Tuesday morning roundup

Pope Francis is shaking up the Vatican's power structures.

Is society really bestowing animals with the dignity and compassion they deserve?

Christie has more to answer for even just in traffic nightmares than that one jam; did New Jersey need policies that supported more sprawl?  He's generally been bad for the environment, and still is, in spite of the stakes for his own state.

But who cares about protecting people from environmental hazards when it means regulating businesses? West Virginians are coping with their environmental disaster by praying with its arms down.

That link was the first that I saved to the blogger app on my iPad, and I saved it right after writing to Anne with the French keyboard; French autocorrect turned "praying" to "praline."

What scientific tenets are obsolete?

A reddit dude experiences two hours as a woman online, can't take any more than that.

Check out this racist, sexist video from 1969 where Donald Duck explains family planning to the common man. Then check out the crazy app that Apple and Google are selling. Here's the Apple version:

Horrendous. RT @EverydaySexism: Join us in calling on @itunes to reconsider marketing this game to players age 9+ pic.twitter.com/ZjUGF8Jz4d
— Robynn (@woollythinker) January 14, 2014

It's official: vegetarians (not just vegans, as they tried to make it seem) are not welcome at La Bastille, so Alexandria vegetarians can take our business (and that of our friends) elsewhere.

@gotsoymilk Seeking vegan, no we don't offer that, there are so many variations of vegetarianism we don't cater to one specific. Sorry.
— Bastille Restaurant (@BastilleVa) January 14, 2014

There are so many variations of vegetarianism? What in the world?? Do you even have a single vegetarian, much less vegan, entree on your menu? That's all it takes.