US
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Dudes
Dudes for Sarah, by Dan Savage, on Palin’s male following: A lot of the guys turning up at Palin rallies are there to cheer on a powerful woman who wants to use her power to make sure that their woman don’t get too powerful.
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OSC
Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? Orson Scott Card, who’s Democrat, on the actual crisis, the responsability of the Democrats and bad journalism.
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Security Theater
Airport security in America is a sham – « security theater » designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists: The Things He Carried, in The Atlantic.
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No One Fucks with John McCain
[moke-PSA for John McCain by Hayden Panettiere for Funny or Die, deleted]
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Third
Connecticut Ruling Overturns Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, becoming the third american state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Latence
Le racisme latent pourrait coûter cher à Barack Obama. Ah… les petits arrangements avec soi-même dans le secret de l’isoloir.
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Je me souviens
Matthew Shepard : 1976-1998, sur Folk Furieuse. Je me souviens. Coco était au Canada, il m’avait raconté l’histoire de Matthew, j’en avais pleuré de rage. C’était vraiment la première fois où je me rendais compte qu’il y avait des gens suffisamment cons pour nous faire vraiment du mal. Je me sens bête de le dire,
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The Back Of The Bus
Donna Brazile on this US presidential campaign for the New Yorker Festival : Don’t let no one take us back.
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Fishy
The can of mackerel is the new standard currency in US prisons. Weird. [via]
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Google’s clean energy plan
Google proposes $4.4 trillion clean energy plan. Good thing they DO believe in global warming.