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First up;

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/british-rugby-player-chris-birch-2005-stroke-turned-gay-article-1.974551

If you don't have time to read it, it's about a guy who suffered a stroke and "came out" on the other side, gay. Uh huh.

Next;

Updated: Sep 26, 2011 4:13 AM EDT
Moderator: So you get this entire group of actors together -- what was rehearsal like?

WASHINGTON - Some companies are still trying to figure out how far they can go in limiting what employees say about work online in the age of Twitter and Facebook.

Confusion about what workers can or can't post has led to a surge of more than 100 complaints at the National Labor Relations Board - most within the past year - and created uncertainty for businesses about how far social media policies can go.

Michael Eastman, labor law policy director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says employers are struggling to figure out what the right policies are and what they should do when these cases arise.

The labor board's acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon, says federal law permits employees to talk about their jobs and working conditions with co-workers without reprisal.

So the point of this article is, employers want to retaliate against you if you diss the company you work for, the job you do, or your co-workers, on Face Book. I'm not crazy about the whole social media thing and the immediacy of it but, you have a right to say what ever you want.

Next, along those lines;

Brett Ratner was hired to produce the Oscars next year. He stepped down after being harshly criticized for what the media described as a homophobic slur. The content of the offensive slur follows;

Moderator: So you get this entire group of actors together -- what was rehearsal like?

Ratner: Rehearsal? What’s that? Rehearsal’s for fags. Rehearsal. Not much. A lot of prep, preparation, complex action sequences, visual effects. Storyboards, animatics. The process was I made the actors stick to the script. And they wanted to, because the script was great.

So, I looked up the definition of homophobic and it says, noun: unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality. Do YOU see that feeling expressed in what Ratner said? Me either. It's just an expression. It didn't mean anything. Perhaps he could have chosen his wording a little better but, FREE SPEECH people! I used to call my little brother queer when were kids. He hated that. That doesn't make me homophobic. And even if he is homophobic and outwardly expresses his feelings, so what! Aren't we entitled to our own opinions and feelings?? What if I don't like you because you're a jerk, who happens to be gay. Does that make me anti gay? He also offended a lot of people with his antics on the Howard Stern program. Again, see above. And besides that, if you listen to Howard Sterns program, don't you expect vulgarity and the like? Duh. I don't like Howard Stern so I don't listen, hence, I don't give a shit what Ratner said on Howard Sterns program. He probably made it up for ratings anyway.

I'm done now.