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Normally, I stay out of politics, but this rant was just so perfectly on point that it needs to be seen. Politicians aren't even trying to pretend that they give a shit about the people they're supposed to represent ( Read more... )

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Senator Reid needs to brush up on his math skills and history.

Katrina - death toll 1,836 - monetary damage - $108 billion
Sandy - death toll 253 - monetary damage - $65.6 billion (approx)

[Source] ETA: They should be worried about getting help to those who need it, not circle jerking around and trying to use tragedies to make themselves ( Read more... )

This made me laugh so hard. (Possibly NSFW)

Especially in light of this bullshit. (be sure to take a close look at the assholes that were testifying.)

And then reading this which set my blood absolutely boiling.This whole topic totally has me nashing my teeth. Just another example of how people STILL view woman as property that exist wholly to ( Read more... )

Yesterday was so awesome ( Read more... )

I just got dinged for jury duty.

Again!

That's the 3rd time in a 7 year stretch.

My father's been voting for 42 years, and my mom's been voting for 45 and they've never been dinged. My sister's been on the registers for 26 years and she's never gotten it either.

WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE! WHY ME!?1!

*groans in annoyance*

And also:


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For those of you who didn't vote early or absentee vote and are hoping/planning on getting off of work to do so, here is a website that lists state-by-state the laws regarding time off to do so:

[Click Me, yo.]

As if you didn't need enough incentive to vote on Tuesday, two major companies are offering you even more:

Starbucks
Go in to any Starbucks in the US on Tuesday, November 4th, tell them you voted, and receive a FREE tall coffee.

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Ben and Jerry'sCome to participating scoop shops on November 4th from 5-8pm, and you'll get a free scoop of ( Read more... )

Dear Politicians:

I realize that Tuesday is a very important day zOMG, but I didn't need your 23 phone calls in one day to remind me to ( Read more... )

I don't usually post political stuff that annoys me (else this would surely become a political blog), but this...this just left me stunned.LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public ( Read more... )

Jury awards father $11M in funeral case

By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press

BALTIMORE - A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
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