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Right up top, a transcript of the Texas Senate Bill 5 filibuster conducted by Wendy Davis. (As of initial posting, not yet complete, but will be.)
The woman taken away from giving her testimony before Texas legislators on their latest abortion-restriction bill is now giving interviews to national media. Oh, you didn't hear that? Have a quick summary of the testimony and its high-and-low-lights...in the House. In the Senate, paper products, including feminine hygiene products, were confiscated from those wishing to enter the gallery for a time, in addition to a large amount of dismissing germane amendments and making a mockery of the idea that the Texas Senate passed this bill based on solid, documented (easily furnishable documents, that is) evidence with the intent of making health better for women. Governor Perry swiftly signed the bill once it arrived on his desk.
North Carolina's governor intends to break a campaign promise by signing a bill that is an unholy fusion of motorcycle safety and anti-choice measures after he threatened a veto of the original anti-choice bill. Republicans then quickly inserted the anti-choice language into another bill, swiftly enough that several Democratic members of its committee were unaware of the changes.
George Zimmerman was acquitted of charges of murder and manslaughter for his direct involvement in the killing of Trayvon Martin. There's strong evidence that statistically speaking, once the jury was determined, George Zimmerman was going to be acquitted. And then, of course, all the commentary on the case by those who failed to pass the basic test of humanity, an attack on a black singer by a white woman for dedicating his song to Trayvon Martin, and yet again, at least one peaceful protest marred by police presence preventing them from achieving their ends. In their defense, they were worried about other people who failed the test of humanity. The grand majority, however, engaged in peaceful and loud demonstrations expressing their displeasure with the verdict. [Note: As with all things, ware the comments.]
More information about convention harassment and its fallout">, as well as things well-to-do authors pledge to do following it, as well as one very good reason why the less well-to-do authors will not follow him.
Justin Bieber touched the Stanley Cup. This made a lot of hockey fans angry. Possibly out of jealousy? Or because they think the Bieb doesn't understand the importance of the artifact he's touching...
Domestically, the backers of California's Proposition 8 filed suit, claiming the order that voided Prop 8 should only apply to the plaintiffs in that case, because the judge overstepped their authority in ordering all the county clerks to issue marriage licenses. Thus, they desperately cling to whatever they can before having to admit to reality. It seems like this idea is far too prevalent in conservative circles these days. Reality must be acknowledged, even if you work on changing that reality.
While he Texas Legislature focuses on relegating women and minorities, the lessons from a chemical explosion that nearly leveled a town remain unlearned in even their simplest forms.
A federal judge rejected the government's argument that they could not be sued over PRISM and the widespread warrantless wiretapping of the Internet merely by asserting state secrets as a privilege. The judge did not give the green light to a suit Because National Security (potentially), so it's progress, but not quite real progress.
Welcome to technology, where Sky Deutschland may unveil a marketing campaign where users that rest their heads on the windows of a train will receive an advertisement directly to their ears, using the resonance of the skull as the delivery mechanism. Of course, such an advertisement can probably be hacked...or defeated with a strip of something to insulate the noise.
Tricks that free-to-play games, such as Candy Crush Saga, use to convince people to pay money into their games.
How Microsoft willingly let the NSA spy on Americans.
In opinions, fertile people should stop appropriating infertile people, especially women, to make points about their causes, whether those causes are pro- or anti-choice.
Why the prominence of Melissa McCarthy in television and movies sometimes helps to fight stereotype and societal prejudice about fat people. Bolstered, in this case, by the fact that Leonard Nimoy had published at least one book and several photographs of fat, naked bodies, along with photos of naked bodies wearing traditionally male Jewish religious regalia, in his attempt to break the idea that only thin people are attractive and desirable to see naked.
Imagine what the Star Trek reboot might have looked like with an all-female cast, completed by sketches of possible interactions between Kirk and her crew. Also, it's high time we had a woman directing a big budget superhero film.
A clear example of gender discrimination in hiring - person with gender-neutral name and resume assumed to be woman, gets no interviews or callbacks, adds prominent indicator of maleness, interviews flow in immediately. And then, another one, ish. Supposedly debut novelist sells modest number of copies of crime thriller. Novelist revealed to be pseudonym of Jo Rowling, sales skyrocket logarithmically.
