Anyone want to read some craxy by Santorum?

Santorum: Satan is Systematically Destroying America (From a speech he gave in 2008.)

This is not a political war at all. This is not a cultural war. This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age. There is no one else to go after other than the United States and that has been the case now for almost two hundred years, once America's preeminence was sown by our great Founding Fathers.

He didn't have much success in the early days. Our foundation was very strong, in fact, is very strong. But over time, that great, acidic quality of time corrodes even the strongest foundations. And Satan has done so by attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.

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And so what we saw this domino effect, once the colleges fell and those who were being education in our institutions, the next was the church. Now you’d say, ‘wait, the Catholic Church’? No. We all know that this country was founded on a Judeo-Christian ethic but the Judeo-Christian ethic was a Protestant Judeo-Christian ethic, sure the Catholics had some influence, but this was a Protestant country and the Protestant ethic, mainstream, mainline Protestantism, and of course we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it. So they attacked mainline Protestantism, they attacked the Church, and what better way to go after smart people who also believe they’re pious to use both vanity and pride to also go after the Church.

The whole thing is amazing in its craxy. I find it hard to believe this fucker could ever be elected president.

Do you have any books that address behaviors? We have some that mac has found helpful from time to time if I read them to him at night.

Oh thanks, I would love some recs. We have a couple books aimed at us, but not ones that speak directly to him.

I hope Rick Santorum develops a medical condition for which the only treatment is progesterone supplements. And I hope his insurance won't cover it.

These "Way I Feel" books did a lot to help him better express emotions: [link]

This one we also have and still look at : [link]

Some of the Bernstein Bear books have been good, some are grating. Arthur books address a bunch of stuff (as do other PBS show tie-in boooks), and then Bill Cosby has this series [link] that hits on many social situation topics.

I guess we're really living in the future now.

It's official: Nevada the first state to allow self-driving cars

It's just for testing now, and two humans are required to be in a self-driving car at all times. But that may change:

Cars also have to be equipped with data collectors (like an airplane black box), and will have red license plates. If the cars are approved for public the cars will have green license plates (regular Nevada license plates are grayish-blue). If cars are approved, a person can operate the vehicle "without being physically present," according to one provision. But the person operating the vehicle — present or not — will be held responsible for what the car does.

Also, self-driving cars will have their own drivers licenses.

I guess we're really living in the future now.

Unfortunately, it's A Handmaid's Tale.

It's just for testing now, and two humans are required to be in a self-driving car at all times. But that may change:

What good is it if you can't send it out to the store for milk on its own?

Jessica is making me cry.

Not that she's wrong.

Thank you, msbelle! Those look useful.

Right now he has a special journal at school for writing in when he's upset. He showed it to me. Mostly it was drawings of happy faces and Star Wars characters, which tells me that he likes the journal, but it mostly helps by letting him refocus on something else.

God, the whole political situation is just making me want to hide in the woods for the next ten months. Give me books, tea, and chocolate, and I'll be fine while the country goes to hell.

Speaking of which, Genghis Khan outpolls Romney: [link]

I hope Rick Santorum develops a medical condition for which the only treatment is progesterone supplements. And I hope his insurance won't cover it.

This.

Genghis Khan outpolls Romney

And also, this.

Burrell, I'm sorry about the worrisome bully stuff. Parenting is even harder I think when your kid is the bully as when s/he's the one being bullied, because the responsibility for the bullied falls on your child and you. May msbelle's books be of help.

Sorry for the spam, folks. Should be cleared up now. Let me know if it happens again.

Also? I thought Farscape DRDs, too.