- 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.
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Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Friday, August 26, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Transgender North Carolinians get restroom-access win
- Long-time Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio faces tough re-election bid He belongs in jail, not running a jail. UPDATE: Justice Department will probe metro Phoenix sheriff Arpaio
- Biden announces new funding for Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Amtrak awards Alstom $2.0 bn deal for high-speed trains
- France burkini: Highest court suspends ban
- Court: Michigan sex offender rules cannot be retroactive
- Federal judge won't immediately block California vaccination law for schoolchildren, one of strictest in US for eliminating exemptions based on religious, personal beliefs
Bad News
Friday, August 05, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 3
Good News
- Being a Transgender Police Officer in New York: ‘We’re All Cops’
- Amtrak: New locomotives have cut delays nearly 25 percent
- Rare conviction made in shooting by Virginia police officer He should have been convicted of murder.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Saturday, July 09, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Governor Baker signs transgender bill into law I'm very glad that Massachusetts finally has this. When they added gender identity to their non-discrimination law a few years ago, public accommodations was left out, because there weren't enough votes. Businesses could be required to employ trans people, but didn't have to serve them.
- Private prison company CCA to face trial in violence lawsuit Private prisons should be outlawed.
- Overland Park cop fired for Facebook threat that seemed to reference Black Lives Matter
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
I'm baaaack!
No, I'm not dead. Or finished with my glob. I was just traveling. I went to Belgium, and then Las Vegas for the Burlesque Hall of Fame festival. Now I'm back in New York, and I will resume normal blogging.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Top U.S. auctioneers refused to sell gun from Trayvon Martin shooting
- Man Pleads Guilty After Pulling Woman’s Hijab Off on Plane
- Anti-Abortion Laws Don’t Reduce Abortion Rates, But Birth Control Does
- UK man jailed for IS-inspired plot to attack US troops
- 5 Boko Haram leaders arrested; dozens of captives freed
- Sweet Honey in the Rock protesting during NC shows
- Event celebrates Salt Lake City street named for Harvey Milk
- Chicago mayor to replace police review board with more independent watchdog
- Walter Scott family attorney: Federal charges against Michael Slager could be a ‘turning point in history’
- Barber arrested for pulling gun on customer, says he 'doesn't cut black hair' It's good he was arrested.
Bad News
- Police responded to 17,000 calls to Tampa Bay Walmarts in a single year, taxpayers pick up the bill I've said many times that Walmart is dangerous. In addition, it's expensive to the taxpayers--even the ones who don't shop there.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Recent news round-up
Good News
- North Carolina transgender battle could expand civil rights law
- Counseling association cancels Tennessee convention
- Defying church ban, dozens of Methodist clergy come out as gay and lesbian I generally stay out of the internal politics of religious organizations, but this is good to see.
- Alabama drag queen is suspended chief justice's nightmare
- New York sued over anti-farm union law, refuses to defend it
- Two female US Marines assigned to infantry
- Geraldine Roman: First transgender politician elected in the Philippines
- New Jersey man gets 15 years for conspiring to aid ISIL
- French national rail backs futuristic Hyperloop
Friday, April 29, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Microsoft Will Not Donate Money to Republicans’ Convention
- Officer Convicted of Assault for Stomping on Suspect’s Head
- High-speed rail board approves revised California plan
- Obama Puts His Weight Behind Smart Gun Technology
- Spanish pipe-layers find large Roman coin hoard
- Lebanese army kills Islamic State leader at Syrian border
Monday, April 25, 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Retailer Target to let transgender people use bathroom of their choice
- In U.S. bathroom battles, Florida transgender student fights for equality
- Visa: new technology for chip cards to speed checkout times
- Harriet Tubman to be featured on U.S. $20 bill
- Rembrandt's earliest masterpiece coming to US for 1st time
- Creator of malware used to drain bank accounts gets 9 years
- NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw 1 game for anti-gay slur
- UK alerts LGBT travelers to North Carolina, Mississippi laws
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Today's news round-up
Bad News
- British plane may have collided with drone at Heathrow, lands safely - police
- Iraqi Man Thrown Off Plane for Speaking Arabic Wants Southwest Airlines to Apologize Time after time, people are thrown off of Southwest Airlines flights because of things like 1) speaking in a foreign language 2) showing innocuous affection for a same-sex partner 3) wearing unusual (but not revealing) clothes. I will not fly Southwest.
Thursday, April 07, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- SC Gov. Haley: Transgender bathroom bill not needed
- Florida Ends 148-Year Old Ban on Unmarried Cohabitation
- Kenosha Unified School District lets transgender teen run for Prom King after student protest
- Judge rules putting cross on LA County seal unconstitutional
- Big-city mayors take aim at states with anti-gay laws
Bad News
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- First GOP senator calls for vote on Garland court nomination
- U.S. general Lori Robinson to become first woman to lead combatant command
- Oregon refuge protester arrested after threats against U.S. officers
- Norway set to allow gender change without medical intervention
- Iraq forces in major push against IS in Anbar
I Suppose This Is Good News
Bad News
Monday, March 14, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- California Gives Terminally Ill Residents The Right To Die On Their Own Terms
- Online harassment must be met head-on: tech summit panel
- IS jihadists pull out of several Iraq towns: officers
- U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement
- CBS News Reporter Tossed To Ground At Trump Melee, Charged With Resisting Arrest The Chicago police have been out of control since probably forever.
- Egypt court sentences blogger to 3 years for insulting women
- At least 16 dead as gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Friday, January 15, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Kentucky to pay $1.1 million to lawyers in gay marriage case
- Former Police Chief Gets Prison for Using Stun Gun on Inmate
- Day Care Teacher Convicted of Cruelty in 'Baby Fight Club'
- PM says Turkish artillery hit IS positions in Iraq, Syria
- Special U.S. targeting force 'now in place' in Iraq: U.S.
Bad News
- British institutions failing transgender people: parliament But at least they are proposing changes to improve things.
- Kansas governor orders Planned Parenthood funding cut
- Federal judge tosses Alabama officer's excessive force case
- The Islamic State Hits Turkey Where It Hurts
- Islamic State briefly seizes northern Iraqi village behind frontlines
- Police say IS funded activities of Jakarta group
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
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Yesterday's news round-up. Part 2
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