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Cuomo Signs Gay Marriage Bill Shortly After It Passes N.Y. Senate

I would just like to express my sympathies

to all of you heterosexually-married people out there, now that your marriage is about to be destroyed.



Bummer.

A thing I plan to watch

A review from a law professor unconnected to the movie:

Hot Coffee is a must see documentary about the way that business interests, "tort reform," judicial elections and "mandatory arbitration" have systematically worked in concert to deny plaintiffs access to civil justice. It is the work of the energetic and passionate director Susan Saladoff who spent 25 years as a trial lawyer before becoming a filmmaker. The documentary is well-conceived and thought provoking. It takes some very complex topics and organizes them and presents them through compelling personal stories.

The title "Hot Coffee" refers to the iconic case that is ubiquitous in pop culture as a symbol of the frivolous lawsuit: the woman who sued McDonalds because she was served a coffee that was too hot. The film starts very strong by retelling this story through interviews with the plaintiff's family. This challenged me (and from the gasps in the theater, I suspect everyone else viewing the film) to see the case in an entirely different light. With that strong start, the viewer is engaged and ready to hear about damage caps, judicial elections and mandatory arbitration in consumer and employment contracts.

Quick rec

For last year's SPN Big Bang, glasslogic wrote this epic, Sam/Dean post-S3-AU quest story called Fortress, which I loved, and for this year's Big Bang she's written a highly-satisfying sequel, Static. I'm so happy to see this 'verse continued.