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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Micro movie review
Mr. Turner A long bio-pic of British painter J.M.W. Turner. It's much more of a biography of the man than of the painter. Unfortunately, he was a rather boring man.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- U.S. court strikes down North Carolina ultrasound abortion law
- US moves to end ban on blood donations by gay men A step in the right direction.
- U.S. judge throws out Arizona sheriff's immigration suit against Obama
- Algerian army 'kills jihadist behind Herve Gourdel beheading'
- Sony broadly releases 'The Interview' in reversal of plans and Sony releases ‘The Interview’ online
- Islamic State extremists capture Jordanian pilot
- U.S. Representative Grimm says will not resign after pleading guilty to tax fraud
- For gay Syrians, jihadist threat adds new fear
- Grisly finds in Iraqi Yazidi village wrested from militants
- Women excised from public life, abused by IS
- Gambia arrests three men it accuses of homosexual acts
Micro movie review
The Imitation Game Bio-pic of WWII British codebreaker Alan Turing. Cumberbatch was excellent as Turing, but the plot had more holes than a colander.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Satanic Temple puts up display at Michigan Capitol
- Measuring de Blasio’s First Year by a Broken Toe and a $360 Check
- Yazidis celebrate after Kurds break siege on Sinjar Mountains
- Coalition strikes hit IS north of Syria's Aleppo: monitor
- Another pre-emptive strike on Georgia’s ‘religious liberty’ bill
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Protesters in contempt of court for anti-whaling campaign Nobody is above the law.
- Former Florida mayor sentenced to prison for secret consulting job
- Obama says would veto any weakening of consumer protections
- Bitcoin backer gets two years prison for illicit transfers
- Mozambique decriminalises abortion to stem maternal deaths
- Victory for plaintiff in China gay conversion case
- Ohio Muslim woman sues over jail church attendance She should sue. She will win.
- Supreme Court won't stop gay marriages in Florida
- California Man Arrested In Cold Case Murder Of Transgender Woman
Bad News
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Army Restores Full Benefits for Captains Being Forced Out
- Arizona: Sheriff Arpaio Will Disband Squad That Search for Illegal Immigrants Local law enforcement should stay out of immigration matters. It's a federal concern.
- Iraqi Kurds say Mount Sinjar siege broken
- EBay parts ways with controversial political group ALEC
- Instagram makes teens and celebrities angry by killing millions of spambots
- Cameroon army kills 116 Boko Haram militants, defence ministry says
- Court-appointed panel to monitor Los Angeles county jails
- New Jersey school to allow transgender student to use boys room
- Top Islamic militants killed; more US troops going to Iraq
Bad News
Good Uber News- Uber suspends operations in Portland for 3 months It's good to see them complying with the law. It's unusual.
Bad Uber News
- Uber's fight of California data-sharing rule highlights its bumpy road This is more normal for Uber--thinking it can decide if, and how much, it will comply with laws and regulations.
- Uber driver in Boston charged with kidnapping and rape
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Montana homeowner found guilty in slaying of German exchange student
- Judge Rejects Plea Deal for South Carolina Sheriff There should be term limits for positions like this.
- Ex-Captain at Rikers Is Found Guilty of Civil Rights Violation in Inmate’s Death
- U.S. top court bars Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants
- U.S. charges two pharmacists with 25 murders in meningitis outbreak
Bad News
Micro movie review
The Theory of Everything: Bio-pic of British physicist Stephen Hawking and his ex-wife. Interesting, if uneven. Based on her memoir. I wonder how his memoir would differ.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- For police reformers, California city shows a rough road But they did eventually make significant progress.
- Nigerian troops win back cities from extremists
- France says it has 'neutralised' 200 jihadists in Sahel
- Turkish police raid media close to cleric rival Gulen, detain 24
- Sweden says Russian military jet in near collision with passenger plane
- Attackers torch rights group's office in Chechen capital
- Islamic State influence spreads to African jihadists
- Congress fails to revise government records law
- Islamic State beheads four men for blasphemy in Syria: monitor
- No room at the inn? Atheists see holiday displays vandalized
- Islamic State group shoots down Iraqi helicopter
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Motown's Temptations, Four Tops visit Oval Office I'll be seeing them when they come to NY in a couple weeks.
- Ruling Lets Work Email Be Used to Organize Unions
- NLRB issues rule to speed up union organizing
- AP Source: Justice won't ask Risen about source
- FBI probing death of black North Carolina teen hanged from swing
- Court lets Pennsylvania widow keep home sold over interest on $6.30 tax bill
- Alabama recalls vanity license plate with gay slur
- Islamic State target of 27 strikes by U.S. allies
Bad News
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- MoveOn.org Looks to Nudge Elizabeth Warren Into 2016 Presidential Race I'm hoping we can elect another liberal as president. Hillary is really a centrist.
- Cooper Hewitt design museum reopens, revamped
- India clamps down on unregistered taxis after Uber rape claim
- Supreme Court rules no worker pay for security screening The problem is the wording of the regulation. Workers should be paid for all of the time they are required to be on the employers' premises.
- Islamic State in Syria beheads man for blasphemy Blasphemy should not be a crime.
Monday, December 08, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- New York attorney general seeks to probe police killings of unarmed civilians
- Former Madoff executive gets 10 years in prison
- New Zealand appoints its first openly gay High Court judge Matthew Muir
- U.S. says allies to send about 1,500 troops to Iraq
- Facebook Search now lets you find specific posts, not just people I've been wanting this for a long, long time.
- U.S. condemns Gambia over disappearances, new anti-gay law
- D.C. bans gay conversion therapy of minors
- Miami-Dade County Bans Anti-Transgender Discrimination
Bad News
- Male military sex assault victims slow to complain
- Russian liberal TV channel forced to quit premises Russia is not a democracy.
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Semi-random thoughts
- I rarely read any article that has "shocking" in the headline.
- If I were a conspiracy theorist I'd say the Big Ten knew that the only way they'd get a team in the national college football playoff was if Ohio State won big in the Big Ten championship game, so Wisconsin was forced to throw it. Since I'm not a conspiracy theorist I have to admit Wisconsin got demolished.
Friday, December 05, 2014
Today's news round-up
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 3
Good News
- U.S. military monitoring Islamic State training in Libya: general I'm glad they're being monitored.
- Federal Court Thwarts Rick Scott Once Again On Drug Testing
Bad News
- Air bag maker balks at coast-to-coast recall So people whose air bags haven't been recalled shouldn't drive where it's hot and humid? That's ridiculous.
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Gay Men Could Soon Donate Blood UPDATE: US panel fails to lift ban on gay blood donors So it's no longer good news.
- Glenn Beck must face Saudi's lawsuit over Boston Marathon bombing
- Utah man gets maximum sentence in hate crime case
- Albuquerque policeman who shot woman fired over camera lapse
- The Arrest of the ISIS Leader's Wife and Son
- District ordered to pay transgender student $75K
- U.S. leads 25 more air strikes against Islamic State militants: CENTCOM
Bad News
- Ohio bill would shield doctors who say 'My fault' If the idea is to give patients or their next-of-kin more information there are far better ways of doing it.
- Egypt to criminalize 'insulting revolutions'
- Pakistan singer-turned imam accused of blasphemy Blasphemy should not be a crime.
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Pace of Health Care Cost Increases Falls to a 54-Year Low
- Tribes honor 2 who wouldn't take part in massacre
- More Bill Cosby accusers expected to speak out
- Police Body Cameras Could Come to New York Soon
- Teenage suicide bomber caught in northern Nigeria
- US issues anti-discrimination rule for employers
- States sue Obama administration on immigration: Texas attorney general What a waste of the taxpayers' money.
- Nude museum photo exhibit 'porn' to Florida city council head I like the artist's comment: "Maybe he hasn’t seen enough porn.”
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- UK brothers jailed for attending Syria terror camp
- Utah agrees to drop parts of disputed 2011 immigration law
- In blow to tax negotiators, Obama threatens veto
- Islamic State targeted in 17 air strikes by U.S., allies
- University in Tennessee cancels Cosby appearance
- Uber CEO must turn over emails in gratuity lawsuit, U.S. judge rules
Bad News
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- 'Cosby' author sorry for omitting assault charges
- Russia Mistral: France halts delivery indefinitely
- Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library
- Three Ohio teens sentenced for fake ALS bucket attack
- Arkansas, Mississippi gay marriage bans overturned
- Americans are smoking less than ever
- Pakistani man shoots niece for listening to loud music
- Erdogan: women are not equal to men Turkey should never be admitted to the EU while its leader says things like this.
- Hungary police 'blaming victims' of sexual assault
Monday, November 24, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Ira Hansen stepping down as speaker of Nevada Assembly He shouldn't be holding any public office, much less be the leader of a state legislature.
- Turkey trains Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against Islamic State
Bad News
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- U.S. plans to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars
- How a Coalition Pushed for a Hotel Workers' Minimum Wage
- Transgender woman dies suddenly, presented at funeral in open casket as a man So hateful.
- Report: Washington toddler shot playing with gun A gun in a home is far more likely to kill or injure someone who lives there than an intruder.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
- Judge Issues Court Orders To Uphold Right To Record Police In Ferguson
- Julian Assange sex case: Swedish court upholds warrant
- Parents of slain gay US student head to Russia I just hope they are not charged with "gay propaganda."
- Appeals court order keeps Mississippi's sole abortion clinic open
- Islamic State group's drive for Kobani is blunted
Bad News
- Texas OKs most new history textbooks amid outcry
- Arizona sheriff sues Obama over immigration moves Idiot. What a waste of the taxpayers' money. Well, they were the ones who elected him.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Justice Department prods Ferguson police to improve
- Thousands of Brazilians march in gay rights parade
- New US-led strikes on Syria's Kobane: monitor
- Botswana gay rights group wins legal recognition
- Friends mourn apparent beheading of US aid worker
- How Boko Haram Captured Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls' Hometown
- Lebanon bans film on Iran's 'Green Movement' protests
- Pakistan police arrest Christian in hiding for 'blasphemy' Blasphemy should not be a crime.
- Russia Cuts Sentence For "Occupy Pedophilia" Leader
Friday, November 14, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Court won't overturn ruling on Arizona no-bail law
- Massey Energy chief indicted after deadly 2010 mine blast
- US bombs Al-Qaeda offshoot Khorasan for third time
- Pentagon pursuing changes in surplus gear program
- UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria
- Ed Department to extend No Child waivers into 2018
- US says air strikes cutting militants oil revenues
Semi-good, Semi-bad News
- 5 years for officer who shot handcuffed suspect He should have gotten a much longer sentence.
Bad News
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Hachette, Amazon end nasty feud with deal on book sales
- Democrat Warren promoted as U.S. Congress selects party leaders
- Texas A&M students drown out antigay Westboro protesters with 'yell practice'
- Teacher suspended for Ferguson tweets to resign
- NY Port Authority Looks to 19th-Century Technology to Cope With a 21st-Century Problem
- Frenchman Flavien Moreau jailed for Syria jihad
- Canada to extradite accused Paris bomber to France
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Apple must face U.S. lawsuit over vanishing iPhone text messages
- Brooklyn Landlord Pleads Guilty to Negligent Homicide in 2010 Fire
- Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town
- US troops in Iraq's Anbar as anti-IS campaign expands
- U.S. transgender people welcome easier path to amend birth papers
Bad News
Sunday, November 09, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- TV campaign for gay equality starting in Miss
- Thousands march for gay pride in Hong Kong
- Drunken party costs 9 rookie cops their jobs Earlier reports said they claimed they could do anything they wanted because they were cops. This is not the type of person who should be a police officer.
- Egypt arrests suspect over threats to American schools
- Self-ruling region in Syria issues women's rights decree: monitor
- Gay rights in eastern Europe just took a big step forward
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Judge voids Arizona human smuggling law, finding it infringes on U.S. government
- U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Target ISIS Leaders
- Ebola nurse to remain a voice against quarantines
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra players ratify contract
- After 12 years, damaged statue restored to view
Bad News
- Manhattan Speeder Says He Has Fled to Canada At least we won't have to worry about him coming back to America and endangering us again.
- How a Libyan city joined the Islamic State group
- Video captures NY deputy slapping, cursing at man He should be fired. All police officers should be required to wear cameras.
Friday, November 07, 2014
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. top court leaves intact New York City pregnancy center rule
- Saudi council urges easing ban on women driving
- Interpol, cruise firms share jihadi watch lists
- Judge rules Missouri ban on gay marriage violates Constitution
- U.S., European authorities arrest 16 online drug, weapons traders
- 3 Malaysian Muslims win court bid to cross-dress
- In rare case, NYC cops charged with assault over teen's arrest
Bad News
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Oklahoma Supreme Court halts certain abortion restrictions
- Many Broadway shows offer kids-for-free program
- Pirate Bay co-founder 'TiAMO' arrested in Thailand
- Peshmerga, Syrian rebels battle Islamic State in besieged Kobani
- Canada conducts first airstrikes on IS targets in Iraq
- Kansas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional: judge
Bad News
Sunday, November 02, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani
- Some 100 march in conservative Montenegro's gay pride parade
- Egypt journalists defy editors on freedoms
- Justice Department issues use of force reforms for Albuquerque Police
- IS jihadists carry out mass killings of Iraqi tribe A bunch of bloodthirsty thugs.
- Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media
- Nigerian extremist says kidnapped girls married
- Gays fear new law will drive them out of Kyrgyzstan
- British-Iranian volleyball woman gets one year in jail
- Russia's top radio station slapped by government
Saturday, November 01, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Judge rejects strict limits on nurse who treated Ebola patients
- Girl, 7, Barred From a Connecticut School Over Ebola Concerns Goes Back to Class
- Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced to 42 months in jail in Denmark
- Estonian man faces cyber scam charges in US
- NYC Police Unions Can’t Intervene in Stop-and-Frisk Cases, Appeals Panel Rules
- Hungary internet tax cancelled after mass protests
- Apple CEO publicly acknowledges that he's gay
Bad News
Friday, October 31, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Orson Welles' last film may finally be released
- Ky. man who posted song lyrics won't face charges
- Islamic State conflict: Kurdish fighters arrive in Turkey
- Arizona sheriff ordered to undergo training to stop racial profiling
- Jail for Ivory Coast dad who tried to marry off 11-year-old daughter
- Ohio trooper pleads guilty to civil rights charges
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Connecticut father sues after Ebola fears keep daughter from school It's good that he's suing.
- Peshmerga fighters head to Turkey
- Minister Defrocked for Officiating at Gay Son`s Wedding Officially Reinstated
Bad News
- North Dakota court bans use of drug in abortions
- Army unlawfully discriminated against transgender employee, report finds Of course it's good that the army is doing something about it.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- More U.S. air strikes target Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq
- Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane
- US to recognize gay marriage in another six states
- Afghan cleric jailed for raping 11-year-old girl
Bad News
- Thirty adolescents abducted in northeast Nigeria: local chief
- Egyptian court jails 23 activists for violating protest law
- Judge rules Oklahoma abortion law can take effect
- ISIS Urging 'Lone Wolves' to Launch Attacks
- Iran re-arrests leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
- NYC Judge Presiding Over ‘Silk Road’ Case Receiving Online Death Threats
Friday, October 24, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Pennsylvania high school's football season canceled over hazing The coach should be fired also.
- Ted Bishop resigns as PGA president
- UN authorizes ship inspections for Somali charcoal
- NBCUniversal settles with unpaid interns for $6.4M
- France announces big air raid against Islamic State in Iraq
Bad News
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Wyoming gay couples get marriage licenses
- Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
- Syria says shoots down two of three 'IS warplanes'
- Mount Holyoke's New Transgender Policy Redefines Women's Education
- NBC Is Ready to Name Weir and Lipinski as Its Top Figure Skating Broadcast Team
- Honoring George Carlin With His Own Manhattan Block
Bad News
Living with bears XLVI
Oregon: Baby bear caught roaming the halls of RiteAid in AshlandWyoming: Black bear euthanized after breaking into house
Utah: Young bear relocated after roaming through neighborhood
California: Bear cub reunited with mama after getting stuck
Colorado: Black Bear Gets Trapped Inside Car, and Car Damage Ensues
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Friday, October 17, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Courts knock down gay marriage bans in Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming
- Kosovo 'jihad' boy home from Syria after secret operation
- Facebook unfriends federal drug agency
- Joni Ernst faces big problem in Iowa Senate race: women voters
- Gay marriage: North Carolina official resigns
- New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for unlicensed school
- High court clears bullet train but problems remain
- Arkansas high court strikes down voter ID law
- Courts reject another Arizona immigration law Immigration is a federal matter. State and local governments should stay out.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Throwback Thursday
Hedda Lettuce and me, about 2001-2002--before she went green, and I went auburn, er, blonde, um, black.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- 7 charged in high school football hazing case It's good that they're being charged. It's also good, maybe even better, that the rest of their football season was cancelled. Bullying will not end until there is peer pressure against it.
- 7 plaintiffs in no-fly list lawsuit cleared to fly
Bad News
Friday, October 10, 2014
Recent news round-up
Good News
- U.S. Supreme Court lifts hold on gay marriage in Idaho
- Judge strikes down NC gay marriage ban
- Virginia tells agencies to clear way for adoptions by gay couples
- U.S. reaches $30 million settlement with vice president of Equatorial Guinea
- Federal judge strikes down Texas law requiring voter ID at polls
- U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law
- Al-Qaeda convoy en route to Mali 'destroyed' by French
- Teacher whose gun fired in bathroom charged Teachers shouldn't be carrying guns in schools.
- Occupy Wall Street Protester Found Not Guilty of Obstruction Charge
Bad News
- Ads Paid for by Secret Money Flood the Midterm Elections
- How 2 French girls were lured to jihad online
- Japan court orders Google to remove search results
- Rights group: Saudi officials on ruthless campaign
- Supreme Court reinstates controversial North Carolina voting measures Yet they seemed to do the opposite with Wisconsin's law. Frankly, I don't understand.
- Police dog dies after left in cruiser for 4 hours
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Monday, October 06, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- US Supreme Court clears way for gay marriage in more states
- Woman who defected from the Islamic State says she was duped It's good she has escaped and is speaking out. These guys are using religion as an excuse to be murderous, sexist thugs.
- U.S. uses helicopters for first time to hit Islamic State rebels
- Ambitious Plan to Treat Mentally Ill Inmates, Built on a Father’s Anguish
Bad News
Question of the day
Why is it that being neither soft-headed nor hard-headed is considered a good thing?
Sunday, October 05, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- U.S. Is Trying to Counter ISIS’ Efforts to Lure Alienated Young Muslims
- Missouri must recognize same-sex marriages from other areas: judge
- Afghanistan to allow return of expelled NYT reporter
- In a first, 3 women pass Marines Combat Endurance Test, toting 80-lb. packs
- Egyptian police arrest militants accused of recruiting for Islamic State
- Basketball: US women rout Spain for second straight gold medal
- Paul Revere of Raiders rock band dies at 76
- Arson attack suspected on South Africa's first gay-friendly mosque
- Tens of thousands march for 'family values' in France
- Islamic State fighters shell Syrian Kurdish town
- Pakistani Taliban vows to send fighters to help IS group
- Town falls to Islamic State in Iraq's Anbar province
Saturday, October 04, 2014
Only a few good Texts From Last Night this time
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Friday, October 03, 2014
Thursday, October 02, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Turkey approves military operations in Iraq, Syria
- Georgia woman gets 30-year prison term in daughter's malnutrition death
- Gun foes plan to match NRA spending in fall races
- Bratton Vows to Root Out Bad New York Police Officers It would be very nice if it happens. However I think the percentage of bad ones is much greater than 1%.
Bad News
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Today's news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Nigeria court martials soldiers for balking at taking on Boko Haram
- British jets strike IS jihadists west of Baghdad
- Notorious Florida speed trap ended as city closes police department
- Living wage: New York mayor gives thousands of workers raise
- U.S. judge dismisses Republican challenge to SEC pay-to-play rule
- Kurds seize Iraq/Syria border post; Sunni tribe joins fight against Islamic State
- California governor signs 'gun violence restraining order' law
- California bans political fundraising parties at lobbyists' homes
- New Law Gives Trans Californians Respect After Death
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Facebook Apologizes For Discriminatory "Real Name" Policy Also: Facebook apologizes to drag queens for name policy
- Court blocks part of new North Carolina voting law
- Court: Democrats don't need Kansas Senate nominee
- Man convicted of murder in killing over loud music
- GLAAD study: Gay depictions increase on TV
Bad News
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