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* I spent all afternoon doing preliminary stuff on the hand surgery. There is only a 5% chance of cancer, but it's rapid growing and in a really annoying location. It means most of a week with only my walking hand and crappy hygiene, but not having the growth will be worth it in the long run. Anyway, it's scheduled for the 13tth. No word yet on the vastly more dangerous spinal surgery.
* In the first waiting room, I sat across from an elderly gentleman and his wife as they tried to fill out forms. They tried to remember when he he quit smoking. 1974? 1975? '76? And other dates of the like. He commented to me on how hard it was. I agreed and explained I carried all my pertinent medical documents with me in my medical bag as it was always a struggle to remember which procedure was when, medications, and the like, hence the messenger bag. He agreed that was wise.
* Among the things the Republicans want to cut is cutting meals on Wheels to home bound seniors. Letting sick old people starve to death is just one of the many sacrifices we are asked to make for the bonus tax cuts to the ultra rich.
* In memory of Andy Hallet: http://uryel.tumblr.com/post/4185938607/remembering-andy-hallett
* Trump, though unwilling to accept Barak Obama's certificate of live birth, when challenged to produce his own, produced the wrong document, a hospital certificate of live birth, that unlike Mr. Obama's official document is not usable for things like passports.
* There's been a second injunction against the illegally passed Wisconsin Union stripping Law barring publishing and implementation. Walker still says he's enforcing it and will be cutting next week's paychecks on the strength of it.
* Michigan is paying for it's economy slowing giveaways to corporations by cutting economy improving unemployment benefits. This is intended to magically help unemployment even though every dollar they are cutting is worth $1.60 to economic growth. I do not understand why slowing economic growth is meant to reduce unemployment. It of cource is also cruel.
* Similarly, Congressional Republicans plan to cut food stamps, which will cause people to starve while also slowing growth to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Of course, the best their budget will do is slow the GDP by 3% and the economic damage could be considerably worse.
We've tried dramatically shifting resources from the poor and middle class to the rich for the last decade. To no surprise to the economists, this has done damage to the economy, what with people not being able to afford stuff. If people can't afford stuff, the jobs involved in making and selling that stuff go away, those people then can't buy things like food and the jobs making and selling that stuff go away. This process is clearly understood and there's plenty of real worlds recent data backing that up. Then, none of these people can pay taxes.
This is economic 101stuff, things easily explained to high schoolers and college freshmen. It seems to me that as it's so easily understood and well documented, that the only excuse for the Republican budget is that they are trying to deliberately destroy the economic system of the United state to benefit their corporate masters with no care for the large scale misery and long term damage they are doing.
* The Syrian cabinet resigned. O.o I'm not holding my breath for Bashar Assad doing the same.
* In Libya, government forces are kidnapping teenaged girls. As they are not being returned, details of their captivity are not available, but I suspect ugly things are happening, especially as they were also rounding up women at check points for gang rape.
Bastards.
* The personal bravery of Iman al-Obeidi just blows me away. Her family is also impressing the hell out of me. I hope they all survive.
* I am so sick of Russell Brand.
* On Gay Erasure: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/03/on-gandhi-drama-and-famous-gblt-people.html
* Dilbert's Scott Adams is a douche. here's why: http://community.livejournal.com/inclusive_geeks/65813.html
* Help Artificial night stay in the running: http://www.bscreview.com/2011/03/5th-annual-book-tournament-round-2-westeros-bracket/
* In the first waiting room, I sat across from an elderly gentleman and his wife as they tried to fill out forms. They tried to remember when he he quit smoking. 1974? 1975? '76? And other dates of the like. He commented to me on how hard it was. I agreed and explained I carried all my pertinent medical documents with me in my medical bag as it was always a struggle to remember which procedure was when, medications, and the like, hence the messenger bag. He agreed that was wise.
* Among the things the Republicans want to cut is cutting meals on Wheels to home bound seniors. Letting sick old people starve to death is just one of the many sacrifices we are asked to make for the bonus tax cuts to the ultra rich.
* In memory of Andy Hallet: http://uryel.tumblr.com/post/4185938607/remembering-andy-hallett
* Trump, though unwilling to accept Barak Obama's certificate of live birth, when challenged to produce his own, produced the wrong document, a hospital certificate of live birth, that unlike Mr. Obama's official document is not usable for things like passports.
* There's been a second injunction against the illegally passed Wisconsin Union stripping Law barring publishing and implementation. Walker still says he's enforcing it and will be cutting next week's paychecks on the strength of it.
* Michigan is paying for it's economy slowing giveaways to corporations by cutting economy improving unemployment benefits. This is intended to magically help unemployment even though every dollar they are cutting is worth $1.60 to economic growth. I do not understand why slowing economic growth is meant to reduce unemployment. It of cource is also cruel.
* Similarly, Congressional Republicans plan to cut food stamps, which will cause people to starve while also slowing growth to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Of course, the best their budget will do is slow the GDP by 3% and the economic damage could be considerably worse.
We've tried dramatically shifting resources from the poor and middle class to the rich for the last decade. To no surprise to the economists, this has done damage to the economy, what with people not being able to afford stuff. If people can't afford stuff, the jobs involved in making and selling that stuff go away, those people then can't buy things like food and the jobs making and selling that stuff go away. This process is clearly understood and there's plenty of real worlds recent data backing that up. Then, none of these people can pay taxes.
This is economic 101stuff, things easily explained to high schoolers and college freshmen. It seems to me that as it's so easily understood and well documented, that the only excuse for the Republican budget is that they are trying to deliberately destroy the economic system of the United state to benefit their corporate masters with no care for the large scale misery and long term damage they are doing.
* The Syrian cabinet resigned. O.o I'm not holding my breath for Bashar Assad doing the same.
* In Libya, government forces are kidnapping teenaged girls. As they are not being returned, details of their captivity are not available, but I suspect ugly things are happening, especially as they were also rounding up women at check points for gang rape.
Bastards.
* The personal bravery of Iman al-Obeidi just blows me away. Her family is also impressing the hell out of me. I hope they all survive.
* I am so sick of Russell Brand.
* On Gay Erasure: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/03/on-gandhi-drama-and-famous-gblt-people.html
* Dilbert's Scott Adams is a douche. here's why: http://community.livejournal.com/inclusive_geeks/65813.html
* Help Artificial night stay in the running: http://www.bscreview.com/2011/03/5th-annual-book-tournament-round-2-westeros-bracket/