RadioTBQ: July8, 2008
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thebratqueenOkay, so another round of me sharing the links that I find during the day and any comments I may have on them.
A UK military charity is taking a cue from Jamie Oliver to help former soldiers. I get a happy squee whenever I see Fifteen translating to new areas.
Rick Shenkman brings us the truth about the American voter. Like "Only 1 in 5 know that there are 100 federal senators." The list is scary, though to be fair I'd be more comfortable if I had a chance to dig into his methods to find where the numbers are coming from.
There's a followup to the post about why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test. It gives interesting food for thought about why Hollywood turns its back on a potential audience. And about curly hair. It's related, honest.
So a teen gets 5 years for group sex assault. An assault which included an 11 year old girl. One neighbor's response?
"Five years? Ten years? That's ridiculous," said LaToya Bell, 22, sitting on a porch with four others who nodded in agreement. "They (are) getting time for nothing. That girl, she knew what she was doing."
You understand how I need to kill people now. I'm pointing this out, though, because there's a movement to downplay the concept of rape. When an 11 year old girl can be considered up for grabs as far as whether she was raped - gah. GAH.
The current economic situation has more people turning to stores like Aldi. This caught my eye because my German sis-in-law (and her family) love the Aldi in their neighborhood, so whenever I see mentions of it I feel like I'm back in Stella. Sadly there are no nearby castles to help my imagination, but I often lament the lack of nearby castles.
Shakesville has a great entry about why there's a decided lack of dolls with disabilities. Apparently one of the reasons is that kids with disabilities think of themselves as normal, so if you give a kid in a wheelchair a doll in a wheelchair, you're telling them how not normal they are. Because, yanno, the kid didn't notice the wheelchair until the doll pointed it out. GAH. Hell, I would've enjoyed having disabled dolls as a kid. Variety of people makes things interesting in all aspects of life! Sheesh!
India's gay rights movement comes out. Much though the US still has far to go for gay rights, it's good to get the reminder that there's GLBT folks out there who have even further to go. It's also great to see folks getting there. THAT IS DUST IN MY EYES I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
Scientists have found that it's possible that Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens could've chatted with one another. Possible topics of conversation include "My advanced use of tools, let me show you them" and "Iz it can be mocking Creationists tiem nau?"
Back over in England they're studying how to make edible buildings. Not in the sense of it's all fun and games until global warming melts your chocolate roof off, but in the sense of building food growth, well, into buildings. Apparently they're looking into it for the 2012 Olympics and it could be a useful thing for others considering what the economy is doing to people's abilities to buy food.
Unclutterer has advice on how to be prepared in case of a fire. In addition to post-fire tips, they point out things like how if you wouldn't replace a certain item if it got destroyed in a fire, why are you holiding on to it now?
Fan of A&E's Intervention? Find out some of the backstory. I won't spoil it, but there's insights into how the show got created.
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catscradle is going to be keeping a diary of the DNC as it comes to Colorado. You can read her first entry about it here.
Finally, my brother sent this to me last night saying "You either find this stupidly funny, or just stupid." I am in the former category. Henri is a haunted kitty (Youtube link). He lacks opposable thumbs, and yet....
And that's all for this edition!
A UK military charity is taking a cue from Jamie Oliver to help former soldiers. I get a happy squee whenever I see Fifteen translating to new areas.
Rick Shenkman brings us the truth about the American voter. Like "Only 1 in 5 know that there are 100 federal senators." The list is scary, though to be fair I'd be more comfortable if I had a chance to dig into his methods to find where the numbers are coming from.
There's a followup to the post about why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test. It gives interesting food for thought about why Hollywood turns its back on a potential audience. And about curly hair. It's related, honest.
So a teen gets 5 years for group sex assault. An assault which included an 11 year old girl. One neighbor's response?
"Five years? Ten years? That's ridiculous," said LaToya Bell, 22, sitting on a porch with four others who nodded in agreement. "They (are) getting time for nothing. That girl, she knew what she was doing."
You understand how I need to kill people now. I'm pointing this out, though, because there's a movement to downplay the concept of rape. When an 11 year old girl can be considered up for grabs as far as whether she was raped - gah. GAH.
The current economic situation has more people turning to stores like Aldi. This caught my eye because my German sis-in-law (and her family) love the Aldi in their neighborhood, so whenever I see mentions of it I feel like I'm back in Stella. Sadly there are no nearby castles to help my imagination, but I often lament the lack of nearby castles.
Shakesville has a great entry about why there's a decided lack of dolls with disabilities. Apparently one of the reasons is that kids with disabilities think of themselves as normal, so if you give a kid in a wheelchair a doll in a wheelchair, you're telling them how not normal they are. Because, yanno, the kid didn't notice the wheelchair until the doll pointed it out. GAH. Hell, I would've enjoyed having disabled dolls as a kid. Variety of people makes things interesting in all aspects of life! Sheesh!
India's gay rights movement comes out. Much though the US still has far to go for gay rights, it's good to get the reminder that there's GLBT folks out there who have even further to go. It's also great to see folks getting there. THAT IS DUST IN MY EYES I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
Scientists have found that it's possible that Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens could've chatted with one another. Possible topics of conversation include "My advanced use of tools, let me show you them" and "Iz it can be mocking Creationists tiem nau?"
Back over in England they're studying how to make edible buildings. Not in the sense of it's all fun and games until global warming melts your chocolate roof off, but in the sense of building food growth, well, into buildings. Apparently they're looking into it for the 2012 Olympics and it could be a useful thing for others considering what the economy is doing to people's abilities to buy food.
Unclutterer has advice on how to be prepared in case of a fire. In addition to post-fire tips, they point out things like how if you wouldn't replace a certain item if it got destroyed in a fire, why are you holiding on to it now?
Fan of A&E's Intervention? Find out some of the backstory. I won't spoil it, but there's insights into how the show got created.
catscradle is going to be keeping a diary of the DNC as it comes to Colorado. You can read her first entry about it here.Finally, my brother sent this to me last night saying "You either find this stupidly funny, or just stupid." I am in the former category. Henri is a haunted kitty (Youtube link). He lacks opposable thumbs, and yet....
And that's all for this edition!
