It looks like the Red Cross/Crescent *was* able to get aid to Burma
Oh, that's good to hear! My impression from the news reports was that the country was still completely locked down.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - May 14, 2008 5:39:25 am PDT #6709 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - May 14, 2008 5:42:13 am PDT #6710 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My impression from the news reports was that the country was still completely locked down.
Me, too. That Red Cross article is from May 11, so it's possible that the Burmese government has gotten all loony since then and is turning away the RC. But if I donate to the RC without designating a recipient country, they can use it however works best.
Aims - May 14, 2008 5:47:15 am PDT #6711 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thank you guys SO MUCH!!!
I feel honored to join our many Buffistas in the world of non-profit work!
Gudanov - May 14, 2008 5:50:00 am PDT #6712 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Congratulations Aims!
JZ - May 14, 2008 5:52:05 am PDT #6713 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Re the Obama shirt: The guy who did that is just a class act all the way. His witty, charming, not-at-all-sexist, why-are-y'all-so-humorless? riff on Hillary is even more offensive than the Obama shirt, what with the advocating murder and all, but it's a close call.
Also, the fucking poll crashed my browser. Fuck you, bar and grill guy.
Steph L. - May 14, 2008 5:59:21 am PDT #6714 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Re the Obama shirt:
Someone said to me the other day (or it might have been a comment in LJ, in which case it was probably a Buffista, and I can't remember who, so I apologize) that they were surprised that I thought race would be a significant issue in this campaign.
All I can do is point to that goddamn t-shirt, without comment.
Jesse - May 14, 2008 6:00:42 am PDT #6715 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay Aimee!!
Supahstah! t /Molly Shannon
I have to say that I got my haircut last Thursday and random people keep going past and complimenting me on it. It's almost insulting - like, I looked so incredibly bad before that strangers are making an effort to come by and say something nice.
If they're strangers, it's no reflection on what you looked like before, right? Just bask in looking so good now.
Gudanov - May 14, 2008 6:00:47 am PDT #6716 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response
Honda is going build our future robot overlords. Oh well, at least they will be reliable and sorta cute.
lisah - May 14, 2008 6:01:50 am PDT #6717 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
that they were surprised that I thought race would be a significant issue in this campaign.
huh...I don't get this. Race has already been an issue. Race is always an issue in the US.
Gudanov - May 14, 2008 6:05:34 am PDT #6718 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
huh...I don't get this. Race has already been an issue. Race is always an issue in the US.
It seems like it is a subtext in all of the press about Obama's weak support among some white demographics. Though I also think it is very difficult to discern if race is a component there or not.