P.S. I lack the skill and tool to create awesome fanart at the moment, but here's one made by
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ilaria84 that I love and think is perfect for the occasion (of celebrating love and friendship)...
morgandawn at Seems I Am Not The Only One.......who feels the need to take a break from an increasingly dysfunctional relationship.
ETA: Thanks to this astute comment left by
sheeplikeme at felisblanco's related post SOPA, Megaupload and other scary things, my eyes are further opened on this issue. Here's what she said:The people writing these bills don't understand the internet, the people supporting them don't, and the people lobbying for them are afraid of finding the new business model.
The statistics they are using to try and sway the public are so egregiously false and misused that it made me hulk out on my computer screen. They say 750,000 jobs had been killed and it cost the US economy 200-250 billion dollars a year. That sounds scary but its utter crap.
The 750,000 killed jobs comes from a 1986 speech (86, when the internet was still just an academic tool) and its in regards to counterfeiting. At the time that statistic was given, no one in the Commerce Department could figure out how the Secretary of Commerce even got that statistic.
That 200-250 billion a year? 1991. Just as obsolete. It wasn't a total cost of piracy to the US economy even, it was an unsourced estimate of the global counterfeit market.
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/how-copyright-industries-con-congress/
That article goes over it in more detail. And below is another great read explaining SOPA and why its bad for everyone from someone in the film industry. It's written by one of the Castle editors.
http://calitics.com/diary/14115/confessions-of-a-hollywood-professional-why-i-c ant-support-the-stop-online-piracy-act
I wish more people read the articles she linked (t)here. The first takes a much needed closer look at those figures quoted so enthusiastically by lobbyists and politicians; the second shows even the creative forces behind the entertainment industry understand the beneficial effects of an active online fan involvement on their work, and how SOPA/PIPA would all but kill such activities on the internet. Last but not the least,
felisblanco's impassioned post spoke not just my feeling but also so many fangirls and fanboys' hearts.- Mood:
irritated
There is NO best moment because PCA organizers and show runners behaved like a bunch of spoiled immature high schoolers by snubbing one of its much deserved MAJOR award winners just because the said winner isn’t in with the “IN” and “IT” crowd!
The WORST moment goes to ignoring its FAVORITE NETWORK DRAMA category entirely. What does this say about an award show that doesn’t even give credit and respect to one of its major category?
This however does not take away the awesome double wins by SUPERNATURAL. No thanks to suits and pencil pushers, SUPERNATURAL, the quintessential “little show that could be” won these accolades because it won the hearts of its loyal fans. We the people chose the show to be our favorite, no slight from PCA and any party associated with it will change that.
Oh and you ask for Best Dressed? Why, it’s none other than Jensen and Jared dressed as Dean and Sam Winchester thanking fans for our support all the way from Vancouver!
JENSEN ACKLES
Why not? He's got talent, as Executive Producer Sara Gamble commented on a scene from the latest episode (711 "Adventures in Babysitting") in an interview:
Yes, Ackles continues to improve upon perfection. "I loved the last shot of that episode. I think that Jensen did a tremendous job with that, as usual...; AND he's got the looks:
( Oh Jensen, why so pretty... )
But hey, at least he had scenes with Jensen. Going to work that rewind button over and over...
old_blueeyes at Mississippi Personhood AmendmentOriginally posted by twbasketcase at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
twbasketcase at Mississippi Personhood AmendmentOriginally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood AmendmentOkay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media.
Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and fetuses personhood status.
Putting aside the contentious issue of abortion, this would effectively outlaw birth control and criminalize women who have miscarriages. This is not a good thing.
Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only place women can get abortions in the entire state, and they are trying to launch a grassroots movement against this amendment. This doesn't just apply to Mississippi, though, as Personhood USA, the group that introduced this amendment, is trying to introduce identical amendments in all 50 states.
What's more, in Mississippi, this amendment is expected to pass. It even has Mississippi Democrats, including the Attorney General, Jim Hood, backing it.
The reason I'm posting this here is because I made a meager donation to the Jackson Women's Health Organization this morning, and I received a personal email back hours later - on a Sunday - thanking me and noting that I'm one of the first "outside" people to contribute.
So if you sometimes pass on political action because you figure that enough other people will do something to make a difference, make an exception on this one. My RSS reader is near silent on this amendment. I only found out about it through a feminist blog. The mainstream media is not reporting on it.
If there is ever a time to donate or send a letter in protest, this would be it.
What to do?
- Read up on it. Wake Up, Mississippi is the home of the grassroots effort to fight this amendment. Daily Kos also has a thorough story on it.
- If you can afford it, you can donate at the site's link.
- You can contact the Democratic National Committee to see why more of our representatives aren't speaking out against this.
- Like this Facebook page to help spread awareness.
Mississippi is voting on November 8th on whether to pass Amendment 26, the "Personhood Amendment". This amendment would grant fertilized eggs and fetuses personhood status.
Putting aside the contentious issue of abortion, this would effectively outlaw birth control and criminalize women who have miscarriages. This is not a good thing.
Jackson Women's Health Organization is the only place women can get abortions in the entire state, and they are trying to launch a grassroots movement against this amendment. This doesn't just apply to Mississippi, though, as Personhood USA, the group that introduced this amendment, is trying to introduce identical amendments in all 50 states.
What's more, in Mississippi, this amendment is expected to pass. It even has Mississippi Democrats, including the Attorney General, Jim Hood, backing it.
The reason I'm posting this here is because I made a meager donation to the Jackson Women's Health Organization this morning, and I received a personal email back hours later - on a Sunday - thanking me and noting that I'm one of the first "outside" people to contribute.
So if you sometimes pass on political action because you figure that enough other people will do something to make a difference, make an exception on this one. My RSS reader is near silent on this amendment. I only found out about it through a feminist blog. The mainstream media is not reporting on it.
If there is ever a time to donate or send a letter in protest, this would be it.
What to do?
- Read up on it. Wake Up, Mississippi is the home of the grassroots effort to fight this amendment. Daily Kos also has a thorough story on it.
- If you can afford it, you can donate at the site's link.
- You can contact the Democratic National Committee to see why more of our representatives aren't speaking out against this.
- Like this Facebook page to help spread awareness.
After poking around a bit online, I discovered "View Source" option was not taken away but has been hidden, sort of. There are three ways to access it:
- right-click in a blank space on the web page and select "View Page Source";
- hidden short-cut: CTRL+U;
- Tools > Web Developer > Page Source
Phew! Being able to view coded contents has been a valuable resource for me to learn from other people's nifty styles.
