December 2010
The Flawed Renaissance: Chivalry →
flawedrenaissance:
I had a friend in town for a few days this week. Overall, things went well. Wine, food, trips to Wicker Park and a movie, good times. But one particular thing stuck out to me.
We were walking to a train station, and I went to open a door for her. She scoffed at me. I was rather confused. I was…
I hold doors open for people because it’s the right thing to do.
Dodging Repatriation Tax Lets U.S. Companies Bring... →
It boggles my mind that we haven’t fixed the offshore accounts loopholes. They’ve been part of the national discussion for decades and I can’t figure out how people aren’t very seriously outraged that companies can effectively pay literally nothing in taxes because of them. What the fuck, America?
republicrider:
Sometimes there is great stuff on my dashboard, THAT I can never reblog, don’t ask……..
I know the feeling. There is a whole tumblr I follow that I can’t reblog.
All First Class Postage to be "Forever" Stamps →
Oh my gosh yes!
Two Men Beaten Outside TX Gay Bar, Onlookers And... →
corruptpolitics:
Austin, TX – Two gay men were beaten on Christmas after leaving a gay bar, the attack took place on a major street and continued for 5-10 minutes with no one coming to their aid. Once police arrived, they told the victims that “there was nothing they could do.”
[The attack] was witnessed by at least 20 people, but none of them tried to help. Beltran said he yelled out the...
WatchI know I normally share things that are political, but dammit I love indie games too I swear!
Where are all the jobs? →
The answer is overseas.
The Green State: The GOP's Arbitrary "Will Of The... →
liberalsarecool:
tytnation:
GOP Not Allowed to Talk About the “Will of the Public”
John Boehner can’t stop talking about the “will of the public” these days. Now that the Republicans have won the House, he keeps saying over and over that the Democrats must go along with Republican…
400,000 year old human remains found in Israel →
greenstate:
afghanibanani:
Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man.
A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half that old.
Archaeologist Avi Gopher said Monday further research is needed to solidify...
Corrupt Politics: Tea Party →
corruptpolitics:
There is a political movement in our country that works to dismantle education. This group works to establish religious ideology as law. This group works to remove funding from America’s infrastructure and demonize health centers that work towards the sexual reproductive rights and health of…
: Obama's Views on Gay Marriage Shift →
liberal-lad:
President Obama keeps hinting that he might become the first sitting U.S. president to support same-sex couples and their effort to get married. The president said his views on gay marriage are “evolving” and noted that he knows that, for supporters, civil unions aren’t “enough.” Still the…
The Rich are Much Richer than You and Me →
The Green State: socialism success stories →
greenstate:
i know a lot of people reblogged my post about capitalism tonight, saying that there is no successful working model for socialism. i mean, because the UUSR failed, that must mean all forms of socialism great and small are a colossal failure, right? wrong. here are some ways in which socialism has…
Socialism works, guys.
The Green State: Abortion vs Responsibility →
stfuantichoicers:
icanneverbloginpeace:
There is only one way that I would support an abortion and that is if it was to save the Mother’s life.
Oh good, glad we got your opinion on that. By the way, who gets to deem whether or not it will save a mother’s life? Medicine isn’t a black or…
This is the best deconstruction of the “Pro-Life” rhetoric I’ve ever seen.
Dems to Take Up Filibuster Reform
liberal-lad:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is working on a filibuster-reform plan, to be implemented when the Senate sets its new rules next year. Already, the entire Democratic caucus has signed on to urge Reid to change the rules. “They are already talking it through and devising a plan,” an aide tells Greg Sargent. Republicans used a record number of filibusters in the last...
Watchgreenstate:
officialssay:
Rep. Barney Frank, in an interview after the repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.
Asked if gay and straight personnel should be required to shower together, Frank, who is openly gay, told his CNSNews.com interviewer that homosexuals “tend to take showers,” and “we don’t get ourselves dry cleaned.”
i love the way barney frank deals with stupid...
“The American People will take Socialism, but they won’t take the label. I...”
– Upton Sinclair (via jerkoff-called-darwin)
The Green State: The Year In Fox News... →
turnofffox:
As the year comes to a close, Media Matters offers a month-by-month look back at Fox News’ most outrageous and factually challenged moments of 2010.
[Listed below are topic headings only. Click on the link to read more.]
January
Hume Counsels Tiger Woods To Ditch Buddhism…
Watchtheonlysearose:
stonerparty:
It’s a frickin’ Xmas miracle - well-known OG hate-monger, Pat Robertson, has finally got religion:
We’re locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they’ve got 10 years with mandatory sentences, these judges just say, they throw up their hands and say nothing we can do with these mandatory sentences. We’ve got to take...
TheOnlySearose: My mom is apparently incapable of... →
theonlysearose:
radmax:
Despite my numerous requests to not say the word, especially in reference to my friends, tonight she asked me “Is your boss a dyke?”.
I’ve given up.
“No, mom, she has a husband and 2 kids.”
That’s okay, my mom still doesn’t understand I’m an atheist. Two months after I told her I…
I dunno dude, every time my mom tells me that she’s keeping me in her...
An Unscientific Study of Wall Street Bonuses in... →
Thank you, Esquire.
