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From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2013-09-27:

"We have learned that in pursuit of its bureaucratic mission to obtain signals intelligence in a pervasively networked world, the NSA has mounted a systematic campaign against the foundations of American power: constitutional checks and balances, technological leadership, and market entrepreneurship. The NSA scandal is no longer about privacy, or a particular violation of constitutional or legislative obligations. The American body politic is suffering a severe case of auto-immune disease: our defense system is attacking other critical systems of our body." -- Yochai Benkler, law professor and director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

[ http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/13/nsa-behemoth-trampling-rights]

(submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)

'Nuther status update mostly about Mom. She was released from the hospital a few days ago and is now at the rehab center on the Eastern Shore where, as of last night, she said she's only had one session of physical therapy. I got the impression she's still too weak from her infection to do much. I haven't been out to see her since the evening they took her out there, because I've had a cold -- not a very bad one, but enough that I didn't want to be around a bunch of fragile people and risk spreading it.

Speaking of Pepper, there's something I'd been planning to go to for a few days at the end of this week -- RSVP'd and all -- that I need to find a dog-sitter for (as I was reminded last night). I can leave Perrine with a clean litter box and enough food and water for a few days, but Pepper is Not-A-Cat. (I wonder whether my brother can take her for a few days.)

As for today, I'll be participating in the third #qfaith -- queerness and Faith -- chat on Twitter this evening at 6:00 PM EDT. (The second, a few days ago, was a little more structured -- a short mutual-interview between @JMaseIII and @p2son followed by questions from the rest of us. This one will be a looser format like the first one, I think -- @JMaseIII being a good chat-host and me trying to keep up.) The basic idea is to get group discussions going on Twitter from time to time about how being TGLB intersects with being religious. See some of you there tonight.