https://c4ss.org/content/38464 "Let’s get something out of the way at the start: the state — even if it should exist — should not be involved in marriage. But libertarians who think that this is all that need be said are wrong. To see this, imagine that the government declared that blacks could not use the interstate highways. Would it be enough for libertarians to say that the government should not own and operate highways, remaining agnostic on the particular policy? Of course not, because that’s not all there is to the matter. Libertarians should say that as long as the government does own and operate highways, it must not discriminate irrationally or invidiously in their use. Why is that a proper libertarian position? It is so because libertarians, pending abolition of the state, should want to limit as far as possible its power to commit injustice, to mistreat people or deprive them of their dignity. One way to do that is to eliminate or at least restrict its power to discriminate irrationally or invidiously. Government should not have the power to issue marriage licenses, but when it exercises that power, it should not be free to deny them to gay and lesbian couples. On what libertarian grounds should same-sex couples be turned away from the licensing bureau? As Steve Horwitz writes: “Classical-liberal principles require the State to treat all citizens as equal before the law.” This, he notes, has been one of the aims of liberal movements from time immemorial. Horwitz writes: [...] It does not follow, as some libertarians suggest, that under the equality principle, laws that burden one group ought apply to all. The principle is equal protection. If the government imposed conscription on men, it would be unlibertarian to demand that women also be drafted in the name of equality under the law. On the contrary, that principle would be grounds for demanding abolition of conscription. I’ve seen it argued that if marriage consisted merely in “negative rights” — rights, that is, against aggression — a libertarian could have no objection to legalization of same-sex marriage. But, the argument goes, since contemporary marriage entails “positive rights” as well — that is, (alleged) “rights” to government-provided benefits — a libertarian should object to extending this tainted institution to more people. That argument seems plausible at first, but I believe it crumbles on closer scrutiny. [...] Let’s take an example, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which requires employers to provide job-protected though unpaid leave for qualified reasons. (Some states have similar laws.) Since passage of the law in 1993, FMLA benefits have been extended by the courts to same-sex couples who married in a state that recognizes that status. Now it is true that mandated family and medical leave coercively imposes costs on employers (and ultimately employees) and therefore cannot pass libertarian muster. It is also true that with this latest Supreme Court decision, FMLA benefits will now apply to more people. But contrary to some libertarians, that is no reason to condemn the Supreme Court’s decision. Rather, it’s simply a reason to work for the repeal of the FMLA. Allowing the prohibition of SSM in order to prevent expansion of the FMLA is a little like bombing a village full of innocents to kill a criminal. To avoid one harm, a great deal more harm would be done. And note: it is not married couples who compel employers to provide leave, even if they take advantage of the law. The state is the aggressor. Let’s go after it and its impositions directly. Discriminating against same-sex couples does nothing to end those impositions. It simply declares that the benefits are for heterosexual couples only."

От известного пользователя Krita и автора пособия по её компиляции для котов: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1627457613/help-print-the-full-color-webcomic-pepper-and-carr "Pepper & Carrot is a full color open source webcomc created by David Revoy. A comedy/humor webcomic suited for everyone, every age. The comic follows the adventures of a young witch named Pepper and her cat Carrot. The pages are already done, but we need your help to bring it to print for the first time. This comic is being edited, published, and printed by an independent publisher, NK Comics. Original Art and story created by David Revoy www.davidrevoy.com. Webcomic, artworks and texts are licensed under a CC-By license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Website for Pepper and Carrot: http://www.peppercarrot.com/ How does this "Kickstarter" thing work, anyway? See the top right corner of this page, where it says "$500 goal"? We need that much money to produce our "Pepper and Carrot Volume 1" on a timely schedule. If the goal is reached thanks to your pledges, production on the graphic novel and all of the associated rewards begin immediately! But if we don't meet our goal by the end of the 30 days, while we will all be very sad, you will not lose a penny. You will not be charged unless the project reaches its $500 goal before the deadline! The book will be full color 8in x 10in in softcover and Kickstarter exclusive Hardcover. The base amount of pages is 30+. But the more we raise the more story and making of pages will be will be added."

I am a HUGE faggot.

хули слово handmade есть, а слово handmake не существует?

Сегодня я развлекался наговаривая английские скороговорки в гуглораспознавалку речи. Вопрос: как произнести имя Sasha чтобы это пидорасье меня поняло?

> some of our students will also have been stripped last night of those named as their guardians > will have been Как это работает?

https://animemangastudies.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/annual-bibliography-of-anime-and-manga-studies-2010-ed/ "To the best of my knowledge, 2010 was simply THE high point to date of English-language scholarly interest in anime and manga, with 10 new monographs, 6 essay collections (with a total of well over a hundred chapters), 29 more chapters in other essay collections, and over 60 individual articles in scholarly-peer reviewed journals. ... A number of studies and discussions of particular types of fan activities and practices – such as Ian Condry’s ‘Dark energy: What fansubs reveal about the copyright wars‘ (Mechademia, 5), Mizuko Ito’s Ito’s The rewards of non-commercial production: Distinctions and status in the anime music video scene (First Monday, 15:5), and my own Fighting the fan sub war (Transformative Works and Cultures, 5). ... Aso, Noriko. Revolutionary girls: From Oscar to Utena. In Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Eva Tsai & JungBong Choi (Eds.), Television, Japan, and globalization (pp. 151-172). Ann Arbor, MI: Center for Japanese Studies. ... *** OPEN ACCESS *** Bryce, Mio. Cheung, Paul, & Gutierrez, Anna Katrina. Clones, hybrids and organ transplants in manga and anime. International Journal of the Humanities, 8(5),279-290. [Neon Genesis Evangelion, Phoenix] ... Chen, Haiwen, Russell, Richard, Nakayama, Ken, & Livingstone, Margaret. Crossing the ‘uncanny valley': Adaptation to cartoon faces can influence perception of human faces. Perception, 378-386. ... *** OPEN ACCESS *** Koulikov, Mikhail. Fighting the fan sub war: Conflicts between media rights holders and unauthorized creator/distributor networks. Transformative Works and Cultures, 5. ... *** OPEN ACCESS *** Nagaike, Kazumi. The sexual and textual politics of Japanese lesbian comics: Reading romantic and erotic yuri narratives. The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Article 4 in 2010. ..."

Выглядит, внезапно, годно: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1908899476/avas-demon-book-two/

http://ateneojspconference.blogspot.ru/2014/06/15th-annual-international-conference-on.html?spref=tw "CALL FOR PAPERS 15th Annual International Conference on Japanese Studies & the 6th Women’s Manga Conference A Joint International Conference by Ateneo de Manila University, Japanese Studies Program with the support of the Japan Foundation, Manila Office and Women’s MANGA Research Project (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24320047) Manga and the Manga-esque: New Perspectives to a Global Culture DATES: 22-25 January, 2015 VENUE: Ateneo de Manila University, Manila OVERVIEW: In the recent years, academic scholarship towards popular culture has been increasing. But why study Manga? Like all forms of popular culture, the consumption of such can produce social norms, establish social boundaries, and create rituals that generate social solidarity, generate innovation, and pave the way for social change, becoming a powerful and oft ignored media. The Japanese Government has realized this potential and has been using manga and anime as part of its soft power diplomacy. Recently, South Korea has been doing the same with K-pop and K-drama. Furthermore, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs has begun a campaign using Filipino komiks and animation. But none of these media have the same influence as manga. Manga, a Japanese term, which has now been accepted not only to refer to the comics published in Japan, but to also refer to works published in the various localities which derive their inspiration from that coming from Japan. While there have been several conferences and scholarship dealing with the topic of manga, the literature is quite divided between the lines of Western-based and Japanese-based scholarship. The Philippines becomes an interesting setting for a conference on manga, with its hybridized culture. The conference will not only provide fresh perspectives towards the study of manga, but will include studies of the manga-esque. The study of the manga-esque not only provides a peek towards Japan's influence to the local culture, but also provides a peak towards the cultural negotiations of their creators to their local culture. The proposed conference would invite distinguished manga scholars from Japan and the world, which will then provide fresh perspectives in studying manga as a global culture"

