Also important things that happened today with the US General Election:

booandorange:

blaidddrewg:

- Maine and Maryland have voted for marriage equality
- Minnesota DID NOT vote for banning marriage equality
- Washington has it on the ballot as well, but it hasn’t come in yet

- The first openly gay senator was elected (Tammy Baldwin, in Wisconsin)
- The first disabled woman veteran was elected (Tammy Duckworth, in Illinois)
- Sens. Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin and Richard “Rape is a gift from God” Mourdock were ousted.

goddamn what a fucking good night, America! WHAT A GOOD NIGHT!!!

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roguebelle:

I’m starting to wonder if Governor Romney isn’t actually alarmingly shrewd in some ways, and if supposed gaffes and “meme-worthy” moments like Big Bird and binders full of women aren’t crafted precisely to keep everyone talking about those the morning after, rather than just about anything else that came out of his mouth last night. The media coverage focuses on the absurd and totally lets slide the lies, prevarications, and obfuscations — and so he gets away with them all.

And the fact that it’s working really scares me. So many people are clearly missing the many important things that got said last night.

My recap, for anyone who missed it (or who has been so snowed by “binders of women” memes that they can’t remember anymore what happened):

• Gov. Romney apparently totally reversed his opinion on the Blunt amendment, swearing that he has no intention of allowing employers to deny birth control — even though, yes, he does want to do that. I am astonished that no one is calling him out on this this morning.
• Gov. Romney also apparently totally reversed his opinion on the DREAM act — though with some subtle implications that, really, he would just like it if we could just get nice white well-behaved immigrants.
• Gov. Romney continued to totally fail to provide any details of his economic plans. He assured us that, yes, he knows we needs jobs and wants to see us get them — but he still won’t say how he’s going to make that happen. Just that he will! Trust him!
• Gov. Romney also apparently believes that most middle class families are really worried about their capital gains being taxed. Uhm.
• Gov. Romney admitted to his “let Detroit go bankrupt” statement and followed it up with a convoluted explanation of managed bankruptcy which, I’m going to guess, went over most people’s heads.
• Gov. Romney still does not know how math works and is apparently incapable of being told, considering how many real studies (not, y’know, blog posts or things he made up) have pointed out that there is literally no way to cut everyone’s taxes and still have more money, no matter how many loopholes he supposedly intends to close.
• Gov. Romney once again demonstrated that he has no idea how the global oil market operates — or, at least, he’s banking on the fact that most Americans don’t. The US government has almost no ability to affect your price at the pump. What the US government can do is provide incentives to other energy options to get us off of oil sometime soon — which, of course, Gov. Romney is not going to support, given that he’s hand-in-glove with oil tycoons.
• Gov. Romney implied — while standing next to the son of a single mom who went on to, y’know, become President — that single parents are the most significant cause of gun violence. 
• Gov. Romney again reiterated his viewpoint that “we are all children of the same God”, a statement that may be seen purely as pandering to his base, but which is also a pretty horrifying glimpse into how he would treat the rest of us, who aren’t. I’m a female bisexual pagan. That’s three counts on which the children of your deity would like to see me made a second-class citizen. Add in the fact that I’m an uppity female who is single, works, lives alone, enjoys sex, and generally takes charge of her own damn life, and, well, I somehow don’t think that your god and mine are seeing eye-to-eye.
• And the binders comment actually is important, but not because it just plain sounded stupid and awkward. Because the implication behind that entire story is that Mitt Romney made it to the Governor’s office apparently without knowing a single woman who was qualified to join his staff. And that points to a pervasive sexism with very deep roots in his worldview.
• That sexism was reinforced when Governor Romney totally failed to explain his position on the Lilly Ledbetter pay equity act. He apparently believes that flex hours will solve all problems with pay equity — and that women need those flex hours because they are, of course, the ones picking up the kids from school and fixing dinner for their husbands. Not all women are mothers, Governor Romney. Not all women are the primary caregivers for their children. This attitude reinforces the backwards notion that all women and only women have those domestic responsibilities in addition to their professional lives. 

