Sunday, November 20, 2016
7 Things We’re Thankful For This Thanksgiving
From: NewNowNext
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Uber
Whether you’re responsibly returning home from an epic night of debauchery, or avoiding a long, soul-sucking taxi line at the airport, Uber’s got your back. Thanks boo. Couldn’t do it without you.
We know you’re going to kill us with surge pricing this Thanksgiving, but we’re still going to be so thankful for you when it’s time to GTFO of grandma’s house.
Will fans yell gay slurs at Raiders-Texans game in Mexico City?
Let’s hope no slurs occur.
From: OutSports
From: OutSports
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| Fans in Mexico City cheer the 49ers and Cardinals in 2005. |
For the first time since 2005, the NFL will host a regular season game in Mexico. The Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders will play Monday night in Estadio Azteca in front of 90,000 people.
It makes a lot of sense for the NFL to have a game in Mexico. The NFL has wanted to expand the game for years now, and Mexico has a large population of NFL fans. Four Mexican channels have picked up NFL games, and they broadcast nine games a week.
If the NFL were to expand outside of the United States, having a team in Mexico City would make a lot of sense. Logistically, it is not as far as London, which would require long flights and a large time difference. Mexico has a lot of economic opportunity as well, and having a team from Mexico in an American football league would also bridge a cultural gap.
However, as a member of the LGBT community, I am aware of the homophobic slurs (“puto”) chanted at Mexican soccer games and cannot help but be concerned about whether it will happen on Monday Night Football. These slurs are directed at the team opposing Mexico — usually done when the opponent’s goalie is doing a free kick — so it will be interesting to see if the slurs are yelled in the absence of a true home team.
The two teams playing in the game should have decent-sized fan bases in the stadium. The Texans are from just across the border in Houston, and Oakland has national appeal in the United States and has garnered a lot of Mexican fans. Mexican sporting events are a lot different than American ones, and hopefully the crowd of 90,000 will show some respect to the teams and the LGBT community by not uttering homophobic slurs.
I am excited by the economic opportunity that a Mexico game and potential franchise provides. However, if this crowd acts in a homophobic manner, I will be disappointed and I will hope that the NFL takes action and puts the LGBT community at a high priority.
Welp
From: Shakesville
The Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper said on Thursday that he submitted his letter of resignation but would stay until the end of the Obama administration.
"I submitted my letter of resignation last night which felt pretty good. I've got 64 days left," Clapper said during a U.S. congressional intelligence committee hearing.
Which felt pretty good.
What was it I was just saying about how Trump's administration will be staffed with people who have no idea what they're doing and/or no ethics? No one competent and ethical wants to work for them.
VP-Elect Mike Pence Attends ‘Hamilton’, Gets Special Message from Cast at Curtain Call
From: Towleroad
Vice President-elect Mike Pence attended Hamilton on Friday night and received a special message from the cast at curtain call after being booed by the audience as he walked in to the show.
Said cast member Brandon Dixon to Pence as he left:
Dixon went on:
“We have a message for you sir. We hope that you will hear us out.
Unreal scene here - Mike Pence walks in and there's a massive mix of cheers and boos. pic.twitter.com/GVZ5L67mA3— Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) November 19, 2016
Said cast member Brandon Dixon to Pence as he left:
“You know, we have a guest in the audience, and Vice President-elect Mike Pence I see you walking out but I hope that you will hear us a few more moments. There’s nothing to boo here folks. There’s nothing to boo here. We’re all here sharing a story of love.”
Dixon went on:
“We have a message for you sir. We hope that you will hear us out.
“Vice President.elect Pence we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton, An American Musical, we really do. We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us – our planet, our parents, our children – or defend us or uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us. Again we truly thank you for sharing this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men, women, of different colors, creeds, and orientations.”
Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show. pic.twitter.com/Jsg9Q1pMZs— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) November 19, 2016
— G R E G O R Y (@ghaney22) November 19, 2016
Trump Names Anti-LGBT Senator Jeff Sessions As Attorney General
Sessions was denied a judgeship 30 years ago amid allegations of racism.
From: NewNowNext
From: NewNowNext
Donald Trump is finalizing an official announcement naming Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his choice for Attorney General, reports The New York Times.
In 1986, President Reagan tapped Session to be a federal judge, but his nomination was killed in the Senate Judiciary Committee amid allegations of racism.
An assistant DA when Sessions was Attorney General of Alabama testified Sessions called him “boy” on multiple occasions and declared the ACLU and NAACP were “un-American.”
He also testified Sessions said the Ku Klux Klan was okay “until I found out they smoked pot,” a comment Sessions insisted was a joke.
Ironically, since joining Congress a decade later, Sessions has served on the judiciary committee himself and worked to block President Obama’s three nominees to the Supreme Court.
As senator, Sessions also opposed the Affordable Care Act and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act, and voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
After the Republican National Convention in July, Sessions told the Washington Examiner that Donald Trump’s position on the LGBT community “was perfectly legitimate” and agreed Americans should not be targeted for violence because of their sexual orientation.
Already a close Trump advisor, Sessions has proposed canceling federal funds to sanctuary cities and challenging the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.
