links for 2009-12-25

• RTÉ News: Galway couple charged with neglect
  When I heard this story on Thurs morning, it struck me that maybe someone was given the courage to come forward after Gerry Adam's interview and the broader discussion about sexual abuse and incest in families. Anything that turns over the stones that these monsters are hiding under is a good thing IMO; It's possible this will be the best Christmas present those poor kids ever got.
• BBC News – Ceausescu execution 'avoided mob lynching'
  A lovely Christmas fable
• BBC News – HP camera 'can't see' black faces

~ by Lynn Duffy on December 25, 2009.