Of Coasters and American Idiots

Ezydvd is selling BSG themed coasters along with the fourth season part 1 dvd set. Any ol' gimmick just to make a sale, huh?

I'm obsessed, but in a more fangirly way that means I'd totally buy it for coasters with Mary McDonnell on them, but random insignia? Does not rock my world. Try pictures of pretty people, advertising execs, it's not that hard to figure it out.

They have no problem using Six as the cover art model. Why is it always Six, on her own, or one of a few? Haven't they figured out BSG is an ensemble show? Roslin's never been on the cover [Australian, anyway], damn it.

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In other news, AMERICA SUCKS. A lot. My grandmother got a letter from Celine Keil, a friend of the family, saying her husband, Joe, was arrested by the Immigrations Customs Enforcement in Missouri. Apparently his crime was illegally procuring and travelling with a US passport- listen to this 'logic'; because he had both a Samoan and American passport, one of them HAD TO BE FAKE. Now, Samoa is a lovely tolerant country, it doesn't mind you being a citizen of other countries- I think I still have my own Samoan passport somewhere, although I had to give up my Fijian passport when I turned 18 and chose to retain my Australian citizenship. Dual citizenship is not unheard of, it's hardly a rare phenomenon. Joe has some American ancestors, which is why he was acknowledged as an American citizen, given a US passport and then he SERVED IN THE FRAKKING US AIR FORCE FOR FOUR YEARS. So he was good enough for them then.

But after 40 years of travelling through the US with that passport, suddenly the immigrations people decide to forcibly arrest him, making a humiliating scene in public; they didn't even have a warrant for his arrest or for searching and seizing his possessions, but no, that didn't stop them from putting him in a prison jumpsuit and chains  and shackles and LOCKING HIM UP FOR NINE DAYS. He wasn't even allowed visits from his family for a week.

What makes this awful story even worse? He's the Chief Negotiatior for the Pacific Islands, he's a DIPLOMAT returning home from a mission in Europe, and he showed them his diplomatic credentials which according to the Vienna Convention is supposed to offer diplomats protection and safe passage, but no, they take his credentials away and imprison him for no good reason. The guy hasn't committed a violent crime like rape or murder but he gets the death row prisoner star treatment with chains and all.

After nine days, he's finally out, albeit on bail and having to post a $10,000 bond. His personal effects are missing- passports, licence, social security card- and he's told he can't leave Missouri. Talk about adding insult to injury. Frakking idiots. Rather than getting an apology, he's facing court for a crime a 5 year old could tell he didn't commit!

Seriously, WTF?

Disturbed.

Wow, so um- hunching over a laptop for over six hours, feverishly reading through the scathingly hilarious recaps on Tv without Pity and hunting down Elizabeth icons is...not good for one's back. OUCH OUCH OUCH. I have the worst back problems, it's not funny. I'm going to get like, arthritis or something.

But look at what I found- this really pretty wp by oooofairyoooo is really pretty. And disturbing.

That is all.