February 2011
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people who say that women should know the...
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And let me add anti-government intrusion Tea Party politicians legislating against same-sex marriage, and mandating the size of American flags in the classroom (Thank you Wyoming)
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“Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I’ve got my mop and I’m mopping...”
– President Barack Obama
I do love a good socialist mop (via reallyfoxnews)
Dying.
(via meagsicle)
Socialist Mop is going to be the name of my new Ska band.
(via nicotinecoughdrop)
Socialist mop is the mop of the people.
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January 2011
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“Dirty Projectors
People who like way too many toppings on their pizza.”
– Stereotyping people by their favourite ‘indie’ bands. « Meaningful Antics (via turkeyjaws)
According to this, I’m such a blend.
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Rachel Maddow: In America Today, Republican... →
This is beautiful.
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Roger Stockham Arrested With Explosives Outside... →
A 63-year-old Southern California man who was traveling with explosives in his vehicle with the intention of blowing up one of the nation’s largest mosques where mourners had gathered for a funeral was arrested in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan authorities said Sunday.
Dearborn police said Roger Stockham was arraigned Wednesday on one count of making a false report or threat of...
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I'm starting to get really wary of language...
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tiaramerchgirl:
…mainly because it seems a little too easy.
Instead of engaging with points of view that are challenging to yours (or just even working from a very different perspective), instead of looking within yourself to see how you’re perpetuating and practicing discrimination and harm, all you have to do is pick out a word and go “Ableist! Classist! XYZist!” and dismiss the...
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This child is a budding genius.
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Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But... →
She collected Social Security and Medicare with the argument that because she paid into the system, it was her right to collect the benefits.
Ah, hypocrisy.
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Al Jazeera In Cairo Being Shut Down, Press... →
taniada:
“Egyptian state TV reported Sunday morning that the Al Jazeera office in Cairo is being shut down and Al Jazeera reporters are losing their press credentials in Egypt.
Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nolan tweeted the news at about 11 a.m. local time, adding that Al Jazeera’s licenses were revoked, per state media.
Nolan quickly added, “Don’t worry we’ll still report what’s happening...
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Assclown of the Wyoming 2011 legislative cycle
So, there’s plenty of anti-gay sentiment this year in the Wyoming Legislature, just like past years. Rep. Frank Peasley told people in Laramie to “get over the whole Matthew Shepard thing” in 2009. This year, he claimed the government intrusion of the anti-gay bills in the legislature would stop government intrusion into the lives of people of people who want to define what kind...
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“If I was gay, there would be no closet, you would never see the closet I came...”
– Henry Rollins (via daleksontumblr)
Fuck yeah, Henry Rollins!
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Ayn Rand, Hugely Popular Author and Inspiration to... →
There’s something deeply unsettling about living in a country where millions of people froth at the mouth at the idea of giving health care to the tens of millions of Americans who don’t have it, or who take pleasure at the thought of privatizing and slashing bedrock social programs like Social Security or Medicare. It might not be so hard to stomach if other Western countries also...
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Police Seize ‘Large Amount’ Of Weapons From... →
Police in Arlington, MA this week seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition from local businessman Travis Corcoran after he wrote a blog post threatening U.S. lawmakers in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). In a post on his blog (which has since been removed) titled “1 down and 534 to go” - 1 referring to Giffords and 534 referring to the rest of the...
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“Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way....”
– Cynthia Nixon
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Glenn Beck Gets Bumped For LIVE Egypt Coverage...
bigstarlet:
Amplify’d from www.businessinsider.com
Fox almost never bumps Glenn Beck. So just one measure that the American news media has finally decided what Al Jazeera and many viewers have known for a day or more: This is a really big deal.
See more at www.businessinsider.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/anvld
As it should be. Shep Smith is the only journalist over there.
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On Al Jazeera, a Revolution Televised Despite... →
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WatchThis Washington D.C. reporter helpfully reminds us everyone needs fifteen inches of fun in a blizzard!
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cognitivexdissonance asked: I find it extremely coincidental. I wanted my url to be cognitive dissonance. It was already taken and I found myself thinking "What fucking dick took my name?!". Today, as I'm browsing through The Liberal Life tumblr, I see "cognitivedissonance" on some of the posts. Great minds think alike I suppose.
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BREAKING: Utah GOP Trying To Strip Contracts... →
State Representative LaVar Christensen (R, HD48) has reintroduced a bill he tried to run in 2006 which prohibits same sex couples from making contractual arrangements such as wills and financial arrangements. Get calling!
LaVar Christensen, the man who introduced and passed Utah’s Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage, has reintroduced an old enemy of the LGBT community. The bill, known...
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Senate passes anti-same-sex marriage amendment →
The Wyoming Senate voted today in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit recognition of same-sex marriages from outside the state of Wyoming.
The vote was 20-10, the minimum two-thirds majority needed for constitutional amendments.
As it goes to the House, Senate Joint Resolution 5 also contains language to allow a future Legislature to recognize civil unions.
If the bill...
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Billionaire ruled unfit to stand trial due to drug... →
Financier and cricket mogul Sir Allen Stanford was unfit to stand trial on charges of running a $7-billion fraud and needs treatment for a drug addiction, a US judge ruled.
Stanford’s trial had been due to begin this week but was postponed indefinitely until he could be considered fit to prepare his defense.
The financier has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of fraud, money laundering and...
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To target Fox News over 'Nazi' label, rabbis make... →
A coalition of rabbis wants Fox News chief Roger Ailes and conservative host Glenn Beck to cut out all their talk about Nazis and the Holocaust, and it’s making its views known in an unusual place.
The rabbis have called on Fox News’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, to sanction his two famous employees via a full-page ad in Thursday’s editions of the Wall Street Journal - one of many...
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“Others are worried that Justice Scalia gives off the impression of being...”
– Cenk Uygur, on the news that Tea Party caucus leader Michelle Bachman is planning seminars with “constitutional scholars” all year long.
I wonder if she knows that Obama IS one…or that Justice Scalia just said that women “don’t have constitutional protection against discrimination.”
(via...
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