Friday Five (birthday girls edition)
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I freaked out just a little bit this week when I saw the Betty White was trending. Then I saw the actual tweets and posts and remembered it’s her birthday. Yay! She’s still with us!
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: five stories about people celebrating birthdays this week, the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories of interest to queers and our allies, five stories about deplorable people, and five videos (plus notable obituaries and things I’ve written).
This Week in Birthday Girls:
Betty White looks sprightly as ever on stroll ahead of 97th birthday.
Betty White says the secret to her living long is vodka and hot dogs
Barack Obama Posts an Adorable Throwback Photo for Michelle’s Birthday.
Michelle Obama’s Birthday: See Her Most Gorgeous Looks Ever.
Stories of the Week:
Public transportation is 10 times safer, analysis shows.
No, Evolution Did Not Make Us Into Selfish Capitalists.
One month after controversial adult-content purge, far-right pages are thriving on Tumblr .
Violent crime in the U.S. has fallen sharply over the past quarter century
Queer stories of the Week:
LGBTQ-inclusive bullying laws associated with fewer teen suicide attempts, study says.
A pastor posted an anti-LGBTQ church sign so his congregation kicked him to the curb.
Colorado courthouse honored for issuing gay marriage licenses — in 1975.
Producers say ‘Family Guy’ to Phase Out Homophobic Jokes. Phase out? PHASE OUT? Why not just quit doing it? Is this a tacit admission that they are addicted to bigotry and so have to slowly wean themselves of it?
Leaked Emails Reveal Jesse Singal’s (Bigoted) Thoughts on Trans Issues
Awful, Deplorable People:
Referees Still Targeting Andrew Johnson.
Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four women last year pleads not guilty.
No notes from Trump-Putin meetings: not just unusual, unprecedented.
Mitch McConnell could end the shutdown. But he’s sitting this one out.
In Memoriam:
Marriage Equality activist Diane Olson dies at 65.
Carol Channing, Iconic Broadway Star of Hello, Dolly!, Dies at 97.
Carol Channing’s Colorful Life, In 47 Stunning Photos.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 1/12/2019: The wheels of justice may grind slowly, but Alex Jones, they grind on you!
Sunday Update 1/13/2019: This is not a sci fi movie.
This isn’t a political post, but this image was too funny not to share.
Confessions of an information junkie.
Sometimes someone needs an explanation
Misleading notions my teachers taught, Part 1: Democracy’s Not What You Think.
Videos!
Grimace Puts Trump On The Hot Seat:
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Trump Is Losing the Shutdown Fight: A Closer Look:
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Now Apocalypse | Official Trailer:
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Steve Carell To Star in Netflix Comedy ‘Space Force’:
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Cub Sport – Party Pill (Official Video):
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Friday Five (its all about the tantrum edition)
It’s Friday! It’s the first Friday in 2019. I am typing the year correctly most of the time, now, so that’s an improvement.
I have reached the end of the anti-biotics and most of the related medications, and while I feel less sick, I don’t yet feel well. But no one is feeling great right now, so I’m in good company.
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories about things that should need proving or explaining, five stories of interest to queers and our allies, five stories about science, five stories about the government shutdown and five videos (plus notable obituaries and things I’ve written).
Stories of the Week:
Cyntoia Brown Is Granted Clemency After 15 Years in Prison.
Black farmers were deliberately sold ‘fake seeds’ in scheme to steal their land.
Four Best Friends Were Buried Under ‘FRIENDS’ Tombstone.
The Daily Caller Bewildered to Learn Obama Has Secret Service Protection.
Gavin McInnes, Hate Group Founder, Writes Letters to Neighbors to Take Down Anti-Hate Signs.
This Week in Water is Wet and Other Revelations:
Fake news on Facebook is more likely to be spread by people over 65.
Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials. “The American system has thrown them into debt, depressed their wages, kept them from buying homes—and then blamed them for everything.”
American Psychological Association links ‘masculinity ideology’ to homophobia, misogyny. Yes, we’ve been calling this phenomenon toxic masculinity for years.
There Is No Crisis At The Border – And DHS Stats Prove It.
