May 2011
Unemployment is a terrible scourge across much of... →
cactustreemotel:
wilwheaton:
Yet a strange thing has happened to policy discussion: on both sides of the Atlantic, a consensus has emerged among movers and shakers that nothing can or should be done about jobs. Instead of a determination to do something about the ongoing suffering and economic waste, one sees a proliferation of excuses for inaction, garbed in the language of wisdom and...
Cactus Tree Motel: Justice. →
joyengel:
Understatement of the year: I’m not doing well with those two cops being acquitted of rape (phone calls to my therapist since hearing the news: 5)
The woman’s story has so many of the same echoes of my own rape, that when I learned of jury’s verdict, I vomited.
“You’re going…
Go Ask Yer Grammar: Giveaway Time! →
fuckyeahgrammarquestions:
To show my appreciation for the followers of this blog, I am hosting a giveaway! Is that the word? Hosting? Offering? Having?
The prize is a copy of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing! I use the blog a lot when answering your questions, so I’d like to show my support!…
Reblog this if you are against racism
moneysexpower:
Everyone should re-blog this.
and everyone should dump the “isms”
“No one should be harassed, mocked or attacked for wearing clothes (or NOT...”
– You Can’t Bully Me Out Of My Skinny Jeans | Definatalie.com (via curvesahead) (via thechocolatebrigade) (via roropcoldchain) (via buttahlove) (via calldullahan) (via synthezoid) (via albinwonderland)
So today I was feeling like shit because I weigh about sixty pounds more than I used to. And then I...
Newsflash! Eric Cantor (R-Asshole) is a giant... →
wilwheaton:
In the aftermath of Sunday’s devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo., a key House panel has approved a $1 billion aid package to make sure federal disaster relief accounts don’t run out before the end of the budget year in September.
The Appropriations panel approved the measure by voice vote as an amendment to a measure funding the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other...
“It can’t be any more obvious that we live in a patriarchal society if ”feminist”...”
– Ellen Page (via specificallyowls, azspot)
