October 2010
Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials... →
blackenedbutterfly:
goodreasonnews:
WASHINGTON – Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it’ll soon become law.
The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to keep commercials at the same volume as the programs they interrupt.
The House has...
September 2010
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darrendangerboi:
Oh, and I also love how teaching kids that homosexuality exists and that it is a natural phenomenon in biology is “promoting homosexuality to children…”
…but teaching Creationism and Intelligent Design in schools is merely “educating children about a different point of view of the creation of the world.”
RFT
“Suppose they say they are going to raise taxes on incomes above $250K. People...”
– How Tax Brackets Work — $250,001 Will Pay Five Cents More Tax
(Via Digby, who has a nifty video short on the subject.)
Well that’s certainly a smart way of doing it.
(via blackenedbutterfly)
This is how my Nan was banned from Church
mollyfreakinpotter:
shutupmerlin:
My sweet, elderly nan was banned from the Catholic church because she interrupted a sermon and told the entire congregation to go to Hell after they shunned my Uncle for coming out. She also called the Father (or whatever) a cock sucker, and said she was proud her son was one. (Ha!)
So yes, my nan is a total BAMF and there should be more people...
sheethkalshahar-deactivated2011 asked: Hey hey. :]
I'm super tired so this might be a bit jumbled.
I'm a devout Muslim and I wear hijab, full sleeves, and full pants. I don't wear burqa or the face covering (niqab), however. But I can completely understand it being a security issue and I know that most women would probably be cool with showing their face to another women for ID purposes. It becoming...
I'm super tired so this might be a bit jumbled.
I'm a devout Muslim and I wear hijab, full sleeves, and full pants. I don't wear burqa or the face covering (niqab), however. But I can completely understand it being a security issue and I know that most women would probably be cool with showing their face to another women for ID purposes. It becoming...
Submission: Response.
Submitted by alexanderholzbach: “Whether or not you post this is up to you. Nonetheless, I felt a response was in order.
“Firstly, I’d like to claim that you’re a creepy stalker - I think anyone who would search around the internet for information about someone they don’t know in order to find information to smear them is a bit creepy. Maybe I’m alone on...
juthikalala-deactivated20101031 asked: Hi. I'm the founder of STFU Islamophobes, and this question made me think for a bit.
I think that yes, child kidnapping is a serious problem. The burqa should be removed for a bit, just to see if they are indeed the parent that needs to take her home. However, this is no excuse to ban the burqa at all. This is a safety issue, and sometimes safety trumps religion.
This...
I think that yes, child kidnapping is a serious problem. The burqa should be removed for a bit, just to see if they are indeed the parent that needs to take her home. However, this is no excuse to ban the burqa at all. This is a safety issue, and sometimes safety trumps religion.
This...
More responses re: burqas and identification
Could someone who wears the burqa (or has a family member who does) comment on this situation?
The full question was, should women who cover their faces for religious reasons have to lift it and show their face when they need to be identified, such as when they’re picking up children from a school or daycare?
daisies-and-vervain replied to your post:I agree that taxing women who wear...
reflux asked: This is an interesting thought. Part of me says yes because it is a safety concern, as your previous submitter stated. The other side of me says no because it might be considered offensive.
I feel that there needs to be a way to identify without offending. It comes down with whether or not religious rights can be temporarily waived to provide for security.
I feel that there needs to be a way to identify without offending. It comes down with whether or not religious rights can be temporarily waived to provide for security.
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Meg Whitman Knew Employee Was Undocumented, Former...
http://laist.com/2010/09/29/meg_whitman_responds_to_housekeeper.php
Just a day after last night’s gubernatorial debate between Attorney General Jerry Brown and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has real drama begun. This morning well-known attorney Gloria Allred held a press conference where Whitman’s former housekeeper Nicky Diaz alleged mistreatment from the candidate, who knew said...
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clintirwin replied to your post:I agree that taxing women who wear headscarves is ridiculous. However there are some very good reasons as to why full-face coverings are becoming an issue. For example, my mom works in Brooklyn as a pre-k teacher and the majority of her students are Muslim. When the mothers come to pick them up, how can they feel comfortable releasing these children to women who’s...
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Voters Say Palin's Politicking Makes It Less... →
Submitted by -taylor: “Fifty-eight percent say they are now less likely to support a Palin candidacy in 2012, with 45 percent feeling “strongly” about that view, while 31 percent say her activities has made it more likely they would do so. Seven percent say Palin’s doings since 2009 have made no difference in their view of her and 5 percent were undecided.”
I...
silentfight-deactivated20110802 asked: I agree that taxing women who wear headscarves is ridiculous. However there are some very good reasons as to why full-face coverings are becoming an issue. For example, my mom works in Brooklyn as a pre-k teacher and the majority of her students are Muslim. When the mothers come to pick them up, how can they feel comfortable releasing these children to women who's faces they can't see?...
brosephstalin asked: Just so you all know. That Daily Kos article is from February. The actual bill that was signed into law doesn't have the miscarriage as a crime ALWAYS thing. But is still bad. But it could have been worse.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/146075/utah_miscarriage_law_reduces_women_to_fetus_incubators
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/146075/utah_miscarriage_law_reduces_women_to_fetus_incubators
“Alexander Holzbach was born in Tallahassee, Florida on February 20, 2010, making...”
