May 2012
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The United States has begun launching drone...
Read that again:
The United States has begun launching drone strikes against suspected al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen under new authority approved by President Obama that allows the CIA and the military to fire even when the identity of those who could be killed is not known, U.S. officials said.
We don’t even care if we know what or who the target of a drone strike is anymore. To me, that...
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Just auditioned for a show for the first time in...
First, I’m extremely proud of myself for getting through the song and the cold reading without peeing myself in sheer terror.
Secondly, I put down ‘devastatingly handsome’ under the ‘special talents’ section of my audition application. It’s not arrogance if what you’re saying is true, after all.
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The thing about the wage gap
what-should-we-name-it:
A few numbers:
White women make $0.77 to a white man’s $1.00
Black women make $0.68 to a white man’s $1.00
Latina women make $0.58 to a white man’s $1.00
What the wage gap is
The wage gap comes from women (white women, and women of color) traditionally going into job fields that pay less than jobs that white men traditionally hold.
Women tend to have jobs that have...
April 2012
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I'd say congratulations to Robert Dewey on his...
…but after eighteen years behind bars for a crime he did not commit I sort of feel like he’s owed a collective apology from society.
Kudos to the Innocence Project for helping to see justice done.
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Free Comic Book Day
I just bought my six year-old brother an Iron Man costume as a surprise gift for Free Comic Book Day. What this means is, he and I will be gallivanting around Kansas City as Captain America and Iron Man on Saturday.
What fun!
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To all of my followers...
May the peace of Ryan Stevens be upon you, my children.
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Buy your way to Heaven! The Catholic Church brings... →
These days, you can get a deal on anything. Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the Gates of Heaven.
I wonder if they give a group rate discount to sexual predators?
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Catholic Priests Oppose ‘Report Pedophilia’ Bill... →
Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter is planning to introduce legislation later this year that would put people in jail for 10 years if they withheld information that would help prosecute a child abuser.
Conformity to religious dogma is more important than protecting children and exposing sexual predators in the Catholic Church.
Outstanding.
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Basically when I go on a date I ask myself, "Self,...
amadgirl-withablog:
I have yet to meet a person who trumps me.
I don’t know if thats right, or what that says about me, but it’s the truth.
I like myself and I like being alone. I’d like to have someone with me too but not at the expense of the happiness I already possess.
It’s much the same with me, so I just don’t date, really. My relationships tend to be very good...
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It's 60 degrees and sunny in beautiful Kansas...
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On the Nebraska Cornhuskers' homophobic football...
Ron Brown, you are a hateful, bigoted asshole. And, someone with your prejudiced mindset should not be in any position to influence young minds at a public university.
It’s one thing to dislike gay people. The luxury of living in this country is that you can think damn near any outlandish, antiquated knuckle-dragging thoughts that you want, and that’s your right.
However, when you...
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governorofwis asked: if you could ask bill clinton anything, what would you ask?
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i love jon-snow: why is christianity always free... →
lyannas:
why is christianity always free fucking game to people
like i understand insulting christianity is basically comparable to “”reverse racism”” in a way but it’s still a religion and why do people think it’s trendy to diss it or be all “THE BIBLE SAYS THIS BUT NYEH, MODERN TIMES”
we don’t all…
Yesterday I was prepared to write a dickheaded, snarky response to this, when I...
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I should give credit where credit is due. This...
Zack Wyatt, I salute you.
Here is an excerpt from Mr. Wyatt’s writing on the recent controversial (and outrageous) Missouri ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill:
Leadership is what our state greatly needs right now. The foundation of my party has always been individual equality and freedom. The very foundations of a free society are individual rights and the resulting responsibilities. I...
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lovesongoftheblizzard:
I don’t understand why people have a problem with admitting that their ego was bruised or their feelings were hurt. I really start to like someone when they aren’t scared to shed a tear in public and can swallow their pride when they should.
Seconded. I love people that aren’t afraid to open themselves up emotionally and take a little risk.
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Meth lab explodes in man's pants.
Thank you for this, Oklahoma.
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Those 31 Republican men who voted against the...
It seems to me that those votes are even more horrid in light of the fact that they pay lip service to a prophet that physically interceded himself to stop violence against women, according to the stories. (Not that it’s any surprise to see such hypocrisy from Republicans.)
And the same dumb jesus freaks are going to vote for these guys and buy the spin that voting against VAWA was okay...
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Dear Senator Blunt,
Why would any woman vote for you after you’ve voted against the Violence Against Women Act and engineered the effort to empower employers to deny them birth control?
You are a horrible person, and I can’t wait to see sputter when you try to rebut the campaign ads on this shit come reelection time.
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Regarding TSA harassment of 4 year-old children...
