September 2011
p00pbaby-deactivated20120121 asked: well, as far a the whole "dress that part" is concerned, i think it's well meaning but with poor delivery. some of the negative reactions to the protests have been along the lines of "damn hippies" "kids don't know what they're talking about" which is just missing the point of the protest. If that aspect was taken out of the equation, maybe people would...
theartofconfusion asked: What? The guy was simply giving what sounds like legitimate advice. He wasn't telling the protesters that they HAVE to conform to anything, but rather that it would be to their advantage if they dressed up a tad so that they might appeal to a broader audience. He makes a valid point: middle class Americans will probably sympathize more with protesters who look more like them as opposed to the...
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To all Occupy Wall Street Participants, here is... →
officiallyunofficially:
stfuconservatives:
wilwheaton:
From Reddit, where the comments are also worth reading:
Guys, listen. Here’s the deal.
I love you guys with every shred of my hard-left leaning heart. But I think you might be doing something wrong. Here is one thing that can help you.
Tomorrow, wear a polo and khakis
Seriously. polos and khakis. Every time you guys DO finally get...
timekiller-s asked: I just wanted to say thanks for following me despite my forays into sports and weird madness lately. I kind of wonder if it's possible that I might be getting "conservative fatigue" because they're such unrelenting douchenozzles. Is "conservative fatigue" a thing? If it's not can I invent it?
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To all Occupy Wall Street Participants, here is... →
wilwheaton:
From Reddit, where the comments are also worth reading:
Guys, listen. Here’s the deal.
I love you guys with every shred of my hard-left leaning heart. But I think you might be doing something wrong. Here is one thing that can help you.
Tomorrow, wear a polo and khakis
Seriously. polos and khakis. Every time you guys DO finally get some fucking press, it’s a scrawny dude with...
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“One of the two major American political parties has been taken over by its most...”
– Arkansas Times (via azspot)
All of this. The old Dixiecrats have reared their ugly heads again.
(via timekiller-s)
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Remember how the House GOP attempted to go after... →
thecrocodilehunter:
stfuconservatives:
14kgoldnyc:
shortformblog:
This is not a repeat of six months ago.
Whee! Who needs job creation when you can go after “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”?
Oh man I don’t know if I can take another season of victimized NPR fundraising “Congress is threatening to cut our funding! We depend on you! Donate now for a mug and a chance to win a trip to the Napa...
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Remember how the House GOP attempted to go after... →
14kgoldnyc:
shortformblog:
This is not a repeat of six months ago.
Whee! Who needs job creation when you can go after “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!”?
Oh man I don’t know if I can take another season of victimized NPR fundraising “Congress is threatening to cut our funding! We depend on you! Donate now for a mug and a chance to win a trip to the Napa wine country.”
-Joe
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I think I'm going to just delete my Tumblr.
chrrristine:
Because honestly, this shit is never going to end. Apparently I should die or get raped and whatever other vile things you people can come up with, all because I expressed my opinion.
You’re all sick.
So turn off Anon asks and report the individual people who are threatening you with violence, why is that so hard? The “why me?” act is already wearing pretty thin. You...
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A Massive Union Just Voted To Side With The Wall... →
laurasthinkingwithportalsredux:
missbananafish:
thelefthandedwifeisundercover:
14kgoldnyc:
cognitivedissonance:
The New York Transit Workers Union (TWU) voted to support the Wall Street Protestors at their meeting last night.
A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4PM.
Here’s more about them from their website:
The TWU has four main...
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I get that the anon death threats are fucked up...
and I would never encourage or support someone who does that. If you think you’re being cool by doing that, fucking stop, it’s not cool. However when someone makes an outwardly hateful post or extremely privileged statement then they deserve all the argument-based shit that they get. If people are taking it too far and making violent threats then those people should be dealt with, even...
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Watchlemonsandkiwi:
G4 does a brilliant job covering Occupy Wall Street. Good stuff!
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House Republicans tweeting twice as often as... →
-Joe
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“In the private sector, if you don’t change your view when the facts change,...”
– Mitt Romney in defense of his flip-flopping.
I get what he’s saying, although the things he’s changed his views about are pretty striking and not really the same sort of thing you would change your mind about in the private sector. It’s one thing to change your marketing strategy,...
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“If asking a millionaire to pay the same tax rate as a plumber or a teacher makes...”
– Obama Pushes Jobs Bill in Denver - NYTimes.com
It’s about damn time. Course, it’s a stump speech. But I suppose I’ll take it.
(via champagnecandy)
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“Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly...”
