Heh The fraught relationship between Russia and Poland is playing out in an unexpected way: in a conflict over a board game. Russian authorities have decided that a popular Polish game that has been dubbed “Communist Monopoly” disseminates anti-Soviet content, and thus should not be sold in Russia’s stores. The Russian version of the “Queue,” which simulates the experience of shopping in the empty stores of communist-era Poland, was released

PayPal has no problem doing business with oodles of countries where “Death to Gays” isn’t a just a slogan but a reality. No, I guess that allowing American women and girls to have space where they don’t have to be confronted with naked male genitalia of strangers – restroom or locker room – is just something the PayPal Patriarchy cannot abide. How special.

Sorry for dropping out for a bit … between computer issues (damn you, Microsoft!), countdown to BabyWatch 2016 (#3 preggers with her first, (a girl!) and due in 5 weeks, I’ve been in high-alert grandma mode – co-hostessing a baby shower, finishing a crocheted blanket, did 3 watercolor paintings for nursery … eek) and being generally put off by politics … … on the other hand, my 87 y/o dad