Links

Only two this week, which suggests that in two weeks time there will be many.

Law and Order:

Missouri State Public Defender's Office cites obscure rule to call on Governor to be Public Defender after massive cuts to MSPD targeting poor black defendants - http://www.publicdefender.mo.gov/Newsfeed/Delegation_of_Representation.PDF

Olympics:

Sesame Street's Grover Is Rooting For Team Refugee At The Olympics - http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/119143/sesame-street-grover-olympics-team-refugee?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=end&utm_campaign=h2

Meme

Pinched from selenak, give me a character and I will try to tell you my:

First impression
Impression now
Favorite moment
Idea for a story
Unpopular opinion
Favorite relationship
Favorite headcanon

On Poppies

I wear a red poppy.

Yes, it's a political act and I've no idea why people pretend it isn't. I've stood up for peoples's right not to wear one, or to wear a white one, and would happily do so again. My choice is to wear a red one.

I wear my poppy for my great-grandfather, this year more than usual, because it is 100 years, almost to the day, that he died in the First World War. He left behind a wife and four children.

I wear my poppy for the American branch of the family, who were founded by two GI War Brides, and have had servicemen since, including my cousin who met his wife while on service.

I wear my poppy for my friends that joined up straight from school. They've now mostly served their time and left, and nothing bad happened to them, but it's good to know the British Legion are there to help if it had.

I wear my poppy for the three lads I met on the Manchester train who were on weekend leave from Army training, because Lord love 'em, they might need help and I can't trust the government to be there for them.

That's why I wear a poppy.