From the NYT:

Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison

Bernard L. Madoff on Monday received the maximum sentence for perpetrating one of the biggest investment frauds in Wall Street history and will spend the rest of his life in prison.

NOT A TYPO. 8D 8D Some things in RL are better than things in fic. nasdack, heeeeeeeere I come. >:D ( Read more... )

Reason for update: today, a Mousavi-led peaceful opposition rally was held that explicitly went against opposition-rally bans put in place by the current Iranian government ( Read more... )

I understand that not everyone enjoys seeing political posts on their LJs, so I'll try to keep this short, but I'll also say: some things go beyond what is political and into what is humane. I don't know much of the history of Iran, the questions and criticisms of Westernisation or of Islamic law, I do know that there are people out there whose ( Read more... )

THIS WEEK HAS SUCKED, ERGO:

LOOK AT THIS MOTHER---ING GQ MEME

OR YOU COULD DO SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT:


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I'm guessing you've seen this on your flist already, but if you haven't - go search for "homosexuality" on Amazon.com and see what they've just done to LGBT books, searches and sales rankings.

I wouldn't normally cry wolf, but the site of that search page makes me so sick that I'm going to call delete-my-Amazon-account instead.

He's not my President, he's not a perfect man, but he has words and I, a human, listened:

We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

This means so much to me as an individual, as a citizen, as a person on our shared earth and as everything else that I can't even say what it means anymore.

This is the most touching thing I've listened to in most of my life. And god, I love human hope and decency.

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You are asked to stand not on a question of politics, on a question of religion, on a question of gay or straight; you are asked now to ask on a question of love. All you need is stand, and let the tiny ember of love meet its own fate. You ( Read more... )

I love Barack Obama. For his cool, for his calm, for the fact that he's picked a bad ass insane beautiful man for his Chief of Staff.

I'm going to introduce you to Rahmn Emanuel, even though I should be studying economics. It's okay. Once I introduce you to Rahm Emanuel, no human being is ever going to look the same again. This guy is insane. And ( Read more... )

Before I go off to get my ass handed to me again, I shall post. Oh, politics, I'm sorry for beating you up so much. I promise that I'll stop soon. Very soon. Probably ( Read more... )

YES WE CAN