Ranty Ranty Rant-Face — Robison Wells on authors and book marketing. Heh.
Game of Thrones and Political Cynicism — ZOMG! The streams are crossing! Also, interesting to see a non-genre commentator carefully explaining to a non-genre audience (on a political blog) something that seems obvious as air to this experienced genre reader and one-time student of history.
I am very real — A 1973 letter from Kurt Vonnegut to the chairman of a North Dakota school board who had ordered the burning of his books. This reminds me once again why I can never be a conservative. I have too much respect for other people to think the way conservatives think.
Autism Awareness is Not Enough: Here’s How to Change the World — (Via
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danjiteA Little Device That’s Trying to Read Your Thoughts — Now this is future tech. (Via my Dad.)
Are Cancer Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time? — A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem cells. Now it’s up to human clinical trials to test if they can make a difference in patients.
Planets Around an Ancient Star — Deep time and planetary formation.
Researchers match modern ocean temperature records to those of the 1870s — And guess what they found? Ooh, those pesky facts, biased against the conservative worldview as always.
Catholic university in Ohio ends birth-control coverage — Because, you know, long standing principles.
Prognosis — A physician talks about the possible overturning of the ACA. Even Tea Party supporters expect us to save their daughters' lives, and in that moment of bottomless panic, they don't give a shit whether or not they can clear the asset check when the ambulance docks at our door. As I've said before, people don't really like most conservative policies when applied to them personally. Conservatism these days is all about punishing the evil, undeserving Other while preserving Real America. Except we're all "the Other" when it comes to healthcare, and healthcare is about as personal as it gets. (Via
reynardoWhy you — yes, you — should take Scalia’s place on the court — Slacktivist Fred Clark on Justice Scalia's apparently psychopathic lack of empathy as explicitly expressed in the recent SCOTUS arguments over the ACA. In which, I point out, Scalia is merely reflecting the current conservative ethos.
“One of Us”: Rick Santorum and the Politics of (Very Big) Family — It's stories like this that make it very hard for me not to believe that religious faith far too often renders people both stupid and crazy. (Via
scarlettinaThe Nation: The Attack On liberal Legitimacy — Yep. This.
Republicans See No Rush to Fill $4.6 Trillion Blank in Tax Plan — U.S. House Republicans just passed a budget that would require eliminating $4.6 trillion in tax breaks over the next decade. They’re in no rush to show which benefits they would cut. Another example of how even Republicans know that people don't like conservative policies when applied to them personally. How are all those middle class Tea Party types going to feel about losing their home mortgage exemption? The GOP sure doesn't want to bring that up during the election cycle.
Why Romney is Lying About the Causes of High Prices at the Pump — In this case, knowingly lying instead of simply being willfully ignorant. It can so hard to tell the difference with GOP figures.
"I concur that climate change is beginning to effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action toward climate protection. " — A Mitt Romney statement, in writing, from 2003. Man, that John Kerry sure was a flip-flopper, wasn't he?
?otd: Your sanity and wits, have they all vanished?
4/4/2012
Writing time yesterday: 2.25 hours (4,500 words on Their Currents Turn Awry)
Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride
Hours slept: 7.75 (solid)
Weight: 239.6
Currently reading: The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling