It’s quiet uptown…
Um this is gorgeous.
The Simpsons Pay Tribute to Paris (via Hamilton)
“The tribute has levels, more than many people seem to have realized, so let’s break it down:
1. The marquee bears Jean Jullien’s viral illustration of the Eiffel Tower as a peace sign, which he drew in the hours following the attacks.
2. The show is Lafayette: The Musical, a tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War, and the personification of the longstanding alliance between the United States and France. (Celebrating Lafayette is its own American tradition.)
3. The fact that it’s a musical is a nod to Hamilton, the hottest musical on Broadway, in which America’s favorite fighting Frenchman is one of the main characters.
4. It’s a marquee. This makes it the marquee de Lafayette.”
Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West | NBC’s The Wiz Live! | Premiering December 03, 2015 For One Night Only!
this is what i was waiting for
whiny privileged parent with limited free time problems: i haven’t even finished master of none yet, i can’t start on jessica jones!
(As prepared for delivery on November 19th, 2015)
Mr. Speaker. 70 years ago my parents and grandparents were stripped of their possessions and placed in Japanese-American internment camps.
They were not guilty of espionage. They did not commit treason. They simply looked like our enemy — and that cost my family their freedom.
Yesterday, the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, suggested that this country’s treatment of Japanese-Americans during the 1940s is a model for how we should address today’s global refugee crisis.
It does not take courage to condemn such disgraceful comments, nor does it take wisdom to say our World War Two policies were a product of fear and hysteria.
What takes wisdom is recognizing that history is now repeating itself. And what takes courage is sending a message to the world that America will protect innocent people regardless of their nationality or religion.
That’s what my mother and father deserved 70 years ago, and it’s what these refugees deserve today.
Thank you and I yield back.