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| Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ cat_mcdougall ] |
6:16a | Sometimes, Karma does work Remember the 8yo in Arizona who was gang raped? Her parents have been arrested on Child abuse charges ( For the linkphobic ) It won't help the little girl get over what was done to her, but I can't help but feel just a tiny bit glad that this happened. |
| Friday, November 20th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ jkefka ] |
10:46p | Desert Bus for Hope has returned! Charitable Schadenfreude a-go-go! I hope all of you know about Desert Bus for Hope. If you don't, it's a group of sorry bastards who play the most tedious game ever made (it was specifically designed to be tedious) to raise money for Penny Arcade's "Child's Play" charity. The live feed of the guys is hilarious and the live feed of the bus is delightfully mellow, and you can make special requests with your donation! (E.g. have the crew sing a particular song or put on a silly hat). The bus is rolling again, and as of the moment they started they were committed to drive that bus for 97 hours. That's from money raised before they started, over $10,000! Roll on you crazy fuckers. ETA: For those of you on Twitter, there is an effort to keep #desertbus up in the trending topics! Come on, let's beat out New Moon! |
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fandom_lounge [ researchgrrrl ] |
8:39p | the grandest XO of ALL X-posted from ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} sparklefield since this is pure multi-fandom awesomeness:The Simpsons's 2010 Hallowe'en special will feature a segment in which Lisa falls madly in love with a vampire boy named Edmund. Cast as the voice of Edmund? Daniel Radcliffe. ♥! |
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unfunnybusiness [ staroverthebay ] |
2:18p | Pedophile priests should get ..... wait, WHAT?! ( Cut for triggery WTFery ) That headline is ridiculous. The article is not much better. *quiet rage* ETA: Forgot the link, had to hunt through my browser history for it. Also, I'm still trying to figure out that line about "alleged abuse victims" -- what, the priests are convicted as pedophiles, but that doesn't mean the victims are telling the truth? |
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unfunnybusiness [ j_crew_guy ] |
10:33a | I have to laugh at how they're missing the point. Or else I'm going to cry. Citing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to civil disobedience, 145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declaration saying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used to compel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless or in any way recognize same-sex couples. ( Full text for the linkphobic ) |
| Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ felinephoenix ] |
10:38a | Anti-Violence PSA Game Stirs Controversy I was kind of surprised this hadn't hit Unfunnybusiness yet... ( Cut for triggers. ) |
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unfunnybusiness [ cygnia ] |
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unfunnybusiness [ dana ] |
8:56a | opinion piece on Twilight This is the first negative opinion piece on the Twilight series I've seen on a mainstream newspaper (well at least one that's local), possibly I've been living under a rock, but it made me very happy. You know how hard it is when your flist is going on and on about a series you can't stand? Well, OK, you can just scroll on by, but now it's society which is going on and on about it, the advertising is driving me a bit insane, I can't wait until people move onto the next big thing. Warning, spoilers in article. ---- When I was growing up, my literary heroine was Josephine March from Little Women. Jo was a lanky tomboy with no interest in frocks or gentlemen. While her sisters flirted and fretted about their noses, Jo scribbled in the attic, dreaming of becoming a writer. She chopped off her hair, threw snowballs and lived with gusto at a time when gusto was extremely unladylike. ( Bella has become a poster girl for the gender roles Jo and Anne rejected more than 100 years ago ) Source |
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ issendai ] |
11:02a | 10-year-old tased by Arkansas police Mother calls the police to her home to help her control her 10-year-old... again. Mother repeatedly tells the cop he can tase her daughter. After a brief struggle, the cop does. According to the police chief, tasing the girl was preferable to picking her up because "They can slip from you and fall on the ground." Link ( Text for the linkphobic. ) ETA: The officer's report on The Smoking Gun, link courtesy of ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} heuradys. |
| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ hypno_jango ] |
10:21a | Airing on Saturday on the CW, they are going to be airing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Oldschool/Newschool crossover. |
| Monday, November 16th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ vorpal_blade ] |
7:45p | Universal: It's the international movie-viewer who's racist, not us! I'm surprised this hasn't made it over here yet: Universal's UK 'Couples Retreat' Poster Brings Cries of Racism by Removing Black Actors The excuse? In response to outrage over the move, a Universal spokesman said the altered poster aimed "to simplify the poster to actors who are most [recognizable] in international markets." Universal "issued a statement regretting any offense it caused, and the studio has scrapped all plans to use the modified poster in other overseas markets" but this makes it sound like the problem is with the people who took offense. Current Mood: grumpy |
