Overnight Open Thread (12-29-2013)

Duck Dynasty 1, A&E, GLAAD, Bill O'Reilly 0

Still, the bottom line is that regardless of what A&E says to provide cover for itself, Disney, or the Hearst Corporation, Robertson was reinstated only nine days after being indefinitely suspended. Throughout his suspension he did not cower down to A&E. Rather, he said he had simply quoted the Bible in his comments to GQ and made clear that he would not apologize for doing so.

Bill O'Reilly is a big loser here as well. He too kicked Robertson while he was down, criticizing him for quoting the Bible in a way that singled out one group of people.

Par for the course for Bill O'Reilly - he's obsequious to those on the way up and kicks those who he thinks are down. Because just lookin' out for the folks.

Also What It's Like Being Put on GLAAD's Blacklist

In case you don't know the full extent of GLAAD's fascism, let me tell you what GLAAD did to me.

I won't hyperlink this, but if you go to GLAAD's website and seek out their "commentator accountability project," you will find my name.  This is GLAAD's blacklist.  Within hours of GLAAD's publication of my addition to the list, which amounts to an excommunication from polite society, an e-mail was sent to the president of my university, along with dozens of other high officials in California, with the announcement: ROBERT OSCAR LOPEZ PLACED ON GLAAD WATCH LIST.

The e-mail stated clearly that as a result of my being placed on this list, I would never get a direct interview in the United States.  (Whoever "they" are, they made good on the threat, because when I was brought onto Al Jazeera, they made sure that I was the only one critical of gay adoption, versus two hosts and two other panelists who were for it, and the host cut my microphone.)

According to the press release sent to my university, any media outlet introducing me would be bound to introduce me as an "anti-gay activist" certified by GLAAD as a bigot.

"Nothing says Aspie quite as loudly as riding your Segway around the grocery store while open-carrying your 'SIG .45.'"

Heh.

Biblical Scholar/MSNBC Host Joy Reid Blasts Palin for Having Christmas Tree

In a segment that was stranger than fiction on  The Ed Show, guest-host Joy Reid claimed Palin was going against the Bible by displaying a Christmas tree in her home when she was interviewed for a Fox & Friends Christmas special.

"Certain parts of the Bible also appear to preach against let's say, I don't know, Christmas trees," Reid said, according to a Newsbusters transcript.

Reid then read Jeremiah 10-10, thinking she was indicting Palin in a game of "gotcha":

"For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Like a scare crow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

"Now, a Christmas purist wouldn't want to stray from the Bible on Christmas, would she?" Reid said.

Key distinction missed by Bible expert Joy Reid: No one worships a Christmas tree. Also note that Sarah Palin hasn't run for any office for over five years yet still accounts for something like 15% of all MSNBC coverage.

Narcolepsy Confirmed as an Autoimmune Disease

Immunologist Elizabeth Mellins and narcolepsy researcher Emmanuel Mignot at Stanford University School of Medicine in California and their collaborators have now partly solved the mystery behind these events, while also confirming a longstanding hypothesis that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system attacks healthy cells.

Narcolepsy is mostly caused by the gradual loss of neurons that produce hypocretin, a hormone that keeps us awake. Many scientists had suspected that the immune system was responsible, but the Stanford team has found the first direct evidence: a special group of CD4⁺ T cells (a type of immune cell) that targets hypocretin and is found only in people with narcolepsy.

Creeping Sharia: Reporting of UK Trial of Muslim Lawyers Banned for 'Cultural Reasons'

Because they might be shamed. It took an appeal by the Daily Mail to get the gag order lifted.

I like Meat Too

A man who was caught masturbating in the meat aisle of a Sainsbury's store has been banned from every supermarket in Britain - unless he is supervised by another adult. Eugenio Freitas, 49, was captured pleasuring himself through his trousers for 10 minutes on CCTV cameras. The married father of four went to the store in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire "fully intending" to go shopping, but then became overwhelmed by his "excessive sexual drive," a court heard.

But maybe not quite that much.

The 20 Best Movies Disappearing From Netflix on New Year's Day

It's unclear why they're being removed - limited space or studio restrictions - but you won't be able to stream them after Dec. 31st. One of the downsides of not owning a physical copy.

When the clock strikes its last midnight in 2013-or somewhere around there, anyway-dozens of movies will disappear from Netflix streaming. Fortunately, you've still got some time to churn through the ones you'll miss the most. Here's a list of the very best of the movies that'll be gone in 2014.

• Brick
• Being John Malkovich
• Braveheart
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Do the Right Thing
• Capote
• Jarhead
• Half Baked
• The Bad News Bears (1976)
• Roman Holiday
• Requiem For a Dream
• Platoon
• Mystery Men
• Ronin
• Top Gun
• Serpico
• True Grit (1969)
• WarGames
• The Odd Couple
• The Great Train Robbery

Genius Dude Offers Free "Psychic Breast Readings" On Craigslist

Ladies, don't you want to know what 2014 has in store for you?

NYPD Attempt to Stop Skate Boarders Benny Hill-Style

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The group. Yeah.

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