Written: 10/14/2012
One of my all-time favorite bloggers and, quite frankly, inspirations, has put together a great debate primer.
Check out Rob’s guide (and download it to your phone/tablet/computer) here.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/14/2012
The first openly gay captain of a NCAA team (Div II football), and soon to be sworn in as the first LGBT congressmen in the state, Brian Sims, had this to say about being out as his team’s captain:
“My team had 118 guys on the football team. Every single one of them wanted to come find some private time with me to ask how I was doing and let me know that they were okay with it,”
So great to hear, and makes me hopeful for the future.
I”ll be interested to see what kind of progress he can make in Harrisburg, hopefully he doesn’t get too bogged down by the nasty politics of the state.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/14/2012
I’ve never seen Red Hook, they may not have any distribution in Pa, but I love this ad:
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/14/2012
We often hear it screamed from the right, “Think of the children!.”
So I will:
Read more from AFER here.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/14/2012
Supreme Court justice Scalia comments on how easy it is for him to rule on denying me any rights:
“The death penalty? Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the Constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state,” Scalia said at the American Enterprise Institute. He contrasted his style of interpretation with that of a colleague who tries to be true to the values of the Constitution as he applies them to a changing world. This imaginary justice goes home for dinner and tells his wife what a wonderful day he had, Scalia said. This imaginary justice, Scalia continued, announces that it turns out “‘the Constitution means exactly what I think it ought to mean.’ No kidding.”
I’m so happy to know that my rights can just be tossed aside like that in his mind.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Alright, let’s see what we have, first up, this amazing performance by the OSU marching band, the amount of cheering is awesome:
The Tom Hanks/Nerdist typewriter saga.
Since we can’t learn about his tax returns, we can instead, make stuff up. Sounds legit.
And this is just asshatery at it’s finest. Much like the owner of Papa John’s saying that if Obama is reelected he’ll have to raise pizza prices for his customers.
Angry Birds Star Wars is coming, and I’m excited. Cautious, but excited:
PTSD is absolutely vicious, and the VA at best sometimes, seems incompetent. Will this work, I’m not sure, but I hope it can at least bring some conversation to the table at the condition and how we can work together to support our veterans.
ManMade DIY has a flow chart on how to pick the perfect apple.
If it weren’t for all the tunnel construction (and my schedule), I would go to this play, looks pretty amazing! And it’s done with Zunes!
I’m so glad that this is now a thing:
I don’t think it will work, sadly, but a valiant effort to have a reasonable conversation about gun violence.
This just confuses me, but I want to make one!
And if you haven’t read it, Chris Kluwe once again knocks it out of the park. Or I guess I should use some sort of football analogy.
That’s it for now, but I’ll be back soon with more!
Written: 10/07/2012
The Manhattan Doctrine is a hateful thing, an anti-LGBT pledge to the highest degree. Fun fact, at least one of the supreme court justices has signed it, pledging, among other things, that he will ignore laws that give any rights to the LGBT community.
Anyone that liked it on facebook was immediately deleted or hidden, I’m not dealing with anything they could possibly say, including one of my best friend’s moms. She thinks I’m great, but if she knew I was gay, that would probably change, so good riddance.
It’s funny that the creator of the Manhattan Doctrine just had a revelation seeing the magnets and stickers of the Human Rights Campaign. He never makes the leap to see that isn’t just two lines, it’s an equals sign, but he sees the powers in logos nonetheless.
So he came up with his own. And honestly, from a design standpoint, it’s good:
But the fun infighting continues, as some of those who signed want their names removed, not realizing the whole thing had an evangelical slant. They want to hate, just not be associated with evangelicals. Let that one roll around your brain for a while, it hurts.
Anyway, Joe My God has the story here.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/07/2012
A big talking point for marriage equality, is that LGBT citizens should just be happy with civil unions. After all, in many cases, they provide the same legal protections as marriage.
But here’s the truth, while they may provide the same legal protections, they don’t carry the same weight. By their very nature, it creates a second class, a second form of relationships, that is seen as not equal, and not as good:
The work by AFER in the Perry case is significant, and shows just how damaging settling for civil unions can be.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 10/07/2012
The speaker of the house has been using taxpayer money to defend DOMA, a wildly unpopular position, but one that he keeps doing, considering he’s doubled-down on the hate of LGBT people.
His lawyer, in trying to justify the work, has said that LGBT people don’t deserve the same legal protections that blue-eyed people do.
Well I’m both, so I don’t know where I fall on that spectrum. Oh wait, yes I do, I’m gay so I don’t deserve any rights. Either way, it’s insulting.
Not that I’m surprised, just saddened that this kind of thing keeps happening.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Alright, let’s see what’s going on today. First up, in case you didn’t hear, from the lips of Mitt Romney and Lucille Bluth:
And on that note, the Million Muppet March.
And in case you forgot, the testimony from Mr. Rogers in front of the US Senate that saved PBS:
And lastly on the subject, from my favorite astro-physicist:
In more political news, the PA voter ID requirement has been delayed, but the state is lagging behind getting that information out here. Rachel Maddow’s show had some fun with it:
As a complete and total no-brainer, access to contraception reduces the abortion rate. Thankfully, Obamacare does just that, provides free and available contraception options to women.
And lastly in politics today, this is floating around, but give it a watch, it’s great:
There is a new captcha system, that brings light to human rights abuses. Pretty awesome if you ask me:
And leaving politics for a little bit, for those of you eager to celebrate Halloween, check out how to make this awesome pumpkin keg.
Or even better for Halloween, printable poison labels:
That’s it for now, have a great one!
