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things that sucked in 2016
A list that could not possibly be comprehensive enough ( Read more... ) -
Dallas.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Snipers fired upon a dispersing, peaceful Black Lives Matter march ( Read more... ) -
for Ferguson
Harlem
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
--Langston Hughes -
on the Isla Vista mass shooting
Michael Moore wrote this about it on Facebook today [ETA: fixed the incomplete Moore quote and an unclosed link tag]: With due respect to those who are asking me to comment on last night's tragic mass shooting at UCSB in Isla Vista, CA -- I no longer have anything to say about what is now part of normal American life. Everything I have to say about ( Read more... ) -
spare me from politicians using bad theology to rationalize their bigotry
Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food StampsI'm no Christian myself, but I still feel pretty secure in saying that this guy is a sucky example of one. As the article points out, 2 Thessalonians 3:10 is not about Jesus refusing aid to the needy and those who are unable to work and calling them lazy mooches who ( Read more... ) -
Mitt Romney on climate change, natural disasters, and the role of government
You know, I watched him say during his nomination acceptance speech at the RNC, "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise ... is to help you and your family." I noted the smirk and the eye-rolling as he said it. And at the time, I ranted at the television about how working on these things ( Read more... ) -
Mitt shows his true colors
By now I'm sure you've all read or heard Mitt's casual dismissal of the 47% of people who don't pay federal income tax. If you haven't, here you go:
As kathrynt noted elsenet, what we should be protesting is that 47% of our fellow citizens are this poor. Not that they are freeloaders, but that they need the help. Most of us who can afford to pay federal ( Read more... )
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