Jul 22 2012
This is Wonka meme has been going around my Facebook. I guess I’ve got a lot of FB friends who are idiots. “Also, if you could please tell me more about why we have laws against rape, assault, murder… Actually, if you could explain the whole concept of laws to me, that might help. Because …
Jul 20 2012
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) has taken the bold step of being the most prominent asshole to try to use the tragedy in Colorado to further a political agenda. That political agenda is talk about how atheists are destroying the country. From HuffPo: “People say … where was God in all of this?” Gohmert said. “We’ve …
Jul 20 2012
The theatre where the shooting took place is only something like 12 miles from Littleton, where the Columbine shooting took place. From ABC news: A San Diego woman who identified herself as James Holmes’ mother told ABC News she had awoken unaware of the shooting and had not yet been contacted by authorities. She immediately …
Jul 19 2012
Oh, man, here I thought I was going to go a little while without dealing with any hyper local news, but in my fair state, in my fair city, something absolutely, mind-shatteringly, hysterically pathetic is happening. (That many adverbs necessary when talking Harry Potter, just ask Stephen King). My local library is doing a series …
Jul 19 2012
In this song I say I am voting for Ron Paul. Even though I spend the song talking about how bad Ron Paul is, since people are actually voting for Ron Paul, it’s not a joke, but will be used as moral justification for those who do. Just like the Chick-fil-A song is not a …
Jul 18 2012
This brilliant song was released in March, back when RuPaul’s Drag Race was happening. Willam is pretty much my favorite internet Drag Queen. “So please don’t sue us for libel, we just want a little meat without your Bible…” Willam Belli, Detox and Vicky You might feel shame (You should feel shame) (You’re an abomination) …
Jul 18 2012
SC Senate votes to override Gov. Haley’s veto of rape crisis center funding. Bright, Bryant vote no If you’d like to contact the two assholes who voted to hurt rape victims, here is their contact information, taken from the senate website: Senator Lee Bright Business Phone (803) 212-6108 Home Phone (864) 576-6742 Business Phone (864) 587-1800 Send message …
Jul 18 2012
The following is an e-mail I received from family. Feel free to go nuts in the comments. Everything presented as it was, with names removed. These are all govt stats & are only the tip of the iceberg. What did you expect from a couple disbarred lawyers whose only “job” had been a inner city community worker? …
Jul 18 2012
29-10 Thank you all for calling, e-mailing, and sharing the post! I seem to have gotten something in my eyes, immensely grateful to all of you. Will update on further arts votes and the rape crisis center votes as well, but I don’t have time to liveblog today. UPDATE: 29-12 Art grant money survives as …
Jul 17 2012
The house is voting today on the Haley vetoes. The senate will vote tomorrow. You can watch here: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/video/videopage.php?chamber=H List of vetoes here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/07/07/2344499/haley-issues-budget-vetoes.html#storylink=misearch Veto 1: Destroy the Arts Commission – Override 110-5 (FUCK YEAH) Veto 2: Destroy EPSCOR Funding (Research at Universities) – Sustain 70-45 Veto 3: Destroy Sea Grant Consortium (Research at Universities) – Override …
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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