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* It is the one year anniversary of the Marikana Massacre. No police have been arrested for the slaughter, the widows are uncompensated, and there is no electricity or plumbing in the mining community.
* 60 more people were killed in today's protests in Egypt. More than 600 killed and four thousand have been injured since Monday. I'm not seeing good break down on how many are Muslim Brotherhood, Copts, or security forces.
* Chris Christie responded to a felon shooting two Trenton police officers by vetoing sensible background checks legislation and a ban on sniper rifles. Charming.
* "Congressman Doesn’t Believe White Collar Crime On Wall Street Exists:" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/15/2471911/congressman-doesnt-believe-white-collar-crime-exists/
Why financial reform is stuck on a sandbar.
* "Three Republicans Who Opposed Sandy Relief Now Demand Disaster Aid For Arizona:" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/14/2467861/three-arizona-republicans-fema-hypocrisy/
* "Santorum: Term 'Middle Class' Is 'Marxism Talk':" http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/santorum-term-middle-class-marxism-talk
Which explains why the Republicans are working so hard to abolish it.
* "Yep, We’re Screwed: Top Ten Recent Climate Change Findings that should Scare You:" http://www.juancole.com/2013/08/screwed-climate-findings.html
* "Olinguito the newest rare mammal species discovery:" http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/world/americas/new-mammal-smithsonian/index.html
* "Fossil Reveals Long-Lived Mammal Group's Secret:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-multituberculate-rugosodon-early-mammal-evolution/
* "When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men:" http://www.alternet.org/when-women-wanted-sex-much-more-men
* "Open letter to the woman sharing my flight from LAX to PDX:" http://jaylake.livejournal.com/3250971.html
Terminal cancer can be an invisible disability too.
* "When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/08/san-antonio-councilmember-elisa-chans.html
* "Not Your Mom's Trans 101:" http://tranarchism.com/2010/11/26/not-your-moms-trans-101/
* "How to Be An Ally:" http://genderbitch.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/how-to-be-an-ally/
* "28,000 Prank Calls Finally Annoy Emergency Responders:" http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/16/28000-prank-calls-finally-annoy-emergency-responders/
* Dragon Cave:
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* 60 more people were killed in today's protests in Egypt. More than 600 killed and four thousand have been injured since Monday. I'm not seeing good break down on how many are Muslim Brotherhood, Copts, or security forces.
* Chris Christie responded to a felon shooting two Trenton police officers by vetoing sensible background checks legislation and a ban on sniper rifles. Charming.
* "Congressman Doesn’t Believe White Collar Crime On Wall Street Exists:" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/15/2471911/congressman-doesnt-believe-white-collar-crime-exists/
Why financial reform is stuck on a sandbar.
* "Three Republicans Who Opposed Sandy Relief Now Demand Disaster Aid For Arizona:" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/14/2467861/three-arizona-republicans-fema-hypocrisy/
* "Santorum: Term 'Middle Class' Is 'Marxism Talk':" http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/santorum-term-middle-class-marxism-talk
Which explains why the Republicans are working so hard to abolish it.
* "Yep, We’re Screwed: Top Ten Recent Climate Change Findings that should Scare You:" http://www.juancole.com/2013/08/screwed-climate-findings.html
* "Olinguito the newest rare mammal species discovery:" http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/world/americas/new-mammal-smithsonian/index.html
* "Fossil Reveals Long-Lived Mammal Group's Secret:" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-multituberculate-rugosodon-early-mammal-evolution/
* "When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men:" http://www.alternet.org/when-women-wanted-sex-much-more-men
* "Open letter to the woman sharing my flight from LAX to PDX:" http://jaylake.livejournal.com/3250971.html
Terminal cancer can be an invisible disability too.
* "When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2013/08/san-antonio-councilmember-elisa-chans.html
* "Not Your Mom's Trans 101:" http://tranarchism.com/2010/11/26/not-your-moms-trans-101/
* "How to Be An Ally:" http://genderbitch.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/how-to-be-an-ally/
* "28,000 Prank Calls Finally Annoy Emergency Responders:" http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/16/28000-prank-calls-finally-annoy-emergency-responders/
* Dragon Cave:
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/341629.html. Please comment there using OpenID.