Бля, какой убогий перевод, даже я слышу, что всё не так.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/response-we-people-petition-nadiya-savchenko "Use all legal means to free ukrainian soldier Nadiya Savchenko, who is a political prisoner of the Kremlin regime. Response to We the People Petition on Nadiya Savchenko The United States has repeatedly called for the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, most recently on November 12, in remarks delivered at the United Nations by U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power. Russia and the separatist proxies it supports committed to 12 points when they signed the Minsk Protocol on September 5. In Point 5 of the Protocol, Russia agreed to immediately free all hostages and illegally held persons. Yet Russia and the separatists it backs continue to hold at least 500 hostages. They include Savchenko, as well as Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, both of whom were captured by separatists on Ukrainian soil and illegally transported against their will to Russia. We once again call on Russia to release Savchenko, and all hostages and illegally held persons, as well as to fulfill all of the commitments it and the separatists it backs signed up to in Minsk. We have repeatedly made it clear that President Putin has a choice. If he is willing to find a lasting settlement to the conflict in Ukraine within the context of the Minsk agreements and without setting unreasonable conditions, sanctions could be rolled back. If Russia continues to flout its commitments and continue its dangerous and destabilizing actions, then the costs to Russia will continue to rise."

Евросовок совсем плох, раз даже экоблядки могут учёных советников гонять: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2833891/Britain-s-EU-adviser-backs-GM-farming-ousted-Campaigners-claim-victory-fight-against-foods-job-scrapped.html "Campaigners claimed a victory in their fight against genetically modified food last night after the EU scrapped the job of a controversial British scientist. Professor Anne Glover, who served as chief scientific adviser to the EU from 2012, had argued that opposition to GM crops is ‘a form of madness’. Groups worried about so-called ‘Frankenfoods’ wanted her position abolished, saying one adviser should not have so much influence on EU policy. The EU Commission confirmed last night that her position was being abolished along with the Bureau of European Policy Advisers under which it fell."

Пришла к успеху: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1841801090/fallen-vol-1-graphic-novel-by-ogawa-burukku http://www.inkblazers.com/manga-and-comics/FaLLEN/detail-page/2409?lang=en http://www.inkblazers.com/blogs/Interview-FaLLEN-by-Ogawa-Burukku/detail-page/7443 https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=104233 > Well, originally I wanted to do storyboarding for Disney’s Feature Animation division, and I was in fact all setup to jump right in after I graduated from SCAD, but I think it was around 2003 when the company dropped their 2D department in favor of doing lousy CG movies. I was not (and still am not) a fan of totally CG animated movies, and since at the time the whole industry was going belly-up as animation studios closed their doors and others quickly tried to master 3D lighting, I decided to go another route. In 2004 I moved to Japan and started attending a school for making manga, because all I wanted to do was tell stories with sequential art. This was just another way to do that without the end result being poopy CG puppets. > When I went to other publishers, people kept telling me I was too old… at 26. Japan likes young artists they can mold, and I have actually found that the better I get, the less interested editors have become. When I was younger and terrible, I had several bites. Now that I’m exponentially better at what I do, people tell me I’m great but don’t seem interested in giving me jobs. The fact that I’m a foreigner doesn’t help. The feedback I’ve gotten from editors (I’d say I’ve been to about 30 since coming to Japan) has always been mixed, but most guys I’ve met with have been pretty young and it doesn’t seem they have any idea what they are talking about. When I asked one guy if there was anything I could work on, he told me “Practice drawing every day.” Clearly, I’m not a beginner. Clearly I’ve been doing this for a while. But he wasn’t equipped to handle more advanced artists, and that was the best advice he could give.