It is President's Day here in the US which is a combined holiday to celebrate all the Presidents we have add. Back in the day we celebrated George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays separately, Abe on the 12th and George on the 22nd. When the powers that be came up with the Monday Holiday Law, they also combined the two birthday celebrations into one for all the Presidents. In the spirit of the holiday, which not everyone gets a day off for by the way, by clicking on the link you can read about 9 shocking things you might not know about the Presidents. One of them actually grew pot legally and one of them liked to ride a mechanical horse in his undies. Kind of fitting for a Monday's Undies day, huh?
One piece of good news I failed to mention in my last post was about a letter sent by US Attorney General Holder to the Congress on Friday. The letter was to inform the Congress the U.S. Department of Justice will no longer defend laws that prevent legal same-sex spouses of military personnel from receiving the benefits available to opposite-sex spouses. That would leave it up to Congress to defend those statutes in the current lawsuit brought by the Service Members Legal Defense Network in the case of McLaughlin v Panetta if they wished to do so. The suit is on behalf of Major Shannon McLaughlin and her spouse who are trying to get those benefit instated before Major McLaughlin transpires from the terminal cancer she is battling. This should open the way for all LGBT legally espoused service members to establish family benefits which are currently offered to opposite sex couples. This is another nail in the coffin for DOMA and another step on our journey towards equality.
As long as we are talking about things governmental, I know there are many of my readers live in areas where the government is suppressive if not downright hostile to persons of the LGBT persuasion. One of the means those regimes use in their suppression is the tracking of Internet usage. It is not just repressive regimes doing this either, it is becoming a problem everywhere. This article from Bill Mullins Weblog tells you about a way to defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Check it out and see if this could help you help yourself.
That brings us to the musical interlude featuring a work by a 20th century English composer which is the Viola Concerto, Opus 25 by York Bowen. This performance is by Doris Lederer with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Paul Polivnick. The video is followed by a fresh edition of muscular men in their Monday's Undies to get the week started right. Thanks for stopping in, see you again tomorrow. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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