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Rough day yesterday. I knew in my gut it would be... I was tempted to take a mental health day.

Meeting this morning, but it's set to be over after an hour, so it shouldn't be too grueling, despite my concern about the content - I hope folks can keep professional and clear.



Socialists: Give apes human rights

The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for "the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings." The PSOE's justification is that humans share 98.4% of our genes with chimpanzees, 97.7% with gorillas, and 96.4% with orangutans.

The party will announce its Great Ape Project at a press conference tomorrow. An organization with the same name is seeking a UN declaration on simian rights which would defend ape interests "the same as those of minors and the mentally handicapped of our species."

According to the Project, "Today only members of the species Homo sapiens are considered part of the community of equals. The chimpanzee, the gorilla, and the orangutan are our species's closest relatives. They possess sufficient mental faculties and emotional life to justify their inclusion in the community of equals."



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Date: 2006-04-30 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
Newt makes modern furniture? If so I'm soooo sucking up to him *grin*

Date: 2006-04-30 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
whoops! I meant the other one. :)

Date: 2006-04-30 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
'Sok that's cool website---I actually have a white lamp a bit like theone on the main page---although mine looks more like origami.

Date: 2006-04-30 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
stylish! newt's thumbs are too small to make anything better than ikea.

Date: 2006-04-30 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
Well that's about my budget. I got my origami lamp the last time I went to home to Roanoke Va--there was a guy selling them on the Farmer's market. I'd seen them elsewhere for hundreds of bucks and this guy made thme for 25--score!

Date: 2006-04-30 04:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
sharp!! I need him to make me an entertainment center!

Date: 2006-04-30 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackhellkat.livejournal.com
This is the guy--unfortunately he doesn't mail order.
http://www.artistinspace.com/

My dad just made a workshop out of the garage at my little cottage--I kept thinking he was going to handcraft some cool furniture but unfortunately his first project is an electric guitar. I need to find some cool plans and leave them laying around and tell him they are "too advanced" for his skills---thereby tricking him into proving me wrong.

Date: 2006-04-30 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
those are gorgeous!

good luck on conning your old man! :D

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