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LfT: The Country of Yes. (Please, if you wish to comment on that, please do it there if you can (open ID works!); other comments here).

I have such a great collection of stuff coming for this Friday's trash day.

My SJA DVDs arrived!

I have actually reached, for only the second point in my life, the point where I have to turn off the news (the first time was during Katrina). It's good that I almost never reach this point, because the news is central to one of the things I do. But then Palin said "blood libel" and now I've gone and lost my last shreds of rationality.

Heating oil achieved!

There really are no cabs at 4pm. I didn't even know anyone thought this was an urban legend. Of course it's true!

My neighborhood has lost one of its greats: Bobby Robinson was 93.

Haiti: One Year Later.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan isn't white. And she's rightfully furious that Elle decided she should be. I hope she sues the fuckers. Meanwhile, there's a petition.

Maybe the real danger in US politics right now isn't the violent rhetoric, but the othering. As someone who doesn't get to be human a lot of the time, there's a lot of interesting in this.