March 2012
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I hope Rick Santorum's best-in-slot two-hander...
-Joe
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I hope Rick Santorum's tap water tastes a...
-Joe
extraordinaryclaimsmusic:
stfuconservatives:
abaldwin360:
I hope Rick Santorum has a computer game he really likes that one day starts crashing as soon as he loads it and everything tech support tells him to try doesn’t work.
I hope Rick Santorum’s video drivers are always out of date.
-Joe
I hope Rick Santorum’s heat sink fails to keep his CPU from burning up.
I hope Rick...
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abaldwin360:
I hope Rick Santorum has a computer game he really likes that one day starts crashing as soon as he loads it and everything tech support tells him to try doesn’t work.
I hope Rick Santorum’s video drivers are always out of date.
-Joe
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I hope Rick Santorum's groupons expire before he...
-Joe
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I hope Rick Santorum's car starts making a funny...
but only when he’s the only one around to hear it.
-Joe
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I hope Rick Santorum has an existential crisis...
that he never quite recovers from.
-Joe
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I hope Rick Santorum can't find his remote and is...
but it keeps changing back to PBS for some reason.
-Joe
So apparently, the House is voting on the "Blunt...
stfusexists:
Pro-tip: If they can spend less money on their employee’s benefits, every employer will be “morally opposed” to covering birth control. Do these people seriously not understand that if there is a loophole, EVERYONE will exploit it?
Police officer punches rape victim in the face and... →
“At the same time that the price of gasoline is rising, the US oil industry is...”
– Christian Science Monitor
And another one! Yeah, we’re exporting record amounts of American-made gasoline to other countries instead of lowering prices here. Obama’s fault… how exactly?
-Jess
Wall Street greed fueling high gas prices →
Another fun citation for people claiming gas prices are Obama’s fault.
“What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, who goes before a...”
– Rush Limbaugh, on law student Sandra Fluke, who was denied the ability to testify before the all-male panel considering contraceptive coverage.
Fuck. You.
As ThinkProgress states: “While it’s probably not even worth engaging with Limbaugh on the facts, Fluke’s testimony was about a friend who is a...
You're fucked now, UrbanOutfitters, muahahahahah! →
gloria-swanson:
apihtawikosisan:
This is the big news of today and I haven’t seen it all over the place yet! The Navajo Nation (who has trademarked their name) is suing UrbanOutfitters. The suit is based on trademark infringement and violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. This is going to be an awesome case!
It’s great that they’re taking a stand to reclaim...
Federal judge blocks another portion of Arizona...
univisionnews:
A federal judge says day laborer rules in Arizona’s SB1070 violate free speech. (flickr: Gage Skidmore)
By JUAN GASTELUM Channel: Immigration
A federal judge in Arizona has blocked a portion of the state’s crackdown immigration law that prohibited day laborers from blocking the streets when looking for work, according to the Associated Press.
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“Danica Patrick is such a.. pretty girl. She makes a lot of money and...”
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Fox 5 news anchor Ross Shimabuku, on Danica Patrick’s question to a report about why female athletes must always be described as “sexy,” and imploring him for another word to describe her.
Shimabuku was suspended today for a week without pay for his comments after he apologized… by admitting...
“If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d fuck a senator.”
– Senator Judy Eason McIntyre; Tulsa, OK (via supcakes)
Report: How Payday Lenders Make Billions By... →
timekiller-s:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s first public hearings, held in Alabama Thursday, were on the subject of predatory payday lenders.
This is horrifying stuff, but for a lot of the working poor, these companies that rob them blind are their only option.
Now think about all that and remember how Congressional Republicans — in both chambers of Congress — fought tooth and...
“When she worked the streets, Yvette Gonzales said, she frequently saw other...”
– Albany Bill Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution - NYTimes.com
Good article about no condoms as evidence legislation.
Two things, though (always! always with the critique):
There’s no mention of how the collection of condoms as evidence of prostitution is an act of profiling people of...
Submitted by K.: “I have no idea if this is real or not, but it was real enough for a college friend to get outraged about it.”
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I looked this up, and here’s what happened: Australians ethicists suggested that, since we allow abortions even when the fetus’ health is not in danger, we should also allow infanticide. Here’s the abstract of their paper:
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"My sister lost her baby... and my state requires... →
leeleeleelee submitted: “This is the reality of Texas’ ultrasound for abortion bill. A 30 year old Texas woman’s fetus’ heart stopped beating after 12 weeks. The options given were to wait until miscarriage, give birth to it, or to abort it (the preferred, safest option). She has to look at an ultrasound of her already dead fetus and if she looks away, she will have to...
maxlibertarios asked: How can you be so partisan?...
stfuconservatives:
(cont.’d: Anything different from Bush is he has started the class warfare. Wake up.)
D’awww, a widdle Wibertarian telling me to “wake up”! What *has* Obama done differently than Bush? Other than:
healthcare reform
Lily Ledbetter fair pay act
Credit card consumer bill of rights
Auto bailout
Repealing DADT
Pulling troops and slashing the military budget
And those are...
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thoseboringpolitics asked: I wouldn't brand Paul to the Republican Party though; I'm not trying to convince you, but it's clear he clashes with the party on many issues. And you talk about the Auto-bailouts as something Obama did differently. It is, but his general principle behind it is synonymous with Bush's: we must bail out these businesses to save our jobs. The health care bill is really nothing...
Watchliberalsarecool:
President Obama spoke to U.A.W. members yesterday. And good luck, GOP candidates. Your bubble of constant conservative affirmation is worthless in the general election. You ain’t gonna beat this guy.
“I did run to make the tough calls and do the right things, no matter what the politics were.” - President Obama
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maxvoluntarist asked: How can you be so partisan? Can't you see that the republican and the democratic party are the same thing? What has Obama done any differently than Bush? Obama has escalated the drone war in the middle east, killed hundreds of civilians, not closed "gitmo", passed the NDAA bill, furthered the patriot act, and is now shredding against Iran. I realize as the president he can't...
Today in fucked-up things state legislatures are... →
somuchdependsupon submitted:
South Dakota’s state House of Reps recently passed a bill on the definition of domestic violence, complete with amendments that modify an “intimate partnership” or “relationships” with the clause “with a member of the opposite sex.” So, gay man in an abusive relationship? You’re not victim of domestic violence! College...
unethical medical practices & POC
daniellemertina:
Today I lead a class discussion on unethical medical practices. The class had to read two articles: (1) on the 7 criteria for ethical research (which I thought was great, but never practiced) and (2) on the possibility of coercing American patients (the article implicitly spoke to middle class white people) to be tested… which was interesting, because those are exactly the...
California bill would let non-doctors do some... →
Amazing news from California: state legislators have suggested a law that would allow health professionals outside of just OBGYNs to provide abortions. Increased access? Hurray!
-Jess
February 2012
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atheologist asked: I love how someone in the comments of that ridiculous anti-contraceptive article says that women who don't want children should just get sterilized. Aside from all the issues with asking women who want children in the future to just not have sex until then, do they realize how difficult it is for young women to find doctors who will do sterilizations? Basically none will, because they all...
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everubyred asked: Do you think Obama will win 2012?