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Goodness sakes, it's work, it's work!
Sep. 12th, 2007 11:32 amYep. Lots of stuff arrived all at once, so I'm swarmed and swamped all at once and slowly fighting my way out of the paper pile. And then the rest of you pile on with additional material of interest to me and yourselves. You're definitely keeping me busy. It'll be nice to have access at home so that I can fight off the hordes at all hours.
Anyway, onward. Much like expulsion for wearing a T-shirt, an activist is suffering from a broken leg and an assault charge, apparently for wearing a "I love the people of Iraq" button. Again, one side of the story, but from the sounds of things, the guards decided that a button was enough of a disruption to bar someone from entering. For similar blind enforcement of rules or the perception thereof, enjoy the accoutns of holy water from Lourdes being confiscated due to terrorism restrictions.
Just trying to live a standard American life means taking on great debts, according to Dr. Housing Bubble. And it's on things like cars, houses, and college education - things that are fairly required for people to live and enjoy. What happened such that "living within our means" now almost requires large amounts of debts?
With a missing baby alert in a Wal-Mart, a woman describes her account of security stopping her from leaving and apparently attempting to take her baby away. As noted, if the security actually made motions to take away the child from the mother, that's stupidity. If it was just trying to confirm that it was not the missing child, then it's an equally embarrassing situation for both parties, I suspect. Still, don't try to separate children and mothers, really. Behind the Counter offers more insight into just how bad the matter looks for everyone involved.
Going international, Russia is testing a new, bigger bomb. And then Putin replaces his Prime Minster. And finally, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, is resigning his position. So what's going on over there now? The other side of the country seems to be doing all sorts of mysterious stuff.
And above all, Be not afraid. Don't panic. For as much as some people really do believe that America will become the bastion of the next Caliphate, remember that the Guide entry on Earth consists of two very important words. "Mostly harmless." It'll be nice if we can live up to such billing. And try not to get offended and cut part of a comedian's acceptance speech because she's making fun of the way most people do their acceptance speeches.
For those still interested in tracking new developments in the "Just what gets you TOSsed from LJ again?" department -![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
dark_christian has two posts, first a denied request to remove communities that advocate abusive corporal punishment using Biblical justifications, and the follow-up, where it appears that there's an admission that the Abuse volunteers do not have someone trained in law in their group.
Also possibly related, Brad, founder of LJ, is leaving/has left the company, to which![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
insomnia says that Brad left LJ to the wolves. Things may get better or worse or altogether stranger before anything is resolved at all about anything at all.
Anyway, onward. Much like expulsion for wearing a T-shirt, an activist is suffering from a broken leg and an assault charge, apparently for wearing a "I love the people of Iraq" button. Again, one side of the story, but from the sounds of things, the guards decided that a button was enough of a disruption to bar someone from entering. For similar blind enforcement of rules or the perception thereof, enjoy the accoutns of holy water from Lourdes being confiscated due to terrorism restrictions.
Just trying to live a standard American life means taking on great debts, according to Dr. Housing Bubble. And it's on things like cars, houses, and college education - things that are fairly required for people to live and enjoy. What happened such that "living within our means" now almost requires large amounts of debts?
With a missing baby alert in a Wal-Mart, a woman describes her account of security stopping her from leaving and apparently attempting to take her baby away. As noted, if the security actually made motions to take away the child from the mother, that's stupidity. If it was just trying to confirm that it was not the missing child, then it's an equally embarrassing situation for both parties, I suspect. Still, don't try to separate children and mothers, really. Behind the Counter offers more insight into just how bad the matter looks for everyone involved.
Going international, Russia is testing a new, bigger bomb. And then Putin replaces his Prime Minster. And finally, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, is resigning his position. So what's going on over there now? The other side of the country seems to be doing all sorts of mysterious stuff.
And above all, Be not afraid. Don't panic. For as much as some people really do believe that America will become the bastion of the next Caliphate, remember that the Guide entry on Earth consists of two very important words. "Mostly harmless." It'll be nice if we can live up to such billing. And try not to get offended and cut part of a comedian's acceptance speech because she's making fun of the way most people do their acceptance speeches.
For those still interested in tracking new developments in the "Just what gets you TOSsed from LJ again?" department -
dark_christian has two posts, first a denied request to remove communities that advocate abusive corporal punishment using Biblical justifications, and the follow-up, where it appears that there's an admission that the Abuse volunteers do not have someone trained in law in their group. Also possibly related, Brad, founder of LJ, is leaving/has left the company, to which
insomnia says that Brad left LJ to the wolves. Things may get better or worse or altogether stranger before anything is resolved at all about anything at all.
