Here's your Thursday-morning Three Minutes Hate, but also there's puppies and kitties to take home and love.
Largo's Armed Forces History Museum can no longer afford to stay open and, unless a benefactor emerges, will close in January. C'mon, we can do this! Let's get some corporate sponsorship going. Catania and Catania? 3 Daughters Brewing Presents The 2001 Odyssey Military History Experience? I'm serious here. Calling all patriotic and moneyed area philanthropists.
The SPCA Tampa Bay is waiving its adoption fees this weekend. Up your quality of life by giving an animal a new lease on theirs. We dare you to check out some pics at the org's site and Facebook page and not make an embarrassingly smooshy sound.
Remember when you were all like, yeah, Florida is kind of weird, but Texas is just plain bizarre? Well, now Texas has a law that says medical providers who provide abortions or treat women who have miscarriages can't dispose of the fetal tissue as medical waste, but must bury or cremate it — you know, give it a funeral as if it were a person, even if it's a clump of cells invisible to the naked eye. Hey, do you think "We Know You're Terrified And Emotional And Have Just Made One Of The Toughest And Most Haunting Decisions You Ever Will, But It's Important To Us That We Meddle In The Name Of Making You Feel Even Worse Because Jesus" will fit on a flag?
And finally, speaking of assaults on women, some of you St. Pete scene folks might know that some fucking piece of human garbage sexually assaulted a member of our community at The Bends over the weekend. Her story and some photos of said fucking piece of human garbage have been making the rounds on social media all week; she recently took the incredibly brave step of speaking to a mainstream media outlet about the assault, so that the human garbage could be identified, arrested, and not assault others. The assholes are celebrating, and we need to look out for one another more than ever. Be a friend and an ally, OK?
This article appears in Dec 1-8, 2016.