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Liese S. - Jun 28, 2012 8:57:37 am PDT #11794 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh no, Dana, I'm sorry.


Theodosia - Jun 28, 2012 8:58:46 am PDT #11795 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Just checking in -- am so RELIEVED that ACA stays.

Most eye-rolling reaction I've seen was a guy on Facebook going on about how UNIONS and MUSLIMS are exempted from the mandate.


Jesse - Jun 28, 2012 9:00:45 am PDT #11796 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Someone needs to make one of those sarcastic Willy Wonka things about moving to Canada because of Obamacare.

::props chin on hand:: Go on!


SuziQ - Jun 28, 2012 9:13:56 am PDT #11797 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I just got off the phone after a nice conversation with my father. He complimented me on my current FB profile picture. He thought it was current - it is actually from when I was 16. Other than the double permed hair, I'd love to look like that again. I don't think I'm anywhere close.


sumi - Jun 28, 2012 9:16:06 am PDT #11798 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Dana, that really sucks. I'm so sorry.


tommyrot - Jun 28, 2012 9:19:32 am PDT #11799 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So the Texas Republican Party, always on the cutting edge of wingnuttery, has come out in opposition to teaching critical thinking to children.

From their platform:

We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

I'm kinda' glad I don't live in Texas. (Sorry, msbelle.)

eta:

Anti-Science as a Political Platform


SuziQ - Jun 28, 2012 9:24:45 am PDT #11800 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

That is crazycakes, Tommy. I just....crazy.


Sue - Jun 28, 2012 9:26:23 am PDT #11801 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Dana, that news sucks! I am so sorry.


Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2012 9:37:56 am PDT #11802 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Yay! Maybe I should go this time....

Have fun buying a ticket!

Sadly, I won't be able to get into that panel since the Ballroom 20 line is insane, and I'm doing an Entertainment Weekly Discussion Group that morning. But I'm hoping that it's very cool and that there are celebrities hanging around the EW Photo Studio.


Consuela - Jun 28, 2012 9:39:09 am PDT #11803 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

The Texas GOP platform is a living example of Poe's law: I honestly thought it was a parody when I first saw it. Nobody could be that wingnutty for real, right?

sigh.

I just got off a conference call in which the substance was resolved but then I learned that the process would add anywhere between 35 and 105 days to my project schedule, and I just CAN'T. I have to get this project funded before the end of the fiscal year!

So I've got a call in to our lawyer to see if I have to play nice with this regulator at all. Cross your fingers for federal sovereignty.