I know a kid who attempted suicide when he was seven or eight.
Well, I didn't know him, I knew his sister. Her father is a friend and had gone to court to get her mother's shared custody revoked when she was four or five to get her out of a completely fucked up environment. Not before she was pretty thoroughly messed up, but not as bad as her brother ended up. (They had different fathers.) Ugh. So horrifying.
Crap, another lefty cafe in Evanston is closing. Wild Tree (on the corner of Davis and Oak) is closing due to bankruptcy. They just weren't doing well in this economy.
Oh, that sucks. I noticed the other day that the Mercury Cafe on Chicago is gone now too.
Is there really much surviving vintage clothing from the late 16th/early 17th centuries?
What Connie said. But a few years ago, one of the museums on the D.C. Mall had a special exhibit of vintage Ottoman robes from the era, and even further back. Some lovely garments, I might add.
Damn. Nine is pretty young for a suicide, huh?
Nine is the youngest I've heard of. But several stories have made the news of schoolkids bullied so severely that they committed suicide. One example of a 12-year-old.
It's been a tough week for leftiness in general. GOP senator elected in MA. Essentially all limits on corporate spending in elections lifted. Air America shutting down. Dems in disarray (well, okay that's just their normal state).
Essentially all limits on corporate spending in elections lifted.
This galls me. I had an image of gleeful hogs squealing as they ran to the trough. Two of the worst decisions with the most far-reaching impacts were: (1) defining political contributions with free speech; (2) treating corporations as if they had individual rights.
Dems in disarray (well, okay that's just their normal state).
Yeah, I probably wouldn't like this NSFW video half as much if it wasn't so appropriate this week. [link]
treating corporations as if they had individual rights.
You know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems SO CLEAR that corporations don't get the same rights that individual citizens get. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE.
GOP senator elected in MA. Essentially all limits on corporate spending in elections lifted.
Well, the silver lining to those 2 things are that now Dems don't have to kiss Lieberman's ass (though god knows they'll probably continue to do so), and -- because of the campaign funding clusterfuck -- I never have to donate to a political campaign again. Ever. Because what's the fucking point?
This galls me. I had an image of gleeful hogs squealing as they ran to the trough.
I'm hoping Grover Norquist gets so excited that whatever organ of his simulates a heart explodes into tiny fragments.
I'd like to make (or clarify) a business rule: No Bellies. I shouldn't have to see a co-worker's stomach. Your outfit shouldn't show it, and you shouldn't raise your shirt to scratch your skin. It ain't right.
I was definitely clinically depressed at 10, though I don't think I really had a grasp on the concept of suicide at that point, or how one might practically do it.
Dear therapist: the metaphor about the shit sandwich and did I want mustard was NOT REALLY HELPFUL, thx.
You know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems SO CLEAR that corporations don't get the same rights that individual citizens get. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE.
And didn't the movie "The Corporation" teach us that if they were people they'd be sociopaths?
