Link Me Up, Scotty - Good Things Edition

Monday, December 11, 2017

The NASA Advent Calendar is up, and as usual, I am hard pressed to pick my favorite so far.
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One of the Popehat authors, Marc Randazza, has been retained to represent a neo-nazi being sued by a Jewish woman for a variety reasons having to do with his tendency to harass, spew hate and racism, etc.

How is this a good thing? Well, even though I often find Randazza to be trollish, he's standing up for the principles inherent in our Constitution. Everyone - and I mean everyone - is entitled to the protections offered by the Constitution, including free speech and the right to be represented by an attorney. Even scumbag, racist, Nazi miscreants whose world view makes me want to hurl and then punch them in the eye. And the fact that Randazza is willing to do this work as a matter of principle despite his personal feelings on the matter is a good thing.
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Time magazine has named their person of the year, and the winners are "The Silence Breakers," those people who have come forward with their stories of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Bravo, Time. Rewarding this kind of courage and commitment to the truth deserves recognition is always the right thing to do.
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Hopeful images from 2017 from the Atlantic. My personal favorites are #4, #28, and #35.
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One Hot Mess provides a new method of birth control for those silly suckers who think having kids is all love-love-love-they're-the-joy-of-my-life-smooch-smooch.
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Video of the Week: Australian duo for King & Country with their rendition of The Little Drummer Boy, live from Phoenix:


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