I understand the concerns over privacy, but I think this goes a little too far.
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Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Virginia Woman Blasts Drone 'to Smithereens' with Shotgun I consider this to be a form of self-defense. Flying at a low altitude near a residence without permission is an invasion of privacy.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- P&G hires transgender model for ad campaign Rehires.
- Phoenix 1st Arizona city to offer transgender-inclusive benefits to city workers
- Gender-neutral restrooms now available at Southeast Missouri State University
- Georgia Man Who Threw Boiled Water on Gay Men Gets 40 Years
- Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison
Bad News
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- More than 100 celebrities pledge to work against Trump
- At least 105 Russian athletes banned so far, The Latest: 22 Russian rowers rejected for Olympics
- US Army special forces accepts first female candidates
- Feds: Senate cafeteria workers will get $1 million back pay
- Texas attorney general took gift while investigating company It's good they have found something else bad that this jerk did.
- Bangladesh police kill nine suspected Islamists in Dhaka raid
- Anti-abortion duo behind Planned Parenthood videos cleared Only on a technicality. I wonder if a new grand jury could hand up a valid indictment--but I doubt the DA would ever present that case to another grand jury.
- Georgia appeals court says 'upskirting' not against the law I think the dissent's reasoning is correct, though they should make the law more explicit.
- Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest of 85
- Suicide bombing north of Baghdad kills 16, Islamic State claims attack
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. appeals court finds that Texas voter ID law is discriminatory
- Court: Traffic stop, arrest prompted by high beams improper
- Campaign aims to register a million U.S. Muslims voters in anti-Trump move
- Indiana Court Tosses Purvi Patel's 2015 Feticide Conviction
- Alaska court strikes down parental notice for abortions
- Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation to Exempt Sales and Use Taxes on Feminine Hygiene Products
- Ventilation to Be Required in All New York Nail Salons
- US goes after more than $1B taken from Malaysian fund
- Bangladesh arrests top Islamist extremist
Bad News
- WikiLeaks may have just published your SSN and credit card number
- Zara has been accused of ripping off an independent artist’s designs Zara needs to be taught about intellectual property law.
- Status update: The rise of the social-media extortionist These people belong in jail.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Win on NYS Medicaid Paying for Gender Transition “Cosmetic Surgery”
- LGBT history lessons heading for California classrooms
- Man caught in sting trying to join IS gets 8.5 years
- Model Gets Fired and Banned From Gym After Posting Naked Photo of Woman in Locker Room Even if it was meant to be sent only to a friend, it's still wrong, and quite possibly a criminal offense. I'm sure the woman she photographed would have a good lawsuit against her.
Bad News
- Untreatable gonorrhea: coming soon to genitalia near you The headline is misleading. It is not definitely coming, but the trend is in that direction.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Chicago ordinance gives transgender people bathroom rights
- Schneiderman: Jimmy John's agrees to drop no-compete clause for low-wage workers
- Senate votes down proposal to expand FBI surveillance powers
- Italian high court makes gay adoption easier
- Judge to NYC police: Pay officer who sued over beard length
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Pearl Jam, Boston cancel N.C. concerts over anti-LGBT law
- Tennessee: Transgender bathroom bill dead for year
- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges to protect transgender people's rights
- New York City cracks down on 'upskirting" crimes against women
- High Desert State Prison trainee charged in 2014 shooting death of inmate
- US to Send 200 More Troops to Fight ISIS in Iraq
- Report: Islamic State Annual Revenue Down Nearly 30 Percent
- Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack near Niger border: army
Bad News
Friday, April 08, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Springsteen cancels show because of North Carolina law
- Conventions pulling out of Charlotte, citing House Bill 2
- State backs off plan to single-out doctor who successfully sued to help sick kids
- Facebook provides a home for illegal arms sales in Libya
- Gay slur aimed at hairdresser 'not homophobic' - French ruling I get the feeling the tribunal was homophobic.
- U.S. judge in Boston ordered Apple to help law enforcement examine iPhone
Friday, April 01, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Americans increasingly approve of gay and lesbian adults adopting kids
- 'Indiana Jones' to return with Ford and Spielberg Even if it isn't close to the early ones, it still should be fun.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Recent news round-up, part 2
Bad News
- Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds state law on limiting abortion drugs
- Federal judge: Citizens can't always record the police I don't think this decision will be upheld.
- Mississippi lawmakers not erasing Confederate emblem on flag
- Nissan Leaf’s app could let hackers run down batteries and see trip logs
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Big tech companies are joining Apple in its encryption fight
- Family members sentenced to life in prison in U.S. cyberstalking case
- Iraqi tribesmen battle IS inside Fallujah for second day
- How Southern states are now challenging gay marriage, Kentucky Bill Would Give Same-Sex Couples Different Marriage Licenses Many, if not all, of these laws will be held unconstitutional.
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop indicted, fired It would have been better if he had been indicted on more serious charges, but at least he won't be a police officer any more.
- Uber agrees to $20K fine, stricter data protection in NY privacy probe
- Oklahoma City forbids LGBT discrimination in housing
- The Navy Is Naming A Ship In Honor Of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Judge stops Missouri from revoking abortion license
- New York is finally installing its promised public gigabit Wi-Fi
- Texas 'affluenza' teen taken into custody, official says
- U.S., allies conduct 37 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
Bad News
- Database of 191 million U.S. voters exposed on Internet: researcher
- Federal judge: Drinking tea, shopping at a gardening store is probable cause for a SWAT raid on your home
- Court affirms Minnesota man's conviction in assisted suicide
- At least 48 killed in bombings in north Nigeria
- Bombs in Syria's Homs kill 32, wound 90: monitoring group
Friday, December 18, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Florida man to display 'Festivus Pole' at Oklahoma Capitol
- Judge who threatened to fight lawyer removed from bench
- Record number of US cities offered LGBT rights in 2015, report says
Bad News
- Congress passes long-stalled cybersecurity bill This article doesn't go into detail, but it sure sounds like there is a basis for the privacy advocates' criticism.
- Male Politicians Want to Force Ohio Women to Bury or Cremate Aborted or Miscarried Fetuses
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Judge says drone was invading the privacy of the man who shot it
- Officer fired for throwing student in South Carolina classroom arrest, FBI, Justice Department probe violent US school arrest Video seems to be the best antidote to police brutality.
- Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ Will Be Field Trip For 20K Students At $10 A Pop
- Nigerian troops rescue over 330 women, children held by Boko Haram
Bad News
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Gov. Brown approves automatic voter registration for Californians
- Openly gay US ambassador to Denmark weds partner
- Obama backs away from law to access encrypted information
- A Badge, a Gun, and a New Gender Identity
- Hollywood women say 'no more' to pay disparity, harassment
- Woman stops intruder with medieval combat skills, sword
Bad News
Friday, October 09, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- New California law extends privacy rights to electronic data All states should do this. Better yet, the courts should say this is a constitutional right.
- FBI director: We will collect and publish more info about fatal police shootings
- France launches new air strike in Syria against IS: minister
Bad News
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Military transgender ban set to end next May
- NorCal Catholic Hospital To Allow Tubal Ligation After Lawsuit Threat
- University of Oregon case prompts new federal guidance on student therapy records privacy
- Big 12 supports prohibiting transfers for violence issues
- Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted
- Illinois: Activists hail new law on school discipline; districts say few changes needed "Zero-tolerance" policies are mainly a way for school administrators to avoid their responsibility to use good professional judgment.
Bad News
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