Positive things

[elisi]

Austria didn't elect the Nazis!

And the Dakota Access Pipeline will be rerouted!

2016 isn't ALL terrible.

Also Vox has a great article on Trevor Naoh's Tomi Lahren interview:

Trevor Noah didn't "destroy" Tomi Lahren on The Daily Show. What he did was much better.
Noah took his own tactical advice on how to negotiate with Trump to interview Lahren — and it worked.

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In RL new, my brother-in-law's wife went into labour early Sunday morning, and we now have another nephew. He is very small and cute and his older sisters have declared that they're OK with keeping him. ;)

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ETA: Malta just became the first country in Europe to ban ‘gay cure’ therapy

There is a gay kiss in the BBC One Christmas advert and people are loving it

Comments

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

New baby in the family, how lovely! :D

Loving the article about Noah vs. Lahren. It can be really hard to confront this kind of diametrically opposite opinion, but it's still the only way—trying to see the logic behind those narratives so we can then deconstruct it and point out its flaws… He just handled it really, really well.

[elisi]

Yes, babies are always a good thing! :)

He just handled it really, really well.
He really did. Here's to hoping to more of that!!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[elisi]

Thank you. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Aww, congrats to you all on the new arrival!

And it's nice to have some good news, yes. :-) (And after all, 2016 has nothing on, say, 1348!)

[elisi]

Thank you!

And yes, 2016 has been bad, but historically... Well. It's very small beer.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Congratulations~!!!

[elisi]

Thank you!! :D

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

It is nice to have some good news. Good on Austria for not making the US and the UK's mistake.

Congrats on your new nephew!

Stacey

[elisi]

Here's to hoping it's the small light at the end of the tunnel...

And thank you. :)

[lynnenne]

He is very small and cute and his older sisters have declared that they're OK with keeping him. ;)

AWWWWWW. That's better than my niece, before her sister was born. She told her mom that if the baby was a boy, "You can just leave him at the hospital."

[elisi]

I think the younger of the girls (she's 4) had been very ambivalent on the subject. Having met her brother, she's decided in favour. Mind you, she's a boisterous one, she'll probably enjoy having a boy to play with. ;)

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nephew! That's wonderful news.

Yay on no Nazis. I'm for that.
Happy about the pipeline... for now. Let's see what Trump does.
Regarding Tomi Lahren, she has a different take on it. Republicans in general think we are hypocrites and they aren't the least bit impressed with our righteousness. They laugh at our distress. :(

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/tomi-lahren-comments-on-intense-daily-show-interview-says-shes-your-worst-nightmare/ar-AAld1rd?li=BBnb7Kz

[elisi]

Thank you!

And yeah, different 'bubbles', different world views. Here's to hoping things have moved a tiny baby step in the right direction.

[sea_thoughts]

Congratulations on new nephew.

I love how Noah was just like "Yeah but why?" "Yeah but how?" "Yeah but what is your logic?"

[elisi]

Thank you. :)

And yes, his approach was very good. Especially asking 'But HOW do we protest?' She never answered that one.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohh, that is wonderful! New baby - yay!!

And these links are marvelous! Thank you for this, honey! I was thrilled about the DAPL victory! just THRILLED!!

*HUGS*

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

And yes, it was thrilling to have good new to report.