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2019-03-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-
George Clooney calls for hotel boycott over Brunei LGBT laws
[BBC] Hollywood actor George Clooney is calling for a boycott of nine luxury hotels with links to Brunei, after the country said gay sex and adultery would soon be punishable by death.

He said Dorchester Collection hotels in the US, UK, France and Italy, which are owned by the Brunei Investment Agency, should be avoided by those who oppose the measures.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 A bold and principled stand, George. But are you prepared to go down that rabbit hole? Brunei's new laws, the ones you decry as human rights violations, are based on Sharia - the foundation of Islam. Not some weird offshoot of Islam, basic meat and potatoes Islam. So the question becomes, is your outrage limited to luxury hotels?
Posted by SteveS 2019-03-30 09:59||   2019-03-30 09:59|| Front Page Top

#2 is your outrage limited to luxury hotels?

Just those where he meats his friends.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-03-30 11:21||   2019-03-30 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 "What other hotels are there?"
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-30 11:22||   2019-03-30 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Just those where he meats his friends.

I don't know if that is Snark of the Day or just a typo. But either way, it's funny!
Posted by SteveS 2019-03-30 11:39||   2019-03-30 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice to see the rumours about him and boys are "widespread"
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-30 11:52||   2019-03-30 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Tipped his hat eh?
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-30 12:04||   2019-03-30 12:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Doesn't approve of his butt buddies getting stoned I gather.
Posted by jpal 2019-03-30 12:06||   2019-03-30 12:06|| Front Page Top

#8 George Clooney is obviously Islamophobic. I can't think of any other explanation.
Posted by Tom 2019-03-30 12:36||   2019-03-30 12:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Get rid of the first letter of his last name and all becomes clear.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-03-30 16:38||   2019-03-30 16:38|| Front Page Top

#10 George C. Looney?
Posted by Bobby 2019-03-30 17:59||   2019-03-30 17:59|| Front Page Top

#11 Not all agree with the strategy.

Bill Maher Criticizes George Clooney's Boycott of Brunei Hotels on 'Real Time'
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2019-03-30 18:22||   2019-03-30 18:22|| Front Page Top

#12 *Snort*
Bill Mahar calls Clooney's call chickenshit tokenism, if he really cared he would give up oil.

Says Bill Mahar, Climate Change Alarmist, and by his own standard, chickenshit tokenist.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-30 19:14||   2019-03-30 19:14|| Front Page Top

#13 I am curious what Clooney's position is regrading other nations with Sharia law. Like did he support Obamas friendship with Iran? Does he work on movies that might have Saudi money?
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-03-30 22:54||   2019-03-30 22:54|| Front Page Top

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