In horrifying legal news, SCOTUS has declined to hear a case about employment discrimination, leaving a split in circuit court decisions. This will be the followup to the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.
Alright, let’s see what we have today. First up, in a great bit karma, a man who was refused a legal marriage license by Kim Davis is running to unseat her. And she had to watch him fill out the paperwork.
Another NaNoWriMo is in the books (ha) and I’m catching up with everything, so this is a long post Here’s what we have today. First up, a friendly reminder:
And finally, the Supreme Court will hear a huge case about business’ right to discriminate. I’m really nervous about it, but hoping Kennedy pulls out a win:
The trailer for season 3 of Eastsiders looks great (and even includes a stop in Pittsburgh)! But sadly, Colby Keller is in it, so I may not watch it because of that (although I think this was filmed before he was doubling down on his white privilege):
And Jeff Sessions rescinded other protections for all members of the queer community. These are things that affect people you love. Be fucking pissed.
Okay, quick pallet cleanser. The new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey takes the form of a Big Band musical number:
After the horrific shooting in Vegas, just a reminder that your thoughts and prayers do jack shit. We need comprehensive gun control in this country, including a rescinding of the second amendment.
It boggles my mind that it takes something personally happening to someone for them to take action. It is not that hard to actually think about other people and try to imagine a better world for them, as well as yourself. But, predictably, when gun violence is close to a gun fanatic, suddenly, he realizes his mistake. It infuriates me that it takes a tragedy like this for him to realize how wrong he is, but hey, at least he came around I guess. I just won’t be patting him on the back for his sudden realization.
A Dutch news program takes on (with dark humor) the insanity that we live with here in the US:
Stranger Things 2 (or the second season, not sure what to call it) looks amazing:
The president rolls back the mandate for birth control under health care, because he wants to drive up abortion rates, the cost of healhtcare and get rid of preventative medicine. Just kidding, he’s a racist and since it is both something Obama put into place and a GOP wet-dream, it’s gone.
And I’ll just drop this here, the 10 things you need to know about Patriotism:
Would you like to dance like David Bowie? From Labyrinth? Of course you do!
In a huge blow, the new administration is arguing that federal protections do not apply to LGBT workers. This was an absolutely huge win during the Obama administration, so this is a tough loss.
Personally, as a matter of style, I don’t use the Oxford comma, but I’m always of the camp that whichever style you choose, you be consistent with it. And XKCD covered it here.
That’s it for now, but I’ll be back with more soon, Happy Thanksgiving!
The commissioner of the NBA slams the Olympics for their handling of the Russia LGBT laws. And speaking of, Brian Brown, head of NOM, worked with Russia lawmakers to draft the legislation working its way through the Duma to forcibly take children from LGBT adults.
And lastly about Russia, a music video about the torture of the Russian church:
Just like you can’t open a business and refuse to serve the Irish, or women, or Jews, you can’t flat our refuse to serve the LGBT community. Unless the Republican party gets it way, of course.
Alright, let’s see what we have today. First up, the Patton Oswalt Star Wars filibuster (all from his head by the way, not scripted) has been animated:
Between 2000 and 2010 there were 649 million votes cast in general elections; 47,000 UFO sightings; 441 Americans killed by lightning; and 13 credible cases of in-person voter impersonation.
So this is really, really scary: a child has burst into flames…four times! And to be fair, he would more likely be part of the FF (Fantastic Four/Future Force, whatever they’re called at the moment).
Awesome music video from Mumford and Sons…and fiends:
A federal court has struck down a bigoted anti-Islamic law in Oklahoma. It’s really nice to see that, as there has been a rash of hatred in the south (and the west) and it all seems so knee-jerk racism with no grounds in reality.
