Tag: supreme court
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Just a Whole Lot of Stuff
I meant to update Thursday… and even Friday… but… well… it was a holiday weekend and I figured I’d use it to catch up on things. And by “things”, it turns out I meant all those games I bought during the Steam sale. Because I really didn’t do much else for most of that long…
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Discrimination, Diversity, Voices and Images From Beyond, Living Above Venus, and the Impeccable Bad Piper
This came through the feed late today: “Without a robust religious exemption,” they wrote, “this expansion of hiring rights will come at an unreasonable cost to the common good, national unity and religious freedom.” That’s the justification, in part, for a group of businesses (who claim to be religious) for asking that they be exempt…
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Bad Dice, Blackwater, Continued Hobby Lobby Hubbub, Nature, and a Little Fan Service
The two big bits of news that were bouncing around today were the Supreme Court’s decision in the case for Hobby Lobby regarding whether it should have to pay for insurance plans that cover contraception and the recently released documents that show just how messed up the U.S. relationship with “freelance security” firm Blackwater was.…
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Epic Rap Battles, Culture War, Yet More Problematic Politics, Some Interesting Decor, and the Requisite Number of Cat Posts
My sleeping and eating schedule this weekend was even more off from what most would consider “typical” than normal. But, that’s what I get for going out to an 80s mega dance party on Friday, partying with rock stars on Saturday, and spending most of Sunday recovering and trying (failing!) to get back on a…
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Cancellations, Supreme Court Gaffe, Interesting Food, Net Neutrality, and Rain
So, Fox has apparently neglected to renew one of my favorite shows from the past season, the scifi cop show Almost Human. As I’ve said a lot in comments today, I think that’s a horrible idea on their part. The show had a lot of potential–a rich world that they were just beginning to explore, characters…