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Spin me, Richard!  Spin me!

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Shit Richard Ayoade Says (2/?)

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sorry son

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This is quality television right here

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on Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”

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"We did the Big Fat Quiz 10 years ago this year, that’s why we’re doing the Anniversary special.."

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I’ve got a joke for Jack to do, which is kind of more family-friendly than the material he’s used to doing.

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About the French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira:

February 2, 1952: birth in Cayenne, French Guiana

1993-2012: she joins the National Assembly of France for French Guiana

1994-1999: she joins the European Parliament

May 2001: she is the principal author of Loi n° 2001-434, a law that officially recogizes the atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity [english], [french]

2002: she becomes the first black candidate and first black woman to run in the French presidential elections

2002-now: she publishes multiple books on the status of black people in French history and society

November 2012: she introduces Projet de Loi n° 344 to the parliament. this bill goes on to become Loi no 2013-404, which legalizes same-sex marriage in france in may 2013 [x]. [here’s one of her speeches with english subtitles x]

May 2013: she calls for the French government to redistribute land in the dom-tom (France’s Overseas Departments and Territories) to favour the descendants of slaves [x]

October 2013: she (justifiably) calls out the front national for being racist, antisemitic, anti-arab and homophobic. the party retaliates by threatening to sue her [x]

November 2013: she becomes the first black woman to be picked as Elle France’s Woman of the Year [x]

June 2014: she encourages the parliament to pass a reform that emphasizes the use of probationary periods and rehabilitation for young offenders (as opposed to harsh jail sentences with no rehabilition), in order to prevent repeat offenses and reduce overcrowding in french prisons [x]

July 2014: the court in cayenne gives anne-sophie leclère a 50 000 € fine, a 9 month jail sentence, and a 5 year ban from politics for comparing Taubira to a monkey [x] [video]

November 2014: she takes to twitter to speak up against the grand jury’s decision not to indict darren wilson [x]