Open Thread - 02/12 is Darwin Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/12/2024 - 5:00am
~~ Charles_Darwin
Georgia
China Asserts the Power of Work
Submitted by Linda Wood on Tue, 04/06/2021 - 5:57pmAs a person who sees the struggle with Russia and China as being about the nationalization of resources, which means the sharing of wealth with the workforce, versus ownership of resources by capitalists who oppress, terrorize, or enslave labor, I find the following articles important this week.
Monday Open Thread; February 12 is Darwin Day (International observance)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/12/2018 - 5:00am
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year, there are 322 days left
Today's number is 12
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 12/13/2017 - 5:37amSomething/Someone Old
My Something Old today is not all that Old--only 17 years. I figure nearly twenty years ago can count as Old.
It's Guy Ritchie's movie Snatch.
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Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 08/02/2017 - 1:45pmOn Monday Tee Tee Dangerfield, a 32-year-old Atlanta resident became the sixteenth transgender person known to be murdered this year. Dangerfield was found in her car near an apartment complex in College Park suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital but did not survive.
Seventeen year-old trans girl is 14th trans murder victim of 2017
Submitted by Robyn on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 1:53pm
Ava Le'Ray Barrin of Athens, Georgia has been called "a brave young woman who feared nothing; nobody, and especially not being herself. She had dreams of making a career for herself on stage.
Rising (?) Democrat star can't vote for himself
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 1:47pmBelieve it or not, the Dems have endorsed a carpet bagger (shades of the Reconstruction) to run for Dishonest Tom Price's old seat in GA. DNC must now be considered FUC (Fuck Up Central) without any doubt. After cheating Bernie Sanders out of the nomination, they've committed one mis-step after another. Now the Great White Hope Jon Ossof is challenging Repugnants in a deep red district. Problem is he doesn't live there.
Georgia judge chastised by Appeals Court over transphobic rulings
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 01/21/2017 - 2:12pmA Georgia judge who denied two transgender men name changes last year has been overruled by the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Georgia AG chooses not to be involved in name-change cases
Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 09/26/2016 - 2:55pmA panel of three judges from the Georgia Court of Appeals will be deciding whether or not transgender Georgians have the legal right to change their names.