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unfunnybusiness [ tehrin ] |
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unfunnybusiness [ aloysius ] |
5:33p | Breaking news: White men are being oppressed in Hollywood. Thinks crew members of NBC's Heroes. It all started when Jim Martin (assistant to show creator Tim Kring and himself a writer on the show) engaged in conversation with (former, now disgruntled) fans about the show, and in the process uttered such gems as "Anyone who thinks they can do better... I dare you. Go ahead. :) I'd love to see it." and "If you think that Racism and Sexism are thematically integrated in HEROES then you may want to check your intelligence before worrying about it being insulted." That post has since been deleted, but a kind mouse saved it and shared it with us in wank_report. In his follow-up post about the whole mess, he whined about how he liked the internet better when it wasn't so self-righteous, and left us with even more gems as "Look up the diversity programs for writers in tv. Ask anyone in the tv world. There is a distinct disadvantage to be a white male when trying to be a staff writer." and "I'm fully aware of what you are referencing, but I don't think its a problem on Heroes and I don't think white privilege is an issue in Hollywood at this point." Sounds bad enough, right? But no! Turns out that was just the start of a downwards spiral of fail, and it turns out that the fail reached new startling depths when Foz McDermott, a coordinating producer and writer of the show and perpetual bringer of anti-PC and misogyny fail, decided to use his own blog to reply to a particular comment that was left on Jim Martin's blog. He starts charmingly: “The idea that white privilege isn’t a problem in Hollywood at this point is an idea coming from a privileged standpoint.” Holy crap lady… if you are indeed a lady… that is hilarious. In a business that is scared of and run by pussy organizations that are so scared of being sued about everything, being OVERLY PC is the actual problem. Being a white male in the business of Hollywood is NOT easy. There are programs and incentives to help everyone except white males. ( no, it doesn't get better from there ) I've personally been fuming about Heroes for months, but when it sinks so low, I'm not sure I can do much else than laugh. |
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unfunnybusiness [ dana ] |
11:17a | victime blaming, it must be monday What makes me really sad, and well, thinky about this is all the times I've been groped on the train, probably a dozen or so times. I usually moved away really quickly, or on one memorable occasion I elbowed a guy in the stomach. But it nevered occured to me, at the time, or any time since, to take it to the authorities, or even talk to the rail staff. And the reason being? I don't know, I just accept that these things happen, I just accept it would be useless to make a fuss about it. In my mind, being groped on peak-hour commuting time is like spilling coke all over your dress, it happens, it sucks, you move on. Every woman knows when they are being groped. So I call bullshit on the Judges. ---- Last April, the Supreme Court reversed a Tokyo High Court decision that found Masahiro Nakura, a professor of medicine at the Self-Defense Forces University, guilty of being a chikan (groper) after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old high school girl on the Odakyu train line in 2006. A majority of the judges said they thought the girl's statement was "unreliable." ( article behind cut ) Source |
| Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ darksumomo ] |
2:30a | Philadelphia swim club to declare bankruptcy Remember the swim club in Philadelphia that wouldn't allow African-American and Hispanic children to use their pool? They're back in the news. PhillyBurbs.com: Embattled swim club headed to bankruptcy By: CHRISTOPHER RUVO Burlington County Times A Lower Moreland, Pa., swim club that made national headlines after being accused of racism for turning away minority day campers plans to file for bankruptcy, according to an e-mail from the club's president to members. The announcement comes as the Valley Club struggles to cope with mounting debt and the cost of legal proceedings and lawsuits filed by families of children from Creative Steps Day Camp, a summer camp in Northeast Philadelphia whose members are minorities. "The truth is that the club has struggled to stay out of the red for the last decade," Valley Club President John Duesler Jr. wrote in an e-mail that was posted on a Daily News blog at philly.com. "Our current debt from this year's operation and legal fees exceeds $100,000." Oops! Looks like they got what was coming to them |
| Friday, November 13th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ ardath_rekha ] |
11:53p | Meep meep! Danvers High School Bans the word "Meep" and brings in police to enforce the ban. The Internet is not amused. Meep on, brothers and sisters. Meep on. |
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unfunnybusiness [ esclaramonde ] |
8:55a | Horrifying display on XKCDSucks Generally, when I check on my comics-mockery blogs, I don't expect to see unfunny misogynist diatribes. But it was not to be. ( :/ ) |
| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ j_crew_guy ] |
