April 2010
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“Rapists know exactly who’s going to be blamed if their victim has been drinking....”
– -Jacylyn Friedman
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/28/in-defense-of-dirty-girl-culture/?iref=allsearch
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New, Deadly Cryptococcus Gattii Fungus Found in... →
A new strain of hypervirulent, deadly Cryptococcus gattii fungus has been discovered in the United States, a new study says.
The outbreak has already killed six people in Oregon, and it will likely creep into northern California and possibly farther, experts say.
People can become infected with Cryptococcus gattii by inhaling the microscopic organisms—and there’s not much you can do...
“In the media, the thin, young, beautiful, able-bodied white woman is the...”
– Plus-Sized Women in Lingerie: Too Hot for TV? » Sociological Images (via ilovefat)
I haven’t commented on the Lane Bryant debacle so far because I couldn’t sort my thoughts out; twin forces were telling me that fat is overtly sexual and yet supposedly sexless, and I couldn’t untangle that out...
“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing...”
– Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird; spoken by Atticus Finch (via cdangt) (via caraobrien)
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Think Progress » Arizona militia recruiting... →
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“According to KOLD Channel 5 News in Arizona, local militiaman Bill Davis is recruiting “combat veterans, with kill records, to camp out and patrol” along the U.S.-Mexico border. “If it comes to when shots are fired in the general direction of these guys, they have my authorization to return fire, if they’re in defense of their life or their buddy next to them, return...
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10 Worst Abortion Myths–and How to Refute Them @... →
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ihatethismess:
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Fast Facts on Arizona’s Immigration Crack Down →
ryking:
azspot:
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed today what is now the most punitive and sweeping anti-immigrant state law in the nation. This law’s full effects will not be measurable for months to come, but it is already clear that it will be challenged in court because it denies rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. And until the legal issues are settled, the new law will have a...
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“Former Vice President Dick Cheney told a caller on a radio show that his telling...”
– Dick Cheney Reflects - The Awl (via peterwknox)
True. Story.
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U.S.’s Toughest Immigration Law Is Signed in... →
Fucking hell….
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Obama Slams Arizona’s Immigration Bill →
President Obama on Friday strongly criticized restrictive immigration legislation pending in Arizona, calling for a federal overhaul of the nation’s laws instead.
Speaking at a naturalization ceremony for 24 active duty service members in the Rose Garden, Mr. Obama said that failure to enact immigration reforms would open the door to “irresponsibility by others.”
The “others” he cited in...
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“Dem Rep Raul Grijalva is closing two district offices in Arizona after a man...”
– Grijalva Closing Two Offices After Death Threats On Immigration (via ryking)
…and so, it begins.
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I think this is typical from the Minuteman and other anti-immigration people. I grew up in California not far from the Arizona border; threatening to kill people is a...
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Hitlicker
A sweet and brilliant friend, H. B., has just coined the term “Hitlicker”, having first described a person thusly:
Psycho-murderous-racist-crazy-Hitler-licker
I want him to enter his full definition in the Urban Dictionary…the number of potential subjects of usage for this pithy term are so plentiful (unfortunately).
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Watchmadeofstarstuff:
unknownskywalker:
VISTA Captures Celestial Cat’s Hidden Secrets
The Cat’s Paw Nebula (or NGC 6334), located in the heart of the Milky Way, 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius, is a huge stellar nursery stretching across 50 light-years. It’s the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars, some nearly ten times the mass of the Sun. In visible light, gas and...
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New Strain Of Medicinal Marijuana Announced |... →
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Only within the past year have CBD-rich cannabis varieties been identified, thanks to an analytical chemistry lab that DeAngelo helped launch.
Recent research has demonstrated that CBD is effective in slowing or reversing a number of different types of cancer; as well as other serious illnesses. In response to the shortage of CBD rich cannabis varieties, Harborside has initiated a...
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"Name That Pot Campaign!" →
ryking:
Firedoglake is the first major political blog to fight for marijuana legalization, and this contest to name their campaign is part of that long-term push.
