Oregon becomes the ninth state to approve spousal rights in some form for gay couples, joining Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine, California, Washington and Hawaii. Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay couples to marry.
Puppetry isn’t all fun and games. It’s got a long history of being used as a means of political satire and in Burma, that got two puppeteers and comedians arrested back in 1996.
U Pa Pa Lay and his cousin U Lu Zaw, “The Moustache Brothers”, spent seven years in jail, while Amnesty International have campaigned for their release. Their crime? Performing a routine in which they joked about their governments and Myanmar’s generals.
UNIMA, the international puppetry organization, reports that the Moustache Brothers have been re-arrested.
“We strongly urge you to denounce this situation to the media of your country and write to your Ministry for Foreign Affairs so that they take an interest in these artists’ situation and their release!” UNIMA International: 18 Oct 2007
There’s no puppetry in this clip, but you can see the dozens of gorgeous puppets hanging on the wall behind them.
And in this clip they talk about being arrested.
Via PuppetVision
Eric James Stone pointed out this press conference which I had completely missed. While I do try to stay up to date on politics, I had somehow overlooked Bush’s concerns about zombies. This is one of the few policy points where I agree with the president.
Also check out his press conference about the danger of trolls.
While I normally avoid discussing politics on my journal, I watched the State of the Union tonight. I’m…unsurprised and yet still angry. I do not expect everyone who reads my blog to share my views, but I do feel that if I say nothing that implies my acceptance.
So, I thought I would share the ACLU’s thoughts on the State of the Union. That way, you can go read the political stuff if you want to, or you can skip it.
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