- Serbian police cordon off central Belgrade to protect pride march
- Spotify adds third gender to registration forms for non-binary users
- Museum in New York acquires Billie Jean King archive
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Showing posts with label taxes. Show all posts
Monday, September 19, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
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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.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- PayPal cancels N. Carolina expansion over discrimination law
- Tribunal orders club to pay transgender man $15Gs I hope he actually gets the money.
- Trump’s Rise Shows Religion Is Losing Its Political Power Yes, but 1) The religious positions against abortion and LGBT rights still have great power in many states; and 2) There is the danger that someone like Trump, but a little more politically astute, could actually be elected president.
- Obama's inversion curbs kill Pfizer's $160 billion Allergan deal
- Women in California can get birth control without prescription
- 'Revenge porn' website operator sentenced to 18 years I think it is highly unusual for someone to serve a sentence like this in a county jail. I wonder why the judge decided that.
- Today in the UK, a woman was sentenced for the crime of an abortion
- Planned Parenthood videos bring raid, abortion activist says
- Planned Parenthood sues Indiana for abortion law
- Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs to stay jailed in fraud case
- NYC Council passes bill to crack down on Elmos in Times Square
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Recent news round-up
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- Turkey police recover stolen Picasso in Istanbul: report
- Hollande waives prison for abused woman who shot husband
- Wisconsin activists push student free-press protections
- Officer resigns after uproar over words to black motorist
- 4 remaining occupiers of wildlife refuge remain watchful There is no acceptable reason for giving them immunity. Starve them out.
- Tax Scams Are Targeting Uninsured, I.R.S. Warns
- Thai junta pressures Facebook, Line to censor online posts
- Officials: Ohio man made several tries to find child for sex
- Italy protest against same-sex unions gathers thousands
- Islamic State bombings near Syria Shiite shrine kill 71
- 86 Dead as Boko Haram Burns Children Alive in Nigeria
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Anti-abortion activists indicted in Texas for Planned Parenthood video
- Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law
- Judge: Louisiana cannot enforce abortion law
- Arrested Oregon protest leader tells holdouts to go home Meanwhile one of the holdouts gets on the internet and says there's no laws in the United States. As I've said before, they're lawless thugs.
- OECD countries agree to share info to combat corporate tax avoidance
- FCC Chief Moves To Break Cable And Satellite Control Of Set-Top Boxes I hope he's successful.
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Recent news round-up
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- The Beatles’ Catalog Finally Available On Streaming Sites, Just In Time For Christmas Now I'll have to really consider replacing my Pandora subscription with Amazon Prime Music.
- New York Officer Is Charged in Arrest of Man Who Tried to Film Him Also: Arrest of NYPD officer brings filming of officers into focus Cops had better learn that it is ok for people to record them doing their jobs.
- US Iran hostages compensated decades after ordeal
- Democrats Praise Virginia Court Settlement in Voting Rights Case
- Kurdish-Arab alliance pushes IS back in north Syria: spokesman
- Iraqi forces close in on key Ramadi district
- U.S., allies conduct 18 strikes in Iraq, six in Syria: U.S. military
- Judge upholds Seattle's 'gun violence' tax
- Russia targets Kremlin foe Khodorkovsky with international warrant Russia is not a democracy.
- Suspected Boko Haram fighters launch four strikes on Lake Chad area
- Triple IS suicide attack kills 11 Syrian regime fighters
- Official: 200 al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to IS
- Islamic State sanctioned organ harvesting in document taken in U.S. raid
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- City of Dallas extends civil rights protection to transgender people However: Houston anti-HERO activists take aim at Dallas law
- Utah reviews order to take baby from lesbian foster parents
- Public Housing Nationwide May Be Subject to Smoking Ban
Bad News
- As age rises, American women face increasing bars to employment
- Noah's Ark religious attraction to open in July in Kentucky I don't really have any objections to this, as long as no tax incentives or other government support is used to build it.
