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No Cultural Warfare Update until tomorrow - sorry, too many political posts already today. Don't worry, I've started it - but the bigger issue right now is the legislative insanity in Congress. So have some linkblogging. Or, if you want better linkblogging, go read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Everything you need to know about American media today. Note the geographical locations under the covers. This was from the Newsweek site on MSNBC.
Senator Santorum plays it extra stupid, running attack ads that imply his opponent took money from certain felons - then was forced to retract the ad when it turned out that not only had his opponent not received donations from any of these people, but his own campaign had. He ended up giving the money to charity, but still: BWAH!
Here, this is disturbing: a semi-new legal tactic is helping batterers win child-custody in divorce cases. Very nice. These aren't just allegations, either; they're doing things like getting the history of spousal abuse thrown out as irrelevant.
jwz's post about this science story was funny ("I think we all know how this movie ends"); it'll be interesting to see how the theoconservatives react. So far, pleasantly, the Catholic Church is tentatively - very tentatively - saying it's okay with them, which is, well, a step.
Today's miles: 1.0 burdoned by backpack
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1336.7
Miles out of Rivendell: 871.7
Miles out of Lothlórien: 416.7
Miles past Rauros Falls: 8.1
Miles to Isengard: 462.1
No Cultural Warfare Update until tomorrow - sorry, too many political posts already today. Don't worry, I've started it - but the bigger issue right now is the legislative insanity in Congress. So have some linkblogging. Or, if you want better linkblogging, go read
zarq's LJ.Everything you need to know about American media today. Note the geographical locations under the covers. This was from the Newsweek site on MSNBC.
Senator Santorum plays it extra stupid, running attack ads that imply his opponent took money from certain felons - then was forced to retract the ad when it turned out that not only had his opponent not received donations from any of these people, but his own campaign had. He ended up giving the money to charity, but still: BWAH!
Here, this is disturbing: a semi-new legal tactic is helping batterers win child-custody in divorce cases. Very nice. These aren't just allegations, either; they're doing things like getting the history of spousal abuse thrown out as irrelevant.
jwz's post about this science story was funny ("I think we all know how this movie ends"); it'll be interesting to see how the theoconservatives react. So far, pleasantly, the Catholic Church is tentatively - very tentatively - saying it's okay with them, which is, well, a step.Today's miles: 1.0 burdoned by backpack
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1336.7
Miles out of Rivendell: 871.7
Miles out of Lothlórien: 416.7
Miles past Rauros Falls: 8.1
Miles to Isengard: 462.1