imguiltyofthis:

lemonyandbeatrice:

mylifeasafeminista:

notice how romney uses the word “illegal” and obama uses the word “undocumented”

#this is actually so important #no human being is illegal

the term “illegal” initially was a slur by the British against Jewish people fleeing the Nazis

keep that in mind

this is actually SO incredibly important

and it’s something that i wish the media paid more attention to 

davidputashirton:

fitandhealthyforlifee:

skinnysun:

What they did not want you to ever find out is that your generation, the generation born between 1980-1995, actually outnumbers the Baby Boomers. They knew that if you ever turned your eye towards political reform, you could change the world. They tried to keep you sated on vapid television shows and vapid music. They cut off your education and fed you brain candy. They took away your music and gave you Top Ten pop stations. They cut off your art and replaced it with endless reality shows for you to plug into, hoping you would sit quietly by as they ran the world. We as a society are only as strong as our weakest link. Give ‘em hell, kids. 

reblogging again

amen.

This.

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owsposters:

Silhouette Man Wonders WTF is Wrong with Americans

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This comic uses some text from the Letter of Support for Quebec Students from Nordic Students. The letter is written by a coalition of student unions from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

UPDATE: The original version of this poster cited the above mentioned letter, and the Student Union in Finland was not included among the letter’s authors. That caused some confusion. The poster has been updated to include Finland, because it does have essentially the same higher education policy as its Nordic neighbors.

typingsdrawings:

hannawolfcross:

nerxualoh:

hannawolfcross:

nerxualoh:

integratedserket:

why is this

in macro format

are we finally at the point where this is the only way people can communicate

wait i have prepared for this day

okay seriously stop liking this man! He’s nothing but a dumbshit man child!! I’m not sorry for that! He ruined our home! You guys are just sucking up everything this idiot says!! He’s nothing good! He’s an attention whore!! He wants to be re-elected! Ya know what! Fuck it! I’m done with this stuff like this! Politics can shove up their assholes! I’ll just start unfollowing people who like this man…. You can unfollow me too if you disagree with me. Everyone can have their opinions but to wanting to fuck up our home land even more cause now all of the sudden, out of the blue, ya’ll like this moron is beyond me. This is completely unnecessary. I hate this man. I do not like anything he does or says cause it all bullshit to me. To describe him. He is a dog. Wants to please everyone so people like him, obeying anyone who throws a doggy treat his way. 

There is my rant, I am done.  

[[Then I’m unfollowing you, Nerxualoh. He’s for equal rights, he’s straightened out country out after the Bush administration nearly decimated it. I don’t agree with all his policies, but the fact that he does stand for the rights of me, my mother, my sisters, my friends, and members of my family will make me stand behind him.

He’s brought up employment. He supports EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. He supports women’s reproductive rights. He supports freedom of speech. Fought against internet restriction bills. Supports education, healthcare and the rights this country was founded on. You supply no facts for your arguments, just your dislike of him.

What I’ve mentioned is fact. He supports and fights for the things I’ve listed above. And if supporting MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO CHOOSE TO LOVE THOSE OF THE SAME GENDER offends you, block me. I don’t care.]]

I love everyone even gays. I’m for gay rights, freedom everywhere and everything but this man doesn’t have the slightest clue about any of those! He wants attention. To be all mighty king of the world, spending money like a child! I’m sorry you feel that man. I’ll miss you but I’m not sorry for what I have said about this man. I just do not like him one bit. He has done nothing good, he doesn’t mean good either. He’s doesn’t mean bad but he has no clue how to be president and he made that pretty clear. I’m not going to block you. I have no reason to. Just simple unfollow. Goodbye Hanna

[[Nothing good?

