Cannot log into minecraft, Apparently unable to connec to Auth servers.

So here's the deal, when i log in my "Play Minecraft" Button is replaced with "play offline", ive seen several people with similar issues that needed to deal with their firewall but that isn't my issue (i think anyways). Here's the startup log.

[12:24:27 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.6.61 (through bootstrap 100) started on windows...
[12:24:27 INFO]: Current time is Apr 30, 2016 12:24:27 PM
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.8.0_25'
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
[12:24:27 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[12:24:27 INFO]: proxy == DIRECT
[12:24:27 INFO]: JFX is already initialized
[12:24:27 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[12:24:27 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[12:24:28 INFO]: Refresh complete.
[12:24:28 INFO]: Loaded 2 profile(s); selected 'zuperdork2'
[12:24:28 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[12:24:28 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[12:24:58 ERROR]: Exception whilst logging into profile
com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException: Cannot contact authentication server
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:71) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logInWithToken(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:132) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logIn(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:55) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher.ensureLoggedIn(Launcher.java:215) [launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher$2.run(Launcher.java:169) [launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_25]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [?:1.8.0_25]
Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.waitForConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:85) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:345) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:649) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:175) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:275) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:371) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1146) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:997) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1281) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1256) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:250) ~[?:1.8.0_25]
at com.mojang.authlib.HttpAuthenticationService.performPostRequest(HttpAuthenticationService.java:73) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:54) ~[launcher.jar:1.6.61]
... 9 more

The notable section from what i can tell is

[12:24:58 ERROR]: Exception whilst logging into profile
com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException: Cannot contact authentication server

So, my issue is with the authentication servers, which are in fact up, and clearly since im posting this message i have an internet connection. Im having trouble determining why it is that i cannot log in, by all means i should be able to reach the auth servers.