US
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The Great Schlep
Sarah Silverman wants Jews to gets their butts down to Florida for The Great Schlep. The Great Schlep aims to have Jewish grandchildren visit their grandparents in Florida, educate them about Obama, and therefore swing the crucial Florida vote in his favor.
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Why Is America So Religious?
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Why Is America So Religious? : The chart shows that the wealthier a country is, the less important religion is to that country. The one exception: The United States.
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Tina and Megan and Stephen and Jon
I was reading the Fall TV Preview 2008 on EW, everything you need to know about the shows you need to watch, when I stumbled upon this : a real Megan Mullaly Alert in 30 Rock! Hiiiiiiiiiii! For the few straight people reading this, Megan was the much-loved Karen Walker in Will and Grace. And […]
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Mark Buse Outed
According to Michelangelo Signorile, Mark Buse, John McCain’s chief of staff, is a gay man. John McCain is opposed to every single gay rights measure of recent years. More here.
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Mariage au soleil?
La voie semble se dégager pour l’ouverture du mariage au couple de même sexe en Californie: »[California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage|http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html|en] » sur le »NYT » et »[California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban|http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gaymarriage16-2008may16,0,6182317.story|en] » sur le »LAT ». Les candidats démocrates vont adorer avoir ça dans la campagne présidentielle.
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Paris to the Moon
When I fire my computer in the morning and say : « Let’s see what’s up with the world? », Aaron tells me he knows I was going to surf on a French website. When I told him about my new favourite book, Paris to the Moon, by Adam Gopnik, he said to me, in one of […]
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Les Indiens de Vichy
Je veux souligner que nous ne représentons pas les collaborateurs, les « Indiens de Vichy », et les gouvernements tribaux mis en place par les Etats-Unis d’Amérique pour assurer notre pauvreté et le vol de nos terres et de nos ressources. » Les Indiens de la tribu des Lakotas ne veulent plus être citoyens des Etats-Unis, Le […]
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No So Bad
5 Myths About Sick Old Europe : North-Americans who think of Europe as a charming but decayed old woman need to read this article from the Washington Post. Wouldn’t hurt the depressed self-loathing Europeans to read it too, by the way.
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Bushback Mountain
Leola McConnell sticks to what she previously said : In 1984, she saw George W. Bush, the futur president of the U.S. of A, perform a homosexual act on another man, one Victor Ashe, who is today the current U.S. ambassador to Poland. And there’s more : Bush is a regular attendee at the the […]
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Je suis Chris Crocker
On a tous regardé la vidéo de Brit-Brit se foutant la honte au MeuhTeuhVeuh Video Music Awards et on a bien rigolé. Tous, sauf Chris Crocker. Chris est une star d’internet à côté duquel j’étais complètement passé. Sa video Leave Britney Alone est la plus échangée sur Facebook en ce moment. Il a 19 ans, […]
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Where I manage to find a link between rapture and anal sex
Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour during their last summit in july. Fucking insane. You’ll all be delighted to see an old friend in the video, Rick Santorum, who gave his name to the santorum, the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex. Via […]
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The NYC Profit Calculator
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Who earns what in NYC, from a dealer to a baseball team : The Profit Calculator, in New York Magazine.
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French loving
Bill Maher has some nice (and funny) things to say about France, for instance that «they’re not a nation of 6-year-olds who scream and giggle if they see pee-pee parts». More seriously, he thinks that USA could steel some good ideas from French, like the healthcare system or sex during the day. Via Guillemette.
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Many Voices
Really interesting article in the Star about Franco-America and the futur of the continent, with French as a third core language.
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Who’s in China ?
Phone conversation between Rice and Bush. Now we know what happened with Irak.
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La rançon de la gloire
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Un peu de pub, pour une université, ça n’a pas de prix : Abandon du procès intenté par une université américaine pour l’exclusivité des documents personnels de Jacques Derrida: L’université avait intenté un procès contre la famille du professeur Derrida pour mettre la main sur des manuscrits et une partie de sa correspondance avec son […]
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Vote for Web 2.0
If you’re tired of Facebook already (Well, I just joined, but that’s because I’m not a hype teenager anymore), you can still join My.Barack.Obama, the candidate’s for the US presidential election social network. I wonder if you can check « Whatever I can get » in the « Looking for » category too.