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THE SLANTS WON!

US Patent and Trademark Office vs. The Slants aka Lee vs. Tam aka Matal vs. Tam
has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States! Read the SCOTUS opinion here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1293_1o13.pdf

Hear or Read the Original Arguments heard by SCOTUS on Jan, 18th
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2016/15-1293
The raw docket info: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docketfiles/15-1293.htm

The Podcaste’s Opinion:

The Slants took the United States Patent and Trademark Office to school on the 1st Amendment and how Freedom of Speech works and who it’s meant to protect! Congrats, The Slants! Cheers Simon Tam! Great job! Thank you for being awesome and never giving up!

Our previous posts about The Slants

The Slants on Tour!
https://thepodcaste.com/2017/04/19/the-slants-on-tour/

Why “The Slants” case is actually a Social Justice fight
https://thepodcaste.com/2017/01/23/why-the-slants-case-is-actually-a-social-justice-fight/

Interview with The Slants
https://thepodcaste.com/2017/01/16/interview-with-the-slants/

#TheSlantsvsUSPTO
https://thepodcaste.com/2017/01/17/theslantsvsuspto/

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Wanna cry? If you don’t want to cry don’t click on this. (saddest song, so beautiful)

#WiretapWednesday, AFAM, Freemasonry, Masons, Uncategorized

#WiretapWednesday: Late #TopTenTuesday/Secret Societies Podcaste: Freemasonry

[Music/Talk] The Podcaste: #WiretapWednesday: #TopTenTuesday ep 13/The Secret Societies Podcaste no. 4: Freemasonry– ep 106
SFW
[Audio + Show notes]

Gun is joined by Jon Ruark of The Masonic Roundtable and they discuss the Top Ten Misconceptions about Freemasons. Links below.

╠═════════╡ Show Notes ╞═════════╣

WiretapWednesday ep 106/ TopTenTuesday ep 13/
Socret Societies Podcaste ep 4

Freemasonry

The Top Ten Misconcepts People Have about The Freemasons
1 “I have to be invited to join”

2 “all freemasons are rich” or similarly “all rich people are freemasons/”It’s really expensive to join the Freemasons.”

3. “Freemasons are anti-Christian”

4. “Freemasons are Anti-Muslim”

5. “Freemasons are Muslim”

6. “Freemasons are Antisemtitic”

7. “Freemasons are Jews”

8. “They are racially segregated”

9. “It’s a religion”

10. “It’s the Illuminati… And they killed Paul Walker” (central leadership concepts and conspiracies)

Masonic Roundtable:

Reddit Format:

[News/Talk] [The Podcaste](https://thepodcaste.com): **#WiretapWednesday: #TopTenTuesday ep 13/The Secret Societies Podcaste no. 4: FREEMASONRY**
– ep 106

SFW

[Show notes](http://wp.me/p5xPCo-MZ)

[Audio + Show notes](http://wp.me/p5xPCo-MZ) Gun is joined by Jon Ruark of [The Masonic Roundtable](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUkl9eiDLPtd6SWom413mQ) and they discussed the Top Ten Misconceptions about Freemasons.

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