various and sundry

[iridium]

serious:
from the news, via klingonlandlady and loravarnion:
politics: No Evidence

and war: the use of white phosporous munitions, which is deeply horrifying. Daily Kos has a good response/commentary on this. (caution -- the dailyKos post includes a photo of what WP munitions do to children, which is really, profoundly awful. from The Independent: "Phosphorus burns bodies, in fact it melts the flesh all the way down to the bone ... I saw the burned bodies of women and children. Phosphorus explodes and forms a cloud. Anyone within a radius of 150 metres is done for.")

not serious:
from rmjwell:
new lemur species named after John Cleese
Death Guild and funny

from the What Country Will You Take Over quiz:
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from the Middle Earth quiz:

Dwarvish


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