October 2010
Marriage “is not a civil right – you’re not... →
silas216:
stfuteabaggers:
stfuconservatives:
mollyfreakinpotter:
I hate. This cunt.
That’s not how civil rights work… ANY oppressed group - truly oppressed, not “OMG it’s so hard to be a white man” oppressed - is being denied a civil right in some way. To vote, to marry, to own land, etc.
and the worst was yet to come:
the gays “ought to start being antiabortion because “once they...
September 2010
"Underground" Group of Cadets Say Air Force... →
steampunkanachronism:
(read more of this article by clicking the title)
An anonymous cadet at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA ) spoke out against alleged religious discrimination at the school last week, saying that some cadets must pretend to be evangelical Christians in order to maintain standing among their peers and superiors. In an email to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF),...
“No one particularly enjoys paying taxes, but one lesson we should have learned...”
– The Bush tax cuts: an entrepreneur’s perspective - latimes.com (via Instapaper)
Watchsocratescloset:
Yet Another Homophobic Moron: Andrew Shirvell, a University of Michigan alumnus, is interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360 about his blog which attacks U of M student council president Christopher Armstrong. Armstrong is gay; and this apparently concerns Shirvell enough to draw swastikas and slurs over pictures of Armstrong’s face.
One look at Andrew Shirvell and you’ll go, “Yup,...
“…regardless of how the 2010 elections go, there’s zero chance of Republicans...”
– Don’t be fooled by the GOP’s sick healthcare rhetoric - Republican Party - Salon.com (via apsies)
[WorldNutDaily Editor-in-Chief] Farah: Gays worse... →
“Anyone who says that President Obama is a socialist or that he is moving the...”
– Valerie Elverton Dixon (via azspot)
“And what do you think? Gay soldiers are getting something out of the deal? ‘Hey...”
– Amy Poehler “Really” (via tlmonahan)
Irrefutable Proof the Bush Tax Cuts Were a... →
“Marriage is not a civil right. You’re not black.”
– Ann Coulter - Offensive Quote-O’-The-Day - TPC (via brooklynmutt)
I’m not even sure what this means. Does this woman know what a “civil right” is?
(via savagemike)
SSDD
FactChecking ‘The Pledge’ →
jonathan-cunningham:
The Republican “Pledge to America,” released Sept. 23, contains some dubious factual claims:
It declares that “the only parts of the economy expanding are government and our national debt.” Not true. So far this year government employment has declined slightly, while private sector employment has increased by 763,000 jobs.
It says that “jobless claims continue to soar,”...
USA TODAY: They don't have to pay higher fuel... →
Airline fees are steadily increasing — some by more than 50% since a year ago, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
The analysis, which compared 13 U.S. airlines’ fees today with those in effect in June 2009, also reveals that passengers are encountering new types of fees.
Six big U.S. carriers now have priority boarding fees, and Spirit Airlines has begun charging for carry-on bags.
The numerous fees...
and another thing ...: Halliburton slams... →
silas216:
Three things: (1) LOL. (2) I love watching giant corporations try and shift the blame between each other in an effort to avoid lawsuit action. (3) Nice one, Halliburton, but after the bang-up job you guys did in Iraq - slipshod construction work, serving our soldiers spoiled food and…
“It’s hard to find a single poll this week that generated more press attention ...”
– Why the press prefers bad-news-for-Dems polling results. Or, is Cuomo is up by 33 pts.? (via ryking)
“In 2010, some fear that progressives, chagrined that their hopes for change have...”
– Learning From the Right
It really isn’t learning from the Right so much as remembering how the Left used to roll. Ambushing politicians as citizen journalists (or just hostile constituents), disrupting the opposition’s political events, heaping scorn on members of the opposition, and incessantly...
Tea Party Senate Candidate Mike Lee Tried to Dump... →
silas216:
In the summer of 2007, Lee took his expertise to Howrey LLP, an international law firm that made a total of $5 million lobbying for the tobacco industry in 2003 and 2004. During his time at the firm, Lee has worked on behalf of EnergySolutions, which sued the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Utah for the right to import and store nuclear waste from Italy.
Utah officials — and 76...
What the Hell Was That Ground Zero 'Mosque' Uproar... →
silas216:
Now that the so-called Ground Zero Mosque controversy is slipping off the front pages for the first time in weeks, it’s time to ask: Just what the hell was all that about, anyway? Why was it so important that we had to spend all that time discussing it? And why are the conservatives taking out after the Muslim community now — nine full years after 9/11?
By now, it’s pretty obvious...
“You know what? Evolution is a myth. …Why aren’t monkeys still evolving into...”
– Tea Party darling and Delaware senatorial candidate CHRISTINE O’DONNELL, being a complete fucking idiotic idiot on a 1998 episode of Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher.
Even Andrew Breitbart seems to think she’s an idiot, for God’s sake.
(via inothernews)
So basically she doesn’t even have the...
The Anti-Tea Party, Christopher Hayes →
jonathan-cunningham:
The story of the Great Backlash goes like this: the president was elected on a promise to transcend red and blue, heal the wounds of the forty-year culture war and, as he said in his speech on the night of the Iowa caucuses, inspire the country to “come together around a common purpose.” But instead, Barack Obama pursued an ambitious left-wing agenda, a classic case of...
“New Rule: The next rich person who publicly complains about being vilified by...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
“The Republicans - they blocked the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. …I don’t...”
– BILL MAHER, Real Time (via inothernews)
“[Right-wingers are right-wingers] because they deeply resent the government (and...”
– From “Libertarian Southern Strategy,” in which Digby talks about white supremacists and their love for Ron and Rand Paul. (via ryking)
and another thing ...: Christine O'Donnell... →
silas216:
Amplify’d from tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell challenged comedian Bill Maher on evolution more than a decade ago, wondering aloud about why monkeys haven’t evolved into humans.
Maher showed the brief…
“In a television spot posted by Republican candidate Ilario Pantano, news clips...”
– Fact check - Ads in McIntyre, Pantano campaigns lead voters astray (via ryking)
Robert Reich: The Super Rich Get Richer, Everyone... →
jonathan-cunningham:
titusandtheraindrops:
robertreich:
The super-rich got even wealthier this year, and yet most of them are paying even fewer taxes to support the eduction, job training, and job creation of the rest of us. According to Forbes magazine’s annual survey, just released, the combined net worth of the 400 richest Americans climbed 8% this year, to $1.37 trillion. Wealth rose...
“…[O]ne of America’s two great political parties routinely makes equally...”
– Paul Krugman, Downhill With the G.O.P. (via ryking)
“Tea party backed Republican candidates — indeed most Republican candidates —...”
– Tea Party Candidates Benefit From Stimulus, Federal Spending (via ryking)
and another thing ...: Rand Paul's Long History Of... →
silas216:
Amplify’d from tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com
Rand Paul, Republican nominee for Senate in Kentucky and all-around tea party uber-star, has a penchant for predicting the demise of the United States government and its replacement. And often, he’s used the…
“So the Army’s multi-decade policy of discrimination against homosexuals, forcing...”
– JON STEWART, on the Senate voting against taking up a bill that would have repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
The Homosexual Agenda — Chuck the Atheist →
goodreasonnews:
There’s something insidious that’s festering at the core of our society. It’s likely to take away all of our God-given rights in America and elsewhere. It’s the Homosexual Agenda. Our country is sliding to hell on a greased pole as we let those reprobates take over. They are trying to proselytize our children in the public schools in the guise of diversity and sensitivity...
Ahmadinejad tells U.N. most blame U.S. gov't for... →
and another thing ...: GOP 'Pledge To America'... →
silas216:
Amplify’d from www.huffingtonpost.com
The Republican Party’s 21-page blueprint, “Pledge to America,” was put together with oversight by a House staffer who, up till April 2010, served as a lobbyist for some of the nation’s most powerful oil,…
None of this should surprise anyone. Lobbyists? This is the kind of stuff that helped rich people get richer under W…
and another thing ...: Joe Arpaio Accused of... →
silas216:
Amplify’d from colorlines.com
How tough exactly is America’s toughest sheriff? The country is about to find out. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been slammed by a set of damning reports in the last week that allege the Arizona sheriff misused $80…
Chicago Woman Arrested for Breastfeeding in Public →
goodreasonnews:
welcometomanhood:
malefeminists:
humorlessfeminist:
mamavh:
wanderinguterus:
That was the headline at least, in the New York Times. ..about 12,000 women per year get arrested for breastfeeding in public in the United States. Another 30,000 women per year get arrested for being “topless” under various “indecency” laws
Why should nursing parents have to be discreet...
“First Steve Schwartzman, head of the Blackrock private equity company, compares...”
– Poverty Is Through the Roof, and Billionaires Are Getting Pissy About Not Enough Profits | Economy | AlterNet (via robot-heart-politics)
“Fox News and some of the dimmer corners of the right-wing media are in a twist...”
– A reminder to right-wingers of what “inviting” attacks on Americans [actually] sounds like
Three words, spoken by Dumbya: “Bring ‘em on.”
(via ryking)
Fox News edits clip to make it seem like Obama...
jonathan-cunningham:
silas216:
As Warren Ellis once wrote, “You must like it when people in authority they never earned lie to you.”
Amplify’d from videocafe.crooksandliars.com
Weeks after Sean Hannity was caught selectively editing a clip of President Barack Obama to paint him in a negative light, the Fox News channel has done it again.
The latest clip, aired by Fox & Friends...
“Ugly people, if you’re a guy, you can get past it. I don’t think you can as an...”
– glenn beck (via stfuteabaggers)
Wow, words cannot express how much I loath this disgusting pile of garbage passing as a human. He needs to look at his vile self in the mirror more often.
(via gavinsaurusrex)
This is textbook bullying. He’s self conscious about his crew cut, the gap in his teeth...
“JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, who...”
– Miller acknowledges getting farm subsidies (via ryking)
Don’t you just love it when stuff like this happens?
