So, to re-iterate, this is FAR from new knowledge. In fact, the parents of a friend of mine became vegetarian over 20 years ago, due to this info. Shame that only now it's becoming widespread ( Read more... )

Hank Williams Jr: Obama is a 'Muslim president who hates the US'
Country singer, who has previously been in trouble for comparing the president to Adolf Hitler, tells crowd at Iowa State Fair that Obama is plotting to destroy the United States


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Todd Akin, the Republican nominee for Missouri, causes furore with explanation of his no-exceptions policy on abortion


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DEAR WORLD. MY DAD NEARLY DIED THIS WEEK AND YOURS DIDN'T. HOW IS IT I AM STILL BETTER AT GETTING SHIT DONE THAN 90% OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW ( Read more... )

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My throat is sore from shouting about it. No, really. I only just finished playing Revelations! Holy shit ( Read more... )

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From colorlines.com

How Did 15-Year-Old Jakadrien Turner, a U.S. Citizen, Get Deported?


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The following several articles are things I meant to blog and kept forgetting to. Enjoy. Well, they're not, like, happy news stories, but please do read.

On domestic violence and the police issues surrounding it:

Casey Brittle was beaten to death in front of her toddler, by the child's father. 10 officers are facing charges over their systemic ( Read more... )

KEITH ALLEN IS IN A THING HE'S IN A BLOODY THING AND NO ONE TOLD ME.

Ok, so my IRL friends are generally kind of weirded by me and I'm never quite sure any of them like me like, properly, as opposed to me being the weird charity case/token social leper that they put up with, but no one online told me either! All you brits, I am frowning at you. ( Read more... )

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Quarter of FTSE 100 subsidiaries located in tax havens

( Or, how the companies that take most of England's money refuse to pay any tax. That might sort out some of these cuts, right? )