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All the votes haven't been counted yet, but it looks like Proposition 8, the gay-marriage ban, is going to go through. My joy over Obama's victory is saddened by the realization that there are still so many bigots in the US.

"In the United States, same-sex marriage has been rejected by the voters in referenda in California, Arizona and Florida. ( Read more... )

I'm really happy that Obama won the elections!

(But the downside is that there will probably be some racist backlash. One CNN commentator already said that African Americans no longer have the right to claim racial disadvantage for not getting ahead in life. Sigh.)

I haven't watched any TV in ages, but I started watching a Brazilian TV series today, Cidade dos Homens/City of Men. I like it, I love listening to the language.

Cidade dos Homens is shown in Finland on YLE Teema. Read about the tv series in Finnish.

YLE Teema has Brazil as a theme this fall. :)

NYT-liitteessä Anu Silfverberg kirjoitti nationalismista ja perussuomalaisista (Erillis-Soini, NYT 44/2008, s. 38), ja kirjoituksen inspiroimana kävin lukemassa Helsingin uuden kaupunginvaltuutetun, Jussi Halla-ahon blogia. Siteeraan tässä samaa kirjoitusta kuin Anu Silfverbergkin:

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