Xipe Totec

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November 10, 2018

Good Luck Everyone - Blackadder - BBC

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

November 9, 2018

Mass shooting aftermath: For the doctors who perform autopsies, the trauma never goes away

For three women at the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office, keeping professional and personal lives separate is essential. But in May of 2018, a gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School. This time, leaving their work at the office would prove impossible.

13 minute video. Worth every minute.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/video/mass-shooting-aftermath-for-the-doctors-who-perform-autopsies-the-trauma-never-goes-away-1365394499980

November 9, 2018

What should our priorities be, going forward?

Eliminate corruption in government?

Eliminate dark money politics?

Improve voter education?

Improve education, period?

Dismantle large media conglomerates?

Make taxing structure more progressive?

Improve civil rights enforcement?

Implement reasonable gun ownership laws?

I'm just riffing here. Feel free to add totally orthogonal options.