33-year old Justin Tennison, crew member on reality television show "Dealiest Catch" was found dead in a hotel room in Alasks, on Tuesday.,
Lietenant Randy Rosencrans advised that the cause of death was unknown though an autopsy was to be performed this afternoon. Reportedly there was marijuana and a bottle of alcohol in the hotel room.
Deadliest Catch's Captain Andy Hillstrand posted the following on Facebook:
"It is with great sadness that the Time Bandit family announces the death of crew member Justin Tennison. Justin died peacefully in his sleep the night of Feb. 21, 2011" and "Justin was tough as a bull and was an all-around good hand. The captains and crew appreciated his hard work and many contributions this past year. We will miss him terribly and wish his family all the best during this most difficult time."
(via ABCNews)
Google Street View may be an incredible step in the advancement of the technological wizardry of the 21st century. It has had it's share of opponents.
A fresh example is in Israel where some government officials are concerned that Google Street View in Israel will arm terrorists with extra information to carry out attacks on public figures.
Some Israeli cabinet members want a safe way for Street View to exist as it will help with tourism.
Read more about Street View in Israel at NerdChronicle.
Starting in May, the Monkees, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork, will be starting their first UK tour in over a decade. Forming in the '60s for an American television series, the Monkees created such hits as I’m A Believer and Last Train To Clarksville.
On Friday, 25th February, the Monkees tickets will go on sale for the following dates:
Echo Arena, Liverpool – 12th May
Manchester Apollo – 14th
City Hall, Newcastle – 15th
Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow – 16th
Royal Albert Hall, London – 19th
City Hall, Sheffield – 20th
NIA Academy, Birmingham – 21st
Plymouth Pavillions – 23rd
CIA, Cardiff – 24th
Royal Centre, Nottingham – 25th
(via CaughtOffSide)
Lifetime's "The Amanda Knox Story", the story of the stabbing death of UK student, Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in November of 2007, reportedly had to cut out the gruesome murder scene after Knox and Kercher's families complained.
In 2009, Kercher's roommate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Kercher. An additional murdered, Rudy Guede was also convicting of participation in a separate trial. Appeals are currently under way.
The movie is airing on "Lifetime" on Monday at 9pm.
(via NYDailyNews)
Troy "Escalade" Jackson, 6-foot-10 400 pounds, who is the younger brother of ESPN analyst and famous street baller Mark Jackson, died in his sleep yesterday morning in Los Angeles.
Jackson played for Louisville (1996-1998), moved on to the Harlem Globetrotters, and then the Ball Up streetball team.
“My heart goes out to Mark Jackson and his family who lost his brother last night, Escalade. We lost a great person love u escalade. I’m sad,” O’Neal tweeted.
"He traveled all around the world and touched so many lives... He will be greatly missed. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. God is still good." Mark Jackson said.
Cause of death is currently unknown.
(via BleacherReport)
In only 72-hours, Thursday through Sunday, 53 people in Ciudad Juarez Mexico were killed. State Attorney General Spokesman Arturo Sandoval said four police officers were included in the dead. "This is the worst violence we've seen this year."
Thursday started the massacre with 14 people, including a municipal police officer, killed. Friday showed 20 more murdered, with another municipal police officer assassinated by a member of a carjacker gang, after which a state police investigator was executed on his way home. On Saturday, 19 people were killed, including a highway police officer who was shot 10 times at close range. On Sunday, 13 taxi drivers were murdered in Acapulco.
Cars were set afire, street lights and security cameras destroyed. A body was discovered in a burned vehicle and a human head found on the street. Drug traffickers are suspected.
Two cartels are involved in a turf war over smuggling routes: the Juarez and the Sinaloa cartel. Four people apparently were arrested.
Only 40 days into 2011 and Ciudad Juarez has averaged 8 murders per day, Sandoval said.
(via CNN)
A police officer, a suspect and his wife are all dead after a shooting that happened at Main Street and Rinaldi Boulevard just after 1:00 p.m yesterday.
"One of the officers saw a man believed to be the suspect carrying a child across the parking lot. When he approached the man, a confrontation followed. The officer got the child away from the man, who took off.Officials said police were responding to a report of shots fired in a parking lot.
