Hodgepodge Friday

And Ms. Stein wasn't even exposed to 24/7 cable news, the internet and social media, right?  Seeing this makes me glad that I've managed to hang onto common sense in the face of the deluge—the daily mix of significant, outrageous, silly, useless, meaningful, annoying and critical information.

This morning my mind is buzzing with so many topics, and there's too little morning time to touch on them all.  So much craziness out there.    

 

For starters, you know North Dakota passed radically restrictive legislation affecting women's reproductive rights,  after which a Federal judge called a halt to the new law (no surprise).   Now the North Dakota state fair is giving away—are you ready?—fetus dolls as prizes.  Could it get any sicker?  I shouldn't ask.

 

Then I stumbled on one writer's take on why the US is the most violent first-world country.   Interesting and it led to my head shaking and my stomach clutching a time or two.  

http://thebigslice.org/spanking-babies-for-god-why-america-is-the-most-violent-first-world-country/

 

  The latest in racism from the Tea Party wing of the imploding Republican Party, Louie Gohmert over at Addicting Information:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/25/tea-party-racist-louie-gohmert-civil-rights-insect-lizards/

After that disturbing batch of info, I'm glad to see Moms Demand Action is working hard to change gun laws.  If you care about this issue—and I know you do— check out Moms Demand Action and hopefully become a part of it.  There are ways to overpower the NRA and I believe "Moms" will be one of the ways.  I still think all the anti-gun-violence advocacy groups need to gather forces, pool their resources and use them in more powerfully focused ways.  Moms Demand Action could be the vehicle for doing that?   Here's the link to find out how you can be part of this movement:

http://momsdemandaction.org/

Best news of the morning:  It's Friday and my 8-year-old Bliss Bringer is home from two nights in the hospital and a long, but successful, surgery on a broken arm.  Her left arm.  She's a brave Leftie in every sense of the word.  And quite the softball player.   Hopefully by next season, she'll be back on the field.

Have a fine weekend, all.