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Arizona Republican Cecil Ash: Birther Imbecile →
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“Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive - like the...”
– CBS Report: Copy Machines Retain Copies On Their Hard Drives (via ryking)
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alex ryking: Arizona's SB 1070 is Going to Become... →
Governor Jan Brewer is getting emails and phone calls ten to one against signing the racial profiling bill SB 1070, but a Rasmussen poll conducted last week showed that 70% of likely voters favored the legislation.
Brewer is already on thin ice with the GOP base for supporting Proposition…
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“So strong was the antibusiness sentiment for the first Earth Day in 1970 that...”
– At 40, Earth Day Is Now Big Business (via ryking)
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Wonders of the Solar System, Brain Cox →
The show isn’t (officially) available in the U.S., but I’m crazy about this guy and want to share puppies and kittens with him (I’ve yet to see anyone quite hot enough for me to go as far as human babies). I’ll be finding ways to watch as many of these episodes as I can get my eyes on.
His show Do You Know What Time It Is is a strange and cool presentation of our...
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FDL Celebrates 420: Join Us For “Name Our Pot... →
If today’s drug laws were in force during the 1970s, Barack Obama might not be President.
In his autobiography, Obama admitted to experimenting with marijuana during his high school years in the ’70s. He then went on to college and law school with the help of student loans.
Last year, New York City arrested and jailed 40,300 people for possessing small amounts of marijuana — mostly teenagers and...
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YOUNG GALLERY →
Some of the most incredible photography I’ve ever seen.
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Jezebel - "You Lesbian Shitasses": Scott Baio's... →
So now the Missus Chachbag is publicly homophobic-hating (as is the Chachster hisself, of course), calling people “You bunch of FAR LEFT Lesbian shitassess!!!!!!!” and insulting the” lesbos’” “cuntness”.
She sure is hung up on shit - last October she called Obama a “shitfuck” and he agreed with her, as he proudly tweeted. Is it me, or are...
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Doctor Who star backs Labour party →
(via @cbn2)
…[David] Tennant recorded a message for the piece, with his words echoing Labour`s campaign slogan of “A future fair for all”. He said: “Scotland is a proud nation. Proud of our country, proud of our people and proud of what we do together. “This election is a two-horse race. We love our country and want the best for it. That`s why we want a future...
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The Dark Side of the Force: 3D Space Pictures →
Here’s is a collection of stereoscopic pictures of space objects. You don’t need special glasses to see them, just your own eyes. Defocus your sight; cross your eyes and go into ‘double vision’, create a third image in the middle and then try to refocus your sight at it. The single overlapping…
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“The problem with the Democrats…is they want to win a fight without taking...”
– Chris Rock, on HCR and the Democrats’ fear of the Republicans (“we always had the majority, that’s how scared we are of the Republicans…it’s like, we’re winning by 20, but oh no, they got us now!”)
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ProtectSeals Downloads (Humane Society of the... →
Help protect seals from that insanity known as seal hunting (including the dreaded clubbing).
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HBO: Einstein & Eddington: Synopsis →
Seriously fascinating sounding stuff…oh, and David Tennant plays Eddington. Andy Serkis plays Einstein.
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Just one year on Pluto is:
madeofstarstuff:
fuckyeahtheuniverse:
1,031 years on Mercury.
403 years on Venus.
248 on Earth.
132 years on Mars.
20 years on Jupiter.
8 years on Saturn.
2 years on Uranus.
1.5 years on neptune.
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Your Episode Guide For Doctor Who Season 5 →
Quote: “There was a goblin. Or a trickster, or a warrior. A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. Nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it – one day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.”
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[Oregon AG] Kroger & [Governor] Kulongoski to... →
Now that 14 state attorneys general have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new health reform law, Oregon’s AG John Kroger and Governor (and former AG) Ted Kulongoski have announced their plans to defend the new law.
From Legal Newsline: Oregon Attorney General John Kroger could be headed for the most high-profile legal fight of his career, vowing to defend the national...
