Two articles from the NYTimes...

One on Sri Lankan maids.

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And one on kidnapped 'soldiers'.

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Taken from xmorningxrosex

Personally, I think it's a reasonable law.

But that doesn't mean the world agrees:

"This is an insult to people of color and other racial minorities who have fought for equal opportunity through civil rights based on unchangeable characteristics."

Maybe I'm missing something. How is saying "Don't discriminate against transgendered people" somehow insulting to everyone else who has wrongfully had civil rights denied to them?

Well, this is interesting...

UPN has a poll up, asking who killed Lilly Kane (note the double L, yes, I know she can't spell).

People as unlikely as Wallace and, yes, Lilly herself are on the list... but Clarence Wiedman isn't.

Interesting.... *taps foot contemplatively*

I seriously need a less serious icon for discussing this. *sighs and goes to shuffle the icons around a bit*

How does the touchpad mouse-replacement-thing on my laptop work?

I'm dying of curiosity here.

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