- The Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire; links to articles about it in one place (at least for now, later may require search terms). No, I wasn't there. List of confirmed victims. Map apps will still have the intact building in 3D and street view until the next pass/visit/upload (Mapquest, back in the day, showed pre-9/11 aerial views of WTC for a couple of weeks -- I used to check) happens--Google Maps last scanned that area in 2014.
Meanwhile, the forces of evil around are assuming their triumph, and we shall call them Fascists because the Devil
really hates being called by Its name.
- Hypocrisy and health care. (Daily Irritant)
- They don't mean you well, that's for sure. (Indomitable)
- Remember "Kinder, Küche, Kirche?" Guess who wants to bring it back? (from Echidne of the Snakes)
I'm not sure if this post makes the point I want to make: The right-wing in this country wants to socialize decisions about conception, about pregnancy and even about giving birth, but once a child is born, everything should be privatized: Almost all responsibility is saddled on the shoulders of the mothers, while the wider conservative society, in general, refuses to budge one inch from its traditional gendered expectations about the role of mothers.
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- "Full employment" vs. "inclusive growth" and economic implications thereof. (naked capitalism)
- Unions and Fascist undermining and destruction. (Booman Tribune)
- The war on libraries. (Wonkette)
- Rising tide of "fake" news and believers thereof. (Zandar Versus The Stupid)
One of the many reasons that Megan McArdle is a terrible person is that she thinks she can-and, god help us, should-school Ta-Nehisi Coates on race.
(The Hunting of the Snark)
- Robert Reich calls out Trump. (AlterNet)
- Jerks vandalize football player's home. (Crooks and Liars, first seen at sfgate.com)
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