Watching the video, I believe the stooge in the background during the abortive speech is bringing in the right envelope. Certainly looks like he’s putting it in Beatty’s hands and telling him to take it up there.

The first sign his account has been hacked will be lucid and logical tweets on his twitter feed.

Shit -all those reasons she *should* be elected look like reasons she won’t

Reading the comments - a few talk about Black History Month as being the only time Americans really hear about non-white history, and influential figures. This is sad (I’m not in USA, btw, bear with my ignorance.)

I hate stories like this. I’ve seen enough of them that turn out to have more to the story than is presented, so I can’t help wondering if the person who runs to the media isn’t missing key details. But I’ve also seen enough to know there’s plenty of poison in the system...

Perfect with some mon calamari ...

Didn’t see anything condescending in that clip. But I’m just one white person from another country and maybe don’t get the cultural context that makes that apparently “condescending” as you claim.

Ok, I promise I’m *not* taking this too seriously. Honest...

How much of this is really his choice? Doctor Who has become stale and the ratings are languishing - it’s the Baker/McCoy era all over again. While Capaldi could have been an amazing Doctor, he had some rubbish scripts to work with. I can’t help but think there was pressure for a clean broom here.

As a white dude (not in the US, but we have race relations issues in New Zealand too) who gives a damn and is reading the Root with interest to try to understand, not just assume, I clicked the link to this article with a “what the ...?” sense of dread at the take on Obama and race relations.

When I first saw the articles about this I wondered about gorilla vs guerrilla as an explanation. Then I watched the video and listened.

The “I’ll give you a million dollars if you provide enough evidence to make me change my mind” challenge is a publicity approach, not a genuine test. It’s used by HIV/AIDS deniers, vaccine deniers, atheists, religious zealots etc.

Works for bedroom choices as well...

Wellll.... glad that’s not a film...

At our school it went

Well when the police call it an assault rifle then perhaps Gizmodo can be excused.

Seen one, seen the mall...

Well you may think that, but just today a colleague quietly called me aside to ask “so the Death Star in Star Wars, is that actually a star, or is it some kind of spaceship?”

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

So I haven’t seen Hamill’s version in action. And after seeing this I still haven’t, as they didn’t actually include audio. Kind of odd to review a voice actor’s portrayal of a character but only show the animated images...