July 2011
TRIGGERWARNING RAPE
iwillnotshavemyvagina:
[snip of facebook page. Original comment from Richard Dts Nixon: “If I start a page called ‘I like to rape feminist whores in th ass while thy are handcuffed to the kitchen sink’ would you like it lmfao” five people like it. Daniel Giddings saus “I would but i’d delete it from my wall cos my mum reads my wall x” Richard Dts says “Right I’m onto it lol”]
This is a...
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At current exchange rates, one U.S. 4th of July =...
June 2011
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Making Food Affordable By Giving Money To Poor... →
Amid seemingly nonstop news about volatile food prices and political instability in the developing world, here’s an encouraging reminder that progress is being made in the global fight against hunger:
The world’s top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana’s President...
the incredible edible emerald: real women →
skeeba:
Excuse me while I throw this down, I’m old and cranky and tired of hearing the idiocy repeated by people who ought to know better.
Real women do not have curves. Real women do not look like just one thing.
Real women have curves, and not. They are tall, and not. They are brown-skinned, and…
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NJ Governor Chris Christie says he "not a fan" of... →
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Afghanistan withdrawal: Barack Obama says 33,000...
guardian:
President Obama takes gamble on retreat from Afghanistan with address declaring success against al-Qaida and the Taliban
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“Over the last few decades, executive pay at large corporations has skyrocketed....”
– 32 Corporations Spent More On Compensation For Top Executives In 2010 Than They Paid In Income Taxes (via corruptpolitics)
“With any of the Miley Cyrus shit, or any of that Vanessa Hudgens shit — I would...”
– Megan Fox (via pradaiswhatshewearsxo)
Kick ass.
(via esmeweatherwax)
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“All that [the public education system has] educated people to do is chase the...”
– Brian Powers (via jdschulman)
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Watchthedailywhat:
In Case You Missed It of the Day: Jon Stewart calls out Fox News Sunday for editing his interview, shows unaired clip of host Chris Wallace appearing to admit a conservative bias on the part of his news network.
[tds.]
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“While Aid To Homeless Vets Gets Cut, The Pentagon Funds NASCAR | As Republicans...”
– While Aid To Homeless Vets Gets Cut, The Pentagon Funds NASCAR (via janedoe225)
i will never NEVER NEVER understand not helping people out. seriously? NASCAR over Vets? Vets saving our country’s ass is why you can have NASCAR.
you can agree with Betty McCollum here.
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Vegetarians Save Everyone Money.
theinformedvegan:
Two brilliant researchers decided they would look into the claims made by animal rights advocates about how realistic a vegetarian world could be. What they found may change the debate forever.
First, researchers wanted to know how much it actually costs to produce calories for human consumption. They looked at the production costs associated with various food products and...
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LA TIMES: Supreme Court sides with Wal-Mart, 5-4,... →
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a huge class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that contended the retail giant had systematically discriminated against 1.5 million of its female workers.
By a 5-4 vote, the high court said the suit could not go forward as a class-action claim because the plaintiffs could not show Wal-Mart had a common policy of discriminating against women....
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Corrupt Politics: What we ignore about abortion... →
theimplausibledream:
The news media and blogosphere are always buzzing with incensed coverage of the War on Choice, but, as usual, the dialogue is intensely slanted on the side of privilege. I should know, that’s the side I live in.
While I have nightmares about the Supreme Court…
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36 Reasons to Thank Unions →
letterstomycountry:
drinkthe-koolaid:
jonathan-cunningham:
Employers and Corporations did not feel generous and decide to give you two days off every week to have a social/personal life. (We now call them weekends). Corporations did not just feel like being nice one day and give their employees paid vacations. CEOs didn’t get together in a board room and say “Let’s give our employees more...
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There was a guy who was taking upskirt photos of...
skeeba:
I can’t even process my thoughts into words. It may be a long shot, but if anyone knows who this guy is, please contact SlutWalk Seattle and let them know so that he can be reported to the proper authorities. He was seen harassing several women at the walk.
If you see anyone doing this or harassing anyone at SlutWalk, take a picture of their face. Report them to the police.
I mean, you're calling out Jon Stewart for being...
when a comedian is [one] of our most reliable news sources…shit ain’t right.
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12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being... →
mollierosie:
cliffordcorrupt:
The following are 12 things that the mainstream media is being strangely quiet about right now….’
Just reblog this straight as a link, so that it doesn’t mess up (just a heads up)
#1 The crisis at the Fort Calhoun nuclear facility in Nebraska has received almost no attention in the national mainstream media.
#2 Most Americans are aware that the U.S. is...
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NSRC posts Fake RTs from Democratic Politicians →
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The Informed Vegan: Meat Prices Rise 30% by 2013. →
theinformedvegan:
Food costs are going up across the board but it turns out the item that will hit consumers hardest will be meat.
Market experts are predicting that meat prices will skyrocket 30% in the next few years. This means that an average pound of ground beef will go from about $3.87 to…
The Washington Post says Jon Stewart is right... →
