- U.S. unveils new rules on low-altitude drones
- NYC lawmakers pass a novel requirement for free tampons
Bad News
3 days ago
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
Yesterday's news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Supreme Court rules for R.J. Reynolds in racketeering case I'm glad to see at least a little limitation on the use of the RICO law, which was poorly worded and has been used against far more things than true organized crime racketeering.
- An Australian Man Just Pled Guilty to Sexist Online Harassment on Tinder The headline is wrong. The harassment was on Facebook, not Tinder. And I think it should be "sexual," not "sexist."
Bad News
Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1`
Good News
- Marines Under Investigation for Allegedly Threatening to Attack Gay Bars It's good they are under investigation. Also, it's good the post was taken down.
- Hundreds counter-protest Westboro Baptist demonstration in Orlando Also, Orlando: Hundreds form human chain to block Westboro protesters
- Ringleader pleads guilty in StubHub ticket cybertheft case
Monday, June 20, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- ABC Decides Maybe It’s Best To Not Feature A Hate Group Leader Discussing The Orlando Shooting
- Recovery schools for addicted teens on the rise
- New York Senate passes bill that bans short-term apartment listings on Airbnb I hope the governor signs it. It is limited to whole apartment rentals. People can still advertise to rent out rooms.
Bad News
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- U.S. court backs landmark Obama internet equal-access rules
- Elliot Morales, Who Killed Gay Man in West Village, Gets 40 Years to Life
- Prosecutor bumps Stanford sex assault judge from new case
- Anti-abortion activist's human organ purchase charge dropped It's strange they aren't going to refile. But the important thing is that the felony charge is still alive.
- Brock Turner’s Probation Officer Asked for Lenient Sentence Over Drunkenness
- IS suicide attack kills five in Iraq's Ramadi: officers
- Russian gay couple 'arrested for Orlando tribute'
- Syrian teen's amputated hand a cruel reminder of IS rule
My 20th warning about Wal-Mart
Police: Suspect shot amid reported shooting at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is a dangerous place. Stay out of them.
Wal-Mart is a dangerous place. Stay out of them.
Recent news round-up
Good News
- The Latest: Target to hold moment of silence for workers
- London’s Mayor Bans Body-Shaming Ads on Public Transport
- Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kiev
Bad News
- Qatar convicts Dutch woman held 'after being raped' Qatar is a dangerous place for women. No woman should go there.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Recent news round-up
Unsurprising News
Good News
- 10th Circuit: Kansas can't block voters from casting ballots
- Campaign to remove judge in Stanford rape case gains steam
- Five sentenced to life for raping Danish woman in Delhi
- Retired Rikers Captain Convicted in Beating of Inmate
- Libyan forces claim port in Islamic State stronghold of Sirte
- Fox Sports Florida Subs Out Sideline Reporter Over Racial Comments In Facebook Chat
- Thousands march for gay rights in Poland, Croatia, Italy
- Thousands march in Seoul for Gay Pride parade
Bad News
Friday, June 10, 2016
Thursday, June 09, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Laverne Cox: Counting LGBT People Is ‘a Matter of Life and Death’
- California attorney general slams sentence in Stanford sex assault case
- Stepgrandmother of baby killed by dog gets 3 years in prison
- Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public
- Ireland’s Abortion Law Violated Woman’s Human Rights, UN Panel Finds
- IS militants retreat from Libya bastion as militias advance
Bad News
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Good News
- Kentucky prisons drop mail policy targeting homosexuality
- California advances 2 Democratic women to Senate runoff
- Judge sentences California man to 12 years in terrorism case
Bad News
- FBI director: Number of IS cases in US has not dropped off
- Turkey's president lifts lawmakers' immunity Turkey is no longer a democracy.
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Intel Chief Defends Rights of Transgender Community
- Drummer Defends Stanford Student Convicted in Rape Case. Her Band Pays a Price. What she doesn't seem to understand is that this type of rape is just as bad as someone dragging a struggling victim off and assaulting them.
