You know how they say that, in space, no one can hear you scream? They might say that that’s because there’s no sound in space. And, technically, that’s sort of true…
But in another way, it’s actually not true at all…
Space, in fact, can be quite noisy:
Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students
The Trump administration has dropped the federal government’s challenge to a nationwide injunction issued last year that blocked the fulfillment of Obama administration guidelines stating that transgender students’ access to bathrooms and other gender-segregated school facilities was protected under existing federal civil rights law.
The injunction was issued in August by Judge Reed O’Connor of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas as part of a lawsuit filed by more than a dozen states over the Obama administration’s position that Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in schools, protects transgender students.
Under that interpretation, transgender students have access to facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity, a proposition to which social conservatives strongly object. They argue that allowing transgender students to use those facilities poses a threat to the privacy and safety of other students.
(Sorry this is late.)
This is a 10 hour Youtube video.
Get some sleep. We all need it.
Decided to share something rather mind-bending today. Don’t worry… this one’s only 9 minutes and 34 seconds long. Of course, if you’d rather watch the 10 hour, 7 minute, and 10 second one, then here you go…
Yet another Twitter thread I want to bring to all of you. There’s been a lot of this “don’t be afraid! Be brave! We need to fight this!” and “turn that fear into determination” bullshit going around, lately…
Fucker, I’m a straight, white, cis-gendered, able-bodied man and I’m fucking terrified.
But I’ll let Elon James White take it from here…
Imma need some of y'all to quit it w/ the "Don't be afraid! We will fight" nonsense.
A lot of folks BEEN fighting. Thats why we're afraid.
— Elon James White (@elonjames) February 9, 2017
This is getting even worse…
JUST IN: Trump signs 3 exec. orders that he says targets gang members, drug dealers, drug cartels & crimes against law enforcement officers pic.twitter.com/jDuRnrrDNX
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 9, 2017
And below the fold, I’m just going to let Netta speak, instead of giving my own commentary…
This is perhaps the most pointless rant I will ever write on this blog. It serves no political purpose, it’s not germane to any current events… I just…
I work at Teavana, and this is, by far, the single most common complaint we get from customers:
Customer (talking about our samples): This tea tastes so much better here then when I make it at home. And I do have the sugar.
Me: What tea are you making at home?
Customer: [It’s usually Youthberry/Wild Orange Blossom, which is a white tea blended with an herbal tea. But it’s almost always a tea, and not an herbal tisane]
Me: And how hot is the water you use to brew it?
Customer: I mean, I [boil it on the stove/heat it in the microwave/get it from the Keurig/get it from the hot-water spigot/…]
Below the fold… snow…
Jeff Sessions confirmed to be the next attorney general
The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the next attorney general, surviving a vocal push by Democrats to derail his nomination.
The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines, though one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, joined the Republicans to back their Alabama colleague.
Who voted for and against Sessions
The final vote for Sessions — one of Trump’s closest advisers and his earliest supporter in the Senate — came after 30 hours of debate from Democrats and a stunning fight between liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Senate Republicans which ended in her being forced to sit down after she was accused of impugning Sessions.
I got nothin’…
I first saw this on Tuesday’s episode of TWiBPrime.
This asshole is now a Trump surrogate…
I also found the transcript. And I will be including my own rather angry responses to Sean Duffy, as well (although I don’t have many because Alisyn Camerota actually does a good job, here)…