Dec. 5th, 2014

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She had a book to give me to put on the shelf, so she sidled towards me, then turned around so her back was to me. Then, speaking out of the corner of the mouth she informed me that "the package has been delivered".

Me: Uh, Eva? What's with the spy stuff?
Eva, not turning around: Pleasure doing business with you.

LOL, I don't know where she gets it from!

They had the last of their orthodontist-required teeth pulled yesterday. Well, I say they, actually the dentist opted to not pull Eva's final baby tooth, his exact words being "I'm not here to traumatize this child". He's a bit of a soft touch. He promised to tell the orthodontist this personally, but he didn't realize our orthodontist appointment was today, so... yeah.

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‘Separate and unequal’: Racial segregation flourishes in US suburbs

With the exception of one THESE HAVE ALL HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 4 MONTHS

President George W. Bush says grand jury decision not to indict chokehold cop ‘hard to understand’

Police think we’re the enemy: There will be more Fergusons if we keep militarizing local cops

Obama resists demands to curtail police militarisation calling instead for improved officer training

Chokehold cop had been sued THREE TIMES before Eric Garner death

You know, I see some jerkfaces on the internet going that of course it made sense to arrest Eric Garner over a stupid petty crime, because of his whole history of stupid, petty crimes, after a while you just have to stop issuing tickets if they don't work.

I'm just going to save this article to throw in their stupid faces.

How Police Unions and Arbitrators Keep Abusive Cops on the Street

White Cops File Suit, Claim They Are Punished Too Much For Shooting People

Ferguson, Staten Island: Similar events bring very different reaction

I Told a Grand Jury I Saw a Cop Shoot and Kill an Unarmed Man. It Didn't Indict.

Texas Grand Jury Clears Two White Cops Who Brutally Beat a Black Woman Over an Unpaid Traffic Ticket

Black, gay and shot dead in his own car: this is another Missouri killing we should talk about

The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On

US Birth Rate Hits All-Time Low

The end of the population pyramid

Global economic malaise driven by unemployment and low wages

Republicans Back to Raising Taxes on the Poor

How America Punishes People for Being Poor

Real world contradicts right-wing tax theories

Big banks broke America: How to achieve the ultimate revenge against them now

Police Breaking Down Huge California Homeless Camp

Dark money is seeping into US courtrooms and threatening judicial independence

The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans

Fast food workers’ strike fueled by other low-wage employees, Eric Garner

Think riots have never caused change in America? Think again

Georgia’s Top Court Reins In Private Probation Firms For Illegally Extending Sentences

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