The officer handed the 3-year-old to a bystander, then pursued the suspect.
Officials said several officers also pursued the man, which led to a second confrontation and shots being fired.
The wounded officer was taken to Vassar Brothers Medical Center in serious condition. Authorities said the 44-year-old officer suffered a gunshot wound to the head. He died hours later.
A second officer suffered minor injuries and a half dozen others were involved.
The suspect was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital. Officials said his wife was also killed, apparently by the suspect. Her body was found in a car in the parking lot."
(via ABCNews)
Today's Google Doodle is based on the works of 1800s sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi. The works included in the doodle are Prometheus (1911), Leda, The New Born (1915), Sleeping Muse (1908), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), Bird in Space (1919), and The Kiss (1908).
Brâncuşi was born in the Romanian village of Hobiţa, Gorj, near the Carpathian mountains. On this day 135 years ago. is interest in sculpting began with his carving of wooden tools as a child. 18-year old Brâncuşi then attended Craiova School of Arts and Crafts, and after, Bucharest School of Fine Arts.
(via Argophilia)
Over 14 million Ugandans, dedicated to a change in government, have come out to vote between major players, President Yoweri Museveni and Kizza Besigye, with six other candidates in the running. Museveni has been president of Uganda for 25 years and Besigye used to be his personal physician.
Land-locked Uganda came to independence in 1962. Every change of leadership has arrived amidst violence and overthrow, such as Idi Amin in 1971 and the 20-year issue involving the Lord's Resistance Army with Joseph Kony at the helm.
Museveni is still favored for victory in the election but Besigye has stated that he will release his own tallying to counter any possibility of vote tampering and insists that Ugandans are ready to follow the footsteps of Egyptians in a revolt if the results show any sign of strangeness.
The world awaits whether Uganda can cast off it's cloak of violent political change and embrace an honest democratic win for Eastern Africa.
(via WashingtonPost)
Science daily:
NASA recently proposed fundraising of $160 billion from corporations in order to send astronauts to Mars. Licensing broadcast rights, making toys, movies, games, clothes etc. They even have considered selling Mars minerals.
Timothy Nelson, space law specialist from Space.com had this to say: ”I think it likely most people would find it difficult to conceive there wouldn’t be any government involvement in such a mission … The possession of a rocket alone would probably trip you up on the military regulations that govern the ownership of missile technology in the United States."
This probably sounds distasteful and vulgar to some. But when you consider the sad science and NASA related cutbacks from government, how else will a mission to Mars actually occur?
(via Utopianist)
CBS Reporter Lara Logan's recent sexual assault in Egypt was mocked by NYU Fellow, Nir Rosen calling Logan a "warmonger" and saying she was trying to outdo Anderson Cooper and the multiple punches to the head he took in Egypt.
39-year old Logan endured a "brutal and sustained sexual assault by a mob of men while covering the Egyptian uprising." The assault was finally ended by a group of women and Egyptian soldiers. (CBS News)
Known for his extensive coverage of the Iraq War, Rosen went on a Twitter rant about Logan that caused him to resign from the University's Center on Law and Security.
"Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson," and "Yes yes it's wrong what happened to her. Of course. I don't support that. But it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too."
"Jesus Christ, at a moment when she is going to become a martyr and glorified we should at least remember her role as a major war monger," was soon followed by, "Look, she was probably groped like thousands of other women."
Rosen eventually apologized, "Ah f--k it, I apologize for being insensitive, its always wrong, that's obvious, but I'm rolling my eyes at all the attention she will get." Then, "As someone who's devoted his career to defending victims and supporting justice, I'm very ashamed for my insensitive and offensive comments," and "I am deeply ashamed because they do not represent who i am, and i would like to convey my most heart felt apologies to Ms. Logan, her family, her friends, all women and too everyone I have hurt, angered and disappointed,"
(via NYDailyNews)
Science Daily:
Chevron was ordered to pay $8.6 billion to plaintiffs suing them for polluting the Amazon area while exploring for energy. $10 billion more could follow. Both sums would be used to pay for cleanup and health care for Ecuadorians. Chevron also must apologize publicly within 15 days or $8.6 billion more will be added to the sum.
