February 2012
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That awkward moment when...
…your older brother calls you to check and see if you’re going to another family member’s Super Bowl party, but you weren’t actually invited and know absolutely nothing about it.
Ouch.
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Susan G Komen Defunds Planned Parenthood →
morninggloria:
Not to toot my own horn, but I think this is important for people to know.
The Susan G Komen foundation has announced they’ll cease providing grants to Planned Parenthood, which uses the funds to provide mammograms to low income women. Komen claims that they’ve ceased funding because PP is under investigation by Congress, but the reality is the new VP of Policy is rabidly...
January 2012
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I am sending the final payment on my car today. ...
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I've decided I'm going to make a donation to...
…in honor of Sam Brownback’s decision to kick thousands of people off of food stamps. (Even though he’s also trying to raise taxes on these same people in an effort to fund a tax cut for his golf buddies.)
If you can spare a few bucks, please join me
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Wow, Brownback actually had the sack to defend his...
This is why I should not read comment threads that are frequented by Kansans. The heartless bastards commenting in support of Brownback’s new food stamp rules almost certainly do not represent all of Kansas, but it’s heard to imagine, considering they elected that evil son-of-a-bitch.
I can’t imagine anyone thinking it’s cool to starve children for political points, but...
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Sarah is...
…one of those particularly exceptional people that, when I have the good fortune to enjoy their company, make everything in the world seem dull by comparison.
I walked out of the restaurant and failed to notice the moon and stars, and overlooked every woman I passed on the way to the garage. The Spanish architecture wasn’t stimulating. Mingled aromas of coffee, wine, and spicy Brazilian...
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New Nickname
At my friend’s engagement party tonight, I was given a new nickname: “Ninja.”
I was given it for two reasons: (a) My acrobatic and swift technique in photobombing the engagement pictures, and (b) my delicate and stealthy under-the-table groping skills.
Ryan.
Stevens.
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I really like the Willy Wonka memes...
…because in my head, I can actually hear Gene Wilder saying those things, and it makes me smile and chuckle.
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“You know that place between sleep and awake?
The place where you can still...”
– Peter Pan
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Can we please discontinue use of the phrase "I'm...
roguebelle:
You either are or you aren’t. And if you are, you don’t get to set conditions on that. You don’t get to deem some abortions more worthy or more moral than others, or decide that it’s more acceptable for some women than for others. You don’t get to qualify, and you don’t get to judge.
Fuck yes. Pro-choice, no asterisks needed.
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Aborted....
la-sparks:
This doctor is performing an abortion. The baby that is supposed to be terminated just grabbed the doctors finger.
There are no adequate words to describe the depth of your stupidity, la-sparks. Please do yourself, and the world, a giant favor and throw your computer out of a window at a sufficient distance from the ground to ensure that it shatters irreparably upon...
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Beakers, kindly go fuck yourselves.
Dear Beakers,
The Iowa State Cyclones handed you your fourth loss of the season today. (Though, luckily for you sad sacks, it’s the only one that counts at this point.)
I just wanted to take this moment to tell you all to go fuck a rabid hedgehog, you arrogant, self-indulged pieces of shit. I don’t want to hear another word about how you’re supposedly the best team in the...
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CONFIRMED: Romney Family Had Ann Romney's Atheist...
After wondering aloud yesterday whether the Romneys converted Mitt’s dead father-in-law to Mormonism, Gawker’s John Cook has confirmed it: Yes. They did. Edward Davies, Ann Romney’s father, was an atheist who was also strongly anti-religion. By the time he died, he was the only member of Ann Romney’s immediate family to not convert to Mormonism. Fourteen months later, in...
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Jamming in the middle of a restaurant to Jessie...
..and I don’t give a fuck.
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"Pro-Life" people, why do you elect ignorant...
Republican Rep. Larry Pittman, who was appointed to the District 82 House seat in October, expressed his views in an email sent Wednesday to every member of the General Assembly. […]
“We need to make the death penalty a real deterrent again by actually carrying it out. Every appeal that can be made should have to be made at one time, not in a serial manner,” Pittman wrote in the email....
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On Sunday...
I’ll be present to bear witness to the marriage proposal of an old friend to his girlfriend of four and a half years. When he asked me I couldn’t help but take a moment to let such an honor sink in. There’s something special about being asked to witness what could very well be the most important moment in his life, at least until this point.
This friend is a romantic, much like...
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DREAM Act - Someone, please...
…give me a valid reason why someone willing to risk their life for this country should not be allowed a green card in return.
