June 2011
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Keep your Boehner out of my Uterus!: bebinn: They... →
bebinn:
They post doctored photos, they cry in the streets
“How can anyone hurt something so sweet?
You demon, you fiend! Don’t you care just a bit?”
Well, of course I do, silly! That’s the gist of it!
I care about my future and the things I will do
I care about all of it; come on, get a…
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Rabble: A Response to the Appropriation of Dr.... →
iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:
bebinn:
A person’s a person, except when they’re not
There’s a pretty big difference; it matters a lot!
An embryo, blastocyst, zygote or fetus
Don’t give politicians the right to mistreat us
They can’t hear, they can’t feel, they can’t think,…
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“In a 1998 episode of South Park, the boys learn that their dresser drawers are...”
– The Republicans’ Panty-Raid: The Republicans’ absolutely foolproof plan on Medicare is missing a key step — how to turn changes to the program into actual savings | Paul Waldman (via pantslessprogressive)
"I'm no conservative, but I'd feel OK about food...
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bubonickitten:
^ Some jackass on Facebook.
How exactly does one abuse food stamps…?
Like… by buying food or something?
The person hasn’t responded yet but I’m thinking they’ll say something like “I saw someone buying lobster [or some other expensive food item] with food stamps” or something like that.
To which I respond: OH MY GOD, POOR PEOPLE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS SOMETIMES...
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Three lies about taxes →
azspot:
Poor people don’t pay taxes. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Chuck Marr and Brian Highsmith provide the definitive takedown of this myth.
The U.S. suffers from high taxes. As measured in terms of total tax revenue as a share of overall GDP the average tax burden for countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2008 was 44.8...
May 2011
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“Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what...”
– Dean Spade, poly essay take 2 (via rosettes)
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Here's a quick way to check if you have the right...
vicki3t:
gaywitchpracticingabortion:
Ask yourself “Is it my body?”
If the answer was no, then surprise! You don’t have the right.
That. Is by far the BEST thing I have ever heard/seen anyone say about the right to get an abortion.
