For Your Consideration, 12/12/10

Local:

Sacramento State University has seven reported (REPORTED) sexual assaults since the semester began in September. The assaults range from “inappropriate touching over clothes” to “stranger rape”.

[TRIGGER WARNING AT SITE] Bakersfield police arrest man on suspicion of animal cruelty. Friends of the Kern County Animal Shelters Foundation is accepting donations to help care for the dog during rehabilitation.

The clusterf*ck that is the Roseville Galleria fire continues, this time with a gag order placed on pretty much anyone who was within spitting distance of the mall that day. For those keeping track at home: after being denied treatment for his severe mental health issues, a kid sets fire to the Game Stop; after the fire is extinguished, we found out that the sprinklers were turned off for some reason. Oops!

National:

Friend of the blog, Anya Richardson, makes smart phone geeks and Angry Birds fans everywhere pine for epic cakes of epictude.

Elizabeth Edwards was laid to rest yesterday. We loved Elizabeth and were devastated to hear of her passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and loved ones.

The Metrodome deflates under the weight of apocalyptic snow. A friend of ours is calling the storm very Day After Tomorrow. Yes, but is Jake Gyllenhaal there?

Stricter abortion limits to be pushed in the House. Of course.

International:

Rwanda genocide archive unveiled. If there can be a “cool” part to any of this, it’s that they’ve mapped the genocide using GPS.

Obama asked Kenya to stop supplying Southern Sudan with arms, according to Wikileaks. How about we ask Khartoum to stop killing Sudanese citizens?

In related news, Southern Sudan is set to vote on independence January 9. The SPML publicly backs independence for the South for the first time. It will be very interesting to see what happens at the start of the year. I am kind of dorkily excited about it.

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