“I have no problem with it.” —
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussing marriage equality in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.
“…and it was the Congress that imposed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, though it was certainly my position and my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred, as you’ll recall. But as I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones, and they are as stable a family as my family is, and they raise children. And so I don’t see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married.”
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I know we should be looking at all this shit as “progress,” but I am really disinterested in applauding morons who needed to see evidence before admitting that gay people can create the same “stability” as straight people. THEY’RE JUST FUCKING PEOPLE.
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Jacob spoke first.
“I want to know if my hair is just like yours,” he told Mr. Obama, but so quietly that the president asked him to speak again.
Jacob did, and Mr. Obama replied, “Why don’t you touch it and see for yourself?” He brought his head level with Jacob, who hesitated.
“Touch it, dude!” Mr. Obama said.
As Jacob, who was 5, patted the presidential crown, Mr. Souza snapped.
“So, what do you think?” Mr. Obama asked.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers roommate of Tyler Clementi, was sentenced to just 30 days in jail today after being found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, evidence tampering, and other counts for using a webcam to tape Clementi having sex with another man. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after he learned of the video and an accompanying Twitter feed.
Judge Glenn Berman’s lectured Ravi before announcing the relatively light sentence: “You lied to your roommate who placed his trust in you without any conditions, and you violated it. I haven’t heard you apologize once.” Ravi had faced up to 10 years.
In addition to his jail term, Ravi was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service; attend a counseling program for cyberbullying and alternative lifestyles; pay $10,000 to a group that helps victims of bias crimes; and serve a three-year probation sentence. Prosecutors plan to appeal.
[dailyintel]
Does anybody honestly think this asshole deserves TEN FUCKING YEARS in prison? He’s an idiot and a dickhead, but he didn’t throw the kid off the bridge. Let’s be a little more picky with our scapegoats.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dwtwgfSI1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers roommate of Tyler Clementi, was sentenced to just 30 days in jail today after being found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, evidence tampering, and other counts for using a webcam to tape Clementi having sex with another man. Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after he learned of the video and an accompanying Twitter feed.
Judge Glenn Berman’s lectured Ravi before announcing the relatively light sentence: “You lied to your roommate who placed his trust in you without any conditions, and you violated it. I haven’t heard you apologize once.” Ravi had faced up to 10 years.
In addition to his jail term, Ravi was ordered to complete 300 hours of community service; attend a counseling program for cyberbullying and alternative lifestyles; pay $10,000 to a group that helps victims of bias crimes; and serve a three-year probation sentence. Prosecutors plan to appeal.
Does anybody honestly think this asshole deserves TEN FUCKING YEARS in prison? He’s an idiot and a dickhead, but he didn’t throw the kid off the bridge. Let’s be a little more picky with our scapegoats.
[video]
(via oldfilmsflicker)
Kids:
A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re…
In like three years, NBC is gonna be fucking awful.
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George Lucas Strikes Back of the Day: Star Wars creator George Lucas has been trying for years to convert a large parcel of land in Marin County, California into a 300,000 square foot movie studio, with amenities including a day care center, restaurants, a gym and a parking garage, only to be shot down by his wealthy neighbors.
Because the local homeowners’ association has refused to let Lucas move forward with the studio, he’s decided to put the land to good use by transforming it into low-income housing, simultaneously doing a good deed and trolling his fellow landowners.
“If everyone feels that housing is less impactful on the land, then we are hoping that people who need it the most will benefit,” Lucas snarked.
He’s even donating the various studies and surveys he paid for while working on the movie studio project, to help the new housing development get underway more quickly.
That might be almost enough to outweigh creating Jar Jar Binks.
[movies.]
It’s come to this. Applauding rich people for trolling each other with poor people. I still say fuck George Lucas.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41g15Cw9F1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
George Lucas Strikes Back of the Day: Star Wars creator George Lucas has been trying for years to convert a large parcel of land in Marin County, California into a 300,000 square foot movie studio, with amenities including a day care center, restaurants, a gym and a parking garage, only to be shot down by his wealthy neighbors.
Because the local homeowners’ association has refused to let Lucas move forward with the studio, he’s decided to put the land to good use by transforming it into low-income housing, simultaneously doing a good deed and trolling his fellow landowners.
“If everyone feels that housing is less impactful on the land, then we are hoping that people who need it the most will benefit,” Lucas snarked.
He’s even donating the various studies and surveys he paid for while working on the movie studio project, to help the new housing development get underway more quickly.
That might be almost enough to outweigh creating Jar Jar Binks.
[movies.]
It’s come to this. Applauding rich people for trolling each other with poor people. I still say fuck George Lucas.
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30 Rock | 6x21
ha. just today i made a chris brown playlist for my ride into work.
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sarah o’brien & thomas barrow.
Aww. O’Brien can’t reach the Quija.
The Burning House: Vebjørn Thiis -
Name: Vebjørn Thiis
Age: 18
Location: Oslo, Norway
Occupation: Media and Communication Student
Website: vtjp.tumblr.comList:
- Koskenkorva Aperitif
- Tivoli radio
- Matchbox
- Leather belt
- Holmenkollen ski trophy
- Moleskine notebook
- Skruf snus
- iPhone
- iPod
- Sunglasses
- Nail scissor
This is starting to piss me off. Who would grab a fucking pair of aviators when their house was burning?! And LPs?
Though I guess a blog of laptops and pets would be kind of boring.
My review of The Avengers, in which I get all sorts of gross about what I want to do to The Avengers.
