I came, I saw, I conquered:
"Neil Patrick Harris | Punk’d 9x12 THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE IS LITERALLY TOO CHILL TO PUNK"
"Neil Patrick Harris | Punk’d 9x12 THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE IS LITERALLY TOO CHILL TO PUNK"
"Peer pressure is real. You will turn into the five people that you spend the most time with. If you have certain goals that you want to accomplish, then you need to surround yourself with people who possess traits that will help you reach those goals. Whether your goals are in weightlifting or something completely different, these concepts hold true."
'Rocket Raccoon' Creator's Plight Draws Attention After 'Guardians' Trailer Debuts:
"An unexpected, but welcome, response to the release of the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer on social networks and through comics websites has been a renewed focus on the plight of Bill Mantlo, the writer who co-created (with artist Keith Giffen) the character of Rocket Raccoon back in 1976's Marvel Preview #7. OUR EDITOR RECOMMENDS 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer Debuts (Video) 'Guardians of the Galaxy': Bradley Cooper is Officially Rocket Raccoon Mantlo, whose comic-related work includes runs on Marvel's The Spectacular Spider-Man, Micronauts and ROM: Spaceknight, was struck by a car while rollerblading in 1992 and remained in a coma for many years after; although he is no longer comatose, he suffered brain damage as a result of the accident, and has required full-time medical care ever since "
'Rocket Raccoon' Creator's Plight Draws Attention After 'Guardians' Trailer Debuts:
"Writer Greg Pak, whose work includes Marvel's The Incredible Hulk and current runs on DC's Action Comics and Valiant's Eternal Warrior, has been leading the push offering links to donate to Mantlo's brother Mike to help with health-care costs. (Donating to the Hero Initiative, a non-profit specifically created to help comic book creators facing financial hardship, is also being encouraged by many.)"
GREG PAK • Love Rocket Raccoon? Please consider donating to writer Bill Mantlo's ongoing care! »:
"Mike Mantlo, Bill’s brother, sent along his thanks and this beautiful photo of Bill and Mike’s wife Liz. Your donations absolutely help improve Bill’s quality of life — please read on and keep ‘em coming!
That ridiculously awesome raccoon with the machine gun who blew your mind in that “Guardians of the Galaxy” footage was created in 1976 by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen. Tragically, as LifeHealthPro’s Bill Coffin documented in a tremendously moving article a few years ago, Mantlo was struck by a hit-and-run driver in 1992 and suffered traumatic brain injury. If you love Rocket Raccoon — or Rom or the Hulk or the Micronauts or Cloak and Dagger or any of the incredible characters Bill Mantlo wrote during his prolific career — please consider clicking the button below to send your donation to Bill’s brother Mike for Bill’s ongoing care."
"'They’re confident and successful. They’re some of the worlds best athletes. Reducing them to pin-ups suggests you think they should be valued only for their sex appeal. They’re worth so much more to your country than that.'
Note the use of the word “reducing”. The implication here is that a model is somehow inferior to an athlete by virtue of her chosen occupation... Why is that? Aren’t all of us (men and women) striving for equality? If a woman chooses to be a pin-up model instead of an athlete, is she to be looked down upon for her “reduction”?
...Many of the comments on facebook have the same tone:
'I actually think it’s sad that any athlete has to pose nude or in some variation of nudity, period…'
She says that it is “sad” that any athlete “has” to pose nude. That’s just the thing: no athlete actually has to, but some choose to do so of their own accord. Why is that wrong? Should female athletes not have the choice to pose how and when they wish to pose?
...If she consents to other people seeing her body and talking about it, and if she is proud to show it off, what exactly is the problem? That’s her choice: are we not bound to show respect for that choice and for the pride she has in her body? Can’t a female athlete be known for what she does, who she is and what she stands for while also being known in part for her looks (if she’s proud to show them and consents to doing so)?
...This Facebook commenter doesn’t seem to have an answer:
'Athletes are not models. While there is nothing wrong with being a model, it’s shameful to reduce competent athletes to bodies used to showcase sex appeal. They are strong and healthy women.'
Again, note the use of the word “reduce” here. Competent athletes are superior to lingerie models in the feminist mind. We’re all equal but some of us are more equal, apparently. Athletes are not models? Says who? Is it not possible to be both an athlete and a model?
...I understand that the United States was essentially founded by religious fundamentalists who took serious issue with most things relating to human sexuality, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Do women have the right to freely show their bodies and embrace their sexuality or not? Can the American feminists claiming to be so “uncomfortable” about these photos make up their minds? I’m not seeing the sex positivity and respect for free female choice here."
Supreme Court has opportunity to revisit prosecutor misconduct:
"...the Supreme Court now has the opportunity to take up the case Wolfe v. Clarke, which he describes as . . . a case about state prosecutors getting caught hiding exculpatory evidence, and getting scolded for it by the federal courts, and then violating the federal court order sanctioning them by threatening a witness and spoiling the retrial of a man they helped to wrongly convict. It is a case where prosecutors did all of this, right up to the brief they filed with the justices, without an evident shred of public contrition for their improper conduct."
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