* "Meet the Woman Risking Everything to Become Somalia's First Female President:"
https://mic.com/articles/149725/meet-fadumo-dayib-the-woman-risking-everything-to-become-somalia-s-first-female-president#.xQBzoHitJ * To this I want to add, I'd have liked subtitles for the lyrics by the rappers. Also, could we go ONE year without commentators giggling like 6th graders over the name of a certain country? Otherwise this is a much more eloquent version of what i tried to figure out how to stay and couldn't quite frame. "NBC’s Rio Olympics Opening-Ceremony Coverage Was Clueless and Counterintuitive at Best:"
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/review-nbcs-olympics-opening-ceremony-coverage.html * "The Media Village at the Rio Olympics Is Built on a Mass Grave of Slaves:"
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/media-village-rio-olympics-built-mass-grave-slaves-180959873/?no-ist * "Police Scrutiny in China Hinders Condom Use Among Prostitutes, Study Says:"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/world/asia/china-sex-workers-condoms-police.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1 * "Trump economics dissected:"
* "The deep red state that could turn blue:"
* Trump had the gall to go to Detroit and tell them that the cure for all that ails them is a massive tax cut for estates over $5 million in value and corporate welfare.
* "Oh, For Fuck’s Sake: A Gentle Talk With My Republican, Democrat, And Undecided Friends :"
http://www.theferrett.com/ferrettworks/2016/07/oh-for-fucks-sake-in-which-i-gently-talk-to-my-friends-who-are-republicans-democrats-and-the-undecided/ * "I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump:"
http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/05/24/i-know-why-poor-whites-chant-trump-trump-trump/ * "Exclusive - John Lewis Extended Interview:"
* "How climate change is rapidly taking the planet apart:"
http://www.flassbeck-economics.com/how-climate-change-is-rapidly-taking-the-planet-apart/ * "'Witch' Prison Revealed in 15th-Century Scottish Chapel:"
http://www.livescience.com/55452-witch-prison-revealed-in-scottish-chapel.html?
* "Donald Trump Predicts a Rigged Election:"
* "Blacklash 2016: The Unblackening - Trump Dump:"
* Y'all know I'm in the DS9 is the best Star Trek camp. "Deep Space Nine was the Best Star Trek (And the Roddenberry Box was Made to be Broken):"
http://www.fandomfollowing.com/deep-space-nine-best-star-trek-roddenberry-box-made-broken/ * TNG Rewatch:
I missed one first Season Episode, "Too Short a Season." It has terrible age makeup, but setting it aside, it's a good explanation for why the Prime Directive needs to be a thing and why Kirk riding rough shod over nearly every episode likely left planets in chaos and mass death in his wake even though we don't get to see it in ToS.
* "Sunday Sweets: Modern Geometry:"
http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2016/8/7/sunday-sweets-modern-geometry.html * "How to help Flint, Michigan:"
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/how-help-flint-michigan * Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com
* Donate to help refugees "UN Refugee Agency:"
http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general * Organizations helping with the refugee crisis:
http://captainofalltheships.tumblr.com/post/128790538169/an-updated-list-of-organizations-to-donate-to-help * A list of LGBTQA Charities:
http://awkward0w1.tumblr.com/post/126399233673 * Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We desperately need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com
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