Actually Chevron was not the perpetrator. Not really. They "inherited" the lawsuit when they purchased Texaco in 2001.
Chevron does not, in fact, operate in Ecuador today; the American company acquired the lawsuit when it bought Texaco in 2001. Texaco started oil exploration activities with Ecuador’s state oil company Petroecuador back in 1964, and for the next three decades, the 47 plaintiffs say, the company contributed to dumping billions of gallons of waste oil in the region, causing loss of livelihood, widespread health problems and up to 1400 deaths. [TIME]
Texaco paid $40 million in damages and then left Ecuador in the early 1990s. $40 million was not enough for the natives however (and rightly so).
Chevron knew about the lawsuit going in though and fought it saying that it was Petroecuador that caused most of the damage.
Chevron says they won't pay and is trying to block enforcement of the judgement and counter-sued. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Also as Chevron doesn't operate in the area anymore, the plaintiffs don't have leverage any longer. Ecuador is planning to pursue legal options in other countries.
Advisers to the plaintiffs said Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela would be obvious candidates to pursue Chevron assets, but they acknowledged it would not be easy. Venezuela, for instance, is a close Ecuadorean ally and its president, Hugo Chávez, is a frequent critic of the United States. But Chevron has extensive operations in Venezuela and enjoys warmer ties with Mr. Chávez’s government than just about any other American company. [The New York Times]
Chevron's value is almost $200 billion value (which is triple the amount of the Ecuador economy) so there's more funds to keep stalling and fighting.
I sure hope they are forced to pay, for the sake of the regions' inhabitants. But more importantly I hope they apologize and that the lawsuit sets a precedent that changes the way corporations take advantage of poorer countries.
Check out this book by John Perkins: Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
(via DiscoverMagazine,Chevron image, Texaco image)
Borders is the second- largest U.S. bookstore chain, and, as soon as next week, may file for bankruptcy protection, closing approximately 150 stores.
30-year old, Doylestown, Pennsylvania native, Natalie Munroe, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School, doesn't apologize for a blog she created that lashed out against students and teachers in general. Comments such as: "A complete and utter jerk in all ways," "although academically okay your child has no other redeeming qualities," "I hear the trash company is hiring," and "There's no other way to say this, I hate your kid." "Out of contol," and "rude, lazy, disengaged whiners." or "rat-like," "dresses like a streetwalker," and "frightfully dim."
Munroe had a picture of herself on her blog but didn't include her last name, nor did she identify the name of the school. Munroe was suspended with pay from the school.
It never crossed Munroe's mind that someone might see the blog, "It was up there for over a year, nobody found it."
"Nothing ever changes, things are swept under the rug...sometimes things are addressed but they don't change. It's not like I was in my room typing things out and not trying to make changes where they should be made," said Munroe.
"I was writing it not about anyone specific, they were caricatures of students that I've had over the years...it was meant tongue and cheek for myself and my friends, it was not for mass consumption...I'm sorry that it was taken out of context but I stand by what I said."
Check out ABCNews for the full article and a video interview of Natalie Munroe.
Sports Illustrated chose 25-year old Russian Irina Shayk to grace it's cover. Late Show with David Letterman was lucky enough to anounce the news.
“There were 10 models there to do the Top 10 List (see below), and nobody knows until the last minute who the cover will be... And then I saw it, and I couldn’t believe it.” Shayk said at the show.
Check out Irina Shayk's Sports Illustrated page.
(via EntertainmentWeekly)
Bonnaroo is being held in Manchester Tennessee, on June 9-12.
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was first held in 2002 and is an annual four day music event which includes multiple stages of live music, featuring ”a diverse array of musical styles including indie rock, world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music.” (Wikipedia)
This year, headliners will include: Eminem • Arcade Fire • Widespread Panic • The Black Keys • Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale• My Morning Jacket • Lil Wayne • String Cheese Incident • Robert Plant & Band of Joy • Mumford & Sons • The Strokes • The Decemberists • Ray Lamontagne • Bassnectar • Iron & Wine • Girl Talk • Primus • Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo • Alison Krauss & Union Station • Pretty Lights • Florence + the Machine • SuperJam featuring Dan Auerbach and Dr. John • Explosions in the Sky • STS9 • Gogol Bordello • Beirut • Big Boi • Scissor Sisters • Gregg Allman • Ratatat • Robyn • Warren Haynes Band • Deerhunter • Opeth • & Many More! (via Bonnaroo)
Last night, CBS reporter, Serene Branson, was reporting live backstage at the Grammy’s, when she started having difficulty with speaking. She began uttering what sounded like gibberish. Viewers believed she may have had a stroke on the air.
