Category Archives: Viva!

Robert DeNiro Announces He’d Like To Punch Donald Trump In The Face: Gothamist

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There isn’t much to it aside from DeNiro savaging Trump, but he seemed to enjoy every second of it:I mean he’s so blatantly stupid. He’s a punk, he’s a dog. He’s a pig, he’s a con, a bullshit artist, a mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He doesn’t do his homework, doesn’t care thinks he’s gaming society. Doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot. Colin Powell said it best: He’s a national disaster. He’s an embarrassment to this country. It makes me so angry this country has gotten to this point that this fool, this bozo, has wound up where he has. He talks how he wants to punch people in the face? Well, I’d like to punch him in the face. This is somebody that we want for president? I don’t think so. What I care about is the direction of this country and what I’m very, very worried about is that it might go in the wrong direction with someone like Donald Trump. If you care about your future, vote for it.

Source: Robert DeNiro Announces He’d Like To Punch Donald Trump In The Face: Gothamist

CNN Contributor Ana Navarro Is A National Hero: Gothamist

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Of course, while it is very nice that these people recognize that Trump’s a walking, groping pile of dog crap, framing outrage within the parameters of women being “wives and daughters” isn’t exactly helpful. Women, after all, exist regardless of whether or not you’ve ejaculated into them to create new, smaller women, and considering the GOP doesn’t have a super great track record when it comes to supporting women—in the workplace, in healthcare, on maternity leave, to name a few—reducing them to wives, mothers, sisters, third cousins, etc. only further strips them of their personhood.It’s also noteworthy that Trump’s said a million outrageous things throughout his campaign—about Mexicans, about Muslims, about people of color—but somehow when attractive white women are involved, people get real angry. Hm?

Source: CNN Contributor Ana Navarro Is A National Hero: Gothamist

Listen to These Ladies Make Fun of Making America Great Again – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

On a day when US presidential candidate Donald Trump defends even more (imagine, even more) misogyny as just locker-room talk, this firmly anti-nostalgia song might be the thing to watch.

Source: Listen to These Ladies Make Fun of Making America Great Again – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

I Was Sick Of Not Seeing Women Running Outdoors Till It Hit Me I Was Part Of The Problem – The Ladies Finger

I, despite being a staunch feminist, was very much part of the problem. All the while that I’d been blaming others for alienating women in public spaces, I’d made sure I made myself invisible every time I stepped out of the house. I’d stopped taking buses and local trains a long time ago. My excuses ranged from “It’s too hot” to “It’s too polluted” to “I’m running late” to “People sweat too much in a bus”. I’d stopped wearing sleeveless clothes so as to not stand out on Chennai roads. A quick visit to the mom and pop store around the corner would see me kick-starting my bike. Even when I walked, it was never a walk. It was always a stride. With purpose. In one direction. Fast.Refusing to perpetuate and give in to the same fear and alienation that haunts most Indian women, I chose the beach as my place of penitence. For the first time ever, I started running to repent and to reclaim. On the first day, it was unsettling but for every person who looked my way, I’d tell myself, “This space, the beach, the breeze, the right to be is as much yours as it’s theirs.” I stopped hunching my shoulders. I stopped making myself smaller. I started taking full breaths. My chest rising and falling with every step I took. It was a liberation I had never felt before. As I ran, people watched. I never made eye contact. As the days went by, people still watched as I ran. But I smiled.I ran for myself and the lady shyly jogging on the other side of the track. I ran because I have every right to. I also ran for a future where my daughter never has to feel like she doesn’t belong. I ran for a playground that will have both girls and boys kicking up dust. I ran for a time when girls can walk down roads whenever they want, wherever they want, wearing whatever they want. And, I will continue to run till that day comes. It’s one of the many small, only seemingly inconsequential things I can do till the day no woman feels the need to write an article like this. Till then I will run. And, you can watch. Or…

Source: I Was Sick Of Not Seeing Women Running Outdoors Till It Hit Me I Was Part Of The Problem – The Ladies FingerThe Ladies Finger

Why Donald Trump Is Probably Part-Lebanese | A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

He’s racist: He’s gonna build a wall, a wall that will be so YUGE!, and who’s gonna pay for that wall? SYRIA! Oh wait. Never mind. Had a little mix up there. From his anti-Mexican statements, to his overall anti-anything-not-American-Blonde-and-White rhetoric, to turning a blind eye to KKK members campaigning for him, to questioning if Barack Obama was born in the United States, the examples are also – once again – endless. Not to say that *all* Lebanese are racists, but man, those refugees are just ugh! And can you imagine sharing a pool with a maid? What is this, Colonial Africa? And what’s to say about our minister of foreign affairs? Of course he’s right about not wanting to give Syrians or Palestinians who marry Lebanese women the precious Lebanese nationality. America has KKK, we have 961.

