Turns out the ODT isn't the only crappy, racist newspaper around...

While my old writing home has long poked fun at the ODT for being out of touch, poorly written, and utterly racist. Well, it turns out they're not the only ones.

Meet the Somerville News, which is that much worse for being free. May I direct your attention to the second section in this piece.

From the article:

[They] were part of a transient group of criminals known as traveler gypsies...Deputy Chief Paul Upton said traveler gypsies use a variety of scams to get inside a victim's home to steal what they can. He said gypsies sometimes perform shoddy home improvement work at inflated prices to bilk old folks out of their hard earned money.

Surely I can't be the only one who sees the problem with this sort of language? Like how they describe an entire ethnic group as being con artists and thieves? Is there some meaning to the term traveler gypsy that isn't based around an ethnicity? The way it's written seems so damnededly matter-of-fact about the whole things, as if this were a commonly known fact. Odd.

And now for your daily dose of WTF...

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In the wake of Prop 8

Old but still relevant: 12 reasons why we shouldn't have gay marriage.

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people can’t legally get married because the world needs more children.

3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage is allowed, since Britney Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are property, blacks can’t marry whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of the minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’t adapted to things like cars or longer life-spans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a “separate but equal” institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages for gays and lesbians will.

From GatorGSA originally, apparently.

Photographing the vote

45 - 60 minutes to vote. A blue drop in a blue sea. But still, completely and utterly worth it.
















The election room where we watched the results come in at my work. FOUR SCREENS!



Finally, I'd just like to add, FUCK YES OBAMA! BOO CALIFORNIA RE: PROP 8!

Peace out, one and all

TB/AC