So President Obama says he thinks gays should be able to get married. I'm going to choose not to be cynical and focus on how he then backed up to say "But, uh, states should do what they want," especially since North Carolina (state motto: "One day, we'll catch whatever venereal disease our power bottom state has and be twice as crazy!") just ( Read more... )

My internet reading is bipolar today.

Happy!: I tried to pick a favorite from this archive of Better Book Titles, but there are too many awesome ones to have only one favorite. The Fascist and the Furious would be it if I had a favorite, though, as that one made me snarf at work.

Sad!: I really need to stop reading the "We are the 99%" Tumblr because ( Read more... )

I will have an extensive post on how I lost at Christmas--and organized the means by which I failed--at another time. I just had to post this snippet from Matt Taibbi's thoroughly readable (despite the fact that it's almost entirely given over to machinations of the financial industry) Griftopia. I have been reading this book for three straight ( Read more... )

I am thankful this kid's maturity especially in this time where adults are behaving like ninnies and schoolyard bullies.

If you can't be bothered to sit still for that whole video--it's painful when the CNN anchor interrupts, I do understand--watch The Daily Show's take at least:
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGaywatch - Peter ( Read more... )

More about the California decision.

Most important part, right here:

The California Supreme Court was the first state high court to strike down a law barring interracial marriage, in a 1948 decision called Perez v. Sharp. The United States Supreme Court did not follow suit until 1967 ( Read more... )

Thank God I grew up in a liberal NYC suburb, but let's hear it for the Iowans, right?

They're rejecting abstinence-only federal funding. Because it is ::SHOCK:: wildly inaccurate and, consequenty, harmful. Because OMG, correct information is better than incorrect information when you try to educate people about things. Amazing ( Read more... )