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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Semi-random thoughts
- I saw the headline "Panthers' Newton practices 8 days after crash" and my first thought was it was about the Black Panthers and Huey Newton, not the Carolina Panthers and Cam Newton. I'm showing my age.
- I do not want ads appearing in my newsfeed on Facebook. In the past, I marked every single one I saw as spam, and for a while I wasn't seeing any. Then something changed and recently I've been getting them again--more than ever. Again I've been marking them as spam. Three times now Facebook has reported to me they have removed ads I've marked, because they failed to adhere to Facebook ad guidelines. Strangely, only one of the three was really objectionable--I think it was for some bogus weight loss product. There have been a number of similar ads, but Facebook seems to have done nothing about them. The other two were for Whole Foods and a political campaign that I actually supported. I wonder why they were removed.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Today's news roundup--not much today
Good News
- Nigeria's neighbours band together to fight Boko Haram
- Fox is bringing Gotham back for a second season I don't watch all that much television. However, I do like this show.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- High court to hear gay marriage cases in April
- Cafe's ban on kissing Austrian lesbians sparks protest It's good there's a protest.
- Chad army vehicles head for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
- Russia gives green light for transgender drivers to stay on the road
- Boko Haram survivor told not to search for children, 'we killed them'
- Boko Haram’s use of girl suicide bombers intensifies amid terror campaign
- Islamic State kills 17 in Syria after hit-and-run attacks
- Russia says Mohammed cartoon publication illegal
- Denver Bakery Hit With Religious Discrimination Complaint For Refusing To Make Obscene, Anti-Gay Cake
Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Good News
- Arizona passes law requiring students to pass civics test Arizona has passed a lot of crazy laws in recent years, but this one I like. I'm constantly amazed how many people have no idea how our government works. No wonder so few people vote.
- Judge: Michigan must recognize 300-plus gay marriages
- New Laws Are Making Public Bathrooms Safer for Transgender People
- Justice Dept. unveils new guidelines for US news leak probes
- Islamic State group losing ground in symbolic Kobani battle
- Army opens grueling Ranger jobs to women
- Malian 'hero' of Paris attacks gets French nationality
- Nigerian troops 'repel Boko Haram attack'
- Governor of Michigan Vetoes Bill on Guns
Bad News
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Today's news round-up.
Good News
- Austria detains teenage girls who wanted to marry IS fighters It's good they were caught.
- Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria
- Indiana couple arrested after video shows handgun in toddler's mouth These two should not be raising children.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday, January 09, 2015
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Charlie Hebdo Attack: Magazine to publish next week
- Last two defendants plead guilty in string of Mississippi hate crimes
- Vermont governor re-elected after failing to win majority
- U.S. House fails to pass Republican bill diluting Dodd-Frank reforms
- Connecticut court rules against teen who didn't want chemo
Bad News
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Italy court recognizes child born to gay couple for first time
- U.S. court upholds NY state vaccination requirement for students
- Official's threat to keep name out of print backfires badly Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter. He really needs to learn something about the First Amendment. UPDATE: Official says he was wrong to ask that his name not be used
- Netflix says it wants to stream 'The Interview'
- Foie gras back on menu in California
Bad News
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
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Good News
- Minnesotan who lived on yacht, collected aid, gets 21 months in prison
- Vermont school district that barred parent to pay $147,500
- France to deploy aircraft carrier to Gulf in IS fight: report
- Dozens of Islamist fighters killed as battle of Kobani rages on
- Judge extends order limiting Missouri police use of tear gas
- US gives Iraq army 250 mine-resistant armoured vehicles
- Federal Judge In Florida Says “Constitution Requires” Same-Sex Marriages Beginning Jan. 6
Bad News
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Rapist 'to be euthanised in Belgian jail on January 11' Regulated assisted suicide should be legal everywhere.
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Turkey gives go-ahead for first new church in century This is fine, but it's really just a baby step if Turkey wants to join the EU.
- Federal judge allows gay marriages to begin across Florida
- Islamic State kills 14 Libyan soldiers, official government says
- Idaho's governor appeals to Supreme Court to reinstate ban on gay marriage
- Gasoline-Tax Increase Finds Little Support
- At least 15 killed in 'Boko Haram' attack on Cameroon bus: sources
- Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief
- Libya Islamists abduct 20 Egypt Christians: govt
Friday, January 02, 2015
Micro movie review
Selma A movie based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1965 campaign for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. Powerful? Definitely. Accurate history? Uh, maybe not so much.
