May 2012
256 posts
Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
blackenedbutterfly:
msamberhazard:
msamberhazard:
tal9000:
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please,...
Here's a Chance to Take On Republican Hate-Talk... →
questionall:
There is a little known regulation at the FCC called the Zapple Doctrine, which is an offshoot of the Fairness Doctrine and of Section 315(a) of the Communications Act, which says that, in the 60 days prior to an election, if a broadcaster offers free airtime to one major party candidate, it must offer free airtime to the other major party candidate. Zapple expands this definition...
but oh, comely: Say it with me now: →
thisgingersnapsback:
Dr. George Tiller’s killing was not justifiable homicide, it was murder.
Blowing up abortion clinics is terrorism.
Defacing and covering abortion clinics in graffiti is vandalism.
Chanting “You’re next!” at doctors and clinic administrators is threatening…
How Frightened Patriarchal Men Have Tried to... →
questionall:
It’s no surprise that women (at least those in the US and Europe) have it much better now than ever before. The question is what to make out of the current backward rush toward the “good old days” when, for example, a husband could never be accused of raping his wife. Are the proponents of the hundreds of bills affecting women’s health and sexuality just crackpots? Or are they...
MoJo’s FBI Informants Story Wins Major... →
With three exceptions, all of the high-profile domestic terror plots of the last decade were actually FBI stings. (The exceptions are Najibullah Zazi, who came close to bombing the New York City subway system in September 2009; Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, an Egyptian who opened fire on the El-Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles airport; and failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad.)
» This is...
Ana Goes Off On Bill O'Reilly, Lila Rose Over... →
theyoungturks:
“A New Orleans women’s health organization was destroyed last week by an unknown arsonist, becoming the latest target of attacks on women’s health clinics in the south. The organization, Women With A Vision, was likely singled out because it offers AIDS prevention help, HIV testing, and substance abuse assistance to sex workers, transgender women, poor women, and women of color....
BREAKING: Two Republican Judges Declare DOMA... →
A three judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just handed down a decision declaring the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. Notably, the panel included Judges Juan Torruella and Michael Boudin, both of whom are Republican appointees. Judge Boudin, who authored the opinion, is one of the most highly regarded judges in the country; he frequently sends...
BREAKING: Walmart Ends Financial Support For ALEC... →
I still won’t shop at Walmart.
Bad Economics 101
SORKIN: David, I have a tax question for you. What do you think the ultimate effective tax rate should be on corporations?
COTE: Zero.
SORKIN: Zero?
COTE: The problem is from a fairness perspective, nobody would be able to stand it. But at the the end of the day, jobs come from companies and if we wanted to create the most effective foreign direct investment pipeline you’ve ever seen, we would have the lowest rate possible.
GOP Michigan Congressman To Run Write-In Campaign... →
It takes a minimum of just 1,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. McCotter’s campaign claimed to have turned in twice that number. But now Michigan elections officials say McCotter fell far short with only 244 legitimate signatures. The rest were photocopies. That’s right — copies of the same 244 signatures over and over.
LOLOLOLOLOL!
“And here’s a reminder of why disputes in Florida over voter eligibility...”
– World War II Vet Caught Up In Florida’s Voter Purge Controversy : It’s All Politics : NPR
“Donald Trump in politics has the same effect on me that Donald Trump on...”
– Hunter| DKos | full article»
(via destroythegop)
Fox News Presents:
Fox & Friends Produces 4 Minute Anti-Obama Attack Ad, Then Removes It From Its Website - http://pulse.me/s/9MpLi
“We missed the press release from Trump, Palin, and Hoekstra demanding Romney...”
– Mitt Romney released his birth certificate yesterday, in advance of his summit with Donald Trump. We sort of felt like that warranted a rant. (via motherjones)
Daily Show host Jon Stewart rips Fox News chief... →
“Jon, did I ever tell you that I, Roger Ailes, plan to undermine the role of an independent press by constantly whining that any reportage that deviates from a staunch conservative narrative is biased, while, at the same time, filling the editorial vacuum that that creates by building a conservative propaganda juggernaut in the guise of a news organization?” Stewart recalled.
Ailes said he will...
Rick Scott Purging Eligible Voters From Florida’s... →
Six members of Florida’s congressional delegation are pushing Gov. Rick Scott (R) to stop purging the state’s voting rolls of eligible voters, after numerous individuals were improperly flagged as non-citizens.
The state used an outdated driver’s license database in their initial effort to scrub non-citizens from the voting rolls. Officials believed that 182,000 voters on the rolls were...
15 best Obama email subject lines - Tim Mak -... →
1. “I am just so happy” — Rufus Gifford, finance director, Obama for America (after the president came out in support of same-sex marriage)
2. “I want to do this again” — Barack Obama (on a drawng for dinner with the president)
3. “My uncle Teddy” — Caroline Kennedy (on Ted Kennedy’s support for Obama)
4. “This isn’t already illegal?” — James Kvaal, Obama for America policy director (on insider...
Republicans Uniting To Support Chunks Of... →
Senate Republicans are echoing the House GOP’s shift in favor of some of the more popular “Obamacare” provisions, a sign that the party is uniting behind the strategy ahead of the election.
With a Supreme Court decision looming next month, House Republicans are privately weighing a plan to reinstate three popular elements of the law if it’s struck down — guaranteeing coverage regardless of...
Mitt Romney campaigned with both of these guys...
think-progress:
Donald Trump: “I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.” 3/17/11
Sheldon Adelson: “I don’t take comments from anybody unless they’re rich. If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Now if they’re rich, then they must be smart.” 1/7/11
13 year old rejected from high school for being...
kungfucarrie:
queernonymoose:
dank-potion:
democratsaresexier:
Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania denied Tim (not his real name), a 13 year old boy, admission because he is HIV positive. From Change.org
Although discrimination against people living with HIV is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Milton Hersey School doesn’t deny its reasoning. The school...
pixy led: Zombie apocalypse coming soon →
stfuconservatives:
missworded:
ihopericksantorum:
5/16: McArthur High School HazMat Situation Students, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash 5/19: No confirmation on chemical at Fort Lauderdale International Airport 5/21: Police: Man bites woman in…
Mitt Romney and Donald Trump, staying together -... →
More than a year after Trump made headlines doubting President Barack’s Obama’s birthplace and claimed to have investigators on the ground in Hawaii, Trump is essentially dismissing the legitimacy of the commander-in-chief’s birth certificate, asserting the president was clearly born in Kenya and “told the truth” to a literary agent who listed him that way two decades ago.
So far, Romney is...
ha oops wrong blog. xD
Oh well. Have a —hot singing— Freddie. <33
How can Florida Gov. Rick Scott steal the election...
think-progress:
Easy enough — he’s created an error-filled list of “ineligible voters”, which targets thousands of Democratic and Hispanic voters.
Here’s how it would work.
