April 2011
NY Boy, 12, Accused Of Hate Crime Attack On Muslim... →
almaswithinalmas:
NEW YORK — New York City police arrested a 12-year-old boy on hate crime charges and accused him of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess.
The boy was charged Wednesday with assault as a hate crime. He is a 6th grader at a Staten Island middle school and is being charged as a juvenile.
Police and school officials say the boy has a history of ...
“Huckabee has just been caught on video, at a Christian supremacist conference,...”
– Mike Huckabee Says He Wants Americans To Be Indoctrinated At Gunpoint « SpeakEasy (via bluntlyblue)
Wow, yeah, I’m pretty sure that’ll cost you the election, Mr. Huckabee.
I know it’s absolutely futile to argue with people on YouTube, but I must say it’s sorta fun. I think I just like to argue. :)
March 2011
FL GOP doesn't like it when you say "uterus". →
stfufauxminists:
Apparently, you can control them, but you can’t talk about them. Kudos to Scott Randolph for that line, though, or more specifically, kudos to his wife.
God forbid that we use scientific names for things.
ETA: Also, next time someone said “arms” or “legs” or something, I’d call them out for discussing body parts.
After thinking about it, maybe that person on...
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mattgorman:
Maybe the vast majority of racism I’ve seen has been against whites. Maybe that’s why a white quarterback convicted of involvement in a dogfighting ring is vilified even years after he has served his time and a black quarterback who raped a woman and has had a history of doing similar things in the past is quickly regarded as redeeming himself after one year of...
“Fat activists don’t deny that fat can impact health. We deny the conclusions...”
– Brian at Red No. 3 (via heyfatchick)
“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don’t have enough workers to...”
– GOP presidential hopeful and sexual neologism RICK SANTORUM, as heard on WEZS radio (New Hampshire) and quoted on The Daily Show.
To which Jon Stewart responds “I guess you could then also make the argument that we wouldn’t be in this Social Security predicament in the first place if more Baby...
The Baby Manual
championofkirkwall:
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girlfromparis:
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“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity (via beautythatmoves)
“It should be harder to be an artist. You shouldn’t just be able to put a song on...”
– Miley Cyrus, on the overnight success of Rebecca Black.
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(via thedailywhat)
Says the girl with the quasi-famous father. Better to be randomly discovered on YouTube than to be hand-crafted by music execs to appeal to the masses.
“The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country...”
– Bob Herbert’s final column for The New York Times. (via thedeadline)
“Forcing a woman to wait three days and consult with some asshole trying to...”
– Shakesville (via pastthestorm)