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2011 Lexus LFA Cars & Coffee: Lexus LFA shows up ahead of LA...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:50:02 -0600

2011 Lexus LFA

Cars & Coffee: Lexus LFA shows up ahead of LA Auto Show — Autoblog

Female Teen’s Photo Removed from Yearbook — For Wearing a Tux

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:06:53 -0600

Female Teen’s Photo Removed from Yearbook — For Wearing a Tux:

ihatethismess:

One female high school senior is causing quite a stir at her school because of her choice of attire for her senior yearbook photo. School officials are going so far as to refuse to put the young woman’s photo in the school yearbook because her outfit is so offensive. What did this girl do to create such a controversy? She wore a tuxedo for her school photo. Yes–that’s right, a woman wore a man’s outfit. It’s obscene!

The student, Caera Sturgis, is an openly gay teen, who said that when she tried on “the drape” (a.k.a. that silly v-shaped swath of fabric that female high school seniors are sometimes forced to wear for their Glamour Shots-esque senior photo) but it “looked ridiculous” so she put on a tux, the only other approved outfit choice. The principal at her school, Wesson Attendance Center, is now refusing to put her photo in the school yearbook simply because she chose to wear pants over a piece of velvet fabric. And why should the principal let this girl be seen wearing a man’s costume? No woman has ever been allowed to leave the house wearing a man’s outfit. Never, ever, ever. It’s an abomination!

From the article:

But, let’s face it, this isn’t just about a woman wearing a traditionally male outfit. I would be surprised if this principal refused to put a photo of a straight, feminine-looking girl in a tux in the school year book. In fact, the school has nothing against boys and girls dressing in drag: the school sponsors a “Backwards Beauty and Beau” pageant where the boys dress as girls and the girls dress as boys. (What a wacky concept!) The principal’s decision to not run Caera’s photo probably has a lot to do with the fact that she is an openly butch lesbian. The principal doesn’t want Caera to feel comfortable in her own skin and he definitely doesn’t want her to feel comfortable with her sexual identity. Denying her entry into the school yearbook, the only real power that he has, is a way for him to practice his oppression of Caera.

The comments? *facepalm*

Depressed Lady Loses Benefits Because Of Her Facebook Photos

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:11 -0600

Depressed Lady Loses Benefits Because Of Her Facebook Photos:

robot-heart-politics:

thecurvature:abbyjean:notemily:

A depressed woman has lost her benefits because her insurance agent found Facebook photos where she appears to be having fun.

CBC reports:

A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer’s insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook…She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on the popular social networking site, including ones showing her having a good time at a Chippendales bar show, at her birthday party and on a sun holiday - evidence that she is no longer depressed, Manulife said.

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. “You smiled that one time. Clearly you aren’t depressed.”

Things that annoy me: when insurance companies pretend to be doctors.

what the hell?

emilyposts: Kisses, baby boy! so cute!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:06 -0600

emilyposts:

Kisses, baby boy!

so cute!

jedigrrrl: theforce: Darth Vader plays to WIN attnwh0re83:(via...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:42:39 -0600

jedigrrrl:

theforce:

Darth Vader plays to WIN

attnwh0re83:(via lovegifs)

I do believe this is my hometown fiddling Darth Vader!

Victoria, British Columbia FTW!

Often in the summertime you can see him busking along the inner harbour.

azspot: Steve Benson

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:41:33 -0600

azspot:

Steve Benson

"Now in a different world, at a different time, and with a different president, we face the prospect..."

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:39:24 -0600

“Now in a different world, at a different time, and with a different president, we face the prospect of enlarging a different war. But once again we’re fighting in remote provinces against an enemy who can bleed us slowly and wait us out, because he will still be there when we are gone. Once again, we are caught between warring factions in a country where other foreign powers fail before us. Once again, every setback brings a call for more troops, although no one can say how long they will be there or what it means to win. Once again, the government we are trying to help is hopelessly corrupt and incompetent. And once again, a President pushing for critical change at home is being pressured to stop dithering, be tough, show he’s got the guts, by sending young people seven thousand miles from home to fight and die, while their own country is coming apart. And once again, the loudest case for enlarging the war is being made by those who will not have to fight it, who will be safely in their beds while the war grinds on. And once again, a small circle of advisers debates the course of action, but one man will make the decision.”

- Bill Moyers (via azspot)

Galileo’s 2 missing fingers and a tooth found - Science-...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:28:36 -0600

Galileo’s 2 missing fingers and a tooth found - Science- msnbc.com

Limerick's galore

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:12 -0600

Limerick's galore:

alcaniglia:

Roger Ebert goes on a Limerick binge. Here are two of my favorites

- A commenter

A student from Champaign-Urbana
Did stunning things with a banana
If she huffed and blew
She could even out-do
Rivals with cigars from Havana

Ebert’s response:

Two horny students from Madison
Checked into a lenient Radisson.
They f*cked through the night
On the left, then the right,
And their parents inherited a grandson.

