Link Me Up, Scotty - Celebrating Death Edition

Saturday, February 20, 2016
An interesting take on the topic of whether it's "right," "wrong," or "neutral" to be glad Justice Antonin Scalia is dead. For myself, I never wished him harm, but I'm glad he's no longer in a position to do harm to others.
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A book about being The Only Woman in the Room, by a woman who's been there. I'm still the only woman in the room, so I'm not sure if reading this will make me feel worse, or better.
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Brother Eric - an attorney - on the legacy, or lack thereof, of Justice Antonin Scalia.
I'd just also like to observe, though, that those effects were diminishing over time, and that Scalia's statements in public and from the bench became harsher the more diminished he became, as if Scalia was aware (and surely he was aware) of how far out into the periphery of public discourse he was being swept and was becoming increasingly frantic for someone, anyone to pay attention to views on race and class and sexuality and culture that were no longer contemporary, modern, or even particularly relevant.  He was already drowning in his own obsolescence, don't you know?
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Animals in the News.
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The VA's suicide hotline goes to voicemail. And then no one called them back. That is the most shameful thing I've heard in a long, long while.
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Harper Lee, famed author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those rare, precious books that changed my life and expanded my world. Fair winds and following seas, Ms. Lee.
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Video of my Heart: A Doritos commercial that's worth watching.

H/T Brother Burgess


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