Besides the death of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.


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Judge Vaughn Walker rules Proposition 8 unconstitutional under due-process and equal-protection clauses, aka WE WIN FOREVER! [Judge Vaughn Walker Hands Victory to Proposition 8 Opponents]

Prop 8 Ruling FINAL


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I was of two camps when news first broke (over Twitter) that the Nobel Committee gave President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize nine months into his presidency. One was extremely skeptical; the other is full of unbridled joy ( Read more... )

The only time this icon is used for something other than "DNW".

DUDE

YOU GUYS

HOW LONG AS OBAMA BEEN IN OFFICE

HE'S GOT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ALREADY

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

(Sauce.)

Remember that book of his? Remember his little passage on sharks and how they'll drown if they don't keep swimming?

All these months later I've finally figured out why that little passage stuck to me, why it kept showing up in my political/punditry RPFs ( Read more... )

I'm just too upset right now. Of all the deaths so far this year (and yeah, that's already fucking depressing, considering all the people we've lost so far) this one hit me the hardest. I can't stop tearing up.

RIP Ted Kennedy. You weren't perfect, but you damn tried. Where would I be without you? I've never known you personally, I've never even ( Read more... )

As of right now, in the haze that is "holy fuck it's Friday, I have 2 finals in several hours shiiiiiiit", I can only think of two names when thinking about leaders in the modern era who make me want to burst into tears.

Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela.

I'm reading about women and women's rights in the modern era, shut up.

A wonderful way to end the night - falling asleep waaaaay before my usual bedtime ( Read more... )

Title: Pundits Celebrating Obama
Fandom: political RPF, pundit round table
Rating: SFW
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material ( Read more... )