KKK members hold brief rally before Ole Miss game - NCAA Football - SI.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:50:12 -0600

KKK members hold brief rally before Ole Miss game - NCAA Football - SI.com:

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday’s football game with No. 10 LSU.
The members of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan spent about 10 minutes waving flags, displaying Nazi-style salutes and occasionally gesturing at a group of about 250 hecklers that included young children. They were protesting the school’s decision to drop a pep song that included “Dixie.”

Some fans had been ending the song by chanting, “The South will rise again.” Chancellor Dan Jones asked the band to stop playing the song after fans ignored a request to drop the chant.

The Klan said it was protesting over lost Southern symbolism at Ole Miss, which has been rocked by racial strife before.

Associated Press

How Times Have Changed - Whitehouse.gov

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:33:33 -0600

How Times Have Changed - Whitehouse.gov:

apsies:

Opponents of health insurance reform have spent hours on the Senate floor today attacking the Senate’s efforts to provide stability and security for those with insurance, affordable coverage for those without, and lower costs for families, small businesses and the government. To provide a little perspective on these attacks, let’s compare today’s legislation with the 2003 Medicare Part D effort, which many of these same critics supported:

Senate Health Reform vs. Medicare Part D

Effect on the Deficits over First 10 years
Senate Health Reform: Decreased by $130 billion
Medicare Part D: Increased by $395 billion

Cost from 2010-2019
Senate Health Reform: $848 billion
Medicare Part D: $600 billion

Length
Senate Health Reform: 2,074 pages
Medicare Part D: 1,044 pages

apsies: notthatkindagay: Kevin Smith has a point.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:25 -0600

apsies:

notthatkindagay:

Kevin Smith has a point.

Psalm 109:8 ‘Let His Days Be Few’ - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:32:02 -0600

Psalm 109:8 ‘Let His Days Be Few’ - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com:

An anti-Obama bumper-sticker slogan which seems to urge people to pray for an end to the President’s days (in office?).
“There’s a hilarious new meme in the wingnut sectors of the internet,” Gawker announced:

Posters to various message boards tell stories of seeing bumper stickers with the message “Pray for Obama – Psalm 109:8” on the highway, only to look up the verse and find, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” …
Anyway, now it’s a real thing: CafePress is selling T-shirts and bumper stickers, the Christian Science Monitor is wondering whether it’s “funny or sinister” to pray for Obama’s death, and Rachel Maddow referenced it last night on her show.

However, as a number of commentators have noted, the wording that follows this bumper-sticker appeal is somewhat more disturbing:
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

lickystickypickyme: kennedys: 46 year ago today, President...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:02:04 -0600

lickystickypickyme:

kennedys:

46 year ago today, President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy flew from Andrews Air Force Base to San Antonio, then visited NASA in Houston and on to Ft. Worth for a Chamber of Commerce breakfast the next day. It was a short flight to Dallas and the motorcade through Dealey Plaza, which they would take part in the next day.

That day nobody knew. That is what makes the picture eerie.
Also……I am still hoping heaven is like a theatre. And I will sneak up to the VIP box. Like a good fan would. and wave hi to my idol.

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes »...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:23:30 -0600

Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes » Best. Grandpa. Ever.

Cal schools headed down

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:50:20 -0600

Cal schools headed down:

alcaniglia:

Dear California,

Education matters. You should fix this.

Sincerely,

Al

jedigrrrl: lowres: “Over-tightening the bolts, you...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:11 -0600

jedigrrrl:

lowres:

“Over-tightening the bolts, you are.”

“BLEEP BLEEP SQUEEEEEP SQUOOP. You know what, Yoda? If you’re so goddamned smart, why don’t you put this TV stand together?”

jedigrrrl: kaktak: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:43:52 -0600

jedigrrrl:

kaktak:

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - George Lucas, Jake Lloyd

As much as disliked Episode I, this is a pretty effing adorable photo

I’m probably in the minority, but I like Episode I and it’s increased as the the years have gone by…

jedigrrrl: lowres: “Over-tightening the bolts, you are.”“BLEEP...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:40:59 -0600

jedigrrrl:

lowres:

“Over-tightening the bolts, you are.”

“BLEEP BLEEP SQUEEEEEP SQUOOP. You know what, Yoda? If you’re so goddamned smart, why don’t you put this TV stand together?”

incurable: hrrrthrrr: Internet Vices by Patrick Moberg

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:40:34 -0600

incurable:

hrrrthrrr:

Internet Vices by Patrick Moberg