He repealed the unfair and unjust “Don’t Ask, Don’t tell”. He helped stop SOPA and PIPA. He has fought for women’s reproductive rights when the republican’s threatened to take them away. He raised employment. Brought the economy back up as best he could. Didn’t sell himself out. Kept the majority of his promises, which is harder to do in office than you might think. Actually got Osama Bin Laden.

I’m sorry you can’t see the good he’s done for this country. I see you sit there and voice opinions, but bring no facts to back it up.]]

Wow… You’re calling him a man child and yet I can’t read a single thing you write Nerx without the punitive whine of a 6 year old who hasn’t a fucking clue what they’re talking about.

“I HAVE TO EAT VEGETABLES? YOU’RE BAD AND EVIL I HATE YOU YOU JUST WANT ME TO DIIIIEEEE”
“I HAVE TO DO MY HOMEWORK? I CANT WATCH TV AT 3AM BECAUSE I HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW, YOU SUCK, YOU JUST DON’T LOVE ME WAAHHHH!”

But y’know lets stop flinging insults here.

He ruined your home? Personally? Really? Barack Obama came into your home with a sledgehammer and ruined it? Did he shit on your bed?

He’s a dumbshit manchild? Uh huh, and your caricaturization for this is what? That he’s held the same liberal opinions and willingness to fight for human rights since he was in college? That he could have taken the easy way out and just stayed as a tenured university professor, or as a senator in Illinois since you have to fuck up pretty hard to lose a senate seat. That instead he took the hardest road as a black man from a mixed race single parent household to get to the highest seat of power in the USA in order to have the hopeful DREAM of tweaking the country even just a little back in the right direction when the Bush administration had 8 years of digging America’s grave?

Of course we eat up what he says, he’s saying what every politician SHOULD be saying what every HUMAN BEING on the LOWEST LEVEL of BASIC HUMAN DECENCY should be saying and yet America seems to be so FUCKED UP that to say something that SHOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT of pointing out the sky is blue and grass is green is either ” Commi Liberal Gay agenda treason” or “A Childish Call for Attention” What the fuck kind of shitty ass attitude is that? You’ve basically just admitted you don’t CARE what he says if it comes from him he’s WRONG or a Jerk for saying it.

You call us blockheaded? Without any reason, logic, facts or personal knowledge of the guy you’ve pre-determined him to be the devil and no matter what he says it’s just him being more the devil.

/HE/ Wants to be king of the world? He’s trying to LEAVE OTHER COUNTRIES ALONE unlike his advisers, the GOP or his predecessor. He gave power BACK to the House where Bush Took It Away and he didn’t HAVE to give it back either. His determination not to be the tyrant everyone insists on painting him as is screwing him over more than not because THAT’S what’s keeping him from getting anything done.

If he gets his promises fulfilled, no matter how good they are for the country he’s a tyrant destroying out country, if he doesn’t get his promises fulfilled he’s a lazy asshole who is ineffective, a liar and useless.

THROWING MONEY AROUND

Here’s where you’re talking CLEAN OUT YOUR ASSHOLE.

Obama has CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING by nearly 75% compared to what Bush was spending.

The BUSH TAX CUTS ALONE cost nearly the same as the ENTIRE OBAMA BUDGET.

(New york times Data from Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

God I’m GLAD I don’t follow you or anyone that friggen short sighted.

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xekstrin:

iheartchaos:

One of the most common arguments against same sex marriage is that “one man, one woman is the way it’s always been for thousands and thousands of years.” Yeah, but no. Humanity has and continues to practice almost every arrangement possible in the name of love, politics, religion and economics. While a man and a woman has been the most common due to biological impulse, it’s not everyone’s preference. Hell, between the 10th and 12th centuries, Christian churches had little problem performing same sex marriage.

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Wheeze everyone should read this!!! So awesome!!

carororo:

I think I’m in love

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chelicerae:

grumpyhedgehog:

kotaewakiitenai:

kakkobean:

aiiim:

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uh.

