September 2009
ABC News Exclusive: National Security Adviser Says... →
take that Dick Cheney
Phoenix Pastor Draws Protests After Telling Church... →
robot-heart-politics:
enjoli:hman:
Oh my.
“A Phoenix-area pastor has started to draw protesters to his congregation after he delivered a sermon titled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama,” and told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama’s death.
Pastor Steven Anderson stood by his sermon in an interview with MyFOXPhoenix, which reports that the pastor continues to encourage his...
August 2009
Watchmichaelmcgee:
somethingintellectual:
This was absolutely mesmerizing. WATCH ALL OF IT.
Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo.
“Think of it like a movie. The Torah is the first one, and the New Testament the...”
– How to Explain the Religions of Abraham to the Hollywood Generation (via azspot)
“As for that interview, incidentally, it was one of the more aggravating...”
– Nate Silver, on his interview for Fox and Friends last week.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: 50 Percent is Not a Magic Number
(via josephweisenthal:caterpillarcowboy)
(via ohhleary)
There’s a floor director in that studio who sometimes wears a Jets uniform. It would be great if he could...
“Progressive democracy is a self-reinforcing system. Wherever you have educated...”
– Sara Robinson (via azspot)
Becoming a fan
alcaniglia:
What makes someone a fan? I root for many teams, but I find myself to be a fan of only two teams - Nebraska Cornhuskers football and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. How have I become a fan of these two teams? I think there are three components to become a fan of a team - (a) exposure; (b) quality; and (c) identity.
(a) Exposure - This is the easiest to understand. You have to be...
“I think Senator Enzi’s clearly turned over his cards on bipartisanship and...”
– Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary Gibbs: Enzi’s Flipped Over His Cards And Walked Away from the Health Care Table | TPMDC
A rape survivor's zigzag journey into the open:... →
robot-heart-politics:
The piece of evidence that got the conviction to begin with? A 911 tape where the victim’s friend ran for help and was screaming into the phone. The judge had to listen to this 6 times to be even marginally convinced.
Half the time, I’m convinced people could be standing right there, watching a woman being raped, see how upset (understatement) she is that she is being...
After rapist convicted, judge grills the victim →
robot-heart-politics:
iamchrysanthemum:
I saw this post from katherinec and followed the link.
I’m not surprised. I’m dismayed.
And I might add that the charges I agreed to pursue against Quinn are in the same jursidiction, Harris County, Texas.
I’ve already begun to question my own sanity in going after justice in a town where the jury could only be comprised of right-wing, conservative,...
“I was disappointed with the image on the shirt, I don’t think evolution should...”
– Sherry Melby, a band parent who teaches in the Sedalia 200 district Sedalia school district recalls evolution-themed shirts | News-Leader.com | Springfield News-Leader Are fucking you kidding me? You’re a teacher and you don’t think a school should be associated with an accepted...
“As for the Republicans—how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy,...”
– H.P. Lovecraft (via azspot)
Lactate on your own time, lady - Salon.com →
apsies:
In the strictest legal sense, the ruling is logical: Allen admitted she took unauthorized breaks, and that’s a firing offense. If she can’t prove that someone said, “Ha! Now’s our chance to get rid of her for being a woman!” then apparently, she can’t prove discrimination. But it’s manifestly weaselly to suggest that her “insubordination” can somehow be separated from the fact that she...
“Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.”
– Simone de Beauvoir (via loveyourchaos) (via enjoli) (via robot-heart-politics)
Why we need better options for health care
robot-heart-politics:
I talked to my mom this weekend, and as usual, she brought me up to date on the goings-on of my hometown. She’s the principal at the elementary school, and last weekend, one of her teachers received some bad news. Her daughter, who is 30, married and has 3 children, found out she has liver failure and needs a transplant to live.
The problem? Her daughter doesn’t have...
I don't know how to react to this story. →
katiepalooza:
rosasparks:
I read it and all it sounds like is a story about stuff and then, lack thereof. Maybe I just need to stop reading the NYT. There are many people in my state, who are losing their jobs, their homes, and living under an in-construction overpass in the west of our city. People who have, their whole lives, had their homes and their jobs, and now, LITERALLY, have nothing.
...
Denial is a Powerful Mechanism →
robot-heart-politics:
pandorasmittens:
From Forbes comes the list of the most medicated states in America. The most medicated state? West Virginia, with 17.7 prescriptions per capita.
For physical ailments, in this data comes a depressing correlation: our most medicated states are also the most overweight, as well as some of the poorest. Their prescriptions are connected to medications...
“Seniors are like the American West. They depend on government and then say they...”
– Julian Zeilzer (via azspot) (via apsies)
“Yeah, we can afford him”
– Dave St. Peter, Minnesota Twins team president on Joe Mauer Charley Walters: David Kahn takes another run at Ricky Rubio - TwinCities.com Let’s see some action on this then…
“I hope that God strikes Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy....”
– Arizona Pastor Steven Anderson, known for “I’m not gonna pray for his [Obama] good. I’m going to pray that he dies and goes to hell.” Think Progress » Radical Arizona preacher hopes ‘God strikes Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy.’
“The Republican Party is just the party that cannot meet the new conditions of a...”
– Woodrow Wilson, accepting the Democratic nomination for President on September 2, 1916. (via emilyelisabeth)
“Why are Republicans trying to kill America’s old people? After all, senior...”
– Jacob Weisberg (via azspot)