CBS L.A. stated, “Serene Branson was examined by paramedics on scene immediately after her broadcast. Her vital signs were normal. She was not hospitalized. As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home and she says that she is feeling fine this morning,” CBS
Check out the video of Serene Branson's Grammy Coverage / Possible Stroke (via HollywoodGossip)
(via OKMagazine)
2009 was a delicious buffet of 'Moon,' 'District 9,' 'Avatar,' 'Pandorum', 'Watchmen' and 'Star Trek.' 2010? Not quite as amazing. Still check out Moviefone's tops from 2010.
10. 'Tron: Legacy' -- Awesome special effects and nostalgia coming out the yin-yang.
9. 'Predators'
8. 'Metropia' -- made in Sweden, this animated film is about mind contol in an underground society.
7. 'Splice' -- interesting throughout and definitely strange. You should go into it doubting it will be good, then you'll probably enjoy it.
6. 'The Book of Eli' -- stylish, interesting film. For me though, the hook just didn't catch.
5. 'Daybreakers' -- there are much better vampire films. But a vampire movie is still awesome because it's about vampires.
4. 'Exam' -- a "captivating premise that manages to engage even on repeat viewings". I haven't watched this yet, but it's on my list to see. Intriguing.
3. 'Monsters' -- a low-budget (made with 3 people) alien invasion movie. It is "essentially a road movie about the miraculous-yet-mundane aftermath of an alien invasion".
2. 'Inception' -- a very awesome film. The special effects were spectacular, and the plot was definitely satisfying enough. It's been a long time since a movie actually fooled me and kept me guessing.
1. 'Never Let Me Go' -- about a beautiful English boarding school and the children in it. Once they leave the walls of their home, the truth comes out.
(via Moviefone)
Best Long Form Music Video - The Doors ("When You're Strange)(via Examiner)
23-year old Cameron Thomaz, aka Wiz Khalifa, will grace the cover of March's VIBE magazine, along with Bruno Mars and B.o.B., with the emblazoned title, "the New Pop Music". Khalifa's new album, "Black and Yellow", which stole the #1 spot on Billboard last week, is to be released March 29th.
Also in the news, last November, Khalifa was arrested on marijuana trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia charges after his East Carolina University gig.
(via LongIslandPress)
Actress, comedienne, singer and dancer, Betty Garrett died of an aortic aneurysm on February 12th at the age of 91.. Spending much of her early career on Broadway and touring with her nightclub act, Garrett was signed by MGM in the late '40s. Her later career involved her role on All in the Family as the neighbor Irene, and in Laverne & Shirley as the landlady Edna, which won her a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series.
Garrett then performed in a series of small roles for shows such as: Murder She Wrote, the Golden Girls, Boston Public and Grey's Anatomy.
In 2003, Garrett received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was honored for her 90th birthday.
(via Wikipedia)
On February 14th and 15th, the 135th annual Westminster Dog in Manhattan, New York and will be airing from 8am to 9am EST.
Approximately 2,500 dogs and 179 purebreeds will be competing including six new breeds: the Boykin spaniel, the Bluetick coonhound, the Redbone coonhound, the Cane Corso, the Icelandic sheepdog and the Leonberger.
David Frei, narrator for the show had this to say, "The public sees that dog so disciplined in the show ring... What they don't see is that same dog outside rolling in the mud, or drooling, or shedding on your black pants.
(via theEpochTimes, image via NYDailyNews)
The Grammy Awards will be held on February 13th on CBS at 8pm ET/PT
Check out the annual Grammy Award nominees CD.
