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Monday, April 11, 2016
Friday, April 01, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Sikh U.S. Army captain allowed to wear beard, turban in uniform
- Film to help families prevent LGBT youth suicides
- Job-seekers return at fastest pace since before recession
- Florida Just Made It Harder For Police To Take People’s Stuff
- Woman Accused Of Murdering Her Abusive Ex Goes Free After Almost 3 Years Behind Bars
Bad News
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Oregon refuge occupier arrested for taking government vehicle to market They are a bunch of lawless thugs. They all should be arrested.
- Obama pardons Iranians charged with sanctions violations, Five American prisoners released in Iran
- Obama unveils wage insurance plan to spur job seekers
- U.S. charges two Virginia men with trying to join Islamic State
Bad News
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Senate rejects Rand Paul's 'Audit the Fed' legislation The Fed should remain free of direct political control. And this is one of the reasons I'm a bit leery of Bernie Sanders.
- Global police arrest bitcoin extortion suspect I don't think "global" is accurate. There are no global police.
- Poll: Majority of Americans support next president pushing tighter gun laws
- U.S. aircraft bombs Islamic State cash pile in Iraq: U.S. military
Bad News
- Police: Ohio man mistakes teen son for intruder, kills him Fact: A gun in the home is far more likely to kill or injure someone who lives there than an intruder.
- Qatar Pulls ‘The Danish Girl’ From Cinemas Following Online Protests
- Turkey: 'IS suicide bomber' kills 10 in Istanbul Sultanahmet district
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Micro movie review
The Big Short: The story of the housing and credit bubble of the mid-2000s, and some fairly weird guys who realized what was happening and profited greatly from it. The film is quirky and confusing even if you know something about finance. Though it tries to explain things, sometimes quite humorously, if you don't know much about finance I think you'd be totally confused.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- U.S. top court throws out Los Angeles ordinance giving police access to hotel records
- First-timers buy more homes as hiring picks up
- Syrian Kurds, on the offensive, push deeper into Islamic State territory
- White House Takes Huge Step Forward In Fight Over Marijuana Research
- Supreme Court Sides With Inmate In Excessive Force Case
Friday, February 06, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- '109 Boko Haram fighters dead' after first attack on Niger
- U.S. measles outbreak prompts vaccine crackdown in New Mexico schools, University of California system to require measles shots
- Canada court rules doctors can help ill patients die
- ABC Revives ‘BattleBots’ As Summer Reality Series I really liked the old series.
- Feds can't indefinitely gag Yahoo about subpoena, judge rules
- US legal opinion upheld privacy protections of census data
- Nigerian military recovers weapons stolen by Boko Haram
- In unison, Muslim clerics lash out against Islamic State
- France sends advisers to Nigeria border to coordinate Boko Haram fight
- In a historic first, five women qualify for Army Ranger School
- U.S.-led strikes kill 30 Islamic State fighters in Syria: monitors
- Egyptian military kills 27 militants in the Sinai
- US economy creates 1 million jobs in 3 months
Bad News
Friday, January 30, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Marriott withdraws awful Wi-Fi blocking proposal after taking heat from FCC
- New poll finds most Americans want government to fight climate change
- Democratic US Rep. Ryan says he now supports abortion rights So, it took him 9 years of actually listening to women to change his view. A slow learner.
- US unemployment benefit applications plunge to 15-year low
- Chad army retakes Nigerian town from Boko Haram
- U.S.-led air strikes hit Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq
- Wisconsin: Federal court dismisses fines for Capitol protester
Bad News
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
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
Friday, December 05, 2014
Today's news round-up
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
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.”
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
Friday, October 03, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Monday, May 05, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Paris's Picasso museum to open in September after revamp
- Cooperation With G.O.P. Puts Senator in a Primary Klein and the IDC have enabled the Republicans to block a vote on the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA). It will be difficult, but I'd love to see him defeated.
- Target's Chairman and CEO out in wake of breach
- Maryland latest U.S. state to hike minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
Bad News
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- NBC adding Weir, Lipinski to Derby I really enjoyed their work at the Olympics.
- JetBlue pilots vote to unionize, shares dip
- Silver wants [NBA] age limit change, no rush on others I really dislike the one and done system. I'd prefer what they have for football, where they have to wait 3 years to turn pro.
- The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest
- Russian social network founder says he has been fired Russia is not a democracy.
- Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny fined for libel Russia is not a democracy.
- Saudi watchdog to regulate homegrown YouTube shows: newspaper
- Boy Scouts of America Shuts Down Seattle Troop Over Gay Scoutmaster
Friday, December 20, 2013
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws
- Obama orders military to review sexual assault
- U.S. Senate approves Obama nominee for IRS chief
- Amnesty to free Pussy Riot duo despite 'disgraceful' protest: Vladimir Putin
- US economy expands at 4.1 percent rate
- Vienna Philharmonic strips ex-Nazis of honors I wouldn't call them ex-Nazis. They were Nazis. And why did this take 68 years?
- Judge strikes down Utah's same-sex marriage ban
- National Guard ends holdout on same-sex marriage benefits
- Social Security begins paying same-sex couple claims
- U.S. Customs to broaden recognition of same-sex families
- Education Dept. to count married gay couples for financial aid This sounds nice, like the above items. However, it will mean that some gay students will get less financial aid, because now the income of a non-adoptive spouse of a parent will count. Ditto, the income of the spouse of the student.
- Lockheed halts Boy Scouts donations over gay rights
Bad News
Monday, September 30, 2013
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Justice Dept to sue North Carolina over voter law
- Billionaire Republican donor Adelson loses libel lawsuit
- Populist Left Makes Warren Its Hot Ticket She might be an excellent president--though she has said nothing yet about foreign affairs. If she starts talking about that, it could be a good indication of her intention to run.
- American Airlines plans to hire 1,500 pilots
- Rock, Paper, Scissors for a Citi Bike
Thursday, June 06, 2013
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