February 2012
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Teacher: A long time ago people thought there were only four elements. Can anyone guess what they were?
Me: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
Teacher:
Me:
teacher: what?
Me: what?
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“Mitt Romney continues to show that he will do or say anything to get elected. He...”
– Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith in response to Romney’s criticism of new rules that would require all hospitals to provide workers health insurance coverage that covers contraception. (via kileyrae)
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How the GOP Is Resegregating the South →
And it’s not just happening in North Carolina. In virtually every state in the South, at the Congressional and state level, Republicans—to protect and expand their gains in 2010—have increased the number of minority voters in majority-minority districts represented overwhelmingly by black Democrats while diluting the minority vote in swing or crossover districts held by white Democrats. “What’s...
“If it’s an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency...”
– Ron Paul, on rape and abortion.
What. The. Fuck.
(via shitthatronpaulsays)
No HIV/STI test, no counseling, no plan B, no call to the police?
(via socialistexan)
“honest rape” ???
(via stfuhatemongers)
what the fuck would an estrogen shot even do.
(via thelefthandedwifegonerogue)
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“One of the most prominent charities working to prevent and cure breast cancer,...”
– Susan G. Komen Foundation pulls Planned Parenthood funding - Political Hotsheet - CBS News (via robot-heart-politics)
This is a huge blow to accessible health care that is so important to women and the fight against cancer. If you are able, go to Planned Parenthood to donate
January 2012
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Survey of Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District →
decoarchitecture:
Last year at some point I posted a boatload of individual shots from this great survey of Miami Beach’s historic architecture. However, now that the Library of Congress has redesigned its digital archives, it’s easier to share the link that will let people simply browse. Some really delightful images. Sample below.
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I’ve been reading Anna Karenina for a week but it feels like it has been a month. It is a very long book that I have decided to challenge myself with. I’m only 25% through it. I could have done without the description of the horse and the race, however, I have a feeling that whole bit of the story is going to be symbolic to the outcome of a certain couple of people. And the...
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AMERICAN GODS US Kindle $1.99 edition...
neil-gaiman:
It looks like no-one at Amazon has noticed and taken their American Gods Kindle Special down yet. It’s http://say.ly/Qrj1i92 and was only meant to have been a 24 hour special, so may not last for very long.
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“Falling in love, we said; I fell for him. We were falling women. We believed in...”
– Margaret Atwood | The Handmaid’s Tale (via blogut)
“If the court makes a fundamentally wrong decision, the president can in fact...”
– Newt Gingrich
False. And stupid. And slightly scary.
(via greaterthanlapsed)
Andrew Jackson took this approach—so it’s been tried. It resulted in the Trail of Tears.
(via squashed)
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Yuengling Is Now America's Largest Brewer →
thegreg:
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culby:
fuckyeahbeer:
Yuengling takes the number one spot.
DAMN RIGHT
And we still don’t have it in Boston!
My beer of choice. Well done, Yuengling…
“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we...”
– Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855
Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president.
(via politicalprof)
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Watchcracked:
Parks and Recreation and Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon performing “We’re Not Gonna Take It” will probably improve your day for days.
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Reading with Style →
I have been trying to find a book club for quite some time that would suit me. Most of the ones I have looked into or briefly been a part of haven’t included much variety in their selections. It seems to me that many book clubs focus on chick lit far more than any other genre. I am not knocking chick lit, I am ok with reading books outside my main interest. I just don’t want it to...
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December 2011
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