– Andrew Sullivan on the debate crowd’s positive response to the large number of executions that Perry presided over while governor of Texas. (via liberal-life)
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"Observations of a Jailed Journalist" - WNET... →
When we first arrived on the scene, protesters were marching along the sidewalk in unison, chanting. There was no sense of chaos. Many held video and audio recording devices, including camera phones.
However, the stream of protesters did disrupt traffic. Pedestrians wove in and out of the mass of protesters, some on their way to do Saturday errands, others who joined in for a block or two,...
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“Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said on Wednesday that the Internal Affairs...”
– The New York Times, “New York Police to Examine Pepper-Spray Incident.”
Why did it take until Wednesday for 1) the media to get Police Commissioner Kelly to comment on this episode, and 2) for Police Commissioner Kelly to comment on this episode, period?
For fuck’s sake.
(via inothernews)
They...
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lostmytardis asked: ChristWire IS a satire site. I researched it a while back when they did some absurd article about how Doctor Who is forcing the homosexual agenda on children.
rizlet asked: Something similar to what Dr Pepper did, happened in England a few years ago with Nestle's Yorkie chocolate bar. Nestle used a 'Yorkie - It's Not For Girls' tagline. They tried to justify it by claiming that men needed a chocolate bar they could call their own.
relaxcupcake asked: christwire's a satire site. though admittedly it is hard to tell.
shotgunsunday submitted:
(trigger warning for racism)
As a person that was home-schooled all the way through high school, I’m not even slightly surprised that a lot of home-schoolers support Perry. My history textbook consisted of ‘Jesus came and then God invented America.’ This seems to be what Perry recalls from his historical education as well. It’s a shame to see...
unlessitsomehowmissesyou asked: There is (or used to be) a chocolate bar that said very large on it "NOT FOR GIRLS." Obviously I'm forgetting what kind right now. I got it in some sort of gift pack of foreign chocolate and I remember it being delicious and wondering why I, as a girl, shouldn't be eating it.
Vajazzling, The Newest Threat To Your College Son... →
ica-woooood:
dirtydeedsdyan:
I…I can’t even with this site. Every ‘article’ is more absurd than the last.
I’m now lost in a hole of crazy articles. I can’t stop.
Is this like The Onion? I honestly cannot tell.
spentoxygen asked: The Dr Pepper thing is still there, when you visit the site and look at products, when selecting the Dr Pepper TEN bottle, it still says "not for women"
brosephstalin asked: The Dr pepper thing is faaaaaaake
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“I’m not sure how, but if that device flops, then I am sure its Obama’s fault.”
– A CNNMoney commenter on Amazon’s new $199 Kindle Fire (via cnnmoneytech)
Heh. Audacious claims as to what Obama is at fault for is this blog’s bread and butter. Bring it on! I was out of half-and-half this morning. THANKS OBAMA!
risaellen asked: I know anything that starts with "I'm not racist, but" is usually bad, but I truly think I may be missing the issue with this. The "racist bake sale"... I'm a hard left-wing gal, but I don't see the problem w/it. It makes its point about how not all races are treated equal. This is true & supposed to be controversial. A "feminist" organization at my...
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Moments of Unpleasant Irony
diegueno:
Peter and Jacque posted these around the same time:
people are being killed by spoiled melons
another right-wing idiot wants to get rid of regulation, leaving us all vulnerable to poisoned melons and more
But they should have taken PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for making sure the melons they bought from the store weren’t poisoned!
I saw Ron Paul on The Daily Show this week, and...
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Economists Say Obama Plan Would Prevent Recession
liberalsarecool:
A Bloomberg survey of economists concludes President Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan “would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next year.”
The last thing Republicans want is for Obama to be able to take credit for improving the lives of American voters so close to an election. They would rather see more people...
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“Casual racists: Conservative, libertarian, independent, and liberal individuals...”
– Son of A Baldwin via Facebook (via notesonascandal)
These are the type of racists I’ve encountered more than any other, especially in since moving to NYC. New Yorkers like to use the diverse racial make-up of the city and the fact that they’re not Southerners or went to a liberal arts college as a...
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The "Free Market" suffers from the same flaw that...
they both deny the innate human desire to screw someone else over for personal gain. To succeed at the expense of someone else’s failure. Honestly I don’t think it’s the worst thing in the world either, within reason. The biggest problem we have right now (and really the heart of the Occupy Wall St movement) is that too few are extremely succeeding at too many people’s...
"Respect for Life Week"
perfectportionsforfoxes submitted:
I live in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and this week, September 24 till October 2, 2011 is “Respect for Life Week”. Leaving out connotations focusing on disabled peoples and euthanasia for the terminally ill and the elderly, what really gets me about this ridiculous week, is the pro-life sentimentality that it is. Basically this week is a...