March 2012
“Time was when Catholics (who, you know, *invented* the university) worked and...”
– Arch-Catholic Mark Shea. (via liberalsarecool)
February 2012
"I can’t believe I burned down a tree older then... →
motherjones:
26-year-old Sarah Barnes’s alleged response to allegedly burning down the fifth oldest tree in the world—a 3,500-year-old, 118-foot-tall bald cypress—while (allegedly) on meth. Barnes is allegedly from Florida.
Scientific Study Shows That The Powerful and... →
Activate the Mechanism!: Texas TBagger Doctor... →
abaldwin360:
Daily Kos - A Texas doctor was accused Tuesday in the largest Medicare fraud case in US history, with federal prosecutors charging him with scamming the government with $375 million in phony billings.
Justice Department officials announced that Dr. Jacques Roy was arrested in Texas and faces…
“If we had 51% women in Congress, do you think we’d be debating access to...”
– Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (via subconciousevolution)
“I don’t believe in an America where there’s a separation of church and state…...”
– GOP presidential candidate RICK SANTORUM, on ABC News This Week.
Even Jesus Christ thinks this dick is a dick. (via inothernews)
Update: US bank Wachovia laundered $70b for...
leftist-linguaphile:
occupyallstreets:
http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1115826_re-us-bank-dirty-money-.html
Cartels benefit, banks benefit, the Mexican people get screwed. Absolutely disgusting.
“I’m fascinated by [America’s income inequality] because a lot of the people who...”
– David Simon on unregulated capitalism (via thesoapboxschtick)
Now if he would just stop wearing those Hawaiian shirts.
(via paxamericana)
“We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no...”
– Ronald Reagan (via politicalprof)
“I absolutely reject the premise there is anything wrong with Black people...”
– Elaine Brown, Secretary of the Black Panther Party, professor of sociology. (via ifury)
“Muslims are rioting over Koran burnings. I’m glad they don’t riot over minor...”
– Jim Norton (via captaincoolasfuck)
Why Rick Santorum Would Have Killed My Daughter →
religiousragings:
namelessgenxer:
Sarah Gale’s impassioned defense of pre-natal amniocentesis, a common medical procedure that Rick Santorum believes to be Satan’s work, and therefore unnecessary to include as an insured healthcare service.
THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL YOUNG WOMEN WHO HOPE TO HAVE HEALTHY BABIES ONE DAY.
If Rick Santorum had his way, I wouldn’t have been able to get that...
“Democracy does not require us to abandon our most cherished beliefs. Far from...”
– John Fea, historian and victim of one of Glenn Beck’s random, out of the blue attacks, on the big picture the culture warriors miss. Fea is clearly a much, much finer American than Beck or any of his cult-zombie followers could ever hope to be. (via quickhits)
Ex-Cop Admits To Robbing Bank To Get Health... →
fearandwar:
A former Columbus police officer admitted in court that he robbed a bank last year so he can get health benefits being in a federal prison.
Edward Pascucci told U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land Thursday that he was facing “severe health problems” and homelessness when he decided to rob the Citizens Trust Bank last August, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
“I...
“Muslims are rioting over Koran burnings. I’m glad they don’t riot over minor...”
– Jim Norton (via captaincoolasfuck)
If the majority of your blog consists of...
zuleikha:
Each and every word & accusation will be brought forth to you on the Day of Judgement in front of God, who is Al-’Alim(All-Knowing), Al-Hakam(The Judge), and Al-’Adl(The Just).
Now, if you can sleep soundly at night with acknowledging that then I don’t know what else to say to you.
I sleep like a baby al night
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via justicemuffins)
“Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly...”
– Prophet Muhammad, PBUH, reported by Hadhrat Abu Musa. (via thenoisecomplaint)
Nice…it’s a pity that he also said: Qur’an:9:5 “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of...
“That’s all the early conservative movement was. It was just a heartfelt request...”
– Matt Taibbi (via theamericanbear)
Texas willing to throw 130,000 poor women under... →
“When you have 40 percent of kids being born out of wedlock, and among certain...”
– Mitt Romney, at Wednesday’s CNN debate in Arizona.
Hey, you know what prevents unwanted pregnancy? This.
Love the insinuation that poverty IS child abuse. And the racism. That throwaway remark is quite possibly one of the worst things to come out of last night’s debate.
I could say more, but...
When Rick is President
ashesaoirse:
oral sex will be outlawed on the grounds that it’s non-procreational.
What Oligarchy Means: Small Groups of... →
Forget the five people you meet in heaven, here are the five people running the US election system these days.
We know how the super PACs have come to dominate the presidential campaign, but a closer look at financial-disclosure numbers shows how just a tiny handful of billionaires are dominating those super PACs. An analysis of January’s campaign-disclosure filings reveals that 25 percent...
Activate the Mechanism!: Dolphins are 'people' say... →
abaldwin360:
Dolphins deserve to be treated as non-human “persons” whose rights to life and liberty should be respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told.
A small group of experts in philosophy, conservation and dolphin behaviour were canvassing support for a “Declaration of Rights for…