January 2012
hermanobluth said: If there’s less conservative bullshit, then there will be less of you and Jess! I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
Believe me, I would love to live in a world where we would have nothing to be write about.
-Joe
Happy New Years (cst) From STFUC!
May 2012 hopefully be less full of conservative bullshit.
-Jess and Joe
Jon Stewart Crushes Fox News In The 2011 Ratings →
According to Comedy Central, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart averaged 2.3 million viewers per episode in 2011. Unlike Fox News, “The Daily Show” was up in total viewers (+7%) and all key demos: adults 18-49 (+6%); men 18-34 (+2%); men 18-24 (+4%).” The Daily Show was also the top cable late night talk show in terms of total viewers, and was generally dominant. While Fox News was losing 14% in...
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops →
cognitivedissonance:
This is not The Onion. In New London, Conn., you apparently can be too smart to be a cop:
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate...
December 2011
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“As far as I can see, the Occupy movement is just ordinary people reclaiming...”
– Comic Book Legend Alan Moore’s Rebuttal to Frank Miller.
Occupy The Rose Parade - Jan 2nd
occupylosangeles:
A quick reminder for all, before I forget (been a very busy bee as of late):
Occupy The Rose Parade will be taking place on January 2nd. A complete schedule/breakdown of all the 4 phases of the action taking place on that day can be found on this PDF file: http://occupytheroseparade.org/images/OTRP_ScheduleAndMap_FINAL.pdf
We will be float #44 and float #99.
The final...
“I think you’d have to go back to the 1850s to find a period of congressional...”
– Daniel Feller, a professor of U.S. history at the University of Tennessee, on today’s Congress compared to the legislators of the past. (via kileyrae)
In that case, the useless Congress failed to address the issue of slavery, which as we know, led to the Civil War. The congress’ of that decade...
“Even those who loathe Karl Rove’s every word may be hard-pressed to dispute his...”
– Frank Rich, The Molotov Party: For the New GOP, Conservative Isn’t Nearly Radical Enough. (via wisconsinforward)
Man at bar ribs cop, 'Aw, you suck at darts'; cop... →
anarchyagogo:
A man at a bar in Murrieta, California ribbed an off-duty cop that he ‘suck[ed] at darts,’ the cop, 42-year-old Dayle Long, reportedly responded by pulling out a gun and executing him in front of a shocked crowd in an incident one man described as ‘the most horrific scene I’ve seen in my entire life.’ Patch.com reports:
Chris Hull, a 39-year-old Temecula resident, said he was...
11 Facts From 2011
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
5. Wall Street’s recession cost 1.5 million times more than securing Occupy Wall Street...
I think it speaks a lot to the quality of our...
where one of the top polling candidates doesn’t get on the ballot because his non-existent campaign couldn’t gather enough signatures to be listed. He was too busy being lauded by Fox News to remember that you actually had to do some fucking paperwork to get into the election.
-Joe
No, Virginia, there is no Newt Gingrich
cognitivedissonance:
Newt Gingrich’s foray into the presidential race was almost adorable at first, but now, he’s just grating, particularly after today’s whining about not being on the primary ballot in his home state of Virginia. His campaign failed to meet the requirement of 10,000 valid signatures with 400 from each congressional district. It’s spelled out clearly in § 24.2-521 and §...
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Can someone explain to me why non-POC want to use...
stfuconfederates:
mangosupasonic:
What do you get out of using a word that was used to demean and degrade a group of people?
Do you feel edgy? Does it make you feel alright with the world? What is the damn, reason because I’m sick of seeing you defend your right to use it.
Let me let in you in on something, dear non POC, racial slurs aren’t yours to use. Shut the fuck up. The more you defend...
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More on "fiddytaylor"
zyyllyhoo submitted
So apparently white people get to decide the meanings and implications of slurs they have used to dehumanize and discriminate against black people for centuries. I had no idea the word “nigger” which came from “negro” which means “black” is a term used to refer to bad people of any race, and not just black people you’re trying to...
Tumblr Holidays 2011: I'm Dreaming Of A White...
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Daily Trojan publishes blatantly anti-trans* op-ed →
(TW for transphobia, general fuckery)
As a former Bruin — specifically, as the former op-ed editor of the Daily Bruin — I am bemused on a personal level that ‘SC chose to publish this incredibly disgusting and transphobic piece of garbage. Here’s the gist: “California just passed some laws to protect people from discrimination based on gender, specifically including...
“Reproductive rights are central to the economic equality of women. It’s not a...”
– - Commenter on Occupy Seattle Online Events
*People capable of getting pregnant. But yes, I definitely agree. We cannot ever achieve true economic equality without reproductive freedom. The two issues are complexly intertwined, they cannot be separated.