1. Record Of The Year
Nothin' On You - B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
Love The Way You Lie - Eminem Featuring Rihanna
F*** You - Cee Lo Green
Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
2. Album Of The Year
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Recovery - Eminem
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
3. Song Of The Year
Beg Steal Or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)
F*** You - Brody Brown, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)
The House That Built Me - Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Love The Way You Lie - Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna)
Need You Now - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Check out the full list of Grammy Nominees.
A movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged has been highly anticipated by many and will finally see it's release on April 15th of this year.
Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, an argument that pursuing one's own happiness ultimately leads to the betterment of society as a whole, is at the heart of the novel.
Taylor Shilling stars as Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive who tries desperately to keep her business alive while everything around her is crumbling. Also starring Edi Gathegi, Paul Johannson and Matthew Marsden, the movie is to be in three parts, though additional funding and sufficient interest in the movie will be required in order to make the two sequels.
Please watch Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Trailer on YouTube.
Despite a government ban, thousands of Algerian protested, demanding democratic reforms, on Saturday. Reportedly four hundred people were arrested in the capital, Algiers, as the the government tried to regulate protests with the ban and by blocking the streets.
Heavily armed police set up barricades in an attempt to prevent buses of protestors from entering the city to demand that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resign. Riot police outnumbered protestors 3 to 1, as some 30,000 guarded the streets as 10,000 demonstrators demanded democracy. (La Liberte Daily News)
In power since 1999, Bouteflika watched as his people rioted for five days in January of this year, due to sky-high food prices, poverty and high unemployment. Bouteflika is another world leader in the line of Arab leaders who have been forced to leave power; Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned on Friday, and Tunisia removed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Jan. 14.
(via CTV)
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, the 78-year old star of such films as "Cat on Hot Tin Roof", "Jane Eyre" and "National Velvet", has been admitted to hospital in conjunction with treatment of congestive heart failure according to her spokeswoman.
(via WashingtonPost)
23-year-old Maksim Gelman is accused of a stabbing spree that began around 5am on Friday and ended 11 hours later in the death of four people and the injuring of 3 more.
Gelman is accused of stabbing his step father, Aleksander Kuznetsov numerous times, his 20-year old girlfriend, Yelena Bulchenko, and her mother, Anna Bulchenko to death. He stole a Lexus then dumped and carjacked a Pontiac, stabbing the driver, who recovered in hospital, to obtain it.
Gelman also ran down a pedestrian, who later died in hospital.
(via CBSNews)
The Voynich Manuscript, a book that no one has ever been able to translate, has finally been dated.
Found by book dealer Wilfrid M. Voynichin, in 1912, just outside of Rome, the manuscript was recently carbon-dated by a scientists at the University of Arizona, the results of which a published date of between 1404 and 1438. This book is older than the famous Gutenberg Bible by a little under 250 years.
Check out the Wikipedia Voynich Manuscript page for more details about this absolutely fascinating book.
(via HuffingtonPost)
The synopsis for "Just Go With It" at Rotten Tomatoes is:
In Just Go With It, a plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives. -- (C) Sony
Metacritic had a 37/100 out of 20 critics who reviewed it.
Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel said:
It's a rarely amusing movie overwhelmed by grating kids, unfunny sidekicks, half-hearted Sandler funny voices and a co-star who seems more fearful of smiling with each passing year.
Richmond.com had a comparitively positive review albeit with a disclaimer:
If you’re skeptical of Sandler’s standard fare, "Just Go With It" will likely be a refreshing change of pace from the luckiest man on earth’s typical sophomoric dreck. Aniston can act, Swardson steals the show by impersonating a German sheep trader, and the action moves quickly despite the two-hour running time.
So don't expect to much before going to the theatre for this one, but maybe, just maybe, it'll make February-Love-Valentine's month a little more heart-warming.
Mubarak Steps Down:
Further to the article published earlier, Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President, has actually resigned and has handed his power to the military.
Though it was beginning to look like an impossibility, Tahrir Square is now the scene of joy, cheering, hugging and flag-waving instead of the violence, protests, anger and shouting that was common-place in the last 18 days.
"In the name of God the merciful, the compassionate, citizens, during these very difficult circumstances Egypt is going through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to step down from the office of president of the republic and has charged the high council of the armed forces to administer the affairs of the country," said Vice President Omar Suleiman.
