we're a week(?) into the possible start of the last world war and people are already stupid about stupid shit maybe that illustrates the modern lack of compassion or kindness or I dunno. Two failtome groups I am in that have nothing at ALL to do with politics or anything even remotely civics related have trolls trolling about shit they don't know ( Read more... )

Antigone, as I remember reading her in college lo these many years past, buried her brother in defiance of the state because first it was the gods law that burial happen and second, he was her brother despite his status as enemy of the state which is why he was not to be buried in the first place. She got entombed alive for her troubles after ( Read more... )

Eight years ago I stopped watching live broadcast of politics on the television not because I did not like the man elected but because I feared I would witness his assassination by one of the many deranged individuals in our land who hated him. I am pleased and surprised at the exemplary job performed by our nation's secret service members and ( Read more... )

...so if you are going to get all hater at me scroll on by now... You were warned ( Read more... )

What happened to our inalienable rights as human beings? Why are we as women being compared to farm animals? Why is the privacy of our bodies and the choices we make about our reproduction (or not) being infringed? We were finally given suffrage and yet we are not using this power of the vote to keep idiots and misogynists out of places of power ( Read more... )

MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought (headline)

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