Harvey Fierstein has the right voice for Max.

Who will play Freeway?

If you have the Force, what else do you really need?

She worked for the news station of a right-wing political party (Jobbik), that is trying to sell racism in a warm fuzzy way:

Wow, I’ve never heard “He’s not the next Adolf Hitler” cited as a negative.

Yeah, I was in an exit interview after working for a sociopath and the HR lady said, “Well, maybe you can learn from this experience.” And I said, “I already knew I hated people screaming in my face and treating me like shit.”

I have listened to King Kunta an insane number of times.

The thing about the nanny makes me think that the kids have the same nannies, no matter which parent they are with, which would be a small bright spot for them.

The State Department never provides reasons for visa denials, not even to the person whose visa was denied. In June, the Supreme Court said this was a-okay (Din v. Kerry).

More of a “heard” than “seen,” but:

Do prisons make even a weak attempt at rationalizing making condoms contraband? Or is it just openly, “die already”?

This Amazon review of his book makes it sound like he and his sister have something in common: “He tries way too hard to be the tragic hero of his own story, about a life which has not really been all that extraordinary.”

Wow. This really reminded me of some of George Sodini’s rants:

Last year’s summit cost 5M pounds to run; the UK’s total budget to help rape victims war zones is 3M pounds. I hope this one leads countries to provide more support to victims (and work on prevention). This article made me so depressed, but it highlights women who are fighting and surviving against unbelievable odds:

“Roger had never even heard of Zimbabwe before I told him about this.”

#notallwhitewomenover40

Oh great, I’ve been a woman for 45 years and she already has it together more than I do. Between Caitlyn and the 92-year-old marathon runner, I’m feeling really inadequate today.

Oh Michelle, you’re going straight to hell.

I picked that up to read in high school, thinking that “Flannery O’Connor” probably wrote a lot like “Frank O’Connor.”* The story just blew my mind. I’m still trying to recover from the shock.

Great comment on Huckabee’s Facebook page*: