Into The Joy & Madness
January 2012
Inner Ramblings, aka, Insanity: stfuconservatives: Sign the petition against ‘Gay Panic’ law in... →
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Sign the petition against ‘Gay Panic’ law in QLD
From Paul Kelly -
A loophole in Queensland law allows people accused of murder to defend themselves in court by claiming “gay panic” — that is, if someone who they think is gay “comes…
STFU, Conservatives: Call for Submissions: What's Your Favorite Tumblr? →
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Shameless plug, but what are your favorites besides this one ;)
At TIME.com, we’re working on a guide to the best Tumblrs out there. But we want to know what you think first.
What Tumblr can’t you live without? (Aside from ours, of course.) Whether…
STFU, Conservatives: PRODUCT RECALL - CHECK YOUR CABINETS →
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- Excedrin and NoDoz expiration date Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier
- Bufferin and Gas-x expiration date Dec. 2013 or sooner
Pieces of other pills got mixed up with these batches so if you take one of these pill you may also inadvertently take a medication you…
“There’s global warming for you, it’s working wonders in the state of Iowa.”
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Sean Hannity, on it being cold, during the winter, in Iowa.
(via rantingnraging)
“If there’s global warming, why is it cold???” is one of my favorite short-sighted GOP arguments. Question: if world hunger exists, why am I full???
-Jess
“We’re seeing all kinds of problems, shrimp with no eyes and no baby fish. Boats are reporting five and six dead dolphins a day. Our beach is producing less than 1 percent of the shrimp (of normal catches). Grand Isle used to be the best fishing grounds in the country. Our bay is full of oil and our beach is dead they’ve used so many dispersants….I don’t think we’ll have a fishing industry here in two or three years. Everyone is running out of money…I’d rather have 100 Katrinas than one BP spill.”
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Dean Blanchard, Grand Isle, LA. Once one of the largest shrimp buyers on the Gulf coast, his business has been decimated by crude contamination that continues to roll in on his beach community that is closest to the BP Horizon well.
Read more: A Gulf Chorus Fights BP’s PR War (via nrdc)
I really wish there was more mainstream coverage of the aftermath of the BP oil spill.
-Jess
Taxpayer-Funded ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Tell Jewish Woman To Convert To Christianity Or Go To Hell →
thinkprogress.org
Slightly old, but still always relevant.
Fun fact: “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs) collected over $30 million in taxpayer dollars between 2001 and 2005. A random investigation of 23 CPCs found that 20 of them were intentionally misinforming patients. Your tax dollars at work!
-Jess