If a person enters military service to this country, they are not an illegal. (As if someone existing could be ‘illegal’ in the first place.) They are someone who’s using a valid path to citizenship, and risking life and limb to do so in service of...
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Twitter Censorship and Google Tracking
Is it just me, or did our SOPA fight fall a bit short, knowing that Twitter is going to cave to dictatorial regimes on censorship and Google is going to be tracking users’ internet use.
It just seems like the folks who should be on the front lines helping people combat privacy violations and promote the spread of ideas are taking two steps backward. What’s going to happen when the...
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War against christianity?
stfuconservatives:
For fuck’s sake…
Seriously. Churches and clergymen aren’t even taxed in this country. The rest of us pay more because these unpatriotic fucks can’t be bothered to contribute.
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“If somebody is willing to die for America, then certainly they deserve a chance...”
– -Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla, speaking on his introduction of a new bill similar to the DREAM Act.
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I couldn’t agree more. Anyone with the sack to fight for this country unquestionably has earned a right to share in it.
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It should be pointed out that Barack Obama...
…has added an average of 157,368 manufacturing and energy jobs in every year of his term. Given the severe economic climate we’ve experienced since George Bush’s second term, that’s a pretty striking figure.
It’s no surprise that neither the Bushes nor Reagan accomplished that.
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I Admire Charlie Chaplin
I’ve always loved Charlie Chaplin as a person and an artist, and I’ve been reading his biography of late.
For many reasons, I believe him to be a man worthy of admiration. He openly disdained nationalism and patriotism, and called out Nazism for what it was long before it was popular to do so. He openly questioned the notion of killing people for king and country. His biography...
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Cain drops out of race because of accusations of...
occupyallstreets:
*Scratches head*
It’s a little more complex than that. As you might recall, Cain’s actions were borderline predatory and perpetrated against women that did not share his feelings.
However, Gingrich is a pretty sick fuck, but he has the good fortune of being pale in America.
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Not that I like Catholics... but...
Dear Protestants, Catholics are every bit as Christian as you are, and the differences in ritual and their teachings do not change that. Don’t get me wrong, I am in no way supportive of Protestantism, Catholicism, or Christianity, but this supremacist attitude about your particular Protestant point-of-view demonstrates pretty severe ignorance.
All one needs to do to be a Christian is...
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13-year-old self-aborts using pencil →
pro-choiceorfuckoff:
The girl had no legal access to abortion in Pennsylvania, where her parents must consent. This is the direct consequence of anti-choice zealots: taking away what dignity, respect, and alternatives left were left to a 13 year old who is being controlled, manipulated, and raped by someone more than twice her age. Way to go “pro-lifers”, what an awesome accomplishment:...
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Obama says we need to reduce abortions.
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cultureoflife:
Why? If abortion is no big deal, why would you want to reduce them? If abortion is a benefit to society, a great thing for women, why would you want to reduce the number of abortions? You can’t have it both ways. http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/01/22/statement-president-roe-v-wade-anniversary
Because unwanted pregnancies suck, surgery is an expensive pain...
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Why the entire town of King NC rallied against an... →
ladyatheist:
Almost the entire town it seems, anyway.
Afghan War veteran – Steven Hewett – demanded that the city remove the Christian Flag that was raised over the public memorial to veterans like him. They called him a coward, and threatened to beat him up (and the handful of other supporters). They demanded that people like Steven be run out of town so that any pending lawsuit would lose its...
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Bailee Webb - Badass Of The Day
When I was in college, a good friend of mine (who happened to be gay) contracted a frightening and swift virus that nearly killed him. It ultimately left him hospitalized for two months while he recuperated, and every day of those two months, I could find his boyfriend there to comfort and help take care of him. (Which was a bit awkward because his mom, an Evangelical Christian, was also there.) ...
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Christians, Remind Me Again How Oppressed You Are?
I got my W-2’s today, which is pretty awesome, considering it means I’ll have my car paid off within the next two weeks. But I happened to glance at the back and saw this:
Clergy and Religious Workers, If you are not subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes, see Pub. 517, Social Security and Other Information for members of the Clergy and Religious Workers.
Wow. Oppression...
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No More Food Stamps for Children of Illegal...
On a whim, I decided to interrupt my football game and take a look at the KC Star, and I really wish I hadn’t. I saw this atrocious gem:
At a time when Gov. Sam Brownback has vowed to reduce child poverty, the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services — a state agency the governor controls — made a policy change that eliminated food stamps for hundreds of low-income U.S....
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