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motherjones:

cheatsheet:

thedailyfeed:

Thirty-two Arizona state legislators received hand-knit, googley-eyed stuffed uteruses from a pro-choice activist yesterday, the Arizona Republic reports.

Each uturus toy was stuffed into a clear plastic bag, along with a letter from Peggy Tinsley, who spearheaded the project, explaining why she opposes a bill that would limit birth control coverage in the state.

“Please treat the women in your life as the intelligent persons they are,” Tinsley wrote. “I have provided you with a uterus. Please leave ours alone.”

Actiknitting? 

Updating an earlier item.

Birth Control 101 For Idiots

bemusedlybespectacled:

This is hormonal birth control.

As you can see on the box, you take exactly one pill per day. To make sure it works, you need to take one pill every day at the same time, or it stops working. You take only one pill, and you keep taking them regardless of what you are doing that day.

Hormonal birth control can be used to treat a lot of different diseases, like anemia caused by excessive menstruation. It is a prescription medication that can cost around $15-50 a month. Because it is a prescription medication, it should be covered by insurance, as it treats legitimate health problems.

This is Viagra.

It, too, can treat legitimate health problems like altitude sickness and pulmonary hypertension, but it is usually prescribed for erectile dysfunction. Unlike the Pill, Viagra is taken every time you want to have sex. A lot of health insurance companies cover Viagra, so it costs about as much as your co-pay.

This is a condom.

It is not a prescription medication, and has no health benefits (besides the prevention of STIs and pregnancy). Like Viagra, you must use one before you have sex: indeed, before each sex act. They cost about a dollar per condom.

This is Sandra Fluke.

She testified before a small, Democrat-led hearing after she was cut out of the actual birth control/insurance discussion. Her testimony was about a friend of hers who, because her insurance did not cover birth control, lost an ovary due to an ovarian cyst.

This somehow translates into “I, myself, personally, am having so much sex I can’t afford birth control, and so I want the government to pay for it.”

This is wrong for multiple reasons.

1. It was about a friend, not her. To say her testimony was about her personally is factually incorrect.
2. Sex had nothing to do with the testimony - her friend lost an ovary because of medical condition that was left untreated. A medical condition that was completely treatable, but wasn’t, because her insurance wouldn’t cover it. To say that her testimony was about her being “a slut” or “a prostitute” is factually incorrect.
3. Even if she was having loads of sex, she would still only have one pill a day, not one pill per sex act, so to say “I’m having so much sex I can’t afford birth control” is completely erroneous. The Pill is not Viagra or condoms. To say that she is such “a slut” that she constantly needs more pills is factually incorrect.
4. The current political debate is not “should the government pay for birth control?” The debate is “should insurance companies, that people and their employers pay for, on their own, be required to cover birth control?” To say that Sandra Fluke wants the government to pay for her birth control is factually incorrect.
5. Religious organizations do not want to have birth control covered by their insurance, even for employees not of their faith, even if their employees never actually use their insurance to cover birth control. By this logic, they should also not pay their employees, because they could use that money to pay for birth control out of pocket. To say that this issue is about religious freedom and not about women’s health is disingenuous, as Ms. Fluke’s testimony demonstrates.

Hopefully this makes things a little clearer.

Perfect as is.

cultfilms:

this

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chicksdigthephoenix:

shankcrank:

thegrumpus:

tyleroakley:

thedailywhat:

President of the Day: A brand new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released today predicts that if the elections were held today, Rick Santorum — the presidential candidate who believes that pregnant rape victims should make the best of it, that free prenatal testing leads to more abortions, and that, contrary to the Constitution, the separation of church and state should not be absolute — would defeat President Obama by three percentage points.

Tumblr, let’s do something about this.

Fucking Santorum. Who the FUCK is voting for this guy!?

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Julia and I decided we’re gonna move to another planet, because this is fucking RIDICULOUS.

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