Seriously, loony-Santoony?

Against the UN Convention on Persons with Disabilities??? It's a "direct assault on us and family," Santorum opined. Really? 125 countries have ratified this piece of legislation but we're against it because perhaps it could affect home-schooled kids?  Because passing it might violate US sovereignty? What does that even mean? What an awful human this guy is. He and the grotesque minions who voted with him. Despicable.

Oil in the Arctic? "Sure" says Shell.

Did y'all see this article out of Grist last week? Shell Alaska's VP said spills would happen but he didn't think they'd be large enough to be of much concern. Try telling that to the animals who'll be coated and drown, the people whose land will be despoiled. That's like a man telling a woman he didn't think she'd be challenged much by having natural childbirth alone in a dark room: someone who doesn't really know what he's talking about making a condescending prediction because the outcome doesn't really matter to him. Ok, it's not the best analogy, but the kids are playing dinosaur and the kissing plant, and no I don't really know what's behind this game but they're laughing to beat sixty so I don't much care, and in this context, that sad analogy is what came to me first. Grr. The shrimp creole is done and is fab. And I'm going to roast some romanesco broccoli and serve it with some good lemony dressing as our side. 

Really gross report, also a stunning/sad one, WWLD?

Did you this recent report on the "dirty truth" about airplane food? Really, really disgusting. Health violations abound: maggots, gnats, filth, rotten food and so forth. I'm literally gagging right now. And this headline posted on Grist a couple weeks back is just really sad -those born during or since April of 1985 have never experienced a colder-than-average month- and further evidence of the climate change no one seems inclined to acknowledge and deal with.

WWLD? Lincoln would deal with this sitch, folks!