Things for Today

Today was a spectacularly clear day. Winter in central Taiwan is cool and crisp. Here my man Steve checks out the vineyards of Jhuolan.

Much too busy to blog, so... first, Tobie Openshaw sends this around:

大家好：以下點選Youtube幫我寶貝凱倫微電影按個讚幫她集個人氣。感謝妳，你們：）Hi, here is the movie we made for the 48-Hour Film Competition Taipei. We won Best Costume and are hoping to have a crack at winning Most Popular. You can do us a huge favour by watching it on YouTube and up-voting it there... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxF1GCIC8x0Thanks so much!

Second, you should be reading J Michael Cole's account of the appalling behavior of the largely Christian hate groups out in force against same-sex marriage in Taipei this weekend. Facebook was filled with images of these clowns, including one toad who was wearing a Nazi SS uniform while noting that the Nazis hated gays, so he does too. J Michael posted that another nutcase told him that the USSR fell because it legalized same-sex marriage.

If that weren't bad enough, J Michael also records that yet another Miaoli protester has come to harm. Taiwan Rural Front spokeswoman Frida Tsai was struck by a van. J Michael's piece is chilling.
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