Queer stories of the Week:
Queer Films Won Big at the Globes — But Queer Representation Did Not.
This Transgender Woman Says a Message From Her Doctor’s Office Turned Into a Transphobic Tirade.
Evangelicals Think LGBT People Shouldn’t Be Protected From Lynching and just hours later: Liberty Counsel Tries To Backpedal On Lynching LGBTs.
“Death To Gays” Pastor Apologizes For Fucking Hookers But Wants You To Know He Still Hates Gays.
This Week in Science:
Zero is just 1,500 years old. Before it, there was nothing.
This Professor Teaches Advance Mathematics Through Knitting.
Milky Way to face a one-two punch of galaxy collisions.
Edinburgh scientists discover mammoth secret in ivory DNA.
This Week in Government Shutdown News:
Trump Walks Out of ‘Waste of Time’ Meeting with Democrats: Shutdown Update.
TSA union says airport screeners are quitting as government shutdown continues.
FBI Agents Warn Shutdown Hampers Anti-Terror Work.
Common Saw Easily Cuts Through Wall Prototype.
In Memoriam:
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 1/5/2019: It’s ugly, oh, so ugly….
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, or Undecorating on Three Kings’ Day.
Public Service Announcement: How to Delete Online Accounts You No Longer Need.
Fighting toward the light at the end of the tunnel—or why hope is important in sf/f.
Sometimes Extinction Arrives on Wheels — more of why I love sf/f.
Videos!
Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel | Special Look:
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Stephen Colbert Trump Just Wants To Be On Primetime TV:
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Trump: It’s My Right ‘To Do National Emergency’:
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Trump’s Wall Has Changed a Lot: A Closer Look:
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Troye Sivan – Lucky Strike:
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Friday Five (his shutdown continues edition)
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Since my cough was getting worse, I went to see the doctor and next thing I know I was at the pharmacy picking up five prescriptions: antibiotic, steroid, prescription cough tablets for daytime, codeine cough syrup for nighttime, and a new kind of inhaler. Apparently the doctor was not happy with what he heard through the stethoscope when he asked to to take a deep breath and I had another coughing fit.
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories about writing and reading, five stories about deplorable people, and five videos (plus notable obituaries and things I’ve written).
Stories of the Week:
New Horizons images bring Ultima Thule into sharper focus, revealing snowman-like structure.
Ike’s Mystery Man review: astonishing tale of a gay White House aide.
The nation’s first two Muslim congresswomen are sworn in, surrounded by the women they inspired.
Under Speaker Pelosi House Passes Spending Bills to Reopen Governmen.
This week in Writing and Reading:
Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for December 28, 2018. I should start doing a special category of linking to one of Cora Buhlert’s awesome book/publishing/sf weekly round ups.
Edward Gorey and the Power of the Ineffable.
Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2018: The Coil Staff Picks.
Awful, Deplorable People:
Gowdy: ‘I Will Not Be On The Ballot Ever Again’.
GOPer In NC Election Fraud Probe Asks Court To Declare Him The Winner.
Former Trump Tax Attorney Busted on Federal Extortion Charges.
Members of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Cult Arrested for Kidnapping NY Kids.
In Memoriam:
Hector Xtravaganza, ‘Grandfather’ of House of Xtravaganza, Dies at 60.
Absolutely Fabulous Star June Whitfield Has Died.
June Whitfield, ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and ‘Terry and June’ Actress, Dies at 93.
Daryl Dragon, “Captain” of music duo The Captain and Tennille, dies at 76.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 12/29/2018: Empty Seat in District 9, First Kisses, and Double Dads.
New Year’s Eve Links, or, News from the Dead of Winte.
My New Year’s Wish for You, 2019.
It’s the first day of your arbitrary time demarcation—embrace it.
Thoughts on a book recommendation list.
Hitchers, and Reapers, and Phantom Riders—more of why I love sf/f.
Videos!
