April 2010
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“In like manner, male authority is not meant to oppress or degrade women. It does...”
– ManhoodAcademy.com
So basically, women are like children who are too dumb and helpless to take care of themselves. Got it.
(via robot-heart-politics)
Women who question the patriarchy “actually produce the vast majority of crime”? What crime? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT
“Not to be nitpicky, but a woman doesn’t “have to take maternity leave,” either....”
– Comment on Fired Wall Street VP Says She Was Placed on “Mommy Track”
I facepalmed a little.
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Yeah, she can come right back to work and just tether her bosoms to a pump all day while the baby sleeps in a box under her desk. Those things just sleep and nap all the time...
So, I was listening to NPR, and they were talking...
dammitjean:
inothernews:
section9:
soupsoup:
themattsmith:
And I get it. I really do. I get that if we’re going to use oil, it’s probably in our best interest that we use OUR oil, as opposed to foreign oil. I get that, despite the sea change in attitudes about sustainable culture and alternative energies, we can’t just free ourselves from the burden of crude oil overnight. I get that...
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Fox News makes up breaking news to stop giving... →
(via joemagknows)
“In order to avoid showing President Obama’s remarks after he signed the final health care bill today, Fox News cut away from the president to show footage of a perfectly fine airplane landing. Fox justified the cut away because they had heard that the plane might be having flap issues. The reason is that they did not want to give Obama any airtime to discuss the health...
March 2010
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A Jezebel needs your help
I’ve bitched on here a few times about the shitty health insurance industry has fucked me over. When I graduated from college, I was denied by every insurer. I got a prestigious full-time internship - that offered no insurance. Then I was offered a GREAT job at a web startup, and they agreed to pay for my health insurance, but I would have to buy it on my own. I finally found a shitty...
Submission: My favorite status update in the past...
From goops (who gave me permission to leave her name unedited):
Here’s my favorite status update I’ve seen in the last 24 hours.
“Pretty much every conservatives argument against healthcare reform ever. Mindless rambling about nothing in particular, a little bit about the refusal to look at facts, and then some hogwash about how no one has done any research at all about the...
Submission: A Facebook Group I will actually...
From Roxanne: I bet we can find 1,000,000+ people who APPROVE of the Health Care Bill
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Palin's dreams come true: Man rams car over Obama... →
Oh, for the fuck of shit:
“NASHVILLE - A 70-year-old Nashville man is accused of ramming his sport utility vehicle several times into the back of a vehicle that had an Obama/Biden bumper sticker.
Harry K. Weisiger, a retiree, made obscene gestures and pointed at the campaign sticker for President Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden before he smashed into schoolteacher Mark...
Tea Party Members, Are You Serious? If So Sign The... →
waifsworld:
azspot:
I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:
Social Security
Medicare/Medicaid
State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP)
Police, Fire, and Emergency Services
US Postal Service
Roads and Highways
Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA)
The US Railway System
Public...
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“That bumper sticker that maybe you’ll see on the next Subaru driving by — an...”
– Sarah Palin, speaking to Teabagger crazies.
Yeah, that’s a great idea! Let’s get the psycho teabaggers all worked up to start pulling people over to harass them. This stupid fucking woman is going to get someone killed.
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That’s seriously sort of terrifying. I do not...
“It’s a very uncontrolled situation…. She’s not leading them. She’s just out in...”
– Patti Higgins, Alaska Democratic party chair, whose offices were vandalized, on Sarah Palin
realitychex
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Sarah Palin’s pack of crazies are out of control. Surprise surprise.
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In Seeking To Strip Gays Of Hate Crimes... →
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“Hasselbeck said. “The names that are next to and being highlighted by those...”
– ohnotheydidnt: Not a hoax! Not a dream! Not an imaginary story! Hasselbeck smacks down Palin!
Does she, umm, mean the First Amendment?
Well maybe she meant it’s an abuse of the Second Amendment in that the crosshairs make light of gun ownership and the whole NRA talking points bullshit is,...
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“Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele once raised the...”
– High flyer: RNC Chairman Steele suggested buying private jet with GOP funds
Insert tire skid sound effect HERE. They spent two thousand dollars on what now?
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That’s just wholesome male-hetero fun!! It’s not deviant behavior like two dudes committing...
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“Today, if my son was going into the military, I would be more concerned about...”
– Richard Grant, a former staff sergeant, war veteran and drill instructor in the Marine Corps on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
Found in a letter to the editor of The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. (via Blag Hag)
(via equalitopia) (via goodreasonnews)
Better dead then gay - that’s the American way!
President John Adams Signed Health Insurance... →
waifsworld:
soupsoup:
notthatkindagay:
In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance.
This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s owner was required to...
Republicans Block Bills Ensuring Continuation Of... →
(via robot-heart-politics)
Wow, support the troops, guys.
The Odd World Of Right-Wing Rage
dammitjean:
pbh3:
Hmm. Pretty much.
Also, I hope Newt drowns in a big back of dicks.
Love it. “Freedom is not cheap!” Neither is a visit to the doctor, jerks.
“Just as there was no place for the kind of viciousness against Bush and Cheney,...”
– Newt Gingrich (via Think Progress)
You want to know what bothers me the most about this statement? Democrats did have town halls. It’s just that the tea baggers showed up and were so disruptive, that they were completely unproductive. But then, let’s turn around and blame that on Democrats for...
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STUCK IN MY HEAD LIKE YEAH
urge to kill rising like yeah
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