November 2012
“There is a prevailing myth in American politics (often served up in junior high...”
– Winning in 2012 (via azspot)
October 2012
Just an FYI:
rabbleprochoice:
When Mitt Romney was a missionary, he was also dodging the draft while protesting in favor of it so other men his age would be sent to Vietnam to die.
And when he was a leader in his church, he chastised a woman for getting a LIFE SAVING abortion and questioned how good of a mother she was because of it, all while she was AT the hospital and after another leader in the church...
“Well, he’s not a Muslim. He’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the...”
– Colin Powell (via our-eloquent-incoherence)
Colin Powell why are you and Condi republicans? That’s the real question I wanna know.
(via theuppitynegras)
adailyriot:
Billionaire Bloomberg Says Prisoners Will be Abandoned While City Evacuates
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
With Hurricane Sandy approaching the New York Area, Mayor Bloomberg declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in low laying and vulnerable areas.
An area called Rikers Island in New York is in one of these dangerous areas, however...
“Everything we feared about communism - that we would lose our houses and savings...”
– Jeff Sparrow (via anticapitalist)
"Romney can't even name three Ramen noodle...
paxamericana:
Probably owns three Ramen noodle companies tho
andasfortakingitinstride:
martindavenport:
I don’t think Obama is perfect and I don’t blindly trust him
but Romney is contradictory, homophobic, sexist, against Planned Parenthood, anti-abortion, focused on the upper class, entirely confused as to what the middle class even IS, environmentally unconcerned, and an asshole
SO
perfect post is…perfect.
thisisthinprivilege:
Thin privilege is meeting up with old school friends and not worrying that they’ll overlook your achievements, plans, and overall happiness with life and simply leave the encounter thinking “Oh my god, she got so fat.”
“The historian Walter Stephens argues that doubt not misogyny lay at the root of...”
–
Holland, Jack. A Brief History of Misogyny: The World’s Oldest Prejudice. Constable & Robinson. 2006. (pg. 127-128)
May God have mercy on us all.
One wonderful thing about postmodern Christianity is that it looks back to the earliest years, when Christianity was called onlyThe Way. In this...
“What does it say about the Republican Party that despite our being the richest...”
– Margaret and Helen (via azspot)
“President Obama has shown a firm commitment to using government to help foster...”
– The New York Times Editorial Board, “Barack Obama for Re-Election.” (via diadoumenos)
Nate Silver, the geeky statistician who is... →
When Charles Foster Kane takes one final look back at his tumultuous life, he encapsulates it in a single, immortal word: “Rosebud”. In years to come, when Mitt Romney takes a look back at this tumultuous election campaign, I suspect he may very well do the same. Except he will not speak of a cherished object, but a person: “Poblano”.
Poblano is the pseudonym of Nate Silver, the sabermetrician...
SignOn.org - People like me with pre-existing... →
Petition Background
My name is Mike McCready, and I play guitar for Pearl Jam. I also have Crohn’s disease, a chronic condition that requires regular medical care to control my symptoms. I’m thankful our band has done well and I have the resources, monetary or other, to cover health care costs rejected by my insurer. Not everyone is so lucky. I think about all the kids I’ve met with Crohn’s...
“I really wanted them to know how I felt four more years under President Obama...”
– Billionaire CEO David Seigel who threatened to fire employees if Obama won.
(that guy who sat on a golden throne, literally)
Wow yeah I’d really wanna work for a guy who likens his employees to children.
(via moxiemallahan)
It Is Time For The 'Welfare Queen' Myth To Die →
justinspoliticalcorner:
What is most obnoxious about the Welfare Queen myth is that it is traced directly back to Ronald Reagan, who was indulging in gleeful hyperbole to outrage his Republican base. It has probably done more than any other conservative talking point in living memory to encourage Americans to be cruel to their neediest neighbors, even when some of those Americans are receiving...
