September 2011
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“Skeeter wants to interview Aibileen, Minny and a dozen other maids so she can...”
– Review: “The Help,” a feel-good movie for white people | ArtsCriticATL.com (via robot-heart-politics)
August 2011
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Vatican offers forgiveness for abortions...for six... →
stfuconservatives:
motherjones:
Yeah, a diamond-studded tour of Spain would put us in a pretty accommodating mood, too.
Quick everyone! Get your abortions now! This is a limited time offer! God is a busy man and can only spare these 6 days before he has to go back to hating homosexuals (and they don’t get their week of forgiveness till november).
-Joe
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so i am taking a cultural lit class
stfuconservatives:
rabblevolunteer:
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t-a-n-g-e-r-i-n-3:
as a filler because i got my basic english credits out of the way in high school. i am going to have to read a lot of african american literature. i am in no way racist. and i think that writing about what defines you as a person and being in touch with your roots are great things. but to be completely honest, i...
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“But in data we have recently collected, the Tea Party ranks lower than any of...”
– Crashing the Tea Party - NYTimes.com (via robot-heart-politics)
“Oh boy, the Vatican, no doubt patting itself on the back for being so generous...”
– Amanda Marcotte takes issue with the Vatican. The Guardian reports on the World Youth Day events that will feature the Get Out of Hell Free Confession Extravaganza. (via ilyagerner)(via proustianrecall)(via fattiesinlove)
The amount of head shaking, eye roll inducing hypocrisy that comes out of the...
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FUCK THAT VICTIM BLAMING SCHOOL →
regazzadilupo:
Republic Middle School 1 Tiger Drive Republic, MO 65738-1323 [417-732-3640]
“The suit, filed July 5, alleges when the girl — a special education student — told officials about the harassment, assault and rape that occurred during the 2008-09 school year, they told her they did not believe her. She recanted.
The suit also alleges that, without seeking her...
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On Not Seeing 'The Help' →
passportharlem:
The title alone was enough for me to know to stay away. The synopsis confirmed that I had made the right decision: A young southern white woman with dreams of becoming a writer comes home from college and upon hearing the news that her mammy has abruptly left Mississippi for Chicago, realizes that black maids are treated differently from white people and thusly decides to write...
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How Rick Perry created all those jobs | Partisan... →
stfuconservatives:
The question isn’t whether Texas has created jobs, it clearly has. The question is: How, and at what cost?
Perry said in a recent interview on Fox that it’s a simple formula: Few government regulations, severe limitations on the right to sue and low taxation. Again, Perry’s right. Do those things and businesses will come to the state and create jobs. What he didn’t mention...
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stfuconservatives:
fablesandreflections:
amazingatheist:
To wit, 44 percent of Social Security recipients, 41 percent of military veterans, 43 percent of unemployment recipients, 40 percent of Medicare recipients, 43 percent of college Pell Grant recipients and 27 percent of welfare recipients all said they had never used a government social program.
Source
More to the point:
This...
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“In fact, a spokesman for The Response has said that while non-Christians will be...”
– Fact Sheet: Gov. Rick Perry’s Extremist Allies | Right Wing Watch (via robot-heart-politics)
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“And they hate America with equal passion. And they hate democracy. They hate...”
– Bryan Fischer (via Only Difference Between Liberals and Terrorists Is That “So Far [Liberals] Haven’t Taken to Killing People” | Right Wing Watch)
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“Government’s purpose is to protect our lives from abortionists, murderers and...”
– Bryan Fischer (via The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way)
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“And here’s the kicker: while the Democrats wanted that read because they...”
– Bryan Fischer, Black “Plantation Politicians” Shouldn’t Be Angry About Three-Fifths Compromise | Right Wing Watch (via robot-heart-politics)
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The sad truth behind London riot →
thanksicouldhelpbro:
cacotopian:
As political and social protests grip the Middle East, are growing in Europe and a riot exploded in north London this weekend, here’s a sad truth, expressed by a Londoner when asked by a television reporter: Is rioting the correct way to express your discontent? “Yes,” said the young man. “You wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?”
The...
More Frustration at Normal People
I am trying to not focus too much on it.
I am failing at that.
I am scared, and there is nothing I can do about it.
It is already hard for Normal People to find those who understand them and I can see why since Normal People are so unreliable.
But for the Weird, that difficulty is even harder
Because you aren’t just looking for a person who can understand you on a personal level....
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“Fischer insists that Native Americans deserved to be killed and forced out of...”
– The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way (via robot-heart-politics)
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“Fischer’s solution to anti-gay bullying is to make gay and lesbian youth become...”
– The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way (via robot-heart-politics)
Soon it will be time to reassess the memories.
The book isn’t going to write itself. I’m going to have to collect and remember and think through all of the nasty things that have happened. Such a daunting task this is, to grab so much information and sort it out on a huge timeline. Now with it looming in front of me, I feel more nervous than I should be.
Of course, if I listened to that nervousness every time I didn’t want...
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“Fischer has argued that “the dots are pretty easy to connect” between gays and...”
– The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way (via robot-heart-politics)
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“Fischer has likened gays to domestic terrorists, pedophiles, slave traders and...”
– The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way (via robot-heart-politics)
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“According to Fischer, Muslims deserve no First Amendment rights: “Islam has no...”
– The GOP’s Favorite Hate-Monger: How the Republican Party Came to Embrace Bryan Fischer | People For the American Way (via robot-heart-politics)
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Footage of that Sony Distribution Center fire →
robot-heart-politics:
how-to-kiss-distinctly-american:
Unbelievable
It’s something like 4 city blocks in flames.
O_O
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Poll: 62 percent say debt ceiling deal benefits... →
robot-heart-politics:
cognitivedissonance:
Sixty-two percent of Americans think the bill that raises the federal’s debt ceiling through the year 2013 and makes major cuts in government spending benefits the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class, according to a CNN/ORC poll released on Monday.
Only 27 percent say that the debt ceiling deal treats all classes fairly and 11 percent...
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“For a number of years, Michele Bachmann’s personal website had a list of books...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza talks about the books, writers and beliefs that have shaped Michele Bachmann. (via nprfreshair)
Science, sex, and reproduction: why sex and babies...
robot-heart-politics:
Having sex doesn’t automatically yield babies. Sex must occur shortly prior to or during ovulation for babies to happen. Considering sperm can survive around 5 days in a vagina, and most people with a uterus have ~30-day cycles, That means most of the time, having sex will not produce a baby. Even without using any sort of contraceptive.
Some people don’t ovulate every...
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