January 2011
13 Women are co-sponsors of this Bill
rabbleprochoice:
itszombietime:
rabbleprochoice:
Their names:
Michele Bachmann (Minnesota): 202-225-2331
Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee): 202-225-2811
JoAnn Emerson (Missouri): 202-225-4404
Virginia Foxx (North Carolina): 202-225-2071
Kay Granger (Texas): 202-225-5071
Vicky Hartzler (Missouri): 202-225-2876
Lynn Jenkins (Kansas): 202-225-6601
Cathy McMorris Rodgers...
“Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican...”
– The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother Jones
Elected officials currently in office applying the same “logic” about “real rape” that I’m more used to seeing from YouTube trolls.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel, not a guide on how to legislate real good, you outrageous, evil GOP...
I remember those government creeps coming to the...
dougstumblr:
in 2001, trying to convince out farmer to grow GM crops as an ‘experiment’. He was offered lots of money for this, but turned them down, funny how the big buyers of cereal grains suddenly stopped buying his wheat…mmmmm. Now he only sells to other farmers (for poultry feed) and brewery’s and a couple of respectful Scottish bakeries.
He also uses cleaned organic fertilisers, this is...
melamine-:
pajama-sam:
homemadedarkmark:
jennyhero:
purebloodprat:
This is my friend Elliot and his boyfriend, Ross. Today, Elliot was expelled from his school because the administration found out he’s gay. Someone sent the principal printouts of his facebook conversations with Ross. He was confronted and asked if he was gay. He denied it. He had to go before the school board to try...
“It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities...”
– Elie Wiesel (via mohandasgandhi)
BREAKING: Utah GOP Trying To Strip Contracts... →
cognitivedissonance:
State Representative LaVar Christensen (R, HD48) has reintroduced a bill he tried to run in 2006 which prohibits same sex couples from making contractual arrangements such as wills and financial arrangements. Get calling!
LaVar Christensen, the man who introduced and passed Utah’s Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage, has reintroduced an old enemy of the LGBT...
Dungeons and Dragons Threatens Prison Security,... →
brosephstalin:
bohemianarthouse:
WTF. That’s all I’m going to say.
TROLOLOLOLOL
But all the Palladium games are cool, right??
Ta Da!!!!
My wife brought home a coworker’s jacket yesterday so I could sew on a button that fell off. This is a new task for me but I believe I NAILED IT!!!!! (well, not with nails, but, you know). I also sewed the middle button on a little more because it looked like it was coming off next.
Mr. Mom, at your service.
Walmart Targets 8-Year-Olds With Anti-Aging... →
newwavefeminism:
greycozyhouse:
“Retail giant Walmart has added a new range of anti-aging make-up to its shelves - aimed at young children. The new ‘Geo-Girl’ beauty line is said to be aimed at the ‘tween’ market of 8-12 year olds, and will include blusher, mascara, face shimmer and lipstick that is ‘mother approved’, as well as anti aging products.
According to the marketing team behind the...
Senate passes anti-same-sex marriage amendment →
cognitivedissonance:
The Wyoming Senate voted today in favor of a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit recognition of same-sex marriages from outside the state of Wyoming.
The vote was 20-10, the minimum two-thirds majority needed for constitutional amendments.
As it goes to the House, Senate Joint Resolution 5 also contains language to allow a future Legislature to recognize civil...
48 hours to save Brenda
afterthecurtain:
http://allout.org/en/brenda/
Brenda Namigadde, a Ugandan lesbian in the UK, faces deportation THIS WEEK (tomorrow, on Friday 28th) back to the life-threatening persecution she fled eight years ago.
With David Bahati, the Ugandan politician and author of the notorious “Kill the Gays” legislation, taking an interest in her case, Brenda faces clear and present danger if she’s...
Billionaire ruled unfit to stand trial due to drug... →
cognitivedissonance:
Financier and cricket mogul Sir Allen Stanford was unfit to stand trial on charges of running a $7-billion fraud and needs treatment for a drug addiction, a US judge ruled.
Stanford’s trial had been due to begin this week but was postponed indefinitely until he could be considered fit to prepare his defense.
The financier has pleaded not guilty to 21 counts of fraud,...
Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato found... →
jonathan-cunningham:
socialisimo:
One of Uganda’s most prominent gay rights activists has been murdered in his home weeks after winning a court victory over a tabloid that called for homosexuals to be killed.
David Kato, the advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda, was bludgeoned to death in Mukono, Kampala, yesterday afternoon. Witnesses saw a man fleeing the scene in a car, and...
I'm listed in Tumblweeds under feminism, atheism,...
sillysocialisthippie:
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. Find me listed in #feminism, #atheism, #politics
I checked it out for myself and it just laughed at me.
Follow sillysocialsithippie though!!!
“How f***ing sacred is this person who’s never contributed one thing to anyone’s...”
