I need a glazier

I need a window glazier who can replace the glass in a single-pane 1908 wooden window in Seattle, after someone kicked in both panes last night at murksouth, apparently for fun. I was trying to fix it myself but I can't get the tacking strips up without doing damage to the outer frame, so I want a professional. Does anyone know someone appropriate?

eta: I got a rec from someone in my neighbourhood association. Hopefully it'll go well, but I'd still be interested in recommendations. These guys are more expensive than I'd prefer rly. ;_;

mostly clearing tabs

Given that she was right about this, and that the current pope is massively involved in the attempt to both cover-up massive, systematic child molestation in the Catholic church, and protecting the perpetrators, isn't Sinead O'Connor overdue a massive grovelling apology from absolutely everybody?

The US government and Pentagon are involved in trying to get WikiLeaks shut down, in part due to its "documents which embarrass the U.S. Government: information which, as they put it, 'could be manipulated to provide biased news reports or be used for conducting propaganda, disinformation, misinformation, perception management, or influence operations against the U.S. Army by a variety of domestic and foreign actors.'" Read about it here.

Recently, nihilistic_kid pointed at this post about Steve Perry, whose name you won't know but whose work many of you have read or watched, particularly if you ever saw an episode of Thundercats. He's ill with cancer, no insurance, the usual clusterfuck. This Orlando Sentinel article paints a somewhat rosier picture, but while he's better off than he was - he's no longer sleeping in his car - he's still in a spot.

A few people on my friendslist were talking about the first recognition of a genderless person in Australia; the government changed their minds and invalidated the already-issued documents.

Please enjoy this Canadian foreign policy blog I just discovered. I haven't had a chance to read much of it yet, but skimming it seemed interesting.

My arms are continuing to improve, but I'm heading into spring and my heavy playing season! Despite this, after Norwescon, I'm hoping to start following economics more closely again.

oh really now

I got more links as I'm getting read for Norwescon omg:

Courtesy caladri: AIPAC, the primary right-wing Israel lobby in the US, has "persuaded more than three-quarters of the members of the US House of Representatives to sign a letter calling for an end to public criticism of Israel".

A New York court has struck down genetic patents:

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York joined with individual patients and medical organizations to challenge the patents last May: they argued that genes, products of nature, fall outside of the realm of things that can be patented. The patents, they argued, stifle research and innovation and limit testing options.

John Robb at Global Guerrillas expects it to be overturned due to endemic corruption, but is pleasantly surprised at the ruling.

The type of corruption involved, of course, is this kind of corporatism, with the Washington Post playing boosterism for a merger of private corporations and government domestic internal security functions. Mike McConnell, who splits his time between government appointments (as W. Bush's Director of National Intelligence) and private-industry lobbyist (working for NSA/CIA contractor Booz Allen) is carrying the message. Mr. McConnell wants private-company spying and intelligence spying to be "seamless" and comprehensive - and, of course, beyond accountability - in such a way that conveniently boosts the profit margins of the companies for which he works. Dwight Eisenhower saw it coming, even as he helped set it up to fight the Cold War, but, that never seems to help, much.

Norwescon omg

For me, Norwescon 33 starts tomorrow. Or arguably a few days ago! Doesn’t matter tho’. Remember: it’s just a show, we should really just relax. If you’re there, say hi!

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