Internet Readalong

[effex]

ARG, I really wanted to have these up before I left work ('cause they won't get done once I get home. Because of drinking.). Here, have some links!

* On ProPublica: Cheat Sheet: Understanding the Budget Standoff and Government Shutdown

* On Colorlines: Breaking Down the GOP Budget Plan to Cut Medicaid and Medicare

* Statement from Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Regarding the Final Day of Budget Negotiations

* ProPublica again: Setting the Record Straight on GE's Taxes

* Sociological Images: Resistance, Language, and the Toronto SlutWalk

* From synecdochic: LiveJournal's DDoS and Russian Politics

Finally, a little bit of awesome:

* Racialicious Quoted: Janelle Monáe on Music and Being The Other

* Via BoingBoing:

Comments

[pseudo_tsuga]

That awkward moment when you read a heartening article on reclaiming "slut" and the first comment is horrible.