And one last happy thing - The California Supreme Court denied an injunction sought to stop legal marriages from taking place in California because they argued that Proposition 8 was still valid and in force.
The woman taken away from giving her testimony before Texas legislators on their latest abortion-restriction bill is now giving interviews to national media. Oh, you didn't hear that? Have a quick summary of the testimony and its high-and-low-lights...in the House. In the Senate, paper products, including feminine hygiene products, were confiscated from those wishing to enter the gallery for a time, in addition to a large amount of dismissing germane amendments and making a mockery of the idea that the Texas Senate passed this bill based on solid, documented (easily furnishable documents, that is) evidence with the intent of making health better for women. Governor Perry swiftly signed the bill once it arrived on his desk.
North Carolina's governor intends to break a campaign promise by signing a bill that is an unholy fusion of motorcycle safety and anti-choice measures after he threatened a veto of the original anti-choice bill. Republicans then quickly inserted the anti-choice language into another bill, swiftly enough that several Democratic members of its committee were unaware of the changes.
George Zimmerman was acquitted of charges of murder and manslaughter for his direct involvement in the killing of Trayvon Martin. There's strong evidence that statistically speaking, once the jury was determined, George Zimmerman was going to be acquitted. And then, of course, all the commentary on the case by those who failed to pass the basic test of humanity, an attack on a black singer by a white woman for dedicating his song to Trayvon Martin, and yet again, at least one peaceful protest marred by police presence preventing them from achieving their ends. In their defense, they were worried about other people who failed the test of humanity. The grand majority, however, engaged in peaceful and loud demonstrations expressing their displeasure with the verdict. [Note: As with all things, ware the comments.]
More information about convention harassment and its fallout">, as well as things well-to-do authors pledge to do following it, as well as one very good reason why the less well-to-do authors will not follow him.
Justin Bieber touched the Stanley Cup. This made a lot of hockey fans angry. Possibly out of jealousy? Or because they think the Bieb doesn't understand the importance of the artifact he's touching...
Domestically, the backers of California's Proposition 8 filed suit, claiming the order that voided Prop 8 should only apply to the plaintiffs in that case, because the judge overstepped their authority in ordering all the county clerks to issue marriage licenses. Thus, they desperately cling to whatever they can before having to admit to reality. It seems like this idea is far too prevalent in conservative circles these days. Reality must be acknowledged, even if you work on changing that reality.
While he Texas Legislature focuses on relegating women and minorities, the lessons from a chemical explosion that nearly leveled a town remain unlearned in even their simplest forms.
A federal judge rejected the government's argument that they could not be sued over PRISM and the widespread warrantless wiretapping of the Internet merely by asserting state secrets as a privilege. The judge did not give the green light to a suit Because National Security (potentially), so it's progress, but not quite real progress.
Welcome to technology, where Sky Deutschland may unveil a marketing campaign where users that rest their heads on the windows of a train will receive an advertisement directly to their ears, using the resonance of the skull as the delivery mechanism. Of course, such an advertisement can probably be hacked...or defeated with a strip of something to insulate the noise.
Tricks that free-to-play games, such as Candy Crush Saga, use to convince people to pay money into their games.
How Microsoft willingly let the NSA spy on Americans.
In opinions, fertile people should stop appropriating infertile people, especially women, to make points about their causes, whether those causes are pro- or anti-choice.
Why the prominence of Melissa McCarthy in television and movies sometimes helps to fight stereotype and societal prejudice about fat people. Bolstered, in this case, by the fact that Leonard Nimoy had published at least one book and several photographs of fat, naked bodies, along with photos of naked bodies wearing traditionally male Jewish religious regalia, in his attempt to break the idea that only thin people are attractive and desirable to see naked.
Imagine what the Star Trek reboot might have looked like with an all-female cast, completed by sketches of possible interactions between Kirk and her crew. Also, it's high time we had a woman directing a big budget superhero film.
A clear example of gender discrimination in hiring - person with gender-neutral name and resume assumed to be woman, gets no interviews or callbacks, adds prominent indicator of maleness, interviews flow in immediately. And then, another one, ish. Supposedly debut novelist sells modest number of copies of crime thriller. Novelist revealed to be pseudonym of Jo Rowling, sales skyrocket logarithmically.
And one last happy thing - The California Supreme Court denied an injunction sought to stop legal marriages from taking place in California because they argued that Proposition 8 was still valid and in force.
