Maxim Eristavi

cheatsheet: digg: Tweet first, ask questions later. (larger...

maxeristavi — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:25:01 +0300

digg:

Tweet first, ask questions later. (larger image)

In case you you missed the media’s epic fail this afternoon, check out this chart.

buzzfeed: This is terrifying.

maxeristavi — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:31:11 +0300

buzzfeed:

This is terrifying.

SSM. Day 2. AudioGENERAL VERRILLI: So there is no administrative...

maxeristavi — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:27:00 +0200

SSM. Day 2. Audio
GENERAL VERRILLI: So there is no administrative advantage to be gained here by what Congress sought to achieve. And the fundamental reality of it is, and I think the House report makes this glaringly clear, is that DOMA was not enacted for any purpose of uniformity, administration, caution, pausing, any of that. It was enacted to exclude same-sex married, lawfully married couples from Federal benefit regimes based on a conclusion that was driven by moral disapproval. It is quite clear in black and white in the pages of the House report which we cite on page 38 of our brief -
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: So that was the view of the 84 Senators who voted in favor of it and the President who signed it? They were motivated by animus?
GENERAL VERRILLI: No, Mr. Chief Justice. We quoted our — we quoted the Garrett concurrence in our brief, and I think there is a lot of wisdom there, that it may well not have been animus or hostility. It may well have been what Garrett described as the simple want of careful reflection or an instinctive response to a class of people or a group of people who we perceive as alien or other. But whatever the explanation, whether it’s animus, whether it’s that — more subtle, more unthinking, more reflective kind of discrimination, Section 3 is discrimination. And I think it’s time for
the Court to recognize that this discrimination, excluding lawfully married gay and lesbian couples from Federal benefits, cannot be reconciled with our fundamental commitment to equal treatment under law.

I still cannot believe that people could actually go to the...

maxeristavi — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:05:37 +0200

I still cannot believe that people could actually go to the Supreme Court with ridiculous arguments like these:

JUSTICE BREYER: What precisely is the way in which allowing gay couples to marry would interfere with the vision of marriage as procreation of children that allowing
sterile couples of different sexes to marry would not? I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can’t have children. To take a State that does allow adoption and say — there, what is the justification for saying no gay marriage? Certainly not
the one you said, is it?
Look, you said that the problem is marriage; that it is an institution that furthers procreation.
MR. COOPER: Yes, Your Honor.
JUSTICE BREYER: And the reason there was adoption, but that doesn’t apply to California. So imagine I wall off California and I’m looking just there, where you say that doesn’t apply. Now, what happens to your argument about the institution of marriage as a tool towards procreation? Given the fact that, in California, too, couples that aren’t gay but can’t have children get married all the time.
MR. COOPER: Yes, Your Honor. The concern is that redefining marriage as a genderless institution will sever its abiding connection to its historic traditional procreative purposes, and it will refocus, refocus the purpose of marriage and the definition of marriage away from the raising of children and to the emotional needs and desires of adults, of adult couples.

Transcript: http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/12-144a.pdf
Download: http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=12-144

i hate u google!“Getting my news from what’s...

maxeristavi — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:58:35 +0200

i hate u google!
“Getting my news from what’s retweeted by Stalin?! Google Reader is more than a daily habit. It’s an extension of myself. I’m truly fucked now!”

Photo

maxeristavi — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:30:48 +0200

"The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly. Right now,..."

maxeristavi — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:38:41 +0200

““The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly....

When I was a kid, I used to be bullied a lot. Especially in...

maxeristavi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:28:30 +0200

When I was a kid, I used to be bullied a lot. Especially in school. I mean, in really harsh way that left me with ugly psychological bruises to this very day. Though later it did a terrific job and helped me to become a successful and strong and defiant guy (yeah, suck it now, my bullies!), i would never want it to happen to any child out there. They always say “sometimes kids are mean”. And that’s true. But this could not and should not work as an easy excuse for our educators and schools to tolerate this kind of crap. Not in 21st century. The time for big changes in our educational system has come. Follow tothisdayproject.com

"I think the focus on gaffes is a deep embarrassment, like, a deep embarrassment, and a systemic..."

maxeristavi — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:07:52 +0200

““I think the focus on gaffes is a deep embarrassment, like, a deep embarrassment, and a...

“We are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our...

maxeristavi — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:29:02 +0200

“We are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal status. It describes the way we’re made. It describes what we believe. It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations, that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others, and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter of our American story. Thank you, God bless you, and God bless these United States of America”

krispycrustacean: so this happened

maxeristavi — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:14:40 +0200

krispycrustacean:

so this happened

"But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give voice to a..."

maxeristavi — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:11:24 +0200

““But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give...

girls, this is getting ridiculous

maxeristavi — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:53:14 +0200

girls, this is getting ridiculous

bye-bye weirdo

maxeristavi — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:44:52 +0200

bye-bye weirdo

Russian Snowmageddon: this winter is already the snowiest Moscow...

maxeristavi — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:32:57 +0200

Russian Snowmageddon: this winter is already the snowiest Moscow has seen in a century — and it’s only February
A man walks past snowdrifts behind the fence of Gorky Park in central Moscow, after 20 inches of snow fell on the city on Jan. 21.
by AFP/Getty Images

A church destroyed by rebels when they conquered Diabaly by...

maxeristavi — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:07:26 +0200

A church destroyed by rebels when they conquered Diabaly
by Fabio Bucciarelli

CNN flashes breaking news chyron for “Beyonce lip-synched...

maxeristavi — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:10:45 +0200

CNN flashes breaking news chyron for “Beyonce lip-synched National Anthem via @BuzzFeedAndrew

RIP Journalism

That was one fierce woman, one conflicted story, a lot of...

maxeristavi — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:21:07 +0200

That was one fierce woman, one conflicted story, a lot of cowardly guys without balls and as a result - the perfect scenario for the greatest reality show in history of c-span)))
PS “What the fuck are u talking about” - would be the perfect tag line for this photo, i assume

usatoday:

“With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest, or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator.”

— a fiery Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, testifying before a Senate committee today about the attacks in Benghazi.

Video of the exchange: http://usat.ly/VjSW22

buzzfeed: FIERCE

maxeristavi — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:42:32 +0200

buzzfeed:

FIERCE

"On the way back home, I ride my bike beside her as she praises me, “Qué bien. You did great!..."

maxeristavi — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:10:54 +0200

““On the way back home, I ride my bike beside her as she praises me, “Qué bien....