– Oh look! You wrote a little biography on your Tumblr… in the third person. Um, if you were born in February 2010, that would make you eight months old, not 18 years.
Submission: Be unbiased, for once?
Submitted by alexanderholzbach: “I want you to be unbiased for once and post this video of a Democratic candidate near me in Florida that called his Republican opponent “Taliban Dan.” When Dan’s words were explained to be out of context by the news anchor (with the full clip), Grayson simply continued his idiotic liberal rant. Be unbiased and post this hypocrisy.”
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Femtastic!: Utah Defines Miscarriage as "Criminal... →
femtastic:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/24/840197/-Please-Help:-Utah-defines-miscarriage-as-criminal-homicide
This story was brought to my attention by the lovely glass-onion. So firstly, thank you for bringing my attention to this.
Taken from the article: This law:
- defines legal…
“The problem Obama faces, alas, is that you don’t get much political credit for...”
– Is Obama’s Record Better Than It Looks?
Like?
(via afghanibanani)
Although a very bad thing did happen during his predecessor’s watch. Actually more than one. We can talk about 9-11 and Katrina to start, then of course the Great Recession…. ooh how about the anthrax threat? GW Bush was a failure...
thingsmostgrey asked: While the facebook post about seeing Obama on the news and being annoyed was profoundly stupid, the incident at UT was "actual news" as well. In retrospect I’m sure it seems more like hype than news to distanced parties, since no one was injured but the gunman, but for a few hours today we were all honestly terrified and any news less pressing than the potential death of hundreds...
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“One closing remark that I want to make: It is inexcusable for any Democrat or...”
– Barack Obama
(way to go Barry :D)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/209395?RS_show_page=6%3E,
(via joetheblogger)
“If this was racism, there would be no hope, because people are not going to...”
– Brooklyn Tea Party President John Press, explaining why he favors “culturism” rather than “racism”.
This quote is worth a moment’s examination. This is a New York white conservative saying that there’s no hope for “racism” because you can’t make everybody white, which would obviously be the ideal....
Regarding this: →
haguenite:
I told STFUC I’d keep it brief, and for my own sanity it’s probably very important that I do.
1) It’s Theo van Gogh. If you are going to use either his life or his death in an argument, you should at least have the courtesy to get your basic fucking facts right.
2) Yes, he made a movie about the oppression of women under Islam. He was also a known Muslim heckler. He liked to call...
GOP Vows to Continue Climategate Investigations if... →
mohandasgandhi:
Yes, the illegal hacking of people’s private email accounts, the out-of-context quotes pulled from decades of emails, and the excessive media coverage of a false scandal may not be over. While leading scientific bodies conducting multiple independent reviews of these emails have found that the scientific work and findings of these publicly abused climate scientists are both...
slutmuffins asked: So, I usually agree with the stuff you post. However, your recent re-blog of a post about the Netherlands prompted me to say something. Whilst I think that public burning of the Koran is a stupid idea, and taxing women with headscarves also, can you not see why the Netherlands might be a little up-in-arms about Islam? One example: Theo Van Gough, shot dead after a fatwa was issued, all because he...
haguenite:
Just watched interviews with the negotiators.
I’m now literally in tears. I’ve known for a while that this result was almost unavoidable, but hearing Wilders - a openly islamophobic man who has called for the burning of the Koran and special taxes for women with headscarves, to name a few crazy plans - talk about how things are going to change in The Netherlands has thoroughly upset...
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uuuhhhmmmm-deactivated20100928 asked: i can't take you serious with your foul language and stuff.
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Fox News has almost every Republican presidential... →
Conflict of interest, anyone?
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If global warming were real then how come it's so...
hardcoremama-says-tough-shit said: It was the one about the Muslim/gay reference from Facebook, I have activated Disqus to leave comments, but feel it is rather bulky, I liked the way the comments flowed with the ‘gray line’.
Tumblr has changed it so that if you don’t write something new when you reblog, your name doesn’t get connected with the gray line. It was their way of avoiding...
I was horrified to find this in my church bulletin...
Submitted by loveapprentice: “Surprised? No. But damn offended anyway. I love how they’re not only excited to “exercise their right” to politically brainwash people even more than they already do, but they’re also operating under the assumption that everyone who attends will be like, “Hell yes!” In the ‘08 election season, the senior pastor cracked...
hardcoremama-says-tough-shit asked: I was wondering something off topic, I am trying in vain to figure out how to add a comment on a reblog that has my username hyper linked with the gray line going to my comment, I am really super curious about the matter. If you could lend a hand, great. Really enjoy your blog, every informative. Thanks.
STFU Anti-Choicers: New Study Finds Abortion Does... →
sisterhoodispowerful:
Teens who have abortions are no more likely to become depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers whose pregnancies do not end in abortion, according to “Do Depression and Low Self-Esteem Follow Abortion Among Adolescents? Evidence from a National Study,” by…
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Submitted by weweremerelyfreshmen: “He’s always spouting hate speech about another race, religion, or sexuality. I finally got fed up.”
Good for you. There is actually a Japanese cultural center quite close to Pearl Harbor (I’ve mentioned it on this blog before, I’ll look up the link to it and add it to this post later).