I have more proof that Maine's politicians are the best.

Senator Olympia Snowe is highly respected (as we knew) and politicians should first serve the nation, then the state, then the voters (which my mother and I have known for quite some time).

Maine, I am proud of you.

EDIT: Video does not work, so I took it off. Here's the link.

Discrimination. Again.

A man named Rand Paul has issues with accomodating people with disabilites. Or admit to racism.
Because business should be all about money.

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Here's what Womanist Musings has to say about it:
Tea Party Member Rand Paul Does Not Believe in the Civil Rights Act
Tea Party Member Rand Paul Wants to Abolish the Americans with Disabilities Act

Don't Move to Texas

The current big news is Texas's new Board of Education statewide curriculum.
It is utter [insert derogatory word of choice].

First off; the things added:

• Republican resurgency
• National Rifle Association
• Required to include that the Founding Fathers possibly didn't really mean that the church and state should be seperated.

Next; the vocabulary replaced:

• Imperialism to expansionism
• Capitolism to free trade system
• Slave trade to atlantic triangular trade

Last; a paraphrase of a quote from the Nightly News: the Board wasn't "trying to make it conservative, they were trying to move it toward the middle".

This is especially disturbing since I just finished reading the book Lies My Teacher Told Me.

Links to other reports:

Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change

Progressive Texas Board of Education Candidates Promise to Undo Textbook Changes

Jefferson v Board of Education

Brief History: The Textbook Wars

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A thing more people should know about

The Obama Administration has a Council for Women and Girls.

Why have more people not heard of this? This is the sort of stuff that should be all over the place. I had not heard of this before yesterday.

I can find no reference of "feminist" on the sight anywhere. Has NOW heard of this?

Incidently: some comics for you to check out.
Neil Gaiman is a great writer. His Sandman stuff is more grown up and metaphysical than most comics, so much that it won a literary award (and the panel in charge made a rule so that no comic could ever win again). Read it and contemplate.
I just read his Marvel: 1602 trade. THAT was good. Marvel superheroes, in 1602 Europe/America. Spanish Inquisition and Queen Elizabeth and such. A nice refresher from the "realistic tone" of modern comics.

A good introduction to the comics world: CrazySexyGeeks: The Series (These videos have a tendency to pop up elsewhere)

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Went to a cool thing this weekend. Gymkana! They're like the Harlem Globetrotters of Gymnastics, if the Harlem Globetrotters were in college and did some Cirque du Soleil-esque stunts.
If they come by your way, go see them.

What to do with Baby Birds

Today on my way home I found a baby robin. I picked it up, took it home, dried to off (it was raining), fed it, and gave it water.
I looked up what you feed baby birds.
Then I put it back.
That is apparently what you do with baby birds. You should not move them away from where they landed (if they are uninjured). The parents will find it and feed it. You do not need to do anything with it. If you feel obligated to help the bird, make a little nest from a basket and some tissues, then put it in a nearby bush or tree. If it dies, it dies faster than if you had fed it the wrong things and it died from that. If it is injuired, you should take it to the nearest Aubodon society and/or wildlife preservation facility. They know better than you what to do with a wild baby bird (unless you happen to be a liscened wild bird rehabilitator: like Mercedes Lackey.)
So, be careful of wildlife and what you do with and/or to them.
Yes, I did get pictures, and they may show up later.

here's a link for more information: www.avianavenue.com/wild_baby_birds.htm

Also- Important: the parents will not smell you on the baby. Birds have a horrible sense of smell. They are not dogs.

EDIT- Here is a video of the baby robin.

Regimental Dress Parade Photos and Videos

This isn't all of the pictures, I didn't label them when I transported them. And the videos are apparently the wrong sort of file type to get uploaded (I can't play them on my computer either). If anyone has a solution to this problem or wants to see more pictures, leave a comment.

EDIT- I got the videos to load! Something like five months after I took them...