bren antrim ([info]brenantrim) wrote,
@ 2009-07-07 16:24:00
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Current mood: frustrated

Yeesh.
Iran is roiling with political protest.
A major offensive in Afghanistan is putting more US troops in danger than ever.
An area in China that's three times the size of Texas is convulsing with ethnic/religious violence.
Honduras just had a coup.
Obama is having historic meetings with Russian leaders to bring us out of the second cold war.
The pope wants to consolidate the global economy (like it's not, already).
Benin and Brazil are about to be flooded off the map.
Koalas are drinking from bikers' water bottles (and if that isn't a sign of the apocalypse... okay, at least it's REALLY rare).
And what do we get on the news?

Eight solid days of Michael Jackson.

RIDICULOUS.  It's no wonder the rest of the world laughs at us as ignoramuses.


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[info]slb44
2009-07-07 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Tell me about it! Sometimes, even I don't believe the stuff that goes on here.

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[info]brenantrim
2009-07-09 01:11 am UTC (link)
Even today it's all aftermath of the memorial. Gah. Yes, he was a great entertainer. No, the fact that he's dead doesn't suddenly mean he was a saint. Please, let us have something else on the news!

OTOH, it finally motivated me to give up on the radio and break out the CDs. There's new Matchbox 20, new REM, old Smashmouth, and new-to-me Haydn, so that's a silver lining... kind of like rediscovering books when the tv writers were on strike... :}

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[info]menomegirl
2009-07-08 01:28 am UTC (link)
And what do we get on the news?

Eight solid days of Michael Jackson.

RIDICULOUS. It's no wonder the rest of the world laughs at us.

WORD.

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[info]brenantrim
2009-07-09 01:11 am UTC (link)
LOVE your icon.

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[info]kronette
2009-07-08 11:14 am UTC (link)
That was my one major gripe: the world stopped nine days ago. Nothing important happened anywhere in the world. Not only that, but Rachael Maddow went on vacation, and I missed her wit (and Kent!). :(

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[info]brenantrim
2009-07-09 01:15 am UTC (link)
Ooooh, she's adorable! And smart and funny.
(hugs going out to you for your birthday!)

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[info]khaleesian
2009-07-08 08:24 pm UTC (link)
Boggles the mind. At least we have the internet.

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[info]brenantrim
2009-07-09 01:14 am UTC (link)
Thank God for small favors - I reminded one of the faculty yesterday that it was the anniversary of the London bombings... then had to explain what that was. (rolling eyes) Sometimes I wonder if the majority of the population lives under a rock.
(warm hugs from sunny SoCal)

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[info]jinx37kat
2009-07-08 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Come now... MJ is a legend after all. And we here in L.A. are expected to pick up the $4M tab, too! But, plus side... Rachel is back and NOT reporting on MJ (thank goodness).

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[info]brenantrim
2009-07-09 01:18 am UTC (link)
There is a god, and She likes us. Y'know, every other family who has a memorial for a deceased member pays for that crap themselves - guess the multimillionaires really are different (snort).
Y'know, I've had a packet here with a couple zines in it for you ever since I cleaned out my zine shelf... six months ago. I need to get it to you before the cats actually chew through the envelope. (sigh)

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