January 2010
On the word 'Dude'
resurrecthobbes:
Coming from straight guys, I have absolutely no problem with this word. Coming from gays…it just makes me uncomfortable. If you like cock, don’t call me dude. I might vomit.
In other news, if you call me dude, I will assume you’re straight, even if your mouth is on my
Dude. I am a Californian. I also say ‘like’ more often than necessary. respect my culture.
“But the United States is a very complex system. It’s very hard to describe...”
– Howard Zinn (via vaughnshirley) (via azspot)
Howard Zinn thinks we live in a not quite democracy with strange organizations in it which aren’t quite democratic institutions and some really outright fascist things. The odd word you are looking for Howard is “Republic.”
You're So Left Wing! →
abcsoupdot:
No matter what the topic, from health care reform to Wall Street, and no matter how many points we agreed on or how many facts I laid at their feet, someone would invariably turn to me and dismissively say “Yes, but you’re so left wing that you…” or “This is a center-right country, and you’re so far left that…” In each case I asked them to explain — please give examples of what...
Gloria Allred Catches HUGE Lies in the Tebow...
bthny:
jasencomstock:
stfuconservatives:
waifsworld:
ryking:
If CBS runs this right-wing advocacy ad — especially after refusing left-wing advocacy ads on various subjects over the years — the FCC may get involved since attorney Gloria Allred has pointed out that the ad is based on lies:
In the controversial ad, Pam [Tebow] reportedly shares the story of her difficult 1987 pregnancy...
Why I'm not disappointed in CBS's decision.
c-newt:
jesseboy:
Mancrunch.com is not the commercial I would want broadcast during the Super Bowl, anyway.
Perhaps a marriage equality ad. Or an HRC ad. Or practically anything else other than Mancrunch.
Because, ultimately, it’s a hook-up site, and you can’t tell me any different.
Its tag line is Where Many many many Men Come Out To Play.
Also on their website, in small print: Man...
Gloria Allred Catches HUGE Lies in the Tebow...
stfuconservatives:
waifsworld:
ryking:
If CBS runs this right-wing advocacy ad — especially after refusing left-wing advocacy ads on various subjects over the years — the FCC may get involved since attorney Gloria Allred has pointed out that the ad is based on lies:
In the controversial ad, Pam [Tebow] reportedly shares the story of her difficult 1987 pregnancy which occurred when she was...
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Will Gay Dating Ad Air During Super Bowl? →
notthatkindagay:
Chips won’t be the only things crunching on Super Bowl Sunday. Mancrunch.com, a dating site for gay men, hopes it gets to fork over $2 million or more to CBS in return for 30 seconds of air time.
Take that, AFA.
one of the gay dudes should put some gay makeup on his gay face and then use a different kind of gay makeup to write gay bible quotes over the first gay makeup and...
Ruh Roh. Friday news dump: possible resignation...
resurrecthobbes:
(via notthatkindagay)
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
FUCK YEA!@
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The reason Obama is pointing out that the previous...
inothernews:
bowlingalleylawyer:
(via inothernews)
when does it become a joke to you? Seriously? Is there a time limit on refusing to just stop pointing fingers?
and you, right here in this post, are doing the same thing he is.
I know it’s only been a year. But c’mon, it’s been a year. He’s not getting a free pass for the next 3 years- not from me anyway. Seems like he might from you and...
The Problem with everything is all you damn kids... →
“What has astonished me is the jingoism embodied in such statements by the...”
– What’s Wrong with Free Speech for Foreign Corporations? - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
It is embarrassing that American politics relies so much upon the immoral claim that non-Americans are intrinsically worth less than Americans.
(via jeffmiller)
Agreed. I wonder how we got to...
“I had a conversation with the speaker today, and we are moving forward.”
– Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid on health care reform.
We’ll see, Harry. We’ll see.
(via notthatkindagay)
ORLY?
notthatkindagay:
warrennotg:
Kelly Clarkson -...
Party of No →
think4yourself:
azspot:
Paragons of fiscal discipline, every Senate Republican today voted against reestablishing “pay-as-you-go” budgeting rules that mandate that any new spending must be paid for. The rule passed on a 60-40 party line vote.
Sometimes, I forget he's black too. Then I...
lawful:
notthatkindagay:
Chris Matthews was incredibly inarticulate last night, to say the least. That being said, I somewhat understand the point he was trying to make. Think about it. For about 220 years the majority of this country was obsessed with race. Race literally tore us apart at one point. Some would argue that it may have ideologically torn us apart again during the civil rights...
“We are citizens. We must not put ourselves in the position of looking at the...”
– Howard Zinn (via azspot)
this is a good one and one to keep in mind.
Ben Bailout Bernanke re-confirmed by Senate, 70-30
Seven fewer votes than his cloture vote.
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' hearing Tues. →
goldenrat1o:
notthatkindagay:
From NBC’s Courtney Kube A senior defense official says to expect Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen provide more details about the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” during the Senate Budget hearings next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Another official said the current idea is to have the Senate Armed Services hearing on the budget for a few hours and...
Bernanke cloture vote passes 77-23
The proposed Australian Government clampdown on...
absurdlakefront:
michaelnothing:
“Senator Joyce claimed that publications featuring small-breasted women were encouraging paedophilia.”
For fuck’s sake Australia… you make me happy to be in U.S. right now.
small boobs and female ejaculation. what is in this for me though?
Watchbrooklynmutt:
“Let me be the father that you never had or never really knew” Limbaugh’s “message” to “angry” Obama
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, what a piece of shit.
“No, no, no, Lisa. If adults don’t like their jobs, they don’t go on strike. They...”
– Homer Simpson (via absurdlakefront) (via mandalay)
“As the senior ranking military Veteran in Congress, I am compelled to respond to...”
– Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA, Retired Navy Admiral) schools Sen John. McCain on DADT (via notthatkindagay)
Now that Zinn and Salinger are dead can we all start loving ‘merica again?
J.D. Salinger's best-known work encouraged...
ohhleary:
So take your tributes and shove ‘em, okay?
Salinger was the only thing keeping a terrible,...
hammerito:
I hope Michael Bay can jazz it up a little.
Michael Bay. I wish. they are handing this project to Rob Reiner and his son to finally be able to tell the Dramedy of Holden Caulfield played by Michael Cera.
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I think you all are so phony
“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants....”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (via oceanofmind) (via smokeandsassafrass) (via whisperingwillow)
yes yes yes
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(via zengiraffe) (via anderrhea) (via lawful)
“What’s so ironic about this is that Brooks, in arguing against class warfare,...”
– Populism: Just Like Racism! - Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - True/Slant
When Taibbi is right, he is right.
(via champagnecandy)
(via firthofforth)
Tony Perkins On DADT: Gay Soldiers Will Rape Your... →
“This would put our military in the strange position of actively recruiting personnel who have an expressed intention to violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice (which still prohibits certain forms of sexual conduct, including homosexuality). Forcing soldiers to cohabit with people who view them as sexual objects would inevitably lead to increased sexual tension, sexual harassment, and...
The hurrier I go the behinder I get.
The Myth of Campaign Finance Reform →
givemesomethingtoread:
March 24, 2009, may go down as a turning point in the history of the campaign-finance reform debate in America. On that day, in the course of oral argument before the Supreme Court in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, United States deputy solicitor general Malcolm Stewart inadvertently revealed just how extreme our campaign-finance system has...