8:06p | The world could use more 10-year olds like this. Will Phillips refuses to say the pledge of allegiance because gays and lesbians lack equal rights in the U.S. ( The full article for the linkphobic ) |
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unfunnybusiness [ kittenwings ] |
3:32p | Completely fucking awful. "Toddler" microwaves a kitten. Taken from here and rage_free on LJ. Warning: Graphic animal abuse beneath the cut. ( Read more... ) EDIT: I called the shelter and they said that a burned kitten had come in a few days ago. |
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unfunnybusiness [ wolfshark ] |
2:15p | Catholic Church gives DC ultimatum Catholic Church gives Washington D.C. an ultimatum over Gay marriage Text below the cut for the linkphobic - ( Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum ) |
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fandom_lounge [ tetradecimal ] |
1:16p | The November 17 issue of MAD Magazine will feature Sarah Palin as Blunder Woman, "where she battles against David Letterman, imaginary death panels, and her desire to quit everything she does." That face is a pretty good likeness, though, so I guess Liefeld isn't involved in any way. |
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unfunnybusiness [ lil_miss_stfu ] |
10:09p | Please excuse me while my head explodes... Bid to cut gays from surrogacy in State Parliament Long story short, the government have drafted laws decriminalising altruistic (ie, not for profit) surrogacy for anyone in Queensland. Yes folks, this includes homosexual couples and singles. A step in the right direction wouldn't you say? Except that the opposition party aren't too thrilled about this blatent attempt at equality and have forced it to a conscience vote. Something tells me that the law is going to be voted down or mangled so that only married heterosexual couples are able to have access to surrogacy. And on that day I'm going to really fucking hate my state. As an aside, I went looking for Lawrence Springborg's site to see if I could send an email asking for clarification of his statements in the article, only to find that his account had been suspended. For some reason I find that awfully amusing. Current Mood: *Snarl* |
| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | ||
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fandom_lounge [ pinkranger ] |
1:13p | They moved the headstones, but they didn't move the bodies! So I went to go see Paranormal Activity last night, and I had a question. After the screen goes black at the end, does anything happen? I was waiting for the credits, but they didn't come, just text explaining what happened to the characters and black, and since the lights went up, I assumed it was over, but I've heard otherwise. Anyone know if anything important happened? Also, Night 20, holy crap! |
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unfunnybusiness [ ilinana ] |
10:28a | 2 Bears Stearns Fund Leaders are Acquitted The jury system at work! I've been reading some books* (my learnings let me show you them) about financial fraud in the US from the 80s on, and it has been very depressing. Almost no white collar criminals ever go to jail, if they even get prosecuted AT ALL (let's face it, when the people managing the money and have doctorates in physics and finance can't even understand derivatives/other investments, how is Joe/Jane Average Juror supposed to?) or face anything more than a cheap fine ($500,000 is nothing when you've made yourself $250,000,000 or more), or maybe being banned from the industry for three months. I was really hoping this time around things would be different, but apparently even after a financial collapse criminals get to go free. ...blah. /end thoughts on yaoi btw I highly recommend the book "Infectious Greed" by Frank Partnoy if you are interested in the subject. ETA: had to fix my link. |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | ||
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unfunnybusiness [ blue_penguin ] |
8:31p | You know how catty those women are... First, a five-second rundown on what the Takarazuka is for those of you who don't know: famous all-female Japanese musical theatre troupe with a small but devoted non-Japanese fanbase. Runs a highly selective (is that the word I'm looking for? Er, "difficult to get into") music school for girls who want to become Takarazuka members. ETA: A wiki link would probably help, huh? A girl has recently been expelled* from the Takarazuka Music School because she was accused of shoplifting; she says the accusations are false and that the girls responsible had been bullying her for a while, and is suing the school to let her back in. Which is already not terribly funny. (* That article's in Japanese, unfortunately, but there's a translation in the post linked below.) The fun, however, really starts when the person who posts the news to the Takarazuka LJ comm includes a comment (now edited out) along the lines of "This is why I'd never go near an all-girls school. Women are scary, and they carry grudges." Some people believe this to be offensive. Others disagree, stating that it's true because women have PMS, it's just a joke, and you shouldn't be mean to the original poster because she's a BNF. (Incidentally, is there a program that will let me screencap/save the post without just alt+print-screen-ing it a few dozen times? The Takarazuka comm has a habit of deleting anything that gets too wanky.) |