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The weather was really quite nice, and the girls and their friend did nothing but eat like birds. By which, of course, I mean they attempted to eat three times their own body weight. They might actually have succeeded in that. I thought I brought enough food. I really thought I brought enough money! The only thing I brought enough of was books, and despite what my sister thinks I just barely did.

Ana also finally got to ride a camel. Now she is irritated that she didn't get to sit in the front. I suspect they did it in size order, so she's outta luck there.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he has "a right" to send troops into Ukraine but hopes he will "not have to exercise that right".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27065782

Mafia mobsters are more sensitive, family-centred and less selfish than other criminals

http://ind.pn/1j5OV8h

Norwegian Fisherman Discovers Dildo Inside Cod Stomach

http://bit.ly/1qyyshq

Fox News outraged that all the people it told not to buy insurance can't get insurance until fall

None of this would even be an issue if we just went with single-payer....

http://bit.ly/1hRJ6sH

Pro-lifers can't reverse Roe v Wade. So they're shutting down clinics with red tape and a smile. Don't believe the lie

http://bit.ly/1eMPt69

The shooting at Jewish centers in Overland Park, Kansas, is tragic, but it is only one of hundreds of attacks against Jewish persons and institutions each year in the United States. Anti-Jewish hate crimes are the most common religious hate crime in the United States.

I would have assumed it was anti-Muslim hate crimes myself. I don't think demographics explains it - there are only about two or three times as many Jews as Muslims in the US, but the percentage of hate crimes seems more than two or three times higher!

http://bit.ly/1iP8AZS

U.N. climate report: We must focus on “decarbonization,” and it won’t wreck the economy