Panic! At The Disco Performs “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” and “High Hopes” – The Voice 2018 Live Final:
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Behind The Track: No Matter What With Calum Scott | Sound Bites:
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Calum Scott – What I Miss Most (Official Video):
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Eli Lieb – Chemical Love:
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Sam Smith – Fire On Fire:
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Friday Five (market crash edition)
Shutdown solution seems unlikely before Dems take House: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/wireStory/shutdown-solution-dems-house-60045357
I’ve been on vacation all week, and that will continue until after New Year’s Day… but I’ve also been sick since Tuesday, so it hasn’t exactly been all fun and frolics. But we had a nice quiet Christmas at home and we’ve cooked some fancier meals than usual, so it’s all good.
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week and five videos (plus notable obituaries and things I’ve written).
Stories of the Week:
Many Stories Are Told Through the Typography in Science Fiction Films.
Why I Buried My Siblings Alive. This is actually a story about how child abuse survivors deal with adulthood.
A push for compromise on LGBTQ protections may tear evangelicals apart. I feel as if I’ve read this headline many times before, and so far, no.
Merry Christmas, the Seahawks Are in the Playoffs.
In Memoriam:
Donald Moffat, Commander Garry in John Carpenter’s The Thing, passes away at 87.
Larry Eisenberg, 99, Dead; His Limericks Were Very Well Read.
Things I wrote:
On the first day of Christmas Vacation, I drove into Trump Country….
Three Considerations On the Third Day of Christmas Vacation (or the Eve of Christmas Eve).
Christmas time is here, have some Christmas cheer—and jingle until you’re upsot.
Rainbow Christmas – Ho! Ho! Ho!.
Santa Baby, just slip a sable under the tree for me….
Embracing many realities, or why sf/f is about more than just ideas.
Videos!
This Beautiful Rendition Of Cher’s “Believe” Is Adam Lambert’s Gift To Us All:
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The Modern Strangers – Red Strip Lights:
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Temptation // All Hail The Silence:
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Leland – Middle Of A Heartbreak (Official Video):
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O’Leary Car Ride: Showtunes 2018:
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Friday Five (gingerbread people edition)
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It was a month of insane deadlines at work, so I worked very long hours last week and this. In fact, it is actually in the wee small hours of Friday morning that I’m typing this, because it took my past midnight to finish the things that had to be done before I could leave for my Christmas vacation.
Enough of that. Welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories about awful people, and five videos (plus notable obituaries).
Stories of the Week:
Neighbors Are Saying This Woman’s Christmas Dragon Decorations Are Inappropriate, So She ‘Fixes’ It.
Ursula K Le Guin remembered by her son Theo Downes-Le Guin .
How young is too young to talk about LGBTQ stuff?
Top of mind: ‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.
Bumblebee Review: For the First Time in Over 30 Years, Playing with Transformers Is Fun.
Awful, Deplorable People:
What happens when the No. 1 cable news channel is steeped in white nationalist rhetoric?
The stock market is on pace for its worst December since the Great Depression.
Investors seeking tax breaks skip poverty-stricken areas.
Suspected White Supremacist Arrested in King County.
In Memoriam:
Penny Marshall, ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star, Director, Dies at 75.
Rosie, Madonna Mourn Penny Marshall.
Penny Marshall, Beloved Sitcom Star and A League of Their Own Director, Dies at 75.
Things I wrote:
A season of light and love in my queer taoist/wiccan household.
It’s time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough….
Need a little angel sitting on my shoulder… or, save me from the well-meaning enablers.
Mixing up some festive tunes… or, how else do you think I manage 2538 Christmas songs?
Videos!
Brandon Stansell: Hometown [Official Music Video]:
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Stephen Colbert Destroys Fox News’ Tucker Carlson: ‘The Little Racist Who Could’:
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Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap:
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Def Leppard – We All Need Christmas:
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White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin – A sentimental song about Christmas:
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Friday Five (oopsie edition)
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And as I’m assembling this post on Thursday night, after two very long work days, I barely have any of the Ghost Story finished! Eeek! On the other hand, most years this is exactly where I am at this point. As one of m
Enough of that. Welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, bottom five stories of AWFUL peole, my blog posts, and the top five videos.
Stories of the Week:
This religious right group forgot which side they’re on in the War on Christmas.
Jury Clears Man Who Blasted ‘F*ck Tha Police’ at Cop.
Canopy cameras shed new light on monkey business in Brazil.
