'Newspaper in Terrell, Texas, doesn't think Obama's win was any big deal'

oh my fucking god. this is way too good to be true.
Publisher Bill Jordan had this to say to readers who complained that the paper should have preserved this historic moment ( Read more... )

World leaders hail Obama triumphI wonder how long it will take before this sets in as actual reality. I wonder how long it will take until I shed joyous tears because this is reality ( Read more... )

okay we're going to be woken up from this dream any second now, probably

this is from yesterday afternoon on the BBC News live text I was reading all day:
BBC North America editor Justin Webb: It's wonderful to see - and to meet - so many Americans taking this so seriously. This is a nation of fast food, of short attention spans, of busy busy ( Read more... )

BARACK OBAMA
ELECTED PRESIDENT

'davisbll1453 tweets: I'm a Republican that is a 48 year old white male that has just voted for Obama. He has inspired me to do so!'

'Frank in Colorado says: Nobody's cynicism is going to dampen this historic election. Tonight Obama will win and I will be proud of my country and hopeful for its future for the first time in almost a decade.'

'JV ( Read more... )

’Americans vote in historic poll’At the beginning, after Obama received the official nomination as the Democratic candidate, I was very much excited and happy and idealistic about this entire ting, because we have FINALLY given someone who is not a white male the chance to aim to the most well-known public figure position that we have in this ( Read more... )

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haha, this piece of information is probably only interesting to hardcore Manics fans, but Traci Lords is in the new film 'Zack and Miri make a porno', which was awesome to me cos of the Manics connection ( Read more... )

SARAH PALIN IS GOING ROGUE according to the media ( Read more... )

Okay, could someone explain to me why I think it’s okay for Jarvis Cocker to have written songs that mocked male sexuality, but I really don’t find it funny at all when Alex makes a joke about a female’s physical looks (you know songs like Pulp’s ‘Seductive Barry’, right? That’s what I’m talking about when I mention Jarvis mocking male sexuality, ( Read more... )