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Supreme Court Plans to Provide Briefs and Filings Electronically
- California leaders set for high-speed rail groundbreaking Tuesday
- Saudi IS cleric killed in northern Syria
- Bid in New York to extend legal rights to chimps fails, again
- Busted: Alleged Lizard Squad Hacker Arrested
- Publisher pulls atlas that omits Israel
- U.S. court approves Condé Nast $5.85 mln intern pay settlement
Bad News
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Micro movie review
Mr. Turner A long bio-pic of British painter J.M.W. Turner. It's much more of a biography of the man than of the painter. Unfortunately, he was a rather boring man.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- U.S. court strikes down North Carolina ultrasound abortion law
- US moves to end ban on blood donations by gay men A step in the right direction.
- U.S. judge throws out Arizona sheriff's immigration suit against Obama
- Algerian army 'kills jihadist behind Herve Gourdel beheading'
- Sony broadly releases 'The Interview' in reversal of plans and Sony releases ‘The Interview’ online
- Islamic State extremists capture Jordanian pilot
- U.S. Representative Grimm says will not resign after pleading guilty to tax fraud
- For gay Syrians, jihadist threat adds new fear
- Grisly finds in Iraqi Yazidi village wrested from militants
- Women excised from public life, abused by IS
- Gambia arrests three men it accuses of homosexual acts
Micro movie review
The Imitation Game Bio-pic of WWII British codebreaker Alan Turing. Cumberbatch was excellent as Turing, but the plot had more holes than a colander.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Satanic Temple puts up display at Michigan Capitol
- Measuring de Blasio’s First Year by a Broken Toe and a $360 Check
- Yazidis celebrate after Kurds break siege on Sinjar Mountains
- Coalition strikes hit IS north of Syria's Aleppo: monitor
- Another pre-emptive strike on Georgia’s ‘religious liberty’ bill
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Protesters in contempt of court for anti-whaling campaign Nobody is above the law.
- Former Florida mayor sentenced to prison for secret consulting job
- Obama says would veto any weakening of consumer protections
- Bitcoin backer gets two years prison for illicit transfers
- Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal deaths
- Victory for plaintiff in China gay conversion case
- Ohio Muslim woman sues over jail church attendance She should sue. She will win.
- Supreme Court won't stop gay marriages in Florida
- California Man Arrested In Cold Case Murder Of Transgender Woman
Bad News
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Army Restores Full Benefits for Captains Being Forced Out
- Arizona: Sheriff Arpaio Will Disband Squad That Search for Illegal Immigrants Local law enforcement should stay out of immigration matters. It's a federal concern.
- Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken
- EBay parts ways with controversial political group ALEC
- Instagram makes teens and celebrities angry by killing millions of spambots
- Cameroon army kills 116 Boko Haram militants, defence ministry says
- Court-appointed panel to monitor Los Angeles county jails
- New Jersey school to allow transgender student to use boys room
- Top Islamic militants killed; more US troops going to Iraq
Bad News
Good Uber News- Uber suspends operations in Portland for 3 months It's good to see them complying with the law. It's unusual.
Bad Uber News
- Uber's fight of California data-sharing rule highlights its bumpy road This is more normal for Uber--thinking it can decide if, and how much, it will comply with laws and regulations.
- Uber driver in Boston charged with kidnapping and rape
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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Good News
- Montana homeowner found guilty in slaying of German exchange student
- Judge Rejects Plea Deal for South Carolina Sheriff There should be term limits for positions like this.
- Ex-Captain at Rikers Is Found Guilty of Civil Rights Violation in Inmate’s Death
- U.S. top court bars Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants
- U.S. charges two pharmacists with 25 murders in meningitis outbreak
Bad News
Micro movie review
The Theory of Everything: Bio-pic of British physicist Stephen Hawking and his ex-wife. Interesting, if uneven. Based on her memoir. I wonder how his memoir would differ.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- For police reformers, California city shows a rough road But they did eventually make significant progress.
- Nigerian troops win back cities from extremists
- France says it has 'neutralised' 200 jihadists in Sahel
- Turkish police raid media close to cleric rival Gulen, detain 24
- Sweden says Russian military jet in near collision with passenger plane
- Attackers torch rights group's office in Chechen capital
- Islamic State influence spreads to African jihadists
- Congress fails to revise government records law
- Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor
- No room at the inn? Atheists see holiday displays vandalized
- Islamic State group shoots down Iraqi helicopter
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Motown's Temptations, Four Tops visit Oval Office I'll be seeing them when they come to NY in a couple weeks.
- Ruling Lets Work Email Be Used to Organize Unions
- NLRB issues rule to speed up union organizing
- AP Source: Justice won't ask Risen about source
- FBI probing death of black North Carolina teen hanged from swing
- Court lets Pennsylvania widow keep home sold over interest on $6.30 tax bill
- Alabama recalls vanity license plate with gay slur
- Islamic State target of 27 strikes by U.S. allies
Bad News
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- MoveOn.org Looks to Nudge Elizabeth Warren Into 2016 Presidential Race I'm hoping we can elect another liberal as president. Hillary is really a centrist.
- Cooper Hewitt design museum reopens, revamped
- India clamps down on unregistered taxis after Uber rape claim
- Supreme Court rules no worker pay for security screening The problem is the wording of the regulation. Workers should be paid for all of the time they are required to be on the employers' premises.
- Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy Blasphemy should not be a crime.
Monday, December 08, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- New York attorney general seeks to probe police killings of unarmed civilians
- Former Madoff executive gets 10 years in prison
- New Zealand appoints its first openly gay High Court judge Matthew Muir
- U.S. says allies to send about 1,500 troops to Iraq
- Facebook Search now lets you find specific posts, not just people I've been wanting this for a long, long time.
- U.S. condemns Gambia over disappearances, new anti-gay law
- D.C. bans gay conversion therapy of minors
- Miami-Dade County Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination
Bad News
- Male military sex assault victims slow to complain
- Russian liberal TV channel forced to quit premises Russia is not a democracy.
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Semi-random thoughts
- I rarely read any article that has "shocking" in the headline.
- If I were a conspiracy theorist I'd say the Big Ten knew that the only way they'd get a team in the national college football playoff was if Ohio State won big in the Big Ten championship game, so Wisconsin was forced to throw it. Since I'm not a conspiracy theorist I have to admit Wisconsin got demolished.
Friday, December 05, 2014
Today's news round-up
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 3
Good News
- U.S. military monitoring Islamic State training in Libya: general I'm glad they're being monitored.
- Federal Court Thwarts Rick Scott Once Again On Drug Testing
Bad News
- Air bag maker balks at coast-to-coast recall So people whose air bags haven't been recalled shouldn't drive where it's hot and humid? That's ridiculous.
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Gay Men Could Soon Donate Blood UPDATE: US panel fails to lift ban on gay blood donors So it's no longer good news.
- Glenn Beck must face Saudi's lawsuit over Boston Marathon bombing
- Utah man gets maximum sentence in hate crime case
- Albuquerque policeman who shot woman fired over camera lapse
- The Arrest of the ISIS Leader's Wife and Son
- District ordered to pay transgender student $75K
- U.S. leads 25 more air strikes against Islamic State militants: CENTCOM
Bad News
- Ohio bill would shield doctors who say 'My fault' If the idea is to give patients or their next-of-kin more information there are far better ways of doing it.
- Egypt to criminalize 'insulting revolutions'
- Pakistan singer-turned imam accused of blasphemy Blasphemy should not be a crime.
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Pace of Health Care Cost Increases Falls to a 54-Year Low
- Tribes honor 2 who wouldn't take part in massacre
- More Bill Cosby accusers expected to speak out
- Police Body Cameras Could Come to New York Soon
- Teenage suicide bomber caught in northern Nigeria
- US issues anti-discrimination rule for employers
- States sue Obama administration on immigration: Texas attorney general What a waste of the taxpayers' money.
- Nude museum photo exhibit 'porn' to Florida city council head I like the artist's comment: "Maybe he hasn’t seen enough porn.”
