The Hill: California judge rules in favor of baker who refused to make cake for same-sex couple Ed: On the grounds that it is “artistic expression”, although the correct defense would be that doing so would be involuntary labor, or, slavery. Also, why would this couple want a cake from a shop that had been forced to make it? I can’t imagine there are no gay-friendly bakers in California.
Oklahoma in the news again: Activist Post: Mother of seven receives court-ordered sterilization in exchange for shorter sentence Ed: Technically, the procedure was voluntary, but really, given a choice, plenty of people would give up a lot more than that to avoid prison time.
National Review: FISA-gate is scarier than Watergate
The Intercept: Trump’s military parade is ridiculous, but he isn’t the first US politician to use Humvees and F-16s as props
MassLive: Pentagon misconduct complaints on the rise, but fewer officers are being found guilty
Mises: The new German gov’t is bad news
Gizmodo: The house that spied on me
High Times: People are celebrating Valentine’s Day with weed-infused chocolate