The Queer Importance Of Dazzler, Marvel’s Disco-Inspired, Rollerskating Superheroine .
Awful People:
Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years After Implicating Trump in Hush-Money Scandal. Something to keep in mind with this story. The federal judge, while passing sentence, stated as a matter of fact that the alleged President of the United States was complicit in the crimes Cohen is going to prison for.
‘This was a humiliation’: Report shows how Trump’s spiteful firing of John Kelly blew up in his face.
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Did Trump shut down HIV cure study to appease religious right stance on fetal tissue? The answer is yes: Trump quietly shuts down HIV cure research to appease the religious right.
Speaker Paul Ryan retires: his legacy is debt and disappointment .
Washington Post Introduces ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’ Factcheck Level for Trump.
Things I wrote:
Doubling-down isn’t how you make sf/f for everyone… and being southern isn’t a license to condescend.
Weekend Update 12/8/2018: Guilty men sometimes face consequences.
So today is our wedding anniversary….
How do you make sweet potato pie. Only later did I realize I should have titled this one, “How do I make sweet potato pie”
Videos!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live):
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United States Navy Band – Dueling Jingle Bells:
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AVENGERS 4 ENDGAME Trailer (2019):
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John Legend – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Official Video):
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The Minus 5 – “Christmas in Antarctica” (feat. Ben Gibbard) [Official Lyric Video]:
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Friday Five (consensus edition)
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It’s been an odd week. For instance, my bus commute is on one of the Rapid Ride lines. One of the things about the Rapid Ride buses is that all of the doors open at each stop, and most of the stops are equipped with a pay station so that passengers with a bus pass or pay card can pay before the bus arrive. Makes each stop faster, but also puts people on the honor system. So there are random teams of Fare Enforcement officers who board buses and check everyone’s passes while the bus continues. Normally I only see Fare Enforcement about once a week. This week, every single time I rode the bus, Fare Enforcement boards. And each time they found two people who hadn’t paid, who were then written up with a ticket. The best was coming home Monday night, though. A Fare Enforcement crew got on the bus just before we pulled out of downtown. They found two people, then they got off the bus at a later stop (where they wait for the next bus). Then, about 100 blocks later, a second crew got on the bus, and they also found and ticketed two people (and they were different people, because the others had left the bus by then). Fun, eh?
Enough of that. Welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: five stories about one of the sweetest holiday specials Jim Hensen’s Muppets ever made, the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories about writing and reading, five stories about awful people, and five videos (plus notable obituaries).
This week in Emmet the Otter:
Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas Soundtrack Gets First Ever Release.
Oscar Winner, Paul Williams, Talks Jim Henson, Muppets and Music on Tom Needham’s Sounds of Film.
‘Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas’ turns 40: An oral history of Jim Henson’s holiday Muppet musical.
Stories of the Week:
Exclusive: Sparkly, opal-filled fossils reveal new dinosaur species.
Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe arrives at Asteroid Bennu.
Latest House results confirm 2018 wasn’t a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami.
ACLU Files Suit Against School That Won’t Allow a Student Gay-Straight Alliance to Call Itself ‘Gay’.
Ocasio-Cortez shreds Mike Huckabee: ‘Leave the false statements’ to your daughter.
Writing and Reading:
“Don’t Lose Sight of the Big Picture” by Barbara Ashford .
“The Revision Machete” by Derrick Boden .
Through a Painted Door: An Ode to Children’s Science Fiction/Fantasy Art.
Awful People:
Milo Yiannopoulos’ debt crisis .
Republicans Brazenly Gut Voting Rights in Lame Duck Before They Lose Power.
FRAUD: North Carolina GOP Allegedly Destroyed Absentee Ballots.
Handgun reported stolen in 1990 found atop Seattle police officer’s locker.
Far-right terrorism in North America, Europe increased even as terrorism deaths declined: Report.
In Memoriam:
Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63.
Podcast: What It Felt Like to Live Through the George HW Bush Presidency.
Dead Poppy. “one thing that’s been left out in this rush to praise Bush as the Greatest Single-Term President in History or whatever other superlatives you wanna toss out there in the encomiums of doom is that he had no fuckin’ choice when it came to legislative goals except to do some rational shit. He had a Democratic House and Senate for his entire term.”
