NC Gov. Pat McCrory was interviewed on NPR the other day and managed to express the idea that passage of Hate Bill 2 was the fault of transgender people.
If we had not pushed for equal rights and access to public accommodations, then conservative forces would not have been forced to take them away from us.
He and other conservatives were also vehemently upset over AG Loretta Lynch's comparison of the current state of affairs to Jim Crow.
Burns lies "that-a-way" a distance seven times the distance between here and Mount McLoughlin. Sigh, sometimes even 340 km is still too close for comfort.
Many have voiced concern about our broken criminal justice system, even predating Martin Luther King, Jr. The concern has been logarithmically increased, especially in the past four years. Hurray for Black Lives Matter for bringing this issue to the forefront of political discourse--though they are certainly not the first such movement to call attention to the broken, two-tiered criminal justice "system".
"You're going to take this club, and go to the arctic, and kill baby seals."
"I was hired as a butcher, a BEEF butcher. I'll cut up a side of beef, and package it and put it on display, but I ain't going to the arctic and killing baby seals."
The Vietnamese National Assembly last Tuesday approved a revision to the Civil Code that includes a new provision of recognition of the right to have one's gender reassigned. The measure received 77% support in the Assembly (282-84).
Congratulations to all of us, after years of sweat and tears.
--Tran Khang Di, Ho Chi Minh City
The law is an attempt to “meet the demands of a part of society … in accordance with international practice, without countering the nation’s traditions.
Hey, good Morning. This Monday Morning Open Thread is due to be published by 6:00 am Pacitic Time. Johnny says it must be up by 5:00 am Pacific time to meet that deadline (the server must be running Windows). Hence, it is being drafted and queued Sunday evening and I will show up as soon as I get up and get going. (As a retiree, I have a lot of flexibility in that regard.)
This evening's music features blues guitarist and singer Louisiana Red.
