US
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Go Wanda
Wanda Sykes Comes Out Amid. Passing of Prop. 8. You go girl!: [They] pissed off the wrong group of people. They have galvanized a community. We are so together now and we all want the same thing and we shouldn’t have to settle for less. Instead of having gay marriage in California, no, we’re gonna […]
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Race
For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics. How the South and its racist voters kicked themselves out of the center of national politics. The share of white people who voted for the Democratic candidate was cut in half, compared to the last presidential election.
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Pas classe
Consternation en Italie après la « blague » de Berlusconi sur Obama. Je me demande si l’Europe se rend compte à quel point elle est raciste.
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Secrets
Les secrets de campagne de Newsweek. Les descriptions de la folie de magasinage de Palin valent le détour.
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Paillassons
Non, mais je suis content aussi. Vraiment. J’avais les larmes aux yeux en écoutant son discours, je pensais vraiment pas que c’était possible, même aux États-Unis, même en Amérique du Nord. C’était beau comme moment. Même les caissières du Leroy Merlin en parlaient avec des étoiles dans les yeux. En passant au métro Château d’Eau, […]
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Out
Homophobie : La prod sort les lesbiennes de Grey’s Anatomy, selon EW. Visiblement, si on en croit les commentaires de l’article, les États-Unis ne sont pas prêts d’avoir une présidente lesbienne.
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Robo-Call
McCain’s Rejected Robo-Call Scripts: Hello. I’m calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has not accepted Joe the Plumber’s friend request on Facebook.
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Chills
Activists favor Obama over McCain on HIV/AIDS issues. No shit : Strub (founder of Poz Magazin) said McCain’s « continued referencing » of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) as his go-to guy on AIDS should send chills down the spine of everyone with HIV as well as those who care about us. » (…) « Coburn has often pursued a […]
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Wazzzaaa
Smart and funny and moving : Wassup 2008.
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Pomme
And here is another good reason to buy a mac : Apple says No on Prop 8, the proposition to eliminate right to same-sex couples to marry in the US.
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Dudes
Dudes for Sarah, by Dan Savage, on Palin’s male following: A lot of the guys turning up at Palin rallies are there to cheer on a powerful woman who wants to use her power to make sure that their woman don’t get too powerful.
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OSC
Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? Orson Scott Card, who’s Democrat, on the actual crisis, the responsability of the Democrats and bad journalism.
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Security Theater
Airport security in America is a sham – « security theater » designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists: The Things He Carried, in The Atlantic.
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No One Fucks with John McCain
[moke-PSA for John McCain by Hayden Panettiere for Funny or Die, deleted]
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Third
Connecticut Ruling Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, becoming the third american state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Latence
Le racisme latent pourrait coûter cher à Barack Obama. Ah… les petits arrangements avec soi-même dans le secret de l’isoloir.
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Je me souviens
Matthew Shepard : 1976-1998, sur Folk Furieuse. Je me souviens. Coco était au Canada, il m’avait raconté l’histoire de Matthew, j’en avais pleuré de rage. C’était vraiment la première fois où je me rendais compte qu’il y avait des gens suffisamment cons pour nous faire vraiment du mal. Je me sens bête de le dire, […]
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The Back Of The Bus
Donna Brazile on this US presidential campaign for the New Yorker Festival : Don’t let no one take us back.
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Fishy
The can of mackerel is the new standard currency in US prisons. Weird. [via]
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Google’s clean energy plan
Google proposes $4.4 trillion clean energy plan. Good thing they DO believe in global warming.