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- UK brothers jailed for attending Syria terror camp
- Utah agrees to drop parts of disputed 2011 immigration law
- In blow to tax negotiators, Obama threatens veto
- Islamic State targeted in 17 air strikes by U.S., allies
- University in Tennessee cancels Cosby appearance
- Uber CEO must turn over emails in gratuity lawsuit, U.S. judge rules
Bad News
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- 'Cosby' author sorry for omitting assault charges
- Russia Mistral: France halts delivery indefinitely
- Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library
- Three Ohio teens sentenced for fake ALS bucket attack
- Arkansas, Mississippi gay marriage bans overturned
- Americans are smoking less than ever
- Pakistani man shoots niece for listening to loud music
- Erdogan: women are not equal to men Turkey should never be admitted to the EU while its leader says things like this.
- Hungary police 'blaming victims' of sexual assault
Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Ira Hansen stepping down as speaker of Nevada Assembly He shouldn't be holding any public office, much less be the leader of a state legislature.
- Turkey trains Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against Islamic State
Bad News
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- U.S. plans to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars
- How a Coalition Pushed for a Hotel Workers' Minimum Wage
- Transgender woman dies suddenly, presented at funeral in open casket as a man So hateful.
- Report: Washington toddler shot playing with gun A gun in a home is far more likely to kill or injure someone who lives there than an intruder.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
- Judge Issues Court Orders To Uphold Right To Record Police In Ferguson
- Julian Assange sex case: Swedish court upholds warrant
- Parents of slain gay US student head to Russia I just hope they are not charged with "gay propaganda."
- Appeals court order keeps Mississippi's sole abortion clinic open
- Islamic State group's drive for Kobani is blunted
Bad News
- Texas OKs most new history textbooks amid outcry
- Arizona sheriff sues Obama over immigration moves Idiot. What a waste of the taxpayers' money. Well, they were the ones who elected him.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Justice Department prods Ferguson police to improve
- Thousands of Brazilians march in gay rights parade
- New US-led strikes on Syria's Kobane: monitor
- Botswana gay rights group wins legal recognition
- Friends mourn apparent beheading of US aid worker
- How Boko Haram Captured Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls' Hometown
- Lebanon bans film on Iran's 'Green Movement' protests
- Pakistan police arrest Christian in hiding for 'blasphemy' Blasphemy should not be a crime.
- Russia Cuts Sentence For "Occupy Pedophilia" Leader
Friday, November 14, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Court won't overturn ruling on Arizona no-bail law
- Massey Energy chief indicted after deadly 2010 mine blast
- US bombs Al-Qaeda offshoot Khorasan for third time
- Pentagon pursuing changes in surplus gear program
- UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria
- Ed Department to extend No Child waivers into 2018
- US says air strikes cutting militants oil revenues
Semi-good, Semi-bad News
- 5 years for officer who shot handcuffed suspect He should have gotten a much longer sentence.
Bad News
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Hachette, Amazon end nasty feud with deal on book sales
- Democrat Warren promoted as U.S. Congress selects party leaders
- Texas A&M students drown out antigay Westboro protesters with 'yell practice'
- Teacher suspended for Ferguson tweets to resign
- NY Port Authority Looks to 19th-Century Technology to Cope With a 21st-Century Problem
- Frenchman Flavien Moreau jailed for Syria jihad
- Canada to extradite accused Paris bomber to France
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Apple must face U.S. lawsuit over vanishing iPhone text messages
- Brooklyn Landlord Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide in 2010 Fire
- Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town
- US troops in Iraq's Anbar as anti-IS campaign expands
- U.S. transgender people welcome easier path to amend birth papers
Bad News
Sunday, November 09, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- TV campaign for gay equality starting in Miss
- Thousands march for gay pride in Hong Kong
- Drunken party costs 9 rookie cops their jobs Earlier reports said they claimed they could do anything they wanted because they were cops. This is not the type of person who should be a police officer.
- Egypt arrests suspect over threats to American schools
- Self-ruling region in Syria issues women's rights decree: monitor
- Gay rights in eastern Europe just took a big step forward
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Judge voids Arizona human smuggling law, finding it infringes on U.S. government
- U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Target ISIS Leaders
- Ebola nurse to remain a voice against quarantines
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra players ratify contract
- After 12 years, damaged statue restored to view
Bad News
- Manhattan Speeder Says He Has Fled to Canada At least we won't have to worry about him coming back to America and endangering us again.
