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Bullet Sunday 369

Posted on Monday, February 24th, 2014

Dave!I was drinking heavily at a Daytona 500 Race Day party yesterday, so prepare yourself for Bullet Sunday on Monday, because an all-new Bullet Sunday starts... now...

   
• Gravity! Just in case you're one of the few people on earth who hasn't seen Kate Upton's Zero G photo shoot from Sports Illustrated, it is truly something you need to be checking out. Even if just to see the =ahem= "technical challenges" of shooting a swimsuit model in space...

Kate Upton IN SPAAAAACE!

You can see more at Sports Illustrated Online.

   
• History! I don't normally link to stuff like this, but there's a Reddit thread that is epic, and I can't stop looking at it. If you have even a passing interest in history, here's a black hole for you to fall into... What are two events that took place in the same time in history but don't seem like they would have?

   
• Egon! I was saddened to learn that actor/writer/director Harold Ramis has died at 69 years old today. While he is probably best known as Dr. Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters, he was also an actor, writer, or director on other amazing films I love... like Stripes and Groundhog Day. Such a hilariously smart and witty individual will be missed.

   
• Ivory! Prince William is wanting to remove and destroy all ivory art and artifacts in possession of the Royal Family as an example to other world leaders that elephant poaching should not be tolerated. While I applaud his efforts in saving these wonderful creatures from senseless slaughter, is destroying beautiful works of art really the way to do that? Yes, by all means, do whatever is necessary to defeat the ivory trade moving forward... but for those pieces already in the royal collection, the deed has been done. Destroying works of art is not going to bring those elephants back. I'd even go so far as to argue that if people start destroying the world's ivory, it's just going to make the stuff more enticing as a rare collectible, putting more elephants in danger. And what's next? Do we start burning priceless ancient books that were printed on vellum? Or are calves less worthy of protection? We're evolving to a society which is more compassionate towards animals, and that's wonderful. But show some compassion towards the artists of the past whose only sin was using "the material of the day" in their work.

   
• Heroes! I've already wrote about how much I fucking loathed the television show Heroes...

Lame NBC Heroes

Just like with Odo, the non-shape-changing-shape-changing character on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Heroes was the show about non-super-powered-super-powered-heroes. And it just sucked. It was SO bad, and this is coming from a super-hero comic book junkie who lives for shit like this. And now I learn that NBC is resurrecting the show for a 13-episode mini-series. Really. REALLY?!? Because, aren't there like... i dunno... a MILLION television shows more worthy of return than this pile of shit? Probably. What a waste of time and money. Somebody bring back a show that actually mattered... like Firefly.

   
• Arizona! From the blog of George Takei, regarding Arizona's new bill allowing businesses to refuse service to LGBT customers on religious grounds: "...The law is breathtaking in its scope. It gives bigotry against us gays and lesbians a powerful and unprecedented weapon. But your mean-spirited representatives and senators know this. They also know that it is going to be struck down eventually by the courts. But they passed it anyway, just to make their hateful opinion of us crystal clear. So let me make mine just as clear. If your Governor Jan Brewer signs this repugnant bill into law, make no mistake. We will not come. We will not spend. And we will urge everyone we know — from large corporations to small families on vacation — to boycott. Because you don’t deserve our dollars. Not one red cent..."

Just as I feel that businesspeople who believe selling flowers or cake is a "lifestyle endorsement" are businesspeople too stupid to survive economically... I also feel that they should have the right to be that stupid. But to pass a law which supports their stupidity? That IS an endorsement. An endorsement by politicians who are supposed to represent ALL of their constituents, including the LGBT community, equally and fairly. So, yes. I will absolutely take up George Takei's call to boycott if Governor Brewer is insanely stupid enough to sign SB-1062 into law. You don't have to be gay to oppose such blatantly anti-gay politics... you just have to be human. Ironically, the people who think this is truly about "religious freedom" instead of "an excuse to legalize persecution" seem to be the same people professing to want a smaller government that doesn't intrude on our lives. Do you smell it? The stench of hypocrisy has once again shit the bed.

   
And now I am still recovering from yesterday and too tired to keep blogging, so I guess this is goodnight.

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Comments

  1. I was also saddened by Ramis’s passing. Now we’re stuck with frickin’ Adam Sandler, and he hasn’t been funny for YEARS!

  2. Betsy says:

    It is indeed a sad day for Arizona. From what I am reading, I am hopeful that our Governor will veto this heinous bill and be done with it. I am sick and tired of the wack jobs in our legislature making these insane bills.

  3. As with SB-1070 a couple of years back, I’m so embarrassed to say that I live in Arizona. When I first heard about SB-1062 I could not believe what I was reading. I was down by the city center yesterday and saw the demonstration and was happy at the turnout. I’m keeping my fingers firmly crossed that Jan Brewer vetoes this bill.

  4. kapgar says:

    Ramis is amazing. He will be sorely missed.

    Oh, Kate… *drools*

    And that history thread is amazing. Damn you.

  5. JimA says:

    I think I see nipplage!
    And I’m only str8 curious! 🙂

  6. martymankins says:

    You said exactly what I would say on the whole Arizona SB1062. First rule is to be human. The whole point about this same group also wanting smaller government yet willing to spend all sorts of money to discriminate (um, Hello Utah governor and AG) just smacks of hypocrisy.

    Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go procure this Sports Illustrated issue.

  7. Christian says:

    I don’t think that Kate in space is that amazing – her boobs already defy gravity.

    Very sad to hear about Ramis, loved his work. There are a few great and sad pics lurking on the web of his Ghostbuster colleagues bidding farewell to his ghost.

    And I’m sorry Arizona has such terrible legislators. I’m also sorry our current and previous Aussie Federal Govts are almost as bad.

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