I was watching a thing on the Science Channel earlier about how we would deal with visitation by a hypothetical alien species whilst reading up on the situation in Boston, including all of the fabulously racist anti-Islam crap and all about how the terrorists are out to get us and all Muslims can't be trusted and need to be deported immediately ( Read more... )

The NRA apparently feel that they haven't been vile enough in recent days, so they chose to release ads informing us that the President is an "elitist hypocrite" for having a Secret Service detail to protect his children.Y'know...I don't believe that President Obama's children are more important or precious than any other children on this Earth, ( Read more... )

Can we stop distinquishing Oscar Pistorius's opponents as "able-bodied" in comparison to him ( Read more... )

So, Rush Limbaugh has decided that The Dark Knight Rises is part of a vast left-wing conspiracy against Mitt RomneyFor those who don't wish to click the link, Rush (that bastion of reasoned and impartial political thought), has decided that the villian Bane, is a clear attack against Mitt Romney's former post at Bain Capital ( Read more... )

This broke my heart and is incredibly hard to watch all the way through, but it's also something that desperately needs to be shared. Triggers apply to this video for intense bullying, verbal taunts, inappropriate sexual commentary, swearing, and references to suicide.

It is VERY painful viewing.

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This is a video that's gone viral of Karen Huff ( Read more... )

I am apparently being hit with article after article about body-image and fat acceptance issues and it's sparking a rather facinating dialogue. Some of it, however, is the expected bullies who are happily raging about those awful, awful fat people under the guise of "concern" about thier health and how it's just sending health insurance rates ( Read more... )

This is a powerful story that's been making the rounds and, frankly, scared the hell outta me. And the reason it scared the hell outta me is exactly why I'm passing it on.

ILU-486
Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though. ( Read more... )

Originally posted by denorios at Please take a seat in the shaming room...
Since a number of US newspapers have refused to republish the latest Doonesbury cartoon strip which highlights the way Republicans are attempting to undermine a woman's right to choose, I feel it's important to make sure the message still gets across.

The shaming room awaits.


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I was having a fairly decent day, all told. And then then I fired up Yahoo and came across this delightful news item:

Kentucky church bans interracial marriage(headdesk ( Read more... )

Well, I'm completely disgusted now. Thanks for spreading the word, flist!

Originally posted by twbasketcase at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )