It's 12/13/14 (at least for those who use MM/DD/YY), the last one of the century.
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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.
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