- How a Libyan city joined the Islamic State group
- Video captures NY deputy slapping, cursing at man He should be fired. All police officers should be required to wear cameras.
Friday, November 07, 2014
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. top court leaves intact New York City pregnancy center rule
- Saudi council urges easing ban on women driving
- Interpol, cruise firms share jihadi watch lists
- Judge rules Missouri ban on gay marriage violates Constitution
- U.S., European authorities arrest 16 online drug, weapons traders
- 3 Malaysian Muslims win court bid to cross-dress
- In rare case, NYC cops charged with assault over teen's arrest
Bad News
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Oklahoma Supreme Court halts certain abortion restrictions
- Many Broadway shows offer kids-for-free program
- Pirate Bay co-founder 'TiAMO' arrested in Thailand
- Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle Islamic State in besieged Kobani
- Canada conducts first airstrikes on IS targets in Iraq
- Kansas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional: judge
Bad News
Sunday, November 02, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani
- Some 100 march in conservative Montenegro's gay pride parade
- Egypt journalists defy editors on freedoms
- Justice Department issues use of force reforms for Albuquerque Police
- IS jihadists carry out mass killings of Iraqi tribe A bunch of bloodthirsty thugs.
- Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media
- Nigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married
- Gays fear new law will drive them out of Kyrgyzstan
- British-Iranian volleyball woman gets one year in jail
- Russia's top radio station slapped by government
Saturday, November 01, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Judge rejects strict limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients
- Girl, 7, Barred From a Connecticut School Over Ebola Concerns Goes Back to Class
- Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced to 42 months in jail in Denmark
- Estonian man faces cyber scam charges in US
- NYC Police Unions Can’t Intervene in Stop-and-Frisk Cases, Appeals Panel Rules
- Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
- Apple CEO publicly acknowledges that he's gay
Bad News
Friday, October 31, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Orson Welles' last film may finally be released
- Ky. man who posted song lyrics won't face charges
- Islamic State conflict: Kurdish fighters arrive in Turkey
- Arizona sheriff ordered to undergo training to stop racial profiling
- Jail for Ivory Coast dad who tried to marry off 11-year-old daughter
- Ohio trooper pleads guilty to civil rights charges
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Connecticut father sues after Ebola fears keep daughter from school It's good that he's suing.
- Peshmerga fighters head to Turkey
- Minister Defrocked for Officiating at Gay Son`s Wedding Officially Reinstated
Bad News
- North Dakota court bans use of drug in abortions
- Army unlawfully discriminated against transgender employee, report finds Of course it's good that the army is doing something about it.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- More U.S. air strikes target Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq
- Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane
- US to recognize gay marriage in another six states
- Afghan cleric jailed for raping 11-year-old girl
Bad News
- Thirty adolescents abducted in northeast Nigeria: local chief
- Egyptian court jails 23 activists for violating protest law
- Judge rules Oklahoma abortion law can take effect
- ISIS Urging 'Lone Wolves' to Launch Attacks
- Iran re-arrests leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
- NYC Judge Presiding Over ‘Silk Road’ Case Receiving Online Death Threats
Friday, October 24, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Pennsylvania high school's football season canceled over hazing The coach should be fired also.
- Ted Bishop resigns as PGA president
- UN authorizes ship inspections for Somali charcoal
- NBCUniversal settles with unpaid interns for $6.4M
- France announces big air raid against Islamic State in Iraq
Bad News
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Wyoming gay couples get marriage licenses
- Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
- Syria says shoots down two of three 'IS warplanes'
- Mount Holyoke's New Transgender Policy Redefines Women's Education
- NBC Is Ready to Name Weir and Lipinski as Its Top Figure Skating Broadcast Team
- Honoring George Carlin With His Own Manhattan Block
Bad News
Living with bears XLVI
Oregon: Baby bear caught roaming the halls of RiteAid in AshlandWyoming: Black bear euthanized after breaking into house
Utah: Young bear relocated after roaming through neighborhood
California: Bear cub reunited with mama after getting stuck
Colorado: Black Bear Gets Trapped Inside Car, and Car Damage Ensues
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
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