Link Me Up, Scotty - Hope and Dread Edition

Friday, December 9, 2016

My pal Alex addresses their Republican relative on why members of the LGBTQ community are scared to death of our new White Nationalist Administration (WNA). Word.
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Crooks and Liars describes a plan that would allow Senate Democrats to confirm Merrick Garland as a Justice of the Supreme Court in spite of the upcoming Republican majority. Be bold, Senators. The process described is legal, within Senate rules, and allows the President's choice to be appointed in spite of Republican obstructionism. It's not like the Republicans will be any less smug and obstructionist once they hold the majority, so seize the day.
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Coal companies are about to deprive 16,000 retired coal workers of their pensions and health benefits. This is basically the same moral issue as the Dakota Access Pipeline. People with the most to lose are first in line to get screwed. Rich, amoral douchecanoes are perfectly willing to take all kinds of risks in their business dealings, providing they're not the ones who have to pay the piper when shit goes South. Pitchforks and torches, y'all - they're coming.
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NPR's Book Concierge has published their Best Books of 2016 list. So many tasty choices! Except my "to read/listen" list now has over 75 titles on it, and I'm not sure I need to add a bunch more.

H/T Brother Steve
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From the Apoplectic with Rage Files: The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom is now tracking hate crimes against libraries, books, and patrons because of a sudden uptick in these incidences. I'll give you one guess as to who the target of these crimes are. Hint: It's not Christian White Nationalists.

Libraries are supposed to be safe spaces where people can feed their mind openly and without fear of retribution. There's a reason libraries stood up to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies when they came looking for library records under the Patriot Act. And now these reprobates are pissing on the courage and convictions of librarians because they don't understand the actual purpose of libraries. Grrr. 

H/T Brother Juan
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Video of my Heart: This Christmas commercial from Poland about the power of connection.

I'm not crying, you're crying.


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