(via blua)
The “Why Ron Paul is Awful” Mega-Resource
Does the neocon in your life need some schooling? Here’s a mega-resource of assorted reasons Ron Paul is NOT Libertarian Jesus.
(This is a rebloggable version of what’s on this page)
What’s Wrong With Ron Paul?
10 Reasons Not to Vote for Ron Paul
Ron Paul’s Strange Freedom (ThinkProgress)
Ron Paul: Against A Woman’s Right to Choose
Reasons This Blog Is Not Ron-Paul-Friendly
Ron Paul...
The "Why Ron Paul is Awful" Mega-Resource →
I can’t put a bow on it, but here’s your gift. Let me know if there’s anything I need to add or explain better. Mostly it’s just links to earlier posts and to Ron Paul’s own stuff.
Thanks for being great readers and Tumblr friends, everyone!
I'm making a present for all of you...
I’ve received quite a few Asks saying, “I have a #$#$#&@* libertarian cousin/coworker/roommate who won’t shut up about Ron Paul; can you give me some info to show them why he’s the worst?” So just in time for the holidays, I’m putting together a mega-page of what’s awful about Ron Paul. I’ll let you know when it’s up!
May visions of...
Reasons to say 'fuck you' to the Salvation Army. →
theriotmag:
applepretzel:
respirrave:
apiphile:
kiriamaya:
strawberryfaerie:
“The Salvation Army has refused assistance to gay couples unless they break up and “go straight”, Muslim families who refuse to attend “Christian Bible classes”, kids who can’t prove their immigration status, and more.”
Admittedly, i only skimmed the article, but this quote alone should give you a pretty...
Facebook poll: Do you support Lowe's and other... →
You know what to do…
GoDaddy withdraws SOPA support in face of massive... →
vusie-deuce-deactivated20120103 asked: In wartime Germany, Jews were considered a race, but not presently in the US. Race is a construct, so it's dependent on context. The way you define it, it also requires some kind of socio-economic relationship among groups (I don't disagree). It just gets very murky when you start defining specific characteristics of racism and then require them to hold up in different historical...
clementinesundaes asked: To Joe. Racism applies not only to colour, but to nationality. White people do experience racism. Do you want to know how? My boyfriend lives in England, but is German. Several years ago, he was bullied and called names such as "Nazi scum." He is not a Nazi, just simply German. Was he bullied for being a different nationality? Yes. There you have it, white people do experience racism....
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This Two-month Extension is a Fucking...
Yeah we’re “kicking it down the road” but do you know where that road leads? Come February we’ll have a much clearer idea of who the Republican nominee is going to be *coughcoughromneycoughcough* and when this thing comes to a vote again the Republicans will push back on the millionaire tax we’re going to propose (that fucking everyone with any sense agrees with)....
NY TIMES: Tea Party mayor of Troy, Michigan, who... →
utflykt replied to your photo
this person asked if you thought all whites are racist, and I don’t understand why you think this person is racist just for asking! (I’m asking because I want to understand. Please don’t turn this into another post about how whites want attention.)
Y’wanna know a secret? I don’t. I don’t think all white people are racists in the terminology that...
embarrassingusername asked: So while #Godisntgreat was removed from Twitter's top trends, #GODisgood is trending right now and seems to have no sign of slowing down. Isn't hypocracy great?
licoriceplease asked: So today I read "Scored" by Lauren McLaughlin. It's a SciFi book that takes GPA and SAT/ACT scores to a near-dystopian level. The scores are based on actual work, so it supposedly eliminates privilege, but the author doesn't skirt around white or male privilege, most especially because the main character is a mixed girl. (Score! We need more representation in literature!) I...
ericboisen asked: I agree with what you are saying on racism, but I have a question for you. Is this discussion on racism strictly related to the western world? Do you think that racism towards whites could happen in a place like China?
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tara-nova:
stfuconservatives:
quoth-the-zubat said: is this another one of those pedantic definition arguments? :L
Mhmm, I swear a week doesn’t go by where I don’t see “Well maybe the real racist is you!” or “Well racism is defined by the dictionary as…” or “well there was this POC who said they attacked someone cause they were white” or some other fuckery.
Sorry, white people are never...
dionthesocialist asked: Dictionaries are meant to define words, not concepts. People who know anything about literature will tell you that the dictionary definition of literature is not correct. People who know anything about theology will tell you the dictionary definition of religion is not correct. And anyone who knows anything about racism knows that the dictionary definition of racism isn't correct either....
whos-that-girl-its-evie replied to your photo: rebloggable requested
Earlier you said that it’s prejudice, not racism to assume all white people are racist. Why do you think being prejudiced is any better than being a racist? I can’t believe someone who claims to be a free thinking liberal would talk this way.
“Better” isn’t the word I’d use. But yeah, one person or a...