Valentine Cards for Your Same Half; Violent Christianity; Pope's Hebrew; ID Chips; The AI Bowl; Red Light in the Morning; Rattling China; Romania Backs Down; Mini-Brain Bleeds; and 12th Cave

Society

Same-sex Valentine's Day cards are on the shelves at Sainsbury's for the first time home.bt w!

The 'cute' cards have a simple design featuring illustrations of a man and a man, and a woman and a woman, along with the words ‘You + Me’.

Not All About State Recognition; Threatening Shield; Georgia Games; AU Backs US; China's Imploding Base; The Global Anti-Corruption Dream Team; ALawyer; Drilling for Cheese; Copyrights in a 3D Printing World; Inventory Management Swarm; SSM and Military Chapels; Superintendent's Personal, District-Wide Bathroom Policy; 1st National Gay Rights Monument; Liberal Demand for Unconditional Surrender; and Cheating Eyes

Two-State Solution

Gold: Israel opposes French plan even if it includes ‘Jewish state’ recognition jpost

“There are many problems with the French initiative, one of them is the lack of recognition of a Jewish state,” Gold said Thursday. “But even if that were changed, it wouldn’t alter many fundamental problems with the French initiative.”

Gold voiced anger at France’s vote last month at the UNESCO executive board meeting in favor of a resolution on Jerusalem that expunged any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.

No Ads for You!; Viv2; Out Thinking Criminals; Printing Prosthesis; 3D Pasta; DNA's First Steps; Italian Rainbow; UMC's LGBT Obsession; PP Sues OH; Blasting Asteroids; Suiting Up like a Super Hero; and Claims U.S. Breaching IMF Treaty

It's another day of LGBT promotion as Italy approves same-sex civil unions and the United Methodists Church meeting to decide just how far against the Bible they should go. However, it's not all doom and gloom: soon you will be able to print your own pasta creations :)

Google

Google to ban payday loan advertisements washingtonpost

The decision is the first time Google has announced a global ban on ads for a broad category of financial products. To this point, the search giant has prohibited ads for largely illicit activities such as selling guns, explosives and drugs, and limited those that are sexually explicit or graphic in nature, for example. Critics of payday lenders say they hope the move by Google and other tech companies might undercut the business which finds huge numbers of willing customers on the internet.

Ok - I can't say I have much good to say about PayDay lenders, BUT what I find interesting is Google has a) decided to discrimintate against a broad group by not allowing advertising from them, and b) done so from pressure from 'civil rights' groups.