- Federal judge bars Alabama from blocking gay marriage
- 14-Year-Old Transgender Girl Shares Inspirational Story of Overcoming Her Bullies
- 5 Rikers Officers Convicted in Beating of Inmate
- Washington's National Cathedral to remove Confederate flags from windows
- Iraqi Troops Enter Southern Fallujah for First Time in 2 Years
- Libyan forces enter main Islamic State bastion
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.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Oregon automatic voter registration a success, with a hitch Since I support closed primaries (I don't want people from other parties, or unaffiliated, voting in my party's primaries), I don't think the "hitch" is that bad.
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.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. to issue decree on transgender access to school restrooms: NYT
- Troopers suspended over pursuit video that shows pummeling
- ACLU sues school district over transgender bathroom policy
- UPS now lets you track packages for real — on an actual map This doesn't affect me very much, since my building's doorman is always here to accept packages. But I'm this will help many other people.
- Houston renames schools named for Confederate leaders
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
Sunday, May 08, 2016
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Alabama chief justice faces ouster after gay marriage fight
- WGA Panel Sees More Viewer And Network Acceptance of LGBT Themes
- North Carolina lawmaker dismisses U.S. deadline to change bathroom law
- Girl says she was thrown out of her prom for wearing a suit
- Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Mursi verdict postponed
- Turkey jails Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul
- Rolling Stones get no satisfaction from Trump on song ban
- Polish government to take control of WWII museum
Friday, May 06, 2016
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- FDA will regulate e-cigarettes like all other tobacco products
- Officials take custody of kids who went to Oregon standoff
Somewhat Bad, Somewhat Good News
- NYC lawmakers impose 5-cent charge for plastic bags I know it's good for the environment, and will save the city some money, but I suspect that most of the time my wife and I will just buy the bags. As one person said, in NYC we shop on foot, frequently on our way home from something, and it's a pain to carry bags all over.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Chicago schools say transgender kids should use bathrooms matching identity
- Kathryn Knott, Dad, Bucks County Sued for $5 Million for “Retaliation” Over Anonymous Internet Comments Knott was convicted for gay-bashing. I hope O"Donnell wins.
- Obama May Create Monument to Gay Rights Movement
- Surge in Ridership Pushes New York Subway to Limit One more reason I'm so glad I'm retired. I used to ride on the Lexington Ave. line to get to work, and from 1988 to 1993 or 94 I boarded at the 86th St. station featured in this article. It was crowded even back then.
- Federal official: DC subway hasn't improved safety
- IS may be making chemical weapons, warns watchdog
- IS kills US Navy SEAL in Iraq attack
Tuesday, May 03, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up
I'm devoting this week to cleaning up my office, so I'm not spending too much time on the internet. My news round-ups may be intermittent and abbreviated.
Good News
Good News
- U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law
- U.S. top court upholds cop's conviction in auto repair scheme
- Transgender pride flag raised at Boston City Hall
- Amazon launches a Prime Now website
- Turkey and US-led coalition pound IS group in Syria
Bad News
Sunday, May 01, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. West Point academy set for first woman dean in two century history
- Uber agrees to $225,000 settlement in lawsuit alleging discrimination against the blind The money is nice, but the big thing is that they will terminate any driver who refuses to take a service animal.
- UK strikes in Syria, Iraq kill 1,000 IS fighters: Ministry of Defence
Bad News
- A Texan who called Obama a gay prostitute may soon control what goes in children’s textbooks Fortunately, today textbook publishers can easily create different versions for different customers. But this is still bad for the children in Texas.
- Turkey detains pro-Kurdish news editor over tweets: channel Turkey is not a democracy.
- Hindu tailor in Bangladesh hacked to death in attack claimed by Islamic State
Saturday, April 30, 2016
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
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Officials: North Carolina must show proof of discrimination-free zone, or lose NCAA tournament games
- UK Targets ISIS Bunker With Royal Air Force’s Largest Bombs
- Federal judge upholds voter ID law in North Carolina and U.S. top court declines to block Texas voter identification law
- Turkey journalists jailed for publishing Mohammed cartoon Turkey is not a democracy.
- Turkey Islam: Top AKP politician calls for religious constitution Ditto.
- Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist, friend
- ISIS Spreading in Europe, U.S. Intelligence Chief Warns
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Monday, April 25, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Happy birthmonth, Bill!
The exact date of Shakespeare's birth is unknown, but it was in April. And today is the 400th anniversary of his death.
My 19th warning about Walmart
2 officers shot, suspect dead at Walmart in Phoenix suburb
Walmarts are dangerous. Stay out of them.
Walmarts are dangerous. Stay out of them.
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November
- U.S. judge orders recount in Tennessee abortion vote
- Florida Supreme Court halts abortion waiting period, for now
Bad News
- Oklahoma voters to decide on return of Ten Commandments As the article says, if this vote passes it will be challenged on Federal constiutional grounds. It's a total waste of the taxpayers' money.
- Jury Acquits Sing Sing Guard Seen on Video Beating Inmate
- Report: Arizona sheriff is slow in making profiling reforms
- Bangladesh professor hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
- Turkey academics on trial for 'terrorist propaganda' Turkey is not a democracy. UPDATE: Turkey scholars freed as prosecutors seek to scale back charges
- IS suicide attack kills eight at Iraq Shiite mosque
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- How the ‘Trump effect’ could flip the Senate and With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States
- Adam Silver: N.C. law could affect All-Star Game, Hornets future
- Navy scraps mailer over sexism accusations
- David Geffen gives $100 million to Museum of Modern Art
- U.S. Capitol replacing flag display over Confederate imagery
- Vice Media Writers Ratify First WGA Contract
Bad News
- BYU students investigated by school after reporting rape Students should not have to fear expulsion if they report being assaulted.
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
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Today's news round-up
Great News
Good News
Good News
- Prosecutors turn fire on New York prison's culture of violence
- Dementia cases in the UK have gone down in the last 20 years
- Stepmom of scalded Ohio boy who died is charged with murder
Bad News
- Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Beating Death of Transgender Woman He should have gotten a much longer sentence.
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
Monday, April 18, 2016
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.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Original ‘Hamilton’ Actors Will Bank On Profits From Broadway’s Blockbuster Musical
- Nellis base welcomes 57th Wing's first woman commander
- Here’s What Happened When A Group Of Scientists Went To Confront Their Congressional Tormentors The problem here is really poor communication. Scientists need to learn how to describe their research in terms that the lay-person can understand. But critics should get explanations from the scientists before publishing.
Bad News
Friday, April 15, 2016
Today's news round-up, Part 2
Good News
Bad News
- Cops: Dad's stranger-danger test scares teens into 911 call Dad is stupid, stupid, stupid.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Porn site bans all North Carolina users over anti-LGBT law I hope this isn't a fake article like the NBA one was.
- N.C. Rep. Billy Richardson: I was wrong to vote for HB2
- Deutsche Bank freezes job expansion plans in North Carolina
- GOP attempt to change Nebraska's electoral vote system fails
- Arizona lawmaker drops ban on journalists who refuse checks
- North Dakota to pay abortion clinic $245K
Bad News
- Maine approves Christian ballot initiative [wording] to strip gay rights from Human Rights Act This headline is misleading. All that was approved was the wording. This allows the proponents to start collecting signatures needed to place it on the ballot.
- White officer gets probation in black driver's shooting He belongs in jail. He says he "has no plans" to become a police officer again. I hope he doesn't change his mind, but I kind of doubt it.
- Judge rules against couple in China's 1st same-sex case
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
Sunday, April 10, 2016
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
My 18th warning about Walmart
State police shoot, wound man armed with shotgun at Wal-Mart
Walmart is a dangerous place. Stay out.
Walmart is a dangerous place. Stay out.
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
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
Bad News
Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Monday, April 04, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case
- U.S. top court rejects Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo class action appeals
- Man Pleads Guilty to Beating Transgender Woman Islan Nettles to Death This was a hate crime. Unfortunately he never said anything explicitly, so the prosecutors didn't think they could prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus he wasn't charged with a hate crime.
- California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law Also: New York's Cuomo signs two-tier minimum wage law in push for state-wide $15/hour
- Virginia governor vetoes bill to label books 'sexually explicit' in schools
Sunday, April 03, 2016
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