He doesn’t pay taxes and is proud of it: When interrogated by Hillary Clinton at the first presidential debate about his taxes, alluding to him not paying them, Trump replied: “that makes me smart.” A few days later, the New York Times risked legal action to leak part of his tax returns showing he didn’t pay anything for over 18 years because of being able to manipulate the American tax code like a pro. His Republican aids came to his rescue. Rudy Guliani turned him into a “genius” for doing what he did, saying that that alone made him more capable to lead the country than “a woman” (refer to point ). Americans (not the 42% still voting for him at least) were outraged. Gasps were reportedly heard among undecided voters being used as focus groups during the debate at his tax statements. How could he get Americans (again, not those 42%) to feel like they are “less smart” for actually contributing to their country?In this side of the world, however, Donald Trump not paying his taxes doesn’t make him smart at all. It makes him just another regular Lebanese. Income tax? What is that again? Electricity Bill? They don’t even dare enter my neighborhood to collect man. Water? Meh, it’s not like they’re gonna cut me off anyway. VAT? Haha, I’ll buy using my foreign passport.

He hates Muslims: He wants to ban Muslims – all 1.6 billion of them – from entering the United States because a small faction of them, numbered at less than 10,000 individuals worldwide, are terrorizing people.

When his statements were demolished by Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of United States Army Captain Humayun Khan who gave up his life saving his fellow soldiers, Trump’s response was not to apologize, but to allude to Ghazala not speaking to her being an oppressed Muslim woman.The memory of her son was still, years later, too much for her to bear to address the entirety of the United States.In these parts of the world, the hate of others for being of a different religion on both sides is existent, albeit not applicable to everyone thankfully. The deeper you go in the Lebanese Bible or Quran belts, the more engrained is the mentality that those who pray differently are to be feared. It takes a lot to break out of that.

He lies about everything all the time: Global warming is a Chinese hoax, he tweeted a few years ago. Flash forward to September 2016 and he denied he ever said it. He supported the War on Iraq. Flash forward a few years later and he denies he ever did. He comes up with one lie after the other, believes them, and refuses to be fact-checked. Wasn’t it about 90 seconds before he dropped his first lie at the first Presidential Debate?

His Lebanese brethren practice this dogma to the letter. Fact checking is irrelevant here. If it’s my opinion, then it’s a fact and you better deal with it, Lebanon-style. His top advisor is Lebanese:Walid Phares – no relation, thank God – is one of Donald Trump’s top advisors and councils him on a lot of issues, notably foreign affairs. Phares’ personal history is relevant for being a Lebanese Forces officer during the Civil War, and leaving to the United States while still retaining his “Christians are better than everyone else because they are Christians” mantra (read point ).

During the 1980s, Phares, a Maronite Christian, trained Lebanese militants in ideological beliefs justifying the war against Lebanon’s Muslims. Justified back then, perhaps and debatable, but he hasn’t left that mentality behind. He was also a main contributor to the planning behind the Sabra and Chatila massacres.

Birds of a feather flock together, Lebanon style?

Fails at so many things, brags anyway:

From failed universities, to failed steak ventures, to hotels driven to the ground, his career hasn’t exactly been the beacon of bright light that his father’s “small loan” of $14 million kickstarted.

That hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from making sure that everyone and their mother knew that:

He had money,He has made money,He has bought stuff with his money,He can buy more stuff with that money,He has money,He will have more money,The time it took you to read this list has seen him make even more money

Source: Why Donald Trump Is Probably Part-Lebanese | A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

Donald Trump Releases Video Apologizing for the Pussy Grabbing 

Looking very much like a man with a gun pointed at him just off-camera, Donald Trump released a video apologizing, in a way, for the comments he made about being able to grab women “by the pussy,” thanks to his fame.Emphasizing that he’s been a vulgar pickup artist for at least a decade—we know, Donald—Trump briefly apologized before pointing out other people whose names rhyme with Ill Linton have done much worse.“Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am,” Trump said. “I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.”

Source: Donald Trump Releases Video Apologizing for the Pussy Grabbing 

IOF Deported all 13 Zaytouna-Oliva Women Boat – PNN

All 13 of the women on the Women’s Boat to Gaza are currently in the process of deportation after being captured by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and detained in a prison at Ashdod.Wendy Goldsmith, a member of the land team working to secure the release of the women stated that, “the deportation was much quicker than in prior flotillas.While we had a great legal team assisting the women, we suspect that the reason for the quick release was because of all the negative media attention Israel has been receiving for its illegal interception.”According to early reports from the women released, the Zaytouna-Oliva was surrounded by two warships along with four to five smaller naval boats.

Source: IOF Deported all 13 Zaytouna-Oliva Women Boat – PNN

Your silence will not protect you from Donald Trump – voting is imperative: Rhonda Y. Williams (Opinion) | cleveland.com

This election year is so much bigger than this election. It is about what kind of society we want to live in, and what kind of human beings we want to be.To be sure, the responsibility to vote, voice, and act won’t end after Nov. 8, but let’s get some hard practice in now. After all, think about what low voter turnout might actually get us? In the words of poet-activist Audre Lorde: “Your silence will not protect you.” Indeed, it just may cause us inexorable harm.

Source: Your silence will not protect you from Donald Trump – voting is imperative: Rhonda Y. Williams (Opinion) | cleveland.com