Unilaterally empowering TSA to sexually assault elderly people, children, and anyone they choose is disgusting and unnecessary. People like to point at the ‘underwear bomber’ as an example, but ask yourself how he was apprehended? It wasn’t the TSA. We the passengers have always been and remain our own best chance at surviving any incident that may occur on a plane.
As many...
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It's looking like we've won on the Missouri 'Don't...
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hellionette replied to your post: Oh man. My buddy Jim just called to inform me that he’s obtained passes for a friend and I to see The Avengers tomorrow!!!
Lucky! :D
Good things happen when you’re friends with the guy that owns the best comic shop in Kansas City. (if not the world.)
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Oh man. My buddy Jim just called to inform me...
A full week and a half early!??!?!
NERDGASM.
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There's something special in checking your google...
I’m looking at you, Eric Spoor in Wichita.
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Now the supporters of the Missouri 'Don't Say Gay'...
I’m not sure who in the Republican Party honestly thinks this is a good idea, but if anyone has a moment today, I’d appreciate you contacting them to voice your opposition to this bill and the absurd notion that monogamous relationships between men are equal to goat fucking.
But it’s okay, because old Dwight here has friends who are gay.
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A short list of things that radical conservatives...
Refusing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act to spit in the face of lesbians.
Subverting cancer charities to ensure that women cannot receive information on how to prevent pregnancies, medicines that help them prevent said pregnancies, and abortions in an effort to punish them when the unprotected sex they have results in a pregnancy.
Using our legislative chambers to force the...
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George Zimmerman's Release
Perhaps I shouldn’t be, but it does surprise me to see so many folks who spoke out against George Zimmerman’s alleged vigilantism advocating for street justice against him in the wake of his release.
This is hypocrisy.
I empathize with your feelings, and I’m not arguing that your anger isn’t justified, but how are you any better than the people who think they should be...
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Anatidaephobia
solo1y:
This will probably sound strange to the Americans, but the Irish people will instantly understand what I mean: I once spent an entire summer confusing ducks. The problem is that in Ireland, unlike in America, ducks have no natural enemies. This means that, if they get organised at all, ducks can create havoc in local ecosystems by pretty much running everyone else off their patch. The...
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6 year-old arrested in Georgia School
The relevant article is here. The story that follows is a similar experience I had with my own family.
I don’t write about race much, but I’ve seen something like this in my own life and I can’t help but keep quiet about it. Because of my personal experience, I’m convinced that this happens far more often than is reported.
My own parents kept quiet about our...
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My little sister (who's black) has given me a new...
…Snowflake.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. My little sister is the most racially insensitive black person I know.
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Ryan's Dirty Trailer: Missouri's getting its own... →
cognitivedissonance:
blogvader:
To say that I’m profoundly disappointed would be a pretty severe understatement. This bill, and others like it, are an outrage, and I wish we had legislators in Missouri who had higher priorities than exploiting their positions to marginalize and insult the LGBT community.
What really worries me…
Oh for fuck’s sake…
I’m not really one to reblog my...
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“Hey, he adored his mother, didn’t relate to his father, hung out with 12...”
– Commenter Kingston_Bears on this Americablog thread concerning the possibility of Jesus’s gayness.
I think KB nailed it.
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US Nun Group Rejects Vatican Condemnation
helvetebrann:
The leader of a group of US Catholic nuns on Saturday rejected condemnation from a Vatican report that said it defied Church doctrine.
“We haven’t violated any teaching,” Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, told AFP, insisting the group would not stop “caring for the least among us on the margins of society.”
Network was singled...
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Missouri's getting its own 'Don't Say Gay' bill -...
To say that I’m profoundly disappointed would be a pretty severe understatement. This bill, and others like it, are an outrage, and I wish we had legislators in Missouri who had higher priorities than exploiting their positions to marginalize and insult the LGBT community.
What really worries me is that we’ve seen similar polices, from the tragedies in Minnesota to the rash of...
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It's the 2 year anniversary of BP oil spill
think-progress:
The facts:
1. Congress STILL hasn’t enacted a single piece of legislation responding to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
2. It took 9,700 vessels, 127 aircraft, 47,829 people, nearly 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants, and 89 days to stop the gush of oil.
3. Its legacy on sea life: Eyeless shrimp, crabs without claws, and fish with open lesions
4. 60...
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I wonder how many nonviolent, peaceful smokers...
And will we be any safer at all when we revoke these peaceful folks’ right to receive value for their tax dollars in the form of education? When we revoke their right to vote? When we take away years of their lives for puffing on a damned cigarette that just happens to have marijuana in it? When their children get guns pointed at their heads by men sworn to protect them? What about when...