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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Visual Art The Morning News

Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:10 AM

Unemployment: At a 16-year high.

Uninvited: Kofi Annan and Jimmy Carter are going in (to Zimbabwe). (Meanwhile, South Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe.)

Unconstitutional?: California court to take up Prop 8.

'It's Never Been This Bad': $5 billion budget gap projected right here in Washington. (Guess that settles that question from earlier this week.)

Arizona Governor for Homeland Security Head?: Nobody's confirming yet. (Via TPM, with links to Tom Daschle's complications and John Kerry's ascension to Joe Biden's old role on Senate Foreign Relations.)

Embryo Adoption: Through the Cedar Park Assembly of God Church in Bothell.

WaMu's Bankrupt Parent Company: Hiring!

Old Auto-Industry Friend Replaced as Head of Energy and Commerce: By an environmentalist.

Put This Execution on Your Calendar: December 3, Walla Walla Department of Corrections.

In Kitty News: Cat escapes from hospital, may be headed to Ballard.

It's World Philosophy Day!: So think.

Google's New Photo Gallery: The amazing collection of Life magazine. Go straight to the gallery here.

National Book Awards Handed Out: Winners include author of The Hemingses of Monticello. (Via ArtsJournal.)

Strong Stock: Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter survives her driver's heart attack on the Autobahn. (Via ArtsJournal.)

Madonna: Divorce to go through tomorrow.

Built Like A Tank: Hugh Jackman, People's hottest. Jezebel's hottest 'everyday men,' including a smoldering photograph of Rahm Emanuel, here.

Your moment of All My Churen by Kalup Linzy.

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A lesbian Homeland Security Head is gonna blow the rights minds!

Posted by egg on November 20, 2008 at 9:15 AM

kitty news flash! hospital escapee was recovered. turns out she didn't escape from the hospital, but her cat carrier. all is well in moggyland.

Posted by scary tyler moore on November 20, 2008 at 9:18 AM

That picture of Rahm Emanuel strikes me as more ridiculous (a la Dr. Evil) than smoldering. But, you know, different tastes, I guess.

Nate Silver on the other hand… Damn.

Posted by Julie in Chicago on November 20, 2008 at 9:25 AM

I hate it when my hometown only makes the news for executions.

Posted by UC on November 20, 2008 at 9:26 AM

Today is also the international Transgender Day of Remembr…

Posted by Thel on November 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM

That was supposed to say "Remembrance," of course.

Posted by Thel on November 20, 2008 at 9:37 AM

Embryo adoption almost seems like a good idea until you remember the children who have already born who could use a decent home.

Posted by Jen on November 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM

Thank Goddess they found that cat!

Posted by Catman on November 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM

@1 That's funny. Yesterday when I saw the news, I asked my wife, "Did you hear about Napolitano?"

She said, "Is she gay?"

Posted by Mike in Renton on November 20, 2008 at 10:35 AM

Every time I hear the name Janet Napolitano I think of Concrete Blonde. I know that's kind of lame, but I can't help myself.

Posted by Abby on November 20, 2008 at 10:39 AM

@ 11, yes. please, everyone at the stranger, don't forget this. with all of the talk of same-sex marriage, it would be a shame to overlook the importance of the transgender day of remembrance.

Posted by A on November 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM

The fact that they accepted the cases means that they plan to overturn Prop 8, right? I mean, why else would they spend months of the court’s time and hundreds of thousands of the state’s dollars when they could have simply said “no” to hearing the suits then that would have been the end of it?

I find it hard to believe that the same court that issued the most pro-gay legal opinion–which included the strict scrutiny requirement for gays and lesbians (for the first time?)–in our nation’s history is gonna allow that same decision to be overturned by a 52% vote. (Famous last words and furiously knocking on wood–heh heh).

Posted by Original Andrew on November 20, 2008 at 11:47 AM

That is a cute picture of Nate Silver, but I'm sorry to say that he wasn't nearly that hot on the Daily Show or Colbert or whatever he was on several weeks back.

Posted by leek on November 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM

@12 - that's not exactly the legal issue explaining why the case is back in court...

the case was originally in court to determine is same sex marriage should be allowed under the california state constitution's equal protection clause. the supreme court decided that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violated the constitutions equal protection clause and, therefore, same-sex marriage was made legal.

now, the issue is back in court, but it cannot return for the same reasons. currently, the case has to do with the mechanism used to change the state's constitution. specifically, the constitution was amended by prop 8 to ban same-sex marriage. the method of amending the constitution by proposition is legal in california. however, california differentiates between amending the constitution and revising pre-exiting portions of the constitution. propositions can only amend the constitution, they cannot revise it (there's a separate legal mechanism for revisions). the case now is arguing that prop 8 did not amend the constitution, rather it revised it. if a same-sex marriage ban is, in fact, a revision, then the prop 8 was illegal.

the important thing to know is that the court will not address the issue of same-sex marriage for the second time. they will instead be deciding this issue of constitutional amendments verses constitutional revisions.

the law is unnessicarily complex.

Posted by A on November 20, 2008 at 12:52 PM