November 2011
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michelle-my-belle replied to your post: You conservatives do realize this Herman Cain thing is going to go all Anthony Weiner on you, right?
clarence thomas pretty much got away with it while anita hill was painted as a “crazy bitch”.
Good point.
this-american-life replied to your post: You conservatives do realize this Herman Cain thing is going to go all Anthony Weiner on you, right?
David...
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You conservatives do realize this Herman Cain...
How many sex scandals can you think of where the man in power was completely absolved of any impropriety?
-Joe
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The Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Saga (so far) as... →
I’m trying to put together a Herman Cain harassment timeline. This is a work in progress because I’m having a hard time keep track of it all. So bear with me. 1. Politico allegations are false. Story is crap. 2. Yes, there were allegations. But they were false. 3. Yes there were allegations that were false and I don’t know what money was paid. 4. I don’t know whether money was paid. And it would...
October 2011
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Replacing $1 bill with coin could save $5.6... →
A proposal to phase out the $1 bill and replace it with a $1 coin could be gaining currency as the “supercommittee” looks to find ways to save the government money.
I think this is doable but it requires a few things to get over Americans’ crippling fear of change:
Rip the band-aid off, stop printing singles, don’t do any amount of phasing out. If you do it marginally people...
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The Bad and The Ugly: Police Officers' Forum Abuzz...
occupywallstreet:
Here’s the thread on the Officer.com forums, a popular spot for police from different departments around the world to gather and chat about… being assholes, presumably. A veritable wellspring of the best of humanity, to be sure.
Anyway, there are a few gems:
If it was a cannister…it must have bounced. Surely a direct hit from the cannister would have killed him. Before...
2 police turn in their badges yesterday after...
leonineantiheroine:
occupyallstreets:
#occupydenver confirmed report: one police officer with tears in eyes said “I can’t do this anymore” and walked away from line standoff.
upside down day. wtf? love.
Be interested to see some sources but amazing if true.
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It's that very special time of year...
mayra-quijotesca:
political-cartoons:
stfuconservatives:
where every political cartoonist makes a “spread the wealth” or “socialism” joke about giving out candy on Halloween.
See it’s relevant because people don’t normally give things to people they don’t know.
-Joe
Related commentary can be found here– “As a great man said, Halloween is the patron holiday of lazy political...
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It's that very special time of year...
where every political cartoonist makes a “spread the wealth” or “socialism” joke about giving out candy on Halloween.
See it’s relevant because people don’t normally give things to people they don’t know.
-Joe
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“I think that the so-called Palestinian people have this urge for unilateral...”
– Herman Cain
“So-called”? Really.
(via greaterthanlapsed)
If you haven’t been noticing I’ve been tagging almost all of my Herman Cain posts with “#Herman Cain #doesn’t know shit about X”
Today I get to tag #Herman Cain #doesn’t know shit about Palestine .
-Joe
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“He has learned more about the issue.”
– A Herman Cain campaign adviser after he clarified that he would support abortion in case of rape, incest, and health of the mother.
So either he’s a shitty liar or he’s completely ignorant of social issues. I’m sorry but I don’t want a presidential candidate to be just...
dzumeister asked: Do you believe that people should intervene if the girl's significant other is abusing her? If she continues to date abusive men, should someone step in and tell her to change her type, or should she be allowed to continue with her freedom of choice?
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Marine Says Oakland Used Crowd Control Methods... →
The Military manual states: …have a duty to collect and care for the wounded. Prioritize treatment according to injuries. Make NO treatment distinction based on nationality. All soldiers, enemy or friendly, must be treated the same. Second, the officer threw a flash-bang directly into a group of people trying to carry him away for medical treatment. Here’s the Military guidance on that ...
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“Overall, in inflation-adjusted dollars, average after-tax household income grew...”
– Eugene Robinson: The study that shows why Occupy Wall Street struck a nerve (via pantslessprogressive)
concertoinc4 asked: Hey, just wanted to let you know, as a conservative, that we're not all ignorant and hateful. We just have some differing opinions. We're all people here, full of love and awesomesauce. Just letting you know since your blog seems to indicate that we're bad people just because we have a different view. Forget all that noise; let's all just spread the love together! :D
“If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave,...”
