Today's news round-up

Good News

• Chipotle Cancels Sponsorship of Utah Boy Scouts Event
• Starbucks CEO: If You Don’t Like Marriage Equality, Feel Free To Sell Your Starbucks Stock

Bad News

• ‘Show me your papers’ — before you pee
• Teenager Mistakes Little Brother for Intruder, Shoots Him A gun in the home is much more likely to kill or injure someone who lives there than an intruder.

Pourquoi, Blogger?

Until I sign in, Blogger thinks my language is French. Je ne sais pas pourquoi.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Chris Christie Comes Out Against Gay Conversion Therapy
• Israel PM apologies for Gaza flotilla deaths

Bad News

• North Dakota comes closer to ‘personhood’ amendment outlawing abortion I believe this would be unconstitutional, unless Roe v Wade is reversed.
• Obama withdraws Halligan nomination for D.C. circuit court

Semi-random thoughts

• I did not name my blog after the bowling team in this TV show: ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ Historic Reunion on ‘Hot in Cleveland’. And I sort of doubt they named the team after my blog.
• My college basketball team, the Wisconsin Badgers, just got upset in their opening game of the national championship tournament. My choice, when this kind of thing happens, is either to want revenge, hoping that their opponents lose badly in their next game, or hoping that their opponents keep winning, showing we lost to a superior team. Since I don't think Mississippi is a superior team (we lost because we shot very poorly), this time I'll go for revenge. 
• The Tonight Show will be returning to New York. For many years I was a pretty regular viewer, even more so after I got my first VCR in 1976, so I didn't have to stay up until 1 am to see the whole thing. I always thought it lost something when it moved to California. The big name guests stayed pretty much the same, but the lesser-known ones changed. Instead of witty Broadway actors we got television actors whose main attraction was how good they looked (Here's a dirty little secret: a lot of Broadway actors, including those in the chorus, are not all that good-looking--heavy stage make-up, and the fact that there are no close-ups, lets them get away with it).
  
  It will be interesting to see if Fallon can bring back the old vibe. I've seen his show a few times, and he might be able to do it.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• Texas bill would require DNA testing before death-penalty trials Sounds like a good idea to me.
• Pakistan Arrests Militant Suspected in Daniel Pearl Killing
• Pakistani girl shot by Taliban returns to school
• Experts: Chances of recovering Boston art good I've been to the museum a few times, and have seen the empty frames, still mounted on the walls.

Bad News

• Government changes course on graphic cigarette warnings

Another shooting at Walmart

Police: Double Amputee Shoots Walmart Manager For Asking Him To Put Leash On Service Dog

This is my eighth warning about the dangers of shopping at Walmart.

Today's news round-up

Good News

• CNN criticized for Steubenville verdict coverage
• Fire Commissioner’s Son Resigns After Offensive Twitter Posts Surface 
• Judge overturns Mo. law on birth control coverage

Bad News

• Minnesota woman loses music downloading appeal While I am a strong supporter of copyrights and intellectual property in general, these arbitrary six figure penalties for a non-commercial violation by a consumer are totally out of proportion.
• In Some States, Gun Rights Trump Orders of Protection

Misleading News

• Most Americans think Iraq War was a mistake: Poll 53% is hardly "most"--especially with a ±4% margin of error. The poll actually showed very little difference in support between the Iraq and the Afghanistan wars.

Ridiculous News

• Argentina asks pope to help on Falklands dispute Britain stopped caring about what the pope thinks several hundred years ago.

Plat du jour--guest submission

 I guess s/he outranks Captain America.

Found by Joanne.