Videos!
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra – For A Few Dollars More (Live):
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‘Captain Marvel’ Official Trailer #2 (2019):
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Jingle Bells | The King’s Singers:
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Making Christmas (from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’) – Pentatonix:
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Tom Goss – Gay Christmas – This video is for those who have felt like an outsider on what is supposed to be the happiest time of the year. If you don’t feel at home this holiday season, I hope you can spend time with those that love you for all that you are:
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Friday Five (puppies and wooly mammoths edition)
It’s Friday! It is the final (and fifth) Friday in November.
Today is the first of my string of Fridays off. For many years now, when I can, I have been taking the Friday between the Thanksgiving holiday and New Year’s Day off. Having a string of three-day weekends leading up to Christmas makes shopping and decorating and other holiday prep a whole lot easier.
Welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories from the realm of science and sf/f, five stories of the blue wave, five stories about awful people, and five videos (plus notable obituaries and my blog posts).
Stories of the Week:
A Dutch church is holding non-stop services for a refugee family.
Why legal pot is forcing some drug dogs into retirement.
What is ‘Judeo-Christian,’ anyway?
Layoffs Begin At NRA’s Media Arm.
Science and Science Fiction stories:
Dog finds ancient woolly mammoth tooth in Whidbey Island backyard.
‘Siberian unicorn’ walked Earth with humans.
Humans ‘off the hook’ for African mammal extinction.
Twitter bans misgendering and deadnaming in pro-trans move.
This Week in the Blue Wave:
Black Voters Propelled Blue Wave, Study Finds.
Congress’s incoming class is younger, bluer, and more diverse than ever.
House Progressives Are Set To Wield A Lot Of Power In 2019.
Last undecided House race is in California; here’s the latest midterm tally.
Awful People:
He Says He Got Away With 90 Murders. Now He’s Confessing to Them All.
Salvation Army slaps ‘gag order’ on employees so they don’t talk about LGBTQ issues. Because when people find out their bigoted policies, they donate to other, more worthy causes.
GM Lays Off 14.7K North American Workers, Puts 5 Plants Up For Closure.
Trump gets ‘raging hot angry’ every time a staffer tells him something is ‘against the law’.
Alexander Acosta gave Jeffrey Epstein the deal of a lifetime.
In Memoriam:
Harry Leslie Smith was a gift. I’ll miss him.
Harry Leslie Smith dead: ‘World’s oldest rebel’ dies aged 95 after long fight for the poor.
Harry Leslie Smith: War veteran who spoke out against austerity, the far right and Trump.
Andrew Burt (1945 – 2018). Appeared in classic Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven, and various other shows.
‘SpongeBob Squarepants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 57.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 11/25/2018: Pictures and headlines.
Stop digging, don’t you see how deep you already are?
Videos!
The Original Cinematic Universes (how certain unrelated historical films can be viewed like a franchise):
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MARVEL || Lions Inside (collab w/ djcprod):
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Once Upon A Deadpool | Official Trailer:
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“The Story Continues” Featurette | Mary Poppins Returns:
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Gwen Stefani – You Make It Feel Like Christmas ft. Blake Shelton:
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Friday Five (it’s spelled subpoena edition)
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So, we find ourselves on the fourth Friday of November. Depending on where you live it is either the day after a major holiday or just another Friday. In either case, I guess it is time to get to my links. Before I get to that, though, I have a supplement to my irregular Sunday Funnies feature. Sheryl Schopfer is a long time friend who has multiple web comics. She recently suffered an accident that has interfered with the production of her comic. I am quite humbled that a very silly thing I wrote originally for her amusement a while back has been chosen to fill in part of the gap: Oh Deer, Oh Deer, Oh Deer.
Welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories of the blue, and five videos (plus my blog posts).
Stories of the Week:
An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis.
The Alt-Right is Killing People.
A dark matter hurricane is headed our way.
Former FBI agent: CIA leaked Khashoggi report because no one trusts Trump to ‘act on the truth’.