– Harriet J on Another post about rape (via archenemies)
Oh my god, this. All of this.
(via one-bite-at-a-time)
“Jesus teaches the redistribution of wealth - as long as the transfer is...”
– Bryan Fischer: Would Jesus occupy Wall Street? Not on your life - RIGHTLYCONCERNED.COM
He continues:
And the OWS crowd is animated by a thoroughly ugly disregard for the 10th Commandment as well. God says, “Thou shalt not covet…any thing that is thy neighbor’s.” And yet the Occupiers are ...
real-b-easy asked: I, too, was confused by some of the Nice Guy TM stuff because I didn't even know what it was, but I seriously have to apologize for even saying anything and interrupting regularly scheduled programming. I'm glad you guys cleared up what precisely a Nice Guy TM was. Have a fun Halloween if you're not buried under snow on the East Coast like I am!
theexploratory asked: woah didn't expect xv02 to do a 180, props to you man. But for everyone else who still disagrees, please, please, PLEASE, explain to me how you think attraction ACTUALLY works. Because to my knowledge attraction isn't, y'know, based in rational thought. It's a goddamn feeling. It's an accelerated heartbeat and sweaty palms and boners and soaked panties. THAT'S...
xv02 asked: Okay, if that's how you're using "Nice Guy" I can dig that. To myself a nice guy is literal phrase. I was ignorant of your usage of it. And I'll speak to be frustrated by loving people who don't feel the same for me. But, that's a person's choice, talk to them, and back off it if they say no. Hence why agree the meme is bullshit. And I do agree, there is no...
explosivelugsy asked: Your opinions on nice guys are completely wrong, and to tag them as "creeper" is completely disrespectful. You say guys should make their intentions clear, how about you ask them? They're obviously scared of being rejected because it's happened before. That's like picking a puppy up at the pound and complaining about how needy it is.
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what xv02 needs to understand
the-madame-hatter submitted:
The Nice Guy attitude is reinforced by society. How many movies, tv shows, and books have a woman rejecting a guys advances over and over only to have her eventually “fall in love with him”. These stories teach men that if they are just persistent enough, “nice” enough, etc. that the object of their affection will suddenly realize they want to...
xv02 replied to your post: ‘Frankly the moment …
Were it suggested that women demand money from their male friends, you would be outraged. You have suggested that, at an underlying level, men demand sex for acting kindly to women. You’re applying separate standards. It’s insulting, and is ignorant.
No, not all men. All Nice Guy (TM)’s do, but not all men are Nice Guy (TM)’s,...
xv02 asked: 'Frankly the moment I read “I have numerous female friends that are into the bad boy type” I was done with you. Who the fuck are you to judge who they date?' And who the fuck, in turn, are you to assign the assumption that men are driven by sexual lust? I'll agree that the meme is fucking stupid, however your interpretation assigns a filter which is unreasonable in the...
phoenixsingerpdx asked: I definitely agree that the woman in this context doesn't owe the friend anything but at the same time, I think the meme could be interpreted in a different way. I have numerous female friends that are into the bad boy type. They continuously go for this type of man and they continuously become disappointed. They then say there are no good guys around anymore.. To their male friends who...
threexstan asked: I agree with whats being said, but I think there needs to be a bit of clarification about friendzoning. To me it implies being led to believe there was a chance of relations when really there never was, hence the "scumbag" implications. Do I agree with he "scumbag" implication? No. Do I feel she owes me anything? No. Would I be happier if she had been more clear with her...
“Republicans moralizing about deficits. That’s like an arsonist moralizing about...”
– Vice President Joe Biden • Turning up the funny at a speech to Florida Democrats at Walt Disney World on Saturday afternoon. source (via • follow)
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sleepercells said: I think these images have more to do with empathizing and commiserating over an experience than they do resentment.
Really? You’re going to tell me that “Watch me dedicate my life to forcing you to love me and fucking you over. Cheers,...
real-b-easy asked: That doesn’t answer what I said. You can no more tell me what the motivations are of the “Nice Guy” than I can tell of the woman who puts people in the Friend Zone. You can’t know that anymore than I can. If you'd be willing to say that you know the motivations behind the meme without knowing who created it and without being able to know what they were thinking, then...