Nec Hoc Nec Ilud

* "Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll climbs to more than 400:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/dozens-killed-by-earthquake-in-iraniraq-border-region

* They are basically going to have the KGB do all the security for our Moscow Embassy thanks to a no bid contract. *head desk* "US embassy hires security firm of former Russian spy who worked with Putin:" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/10/us-embassy-hires-security-firm-former-russian-spy-worked-putin/

* "Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016”:" https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.baplkBzjOj#.hq9O6npRZR

* "Sessions tries to distance himself from Trump advisers' Russia talks:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/sessions-no-clear-recollection-of-papadopoulos-proposing-trump-putin-meeting-244881

* "The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks:" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-secret-correspondence-between-donald-trump-jr-and-wikileaks/545738/

* "Pence denies knowing about Trump Jr. WikiLeaks contacts:" https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/13/pence-trump-wikileaks-russia-244863

* "Sessions says he knew of ex-Trump aide's Russia ties, despite testimony:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/14/jeff-sessions-special-counsel-hillary-clinton

* "Congress Will Hold a Hearing on a “Heartbeat” Abortion Ban:" http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/10/26/congress_is_holding_a_hearing_on_a_heartbeat_abortion_ban.html

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/

* "Miscarriages in Flint: ‘I Really Believe It’s the Water’:" https://rewire.news/article/2017/11/03/miscarriages-flint-really-believe-water/

* "The Unsung Role That Ordinary Citizens Played in the Great Crime Decline:" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/upshot/the-unsung-role-that-ordinary-citizens-played-in-the-great-crime-decline.html?_r=0

* "Minnesota Republican State Legislator Unleashes Anti-Trans Tweet:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/minnesota-republican-state-legislator.html

* There are still some hurdles, but it's progress! "Australia Votes YES For Marriage Equality:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/australia-votes-yes-for-marriage.html

* "2017 Remembering Our Dead:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2017/11/2017-remembering-our-dead.html

* "Why octopuses are building small “cities” off the coast of Australia:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/why-octopuses-are-building-small-cities-off-the-coast-of-australia/

* Look, I get why you'd want to do this for, say people with dementia or certain serious disorders or antibiotics, but I am deeply uncomfortable with it because the potential abuses are pretty fucking obvious and have have substantial privacy concerns. This is incredibly intrusive specially if it becomes mandatory for, say, insurance purposes. I do not want this in my body; I especially do not want anybody coercing me to put it in my body. "FDA approves 'trackable' pill:" http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41980836

* "Thriller - Michael Jackson (1930s Jazz Cover) ft. Wayne Brady:"





* My lungs started to show signs of worsening over the weekend. Monday was a special kind of terrible as I only got three hours of sleep before the phone woke me and I couldn't fall back asleep, and so I lost the other three hours I might have had and went out to forage exhausted. The winds were high enough that the second I hit the highway from the on ramp i knew freeway travel was a mistake. My crutch wrack went walkabout in October and there is no chance of salvaging similar until spring. I got my lung med which I was nearly out of, the second most important, and v ery much a thing I need to function after last spring's damage. I hit the library, put the monthly pittance down on a certain bill to stay out of collections, and picked up my korn loafs. Things were not good physically, but manageable. We got the forage inside minutes before drizzle turned into pissing down sideways.

Today I was scheduled short sleeped again for Fix It at the library. Things are officially not manageable. I do not like to appear in public when it's this bad, plus I'd messed up my meds schedule Sunday and my body is til trying to recover. If I did not go, I'd have to wait for December. I forced myself out, much to Tavy's disapproval, braved twilight rush hour in high winds and... the PNW really needs 40 words for rain. This was the rain that is too steady for a drizzle, but no inconvenience and not apt to do dampen the surface of a cloth coat, but too chilly for a hoadie. People were driving the way they do in a high damp wind with dark closing fast, so always an adventure. I was exactly on time, parked and had actually lifted the cursed TV, when I realized I HAD NOT UNPLUGGED and BROUGHT THE DvD player. I had to wast gas on driving all the way back, now through dark, damp, angry, high wind rush hour, which is an experience i normally go lengths to avoid. The spare is entangled in what looks like permanent possibly carnal embrace with a VCR and the cable box, so I took the bedroom one, which I hate to do as it is fragile and if something unseats I have to completely disassemble and reassemble it, but it had the virtue of already having a DvD in it and it's easy to separate from the TV. I needn't have gone back for it, as the nice man who I wish would let me give him a manicure who designed one of the chips in the TV had bought and experimented with a $1 VCR entirely for my benefit yesterday and was reay with connectors and everything. They'd also saved the remote I'd abandoned last week accidentally. There was a lamp ahead of me and the precocious young electronics enthusiast with his Daddy this time. From what I saw the Dad is as A+ parenting wise as his Mom in a way especially good for a kid that bright and curious. I was resigned to a long wait, but the lamp was done in two pages and we worked on the TV extensively, me holding it up and together for testing. Apparently, the audio was dead now too. Meanwhile my physical condition is visibly deteriorating and I haven't energy to be charming as it's all going in to the effort not to throw up and or, collapse into a weeping ball under the table, as amoung other things it was increasingly clear I should have taken a rantie on top of my main anti-nausea dose which WAS NOT WORKING FAST ENOUGH. I am firmly of the opinion that nausea is worse than pain as horrible as the pain can get sometimes. The TV is toast. I am furious that Visio charge $350.00 for a TV that only lasts 11 months with a one year warranty they refused to honor, prefering to ignore us until the time ran out. I suppose it is second hand dying behemoths from here on out. If I had money for a TV, I'd buy working fish lights with it, as the last twenty light is half dead of a bad fan and is a time share between two tanks as it is. I can't even afford a replacement bulb for the secondary light. I am too tired to dispose of the thing. I am also fairly sure I may be legitimate sick after all as sine I got home my ability to regulate body temperature went highwire, and the symptom list is long and diverse enough to suggest it's not just chronic assholery ganging up on me. It is a very lucky thing I picked up the quick protein Monday, as it is warm, filling, very little standing, and very easy on the stomache.

I am likely going to suck for the next few days and will likely be cranky, for which I apologize. Tomorrow is a scheduled rest day, Thursday I am scheduled for afternoon Game of Bones. If I have dropped the ball on something, remind me Friday. I refuse to promise anything else to anyone besides bare minimum until my body is under better control.

I would like to thank whoever sent me the interesting looking book of essays on early modern Women. It was kind.

* I am going to be FURIOUS is the Exorcist is queer baiting me. One kiss isn't enough anymore. I am no longer willing to accept crumbs.

* "Racism and Some Sexism in Woman Who Rides Like A Man:" https://www.thefandomentals.com/racism-sexism-woman-like-man/

* Sexism and the Justice League. "The Amazons’ New Clothes:" http://www.goldenlasso.net/the-amazons-new-clothes/

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* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* A list of organizations to help you run for office: http://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/167330144634/psst-hey

* Resistance links for the tax cuts for the rich: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/166977878817/fullhalalalchemist-the-gop-is-aiming-for-a-65vc

* Republicans are trying to kill library funding. Help us save the libraries. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries

* 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/

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal [email protected]

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* Want Game of Thrones without the creepy? We need new players. We are very inclusive. "Game of Bones MUSH:" gobmush.wikidot.com