This Week in the Blue Wave:
How Big A Difference Does The House Speaker Really Make? Personally, while I want the Dem leadership go go in new directions, during this time when we only have HALF of one of the branches of government, I want the person who pushed through increases to social programs in the budget last year, thank you very much. We’re in the middle of a complex chess game against fascism, so we need someone who knows the system.
View from the Left: Trump sunk Republicans in the midterms; we can help him do it again in 2020.
The Daily 202: Trump’s pattern of insulting war heroes continues with commander of bin Laden raid.
Things I wrote:
Word counts and other markings of the passing of time.
What are you serving, what are you talking about, and what are you avoiding during the holidays?
We are supposed to be giving thanks, after all.
Thanksgiving Links (ritual sacrifice, with pie edition).
Videos!
Christopher Sorensen – Afterglow (Official Music Video):
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Build a prom Macys Thanksgiving performance:
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Trump’s Weird Lie About Raking in Finland: A Closer Look:
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Tearjerkingly Perfect John Lewis Christmas Ad Shows Rock Legend Elton John’s Life in Reverse: :
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MMXJ – Memories (ft. SIDNE) (Official Music Video):
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Friday Five (true believers edition)
This is former Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee addressing racism in a 1968 edition of Stan’s Soapbox (a feature that was printed on the letters page of most of the Marvel comic books at the time) after the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
This week’s links a real mix for me. One of the people in the obituary section is a person I have considered a friend for about 26 years. Another wrote or oversaw the writing of an amazing amount of the stuff I read during my childhood and teen years.
Anyway, welcome to the Friday Five. This week I bring you: the top five (IMHO) stories of the week, five stories of the resistance, five stories of awful things, and five videos (plus my blog posts and notable obituaries).
Stories of the Week:
Former Cowboys Linebacker Jeff Rohrer Is to Marry Partner.
Superior Responsibility: Spider-Man & the Thread of Identity .
The New Yorker Cover Story: Barry Blitt’s “Welcome to Congress”.
The NRA denies the reality of gun violence. Doctors like me know it all too well. “those who have been in a trauma room, soaked to the skin in the blood of a child … watching his eyes dilate to black and knowing all is lost — well, we have received a clear, strong directive”
This Week in the Resistance:
Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional presidential duties.
Here are the three main factors that drove the Democrats’ blue wave.
CNN’s John King Breaks Down Democratic Gains in House Races: ‘This Is a Blue Wave’.
On election night, all anyone saw was a ripple. But the blue wave came and the Republicans wiped out
Awful News:
The Acting Attorney General Helped an Alleged Scam Company Hawk Bizarre Products.
Bin Salman ‘tried to persuade Netanyahu to go to war in Gaza’ say sources .
Trump’s Tax Cut Was Supposed to Change Corporate Behavior. Here’s What Happened.. “Since the tax cuts were passed, the 1,000 largest public companies have actually reduced employment, on balance. They have announced the elimination of nearly 140,000 jobs — which is almost double the 73,000 jobs they say they have created in that time”
FBI Reports Largest Spike in Hate Crimes Since 9/11.
Number of hate crimes in Seattle double from year to year.
In Memoriam:
Fred Patten:1940-2018. Fred was a friend, a contributor to the zine I used to edit, and an editor who purchased at least on of my stories for one of his anthologies… he was also the person who probably single-handedly introduced anime to North Anerica, among many, many, many other accomplishments.
‘An Unshakable Humanism’ — Michael Chabon on Stan Lee.
So Long, True Believers: Stan Lee, 1922-2018.
Stan Lee: Marvel Comics Legend Was 95.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update 11/11/2018: The count goes on.
100 years ago today, World War I, aka The War to End All Wars ended….
I told you the blue wave didn’t fizzle!
That voice whispering that no one wants to read your story? It lies….
Videos!
Trump and His Fellow Grifters Lie About “Voter Fraud”: A Closer Look:
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Matt Bloyd and Colton Haynes – A Million Dreams:
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Calum Scott – No Matter What:
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New film ‘Boy Erased’ explores the ‘self-hatred’ dealt by gay conversion programs:
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The Winning Trick at the World Championships of Magic Might Fry Your Brain Like an Egg:
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