed-documentation-sex-abuse-n974941
* "Everyone* Pours Bacon Fat Down the Drain, Everyone Lies About It:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-pours-bacon-fat-down-the-drain-everyone-lies-about-it-1533741026
* "Stress-free Training May Enhance Surgical Skill:" http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2019/february-2019/021119-pavlidis-surgery-training.php
* "Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/31/stripes-of-wildflowers-across-farm-fields-could-cut-pesticide-spraying
* "Fire at Bellingham feed store started under suspicious circumstances, investigators say:" https://www.kiro7.com/news/north-sound-news/fire-at-bellingham-feed-store-started-under-suspicious-circumstances-investigators-say/923584175
* "These indigenous Peruvians are fighting deforestation with satellites and drones:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzdgdm/these-indigenous-peruvians-are-fighting-deforestation-with-drones-and-satellites
* "Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits:" https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/2/22/17140166/climate-change-lawsuit-exxon-juliana-liability-kids
* "Succulent-Smugglers Descend on California:" https://www.newyorker.com/news/california-chronicles/succulent-smugglers-descend-on-california
* "The Funeral Directors Deployed to America's Deadliest Disasters:" https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-funeral-directors-deployed-to-americas-deadliest-di-1832357395
* "Pre-Civil War African American Writers:" https://www.writersspot.net/articles/pre-civil-war-african-american-writers
* "Ira Aldridge: The Black Shakespearean Actor Who Broke Theater's Color Barrier:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573441/ira-aldridge
* "Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?:" https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/spanish-flu-women-nurses-heroism.html
* "The Disturbing Reason Schools Tattooed Their Students in the 1950s:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/573101/operation-tat-type
* "Inside the Belgian Library That Tore Itself Apart:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-was-the-leuven-library-divided
* "The History of African-American Casting in Ballet:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-history-of-african-american-casting-in-ballet/
* "Sunday Sweets Would Like This Dance:" http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/2/24/sunday-sweets-would-like-this-dance.html
*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
* Trans Helplines: https://www.translifeline.org/
* Want to complaint about Betsy DeVos's plan to coddle college rapists? https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/29/2018-25314/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal#open-comment
* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1
* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/
* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border
* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape
* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/
* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey
* Have something you want to tell your Congress Critters? If you can not protest in person, here are some other options:
Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the representative of your choice.
* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/
* Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resistbot.io/
* This is a cool person and the swimsuits are being made from an ethical source. LGBTQIA+ swimsuits: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616
* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion
* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html
