( Napkins for a song and dance )

In case you were curious... LJ's axed basic accounts, effective yesterday.

I'm not stating that this is somehow morally reprehensible, but communication would be nice.

You get what you pay for, I suppose... waitaminute... some paid users might want basic accounts?

I don't recommend reading the comments after Mr. Shellen's post.

I just wanted to share this... I wish there were a U.S. version!

Go on and Kick A Migrant!

via snr

New Jersey Republicans miss the point....and the point is not an apology being issued "by a slave owner" or accepted "by a slave." The point is acknowledging that slavery happened and that it was wrong, and that this chapter of U.S. history still has impact today ( Read more... )

Another story, via the BBC (link courtesy of snr):

So there's a medical condition that mysteriously appears after six years and 11 months that requires immediate return to one's country of origin for treatment./snark ( Read more... )

via sex_and_race:
Couple returns adopted child after over six years

And more:
"They now have their own children. They decided it was difficult to raise her because of cultural shock. They said she's not willing to eat their food. That's one of the reasons."

And yet more:
Child didn't "fit in with their lifestyle".Adopted children do not come with ( Read more... )

I ran across this: I Will Survive, Classical Version

Compare it to this: I Will Survive, standard versionComic intentions aside -- I think that most would consider this song a joke if sung by a man, but sung by a woman, some would consider it a feminist anthem ( Read more... )

Maybe I'm just behind the times, but I heard about this via the BBC:

Talking Jesus: Messenger of FaithNow, I don't know what you did to your action figures growing up, but I know my interactions with He-Man, She-Ra, and Barbie were not religious experiences. I'm glad I live in a place where this type of product can be on the store shelves, but at ( Read more... )

I watched Firefly and Serenity for the first time over the past two weeks and do recommend it... but I can see some big budget film studio doing this with it if left unsupervised.

Thanks to phoenixalpha for turning me on to the site.

WTF?

I'll be curious to see how this turns out. Even if it is a liquidation/clearance sale, I would think they'd have to give you the mechandise...

via Insignificant Thoughts