- Drone strikes giant Ferris wheel on Seattle's waterfront
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Today's new round-up
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- Michigan women central to US gay marriage case adopt kids I have met the women. The only reason they sued to get married was that it was the only way under Michigan law to do second parent adoptions. They wanted this so their children would be protected if one of them died--which had almost happened in a car accident.
- Mississippi Supreme Court narrowly grants same-sex divorce
- Tokyo issues Japan's first same-sex partner certificates
- Annual sexual-harassment training required in Missouri House
- ‘BattleBots’ Renewed For Second Season By ABC I watch very little broadcast TV outside of PBS, but really do like BattleBots.
- Ukraine snubs free travel to Europe over anti-gay law There is a price to pay for homophobia.
- France to deploy largest warship in mission against IS
- Niger air force bombs Boko Haram base, arrests 20 militants
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Sunday, September 20, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
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- Amanda Simpson becomes the highest ranking openly transgender official in the Obama administration I met her once, a number of years ago.
- Obama nominates first openly gay service secretary to lead Army
- Duke University hospital creates gender clinic
- UNH: Students can pick their first names
- Chief judge quashes 21,000 arrest orders, ends debt-collection policy
- Argentina Lifts Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood
- Farmworkers union claims victory in California labor battle
- California Gov. Brown to sign expanded fair pay legislation
- Carried-Interest Tax Break Divides Again, After Trump Revives the Issue
- US auto workers get first raise in a decade
Bad News
- Deputy Kentucky clerk questions validity of licenses altered by Kim Davis I'd say she was interfering. She should be sent back to jail.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Transgender San Francisco inmates to be housed by gender identity
- Justice Dept. seeks to ease path for corporate prosecutions
- Justice Department looks to sharpen computer crime law
- New York state OKs $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers
- New York governor pushes for $15 statewide minimum wage
- Coalition air strikes destroy Islamic State base: U.S. military
- Seattle enlists legal help to fight NRA lawsuit over gun tax
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare insurance subsidies
- Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias
- Pennsylvania court rejects law that aided NRA gun challenges
- California Set to Make Vaccines Mandatory Despite Heated Opposition
- Police issue felony arrest warrant for Shepard Fairey Time and time again he has shown no respect for the law.
- German museum launches show on 150 years of gay history
Bad News
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Parents call cops on teen for giving away banned book; it backfires predictably I've got some news for these parents: It's not illegal to give (or sell) books to children without their parents' permission.
- Judge denies NFL linebacker's request in revenge porn case
- Senate sustains Obama veto of bill gutting union rules
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Recent news round-up
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- Social Media Exploding with #PaintYourNailsForBruce Campaign in Support of Bruce Jenner
- Disney told to rehire workers who refused soiled costumes
- NFL relinquishing tax-exempt status
- Nigerian army says rescues hundreds of girls from Boko Haram camps UPDATE: Chibok girls not among group rescued by Nigerian army: spokesman
- Judge: Oregon bakery should pay gay couple $135,000 over wedding cake
- Kenya: Court orders government to register gay rights group
- U.S., allies conduct 20 air strikes in Syria, Iraq -military
- Officers who used Taser 8 times on disabled woman get prison
- Arizona: Ducey angrily revokes state policy blocking gay adoptions
Bad News
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Saturday, January 03, 2015
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Turkey gives go-ahead for first new church in century This is fine, but it's really just a baby step if Turkey wants to join the EU.
- Federal judge allows gay marriages to begin across Florida
- Islamic State kills 14 Libyan soldiers, official government says
- Idaho's governor appeals to Supreme Court to reinstate ban on gay marriage
- Gasoline-Tax Increase Finds Little Support
- At least 15 killed in 'Boko Haram' attack on Cameroon bus: sources
- Islamic State seeking bases inside Lebanon: Lebanon security chief
- Libya Islamists abduct 20 Egypt Christians: govt
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
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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
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