first, the update. the amendment to the 2013 defense funding bill proposed by Rep. Steve King passed just fine, imagine that:
http://www.care2.com/causes/house-p.....amendment.html

sexual assault victim faces charges for naming her attackers:
http://www.courier-journal.com/arti.....annah-Dietrich

girls as young as 6 aspire to be "sexy:"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/.....n_1679088.html

related to the above ... high heels for children:
http://www.care2.com/causes/3-reaso.....ust-wrong.html

Paul Krugman: loading the climate change dice:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/o.....dice.html?_r=1

global warming's terrifying new math (long, but good info):
http://www.rollingstone.com/politic.....-math-20120719

and I don't usually post the feel-good stories, but this one has a cute picture of a bunny, so fuck it:
http://www.care2.com/causes/student.....ab-window.html

enough of that. I was going to bitch about the skewed numbers used when reporting drone strikes and the ridiculously fucked science oil companies are using to say that natural gas does less damage than coal, but let's end it on a sweet note. my head hurts.