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Sunday Scraps 9

1. WIN: Fey +Poehler + Jersey Shore. Ahem, that’s Jersey Floor, a sketch on Jimmy Fallon in which an elevator button gives everyone the poof, a leathery tan and Jimmy Fallon an inexplicable Boston accent.

2. TWEET: Flowing Data tracks the record-breakng tweets per second as Sunday night’s Bin Laden announcement progressed.

3. PLAYBOY: The Hairpin has a 1968 Playboy Club handbook for all the bunnies.  How many demerits for incorrectly bent bunny ears?

4. GAY MARRIAGE/IMMIGRATION: The deportation of a Venezuelan man who is legally married (in CT) to an American man was delayed. NYT says “sign that the Obama administration is exploring legal avenues for recognizing same sex couples in immigration cases.”

5. VINTAGE: Another excellent gallery of sexist vintage ads. Women belong in the kitchen, don’t you know, and they’re dumb!

6. GOOGLE: The latest Google Chrome ads are sooo good, but this one, featuring Dan Savage and the advent of the It Gets Better Project, takes the cake.

Related Post: Sunday eight, seven, and six.

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Why Bother Talking About Anything Else?

Liberals get confused too

As someone not directly touched by the tragedy of 9/11, I was surprised by the depth of my own relief last night when the internet exploded with news of Bin Laden’s death. Since, rightly, this is all we will be talking about today, I will not attempt to pivot to something comparatively trivial. We can talk about bikinis in advertising, or the latest feminist travesty (there’s always a new one), tomorrow.

In summary:

  • Read this excellent post at Smart Girls, Stupid Things by someone who was in New York in 2001, about her complex feelings watching the news last night.
  • On a lighter note, CopyRanter has a gallery of Osama related advertising (Hint: There’s one for condoms).
  • Coverage of his death on AlJazeera English.
  • My favorite tweet of the evening: “‘I loosened it’ – Bush”
  • I’m not a fan of the party culture that erupted last night, though I guess we all express our relief in different ways. NYMag has a gallery of party shots at Ground Zero.

Related Post: Gail Collins’ excellent response after the Tucson shooting.

Related Post: More good words from Smart Girls on Planned Parenthood funding.

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