– Louis CK On Sarah Palin, ‘Louie’
I can’t remember if I stuck this in the que or not.
(via tinfoilandtea)
Louie. I love him.
12 Politicians and Execs Blocking Progress on... →
headphonesnotrequired:
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Michigan)
Bjørn Lomborg (Author, “Cool It”)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia)
Ken Cuccinelli (Attorney General, Virginia)
Tim Phillips (President, Americans For Prosperity)
Rex Tillerson (CEO, ExxonMobil)
Tom Donahue (President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
Gregory Boyce (CEO, Peabody Energy)
Sarah Palin...
Books
tomyhusband:
You read them. Ones without pictures.
Books are my porn, my foreplay, my greatest passion (besides my wife and Greenstate’s blog) in this life.
You need to grow up and be aware of your... →
etrehumain:
alexholzbach:
sexualtictactoe:
You are male. You are white. You are a Christian. You are heterosexual.
Does that make racist or ageist, etc. comments against you right? No.
But it sure doesn’t give you license to all but throw a fit over it. Get a grip, because at the end of the day you are not consistently marginalized and you have privilege.
But she gets a license to...
stfuconservatives:
sugaredvenom:
alexholzballs:
alexholzbach:
That awkward moment when people think that preferential treatment based on the color of one’s skin isn’t racist.
Yeah, reversing Affirmative Action to better suit unhappy whites simply because they’re white isn’t racist! When Alex is white, and Alex is sad, Alex gets awesome. True story.
How about: that awkward moment when...
“An Arkansas supermarket reversed its decision Wednesday to hide a magazine cover...”
– Store reverses decision to hide Elton John magazine cover - CNN.com
It’s awesome when calling people out on their shit changes things.
(via mar-see-ah)
Thanks so much to everyone who called or e-mailed to complain!
(via stfuconservatives)
Sweet!!!
Cuyler is teaching me spanish over video chat
etrehumain:
mydreamsofwonderland:
SQUEEEEE~
It’s how I do ;)
That’s pretty awesome.
"Homosexuality and the Bible"
brosephstalin:
Ever get tired of people throwing Bible verses at you, and using religion as an excuse for condemning homosexuality? Well, this is something I came across many years ago, and I still laugh every time I read it.
On her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned...
400 rabbis protest use of Nazi, Holocaust imagery... →
clever title
etrehumain:
snarky post snarky post snarky post
^^^^^^^^
STFU, Conservatives: Homophobia disgusts me more... →
queercakes:
fuckyeahlgbt:
I just sent this email to the Harps store in Mountain Home, AR
I recommend you do the same, just go to this website
Regarding this post.
Thank you so much.
via mara-youignorantslut
Work your magic Tumblr
Unfortunately I ended my…
Done.
"Welcome to Cancerland: A Mammogram Leads to a... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Submitted by cvalda.
Good read, very relevent. My mother is currently in post mastectomy treatment stage and lo and behold!!!! got dropped midway through from her shit medical coverage. Poor to begin with, a lady that has been walking several miles each way to work at ‘just under full time’ jobs most of her life (so no health care had to be...
When it comes to sex, a yeast goes all ways →
mothernaturenetwork:
Yeast respond to the pheromones of many other species and can even switch to same-sex mating if an opposite sex partner is not available.
When yeast needs love, it doesn’t judge. An example to live by!!!
discomfortismymiddlename:
Sound System -...
etrehumain:
I don’t do this often, but…
Hello to all of my newer follows, old acquaintances and new ones alike! I assume some of you are here because my name was on Alex Holzbach’s list of people you should unfollow.
And guess what. I appreciate you! And don’t hesitate to say hi in my askbox and introduce yourself. I’m glad you guys enjoy my blog. Feedback is always appreciated. <3
...
here's a list of people who have disagreed with me...
greenstate:
everyone
ever
Whatever my overlord commands!!!! (thinking for myself is overrated, Repubs might be on to something there)
OMG, did that douche-canoe just make an ‘everybody unfollow these blogs’ list?? There goes a Conservative telling eveyone what to do when his douchery gets called out.
Did I really just get called a 'cum-sucking...
anarchyofthemind:
etrehumain:
jcfitzner:
trastorn:
This is why trolls don’t bother me too much. I get trolled offline too.
I would totally take that as a compliment.
Definitely. I mean, I don’t “suck cum” just because I’m not really into that, but it’s totally a compliment/empowerment moment.
Dude I’m totally a cum sucking socialist whore.
FUCK YES.
Blatantly untrue. I mean,...
Ask the Super Bowl Host Committee to Stand Up and... →
The trafficking of children for sale at the Super Bowl is welldocumented. Texas Attorney General Abbott is taking a stand and has prepared a task force to identify and respond to traffickers who plan to sell children at the Super Bowl. However, it is not enough to expect law enforcement and victim advocates to bear the entire burden of responding to this issue, which is expected to include many...