February 2012
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US Breaks Heat Records as Republicans End...
So, wait. Republicans assert that climate change is a myth, but they’re deliberately trying to end climate record-keeping?
That makes perfect sense.
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8 Dead In Quran Burning Protests - CNN
More violence and dead from a supposed ‘religion of peace’.
Eight people are dead and twenty-seven are wounded, that we know of, all over books that were burned (supposedly) on accident.
Please, tell me more about your peaceful religion, Muslims. From where I’m sitting, your religion of peace is about as peaceful as that of the Christians, which is to say, far too many of you...
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So, at 6:45 AM this morning...
…I settled into my desk at work and logged on. (I was in forty-five minutes early to make up for my having to drive my roommate to the hospital yesterday.) There I am, ready to slog through a shitty day at work when I get a call on my cell.
It’s my wonderful six year-old brother, calling to ask if he can stay the night at my house tonight, and he wants to bring the puppy.
Just the...
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Georgia Democrats propose limitations on... →
If this is what it takes for so-called ‘pro-life’ people to wake up and realize just how asinine and mind-numbingly stupid their anti-choice laws are, then so be it. We liberals can, and will, propose equally absurd shit to combat the fuckwitted proposals you assholes think you can thrust upon us to distract everyone from the fact that you don’t have the first fucking clue how...
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Holy crap... someone just offered me $300.00 for a...
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The Confederate flag wasn't always popular.
stfuconfederates:
After the Civil War, you pretty much got shot for having one.
Probably because it’s the symbol of a failed rebellion against the federal government, and the Stars and Bars was a fucking battle flag. It had no political symbolism. It was a battle flag. It meant the person carrying it was going to shoot at you.
It was gone for a long time, and guess when it came back. It came...
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Virginia governor no longer fully supports... →
bohemiansouth:
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is backing off his unconditional support for a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, focusing new attention on one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Virginia’s General Assembly this year.
Until this weekend, McDonnell (R) and his aides had said the governor would sign the measure if it made it to his desk....
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Yggdrasil: It's a great time to be Catholic (Or... →
intheshadowofyggdrasil:
askthecatholic:
To be honest, I can’t help but be excited at the persecution the Catholic Church has been getting lately.
What persecution? The Catholic Church continues to get away with doing nearly anything it wants, including raping children.
It’s as if the culture went from…
Yggy, perhaps it’s a bit crude, but your post is based in fact. If...
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Lent starts soon. I'm giving up the same thing I...
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On Affirmative Action and the upcoming Supreme...
Eh, in all the grand rhetoric about meritocracy I don’t seem to have seen anyone complaining about the lack of regulation in tuition, or the preferential treatment received by children of alumni, athletes, and people with a boatload of cash. I also don’t seem to see anyone complaining about the terrible laws that eliminate financial aid for people with marijuana convictions. I...
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Okay, Hold On...
loreleielizabeth:
I just want to make sure I’m getting this right….
Abortions are bad.
Women should be responsible and not get pregnant. (And, in the case of rape, well don’t get raped for starters… but if you do screw up and wear something slutty or drink alcohol or go somewhere alone…. then the baby is Gods gift for you to redeem yourself for said trespass, but we won’t even go there)
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$50 MILLION Embezzled by the Good Christians at... →
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mamaatheist:
The granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network’s Paul and Jan Crouch has accused the world’s largest Christian broadcaster of unlawfully distributing charitable assets worth more than $50 million to the company’s directors. The charges are leveled in a federal lawsuit filed by Crouch granddaughter Brittany Koper last week against her former lawyers, who ...
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Currently in a discussion about guys and the...
boovyvida:
I just want to say to all of my male followers:
I one hundred percent believe you have absolutely NO decision in whether a woman should carry through with a pregnancy.
Absolutely none. Whatsoever.
And to all of you pro-life males out there, I would never touch your penis. Ever.
And I want to add, to any women out there who call themselves ‘pro-life’, I will never...
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So, I have approximately 500 comic books sorted in...
It’s all part of my quarterly database update and re-allocation of my storage boxes in anticipation of KC Comicon.
Being a comic geek is fun. (And a shit-ton of work too.)
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Abused wife suffers final insult: paying alimony...
Jurors listened to a fraught Harris saying, “No,” more than 50 times. He was sentenced to six years in prison.
Judge Pollack has yet to comment outside of court on his ruling, which stunned many in the legal community.
How the fuck does this happen in the United States of America?
Seriously?
This person assaults his wife while their kids are listening. She says no fifty, count ‘em,...
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You know what's really cool? Browsing the blog of...
But then, I am Ryan Stevens.
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WatchSome of the best commentary I’ve seen yet on the forced vaginal penetration law passed in Virginia this week. (And it’s hilarious.)
My favorite line:
“Men have to be smarter when they talk about birth control. Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum, joked that when he was young, women held an aspirin between their knees for birth control. Good one! But do you...
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Ugh... I hate going out to eat on Sundays and...
The plus side? I have a legitimate reason to be using the following gif:
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Watchkicking-edgar-allan-poe:
I tried to do a Bright Eyes cover yesterday but then my boyfriend came to pick me up so I stopped. I hope you won’t hate me for not finishing the song. Also for the awkward looking around and the weird high notes.
My friend Victoria makes pretty music. Enjoy!
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All this talk of Religious Freedom got me...
anonypoop:
Catholics are up in arms about giving access to women employed by Catholic organizations access to birth control and they feel that Barack Obama is, by forcing them to do so, violating Freedom of Religion. So, with that notion in mind, let’s turn to abortion.
Catholic’s believe that life begins at conception and therefore they want to end all abortions. However, without getting into...
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Anonymous asked: Have you ever heard of an atheist...
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johnnyis:
Dogmatically anti-theistic regimes have committed some of the greatest atrocities of history. Mao Ze-Dong and Joseph Stalin alone murdered 72,000,000+ people. Some pretty terrible things have admittedly been committed in the name of religion, but the claim cannot be made that atheism is somehow exempt from all of this.
It’s funny how you constantly mention...
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Salon.com -- How a woman almost died in an...
abaldwin360:
There’s this lawmaker out of Kansas, Rep. Peter DeGraaf, who has a lot to say about abortion. He’s currently best known for saying that women should plan ahead in case of rape and not expect their regular insurance to cover an abortion after an assault. And I could spend a lot of time discussing the flaws in his logic, or even hashing out when life begins, but what I’m really...
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My column for this week on Politics Break. →
abaldwin360:
On Virginia and Vaginal Ultrasound Probes.
Read this.
And, as the architect of the facebook scuffle referenced in Baldwin’s post, let me just say, I find it fucking appalling that anyone would try to defend a law that makes it legal to molest people. Nothing should be entering a person’s vagina without their express consent.
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NJ Assembly passes Marriage Equality Bill, with... →
socialistexan:
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie will take no action Thursday night on a gay marriage bill OK’d by the New Jersey Assembly.
The Assembly passed the bill allowing same-sex nuptials by a 42-33 vote earlier Thursday. But the chamber isn’t required to send the bill to Christie’s desk until the close of business Friday.
Christie, a Republican who opposes gay marriage, has...
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Holy shit...
I can’t believe I’m having to defend my opposition to forced intra-vaginal ultrasounds to friends on facebook.
Time for another culling of the friends list.