The idea of people is not more important than people. Just like philosophy is less than who makes it up in the world ( Read more... )

Thanks to Miss Cam, for posting about this.

Pepsi Refresh has this thing, where they donate... $25,000, I think, to the top ten charities people choose by vote online.

Fiction Alley, a Harry Potter fandom site, has decided they're running. This may not seem too big! Until you look at the charities that they're running against ( Read more... )

...that if you start by saying "I'm not trying to be racist..." then you probably are being racist. And I do mean ULTIMATE proof ( Read more... )

Texas votes to rewrite History textbooks! (to remove leftist bias, of course. and Hispanics.)

Geometry teacher uses the hypothetical assassination of President Obama (as in, HOW TO) to teach angles!

Macho Ministry tries to prove Jesus was a cage fighter!

...I just.

This, just. I don't know whether to scream or cry anymore.

Crossposted from

Arazona Governor signs bill targeting Ethnic Studies classes"

State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the bill for years, said he believes the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students that they are oppressed by white people ( Read more... )

I'm going to break this down as calmly and with as little profanity as I can.

The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter in Hartford, CT, is closing down.Despite common opinion on what Connecticut is like, Hartford is a kind of rough place to live, and by that I mean it's a city, with all the problems that come with cities. It has gangs, and drugs, and ( Read more... )

So I didn't hear about the George Sodini murders until recently. [summary: man is lonely, angry, feels that "30 million desirable women" have rejected him because he's "always nice, etc." and yet no girl wants him after a few dates (note: he is in his forties, and only really seems to want desirable women-- is infuriated by his neighbor's daughter ( Read more... )

So a girl I know from Drama Club last year, now a sophomore, took this quiz and I saw the results on facebook and they made me see black and red for a few seconds. So of course, out of morbid curiosity, I took the quiz (but refused to publish the response and spread the damned stupid thing ( Read more... )

Guys, this is the saddest thing I've ever seen. http://www.saveourcatsfromfishermen.com/Read more... )