Annually celebrated on February 14th, Valentine's day celebrates love and affection. It is named after early Christian martyrs and was established in 500 AD by Pope Gelasius I. It was removed as a Christian holiday in 1969 but is still tolerated widely. Modern celebration of Valentine's day includes flowers, confections and greeting cards.
It was first assoicated with romantic love by writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages.
In the ancient city of Rome, the observance Lupercalia, which was a rite associated with fertility occured February 13th through February 15th. Later, a more general festival called Juno Februa replaced Lupercalia though still stood for the same ideas.
Interesting to note, in modern times, the following countries have :
Saudi Arabia banned the sale of all things related to Valentines Day, which is a Christian holiday.
Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami called for a banning of the holiday as well.
Iran has similarly banned the sale of Valentine related items as of 2011.
Click here for some Valentine's Day poems and quotes to help you express how you truly feel in your card to your loved one.
Looking for some coloring book pages for the kids?
(via Wikipedia)
Sounding vaguely Madonna-Dancehall, Lady Gaga released her new single "Born This Way" in all the flare, Gaga has been recently known for.
Originally to be premiered at the Grammys on Sunday, Lady Gaga has released "Born This Way" a couple days early, though it will still be performed at the show on Sunday
Speaking of which, Lady Gaga is up for six awards (incl. Album of the Year)
Listen to Born This Way on YouTube and be sure to pick up the new album, also titled "Born This Way", releasing on May 23rd.
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way" Lyrics:
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'Cause you were Born This Way, baby
My mama told me when I was young
We are all born superstars
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir
"There's nothin' wrong with lovin' who you are"
She said, "'Cause he made you perfect, babe"
"So hold your head up, girl and you you'll go far,
listen to me when I say"
I'm beautiful in my way,
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Ooo, there ain't no other way
Baby, I was Born This Way
Baby, I was Born This Way
Ooo, there ain't other way
Baby, I was Born-
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be!
Give yourself prudence
And love your friends
Subway kid, rejoice your truth
In the religion of the insecure
I must be myself, respect my mouth
A different lover is not a sin
Believe capital H-I-M (Hey, Hey, Hey)
I love my life, I love this record and
Mi amore vole fe yah (Love needs faith)
I'm beautiful in my way,
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Ooo, there ain't no other way
Baby, I was Born This Way
Baby, I was Born This Way
Ooo, there ain't other way
Baby, I was Born-
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be!
Don't be drag, just be a queen
Whether you're broke or evergreen
You're black, white, beige, chola descent
You're lebanese, you're orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
'Cause baby, you were Born This Way
No matter gay, straight or bi
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to survive
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born to be brave
I'm beautiful in my way,
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way
I was Born This Way, hey!
I was Born This Way, hey!
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way, hey!
I was Born This Way, hey!
I was Born This Way, hey!
I'm on the right track, baby
I was Born This Way, hey!
University of Maryland faculty member and single mom, Yesha Callahan, whose "women seeking men" ad last month sparked married New York Congressman Chris Lee to post his shirtless picture to Craigslist, is the woman who contacted Gawker, thus "outing" Lee.
When Lee asked her for a revealing pic in return, Callahan, who already had found out he was married,
contacted Gawker.
"I assumed that other people have probably come across him as well, and he had lied to them. I felt annoyance at just the audacity of people thinking that they're not going to get found out when they are lying." Callahan said.
(via PoliticsDaily)
Just a day after transferring some power to Vice President Omar Suleiman, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has temporarily fled Cairo to resort city Sharm El Sheikh, to lessen protests in Tahrir Square.
Taped in advance, Mubarak apparently left immediately after his speech last night, which was taped in advance. As his speech did not show him giving in to demands, protests and anger flared up yet again.
Instead of an announcement that he was leaving office, he announced he would transfer unspecified power to Vice President Omar Suleiman and, as he had stated earlier, remain president until the September.
VP Omar Suleiman is also disliked among the people due to his close ties to Mubarak, but even the Egyptian military supported Mubarak's announcement.
Terry McCarthy of CBS News reported that "some of the biggest crowds Cairo has ever seen" were then gathering in Tahrir Square.
Please click here to see some images of Sharm El Sheikh.
(via CBSNews)
