If you haven’t heard by now:

Online bookseller Amazon.com ignited a storm of protest on the internet and prompted accusations of censorship of gay, lesbian, erotic and feminist material over a cataloguing change in which thousands of titles were mistakenly labelled as “adult” and removed from some searches.
                                                                                                                          -thanks to TheAge.com.au

So if you go to Amazon.com right this second and search for homosexuality, you will find, on the first page alone, titles such as:

• A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality
• You Don’t Have To Be Gay
• Can Homosexuality Be Healed ?

Very, very interesting, considering the fact that there is an entire LGBTQ literary genre that is conveniently ’missing’ from the first page (both adult and young adult…there seems to be some children’s books still up).

Here’s an interesting opinion article from the LA Times: Is Amazon Pulling A Fahrenheit 451 ?

Also, in response to Amazon’s claim that it was a simple “glitch,” a series of tweet trends has emerged (re: tweets here and here).

Feel free to sign the petition against this “new” (glitch or no glitch) adult policy banning LGBTQ literature.

Kids and Teens Take On Prop 8

“An insightful and unique perspective on the passing of Prop 8 through the eyes of minors.”

This segment also includes a lot of footage from previous Los Angeles rallies and protests.

We all know not every Mormon supported Prop 8. The reason for the protest in front of this Temple is due to the fact that the Church’s President, Thomas Monson, was basically the leading role in deceptive advertisement and gaining plenty o’ support/money (more than $15 mil, thankyouvmuch).

We’re not protesting Mormons, just to make that clear o_O

AND NOW !

Thursday, Nov. 6
2 p.m.
Speakers first; protest later

Los Angeles Mormon Temple
Corner of Selby Ave. and Santa Monica Blvd.
Westwood, California

Just incase you missed my photos from last night’s rally-turned-protest:
West Hollywood Protest on Prop 8, Nov 5

See you today !

Los Angeles, I love you again !

Here are just a few of the awesome photos I captured last night. For more, check out my Flickr account or my Facebook album (which you can view, even without a Facebook).

Flickr
Facebook

MICHIGAN — A suburban Detroit woman has decided to scare up the vote among neighborhood children by just offering treats to John McCain supporters.

Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., handed out candy Friday only to those who shared her support for the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate Sarah Palin. Others were turned away empty-handed.

A sign outside Nagel’s house warned: “No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters.
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Nagel calls Democrat Barack Obama “scary.” When asked about children who were turned away empty-handed and crying, she said: “Oh well. Everybody has a choice.
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Fax and phone messages left at numbers for Nagel were not returned.

http://www.ktla.com/content_landing_page/?Michigan-Woman-Only-Gives-Candy-to-McCai=1&blockID=124198&feedID=1080

From bloggenkrantz:

Since her arrest on October 15th, Esha has languished in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran. Her supposed crime was conducting video interviews related to issues of feminism, with members of an organization that has experienced consistent harrassment and intimidation by the Iranian government. From the sketchy reports that are emerging, she is now in solitary confinement, and her family is also being harassed.

For more information, visit the For Esha blog. Feel free to email the CNN article to friends and family and strangers alike.

The OMCT (World Organization Against Torture) has set up a page for Esha which describes actions YOU can take to help out. It includes addresses of people you can mail letters to, as well as the status of Esha.
Also, please take time out of your day to fill out a 10 second petition. It’ll email the letter to both of our presidential hopefuls Obama and McCain as well as a few other key figures.

“Just days after the federal government committed $85 billion of taxpayers’ money to a bailout of insurance giant AIG last month, senior execs from the troubled company headed to Southern California’s ultra-swanky St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach for a week of wining and dining top salespeople.

“They had a conference here,” resort spokeswoman Kristi Turek confirmed Tuesday, “but we don’t get into details of what they did during that time.”

As it happens, congressional investigators released AIG documents earlier in the day showing that the company paid more than $440,000 for the event, including nearly $200,000 for rooms, $150,000 for meals, $23,000 in spa charges and almost $7,000 for golf outings.”

an LA Times article

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I really love how we all just carry on with our day after something like this happens.  No one hleps her up ?  People continue ordering in line ?

I’ve heard tons of bullshit cop stories, but this is the first time in a little while I’ve heard a friend give a perfect example of DWB:

Now, usually when pulled over a police officer will ask for license, registration and then tell you the reason you were pulled over. Only the first two happened. And that’s when I really knew this was a being pulled over because of the demographic in the car. Instead of license, registration and reason, we were given license, registration and “were you smoking out?”

-  Antoine’s Junkpile

You can find the rest of the story here.

“Chatsworth Train Collision”
LAist.com

Alaska Women Reject Palin”

More great photos at Mudflats blog: link

-b