In War Zones, Rape Is A Powerful Weapon
This is just about the most fucked up thing ever.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Rachel v. Glenn
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck was born in February, 1964 in Everett, Washington. His parents, William and Mary, lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington at the time of Beck's birth[3] and sometime later moved their family to the Skagit County town of Mount Vernon, Washington.[4] There, his parents owned and operated City Bakery in downtown Mount Vernon.[5] Beck was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Mount Vernon's private Immaculate Conception Catholic school. At 13, Beck won a contest that landed him his first broadcast gig as a deejay for his hometown radio station, KBRC.[6]
Beck's parents were divorced in 1977 and the 13 year-old Beck moved with his mother to Sumner, Washington, attending school in Puyallup. In 1979, his mother died in a boating accident in Puget Sound waters, just west of Tacoma. The man who had taken her fishing also drowned in the boating incident. A Tacoma police report filed after the drowning stated that Mary Beck "appeared to be a classic drowning victim".[7] A Coast Guard investigator, referencing Mary's heart and psychiatric conditions, speculated she could have either fallen or jumped overboard.[7]
After his mother's death, Beck and his older sister moved to their father’s home in Bellingham,[6] where Beck graduated from Sehome High School in 1982.[8] In the aftermath of his mother's death and subsequent suicide of his stepbrother, Beck has said he used "Dr. Jack Daniel's" to cope. At 18, following high-school graduation, Beck relocated to Provo, Utah and worked at radio station KAYK, but stayed in Utah for only six months. Feeling he "didn't fit in", Beck left Utah,[9] taking a job at Washington D.C.'s WPGC in February, 1983.[10]
It was while working at WPGC that Beck met his first wife, Claire.[11] The couple married and subsequently had two daughters, Mary and Hannah; daughter Mary was born in 1988 with cerebral palsy, the result of a series of strokes at birth.[11] The couple divorced in 1994 amid Beck's struggles with substance abuse. Along with being a recovering alcoholic and drug addict[12], Beck has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.[13] He cites the help of Alcoholics Anonymous in his sobriety and attended his first AA meeting in November 1994, the month he states he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.[14]
In 1996, while working for a New Haven-area radio station, Beck was admitted to Yale University through a special program for non-traditional students. One of his recommendations for admittance came from Senator Joe Lieberman. Beck took one theology class, "Early Christology," and then dropped out.[14][15]
In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania.[14] They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary.[16][17] The couple have two children, Raphe and Cheyenne, and currently live in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Rachel Maddow
Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California to Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, a former Air Force captain and an attorney for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), a school program administrator from Newfoundland, Canada.[7][8][9] She has one older brother, David. Maddow was raised a strict Roman Catholic in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative."[10][11] Maddow always excelled in academics and athletics. Referencing John Hughes films, she describes herself in high school as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl."[11]
A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow earned a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994.[12] At graduation she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2001, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (styled a DPhil) in politics from the University of Oxford.[13] Her doctoral thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons. She was the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship.[14][15]
Okay, so I ask of ye, which of these people do you think has the better perspective on what's better for us as a society? The Rhodes Scholar or the guy who has worked in radio his entire adult life?
Glenn Beck was born in February, 1964 in Everett, Washington. His parents, William and Mary, lived in Mountlake Terrace, Washington at the time of Beck's birth[3] and sometime later moved their family to the Skagit County town of Mount Vernon, Washington.[4] There, his parents owned and operated City Bakery in downtown Mount Vernon.[5] Beck was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended Mount Vernon's private Immaculate Conception Catholic school. At 13, Beck won a contest that landed him his first broadcast gig as a deejay for his hometown radio station, KBRC.[6]
Beck's parents were divorced in 1977 and the 13 year-old Beck moved with his mother to Sumner, Washington, attending school in Puyallup. In 1979, his mother died in a boating accident in Puget Sound waters, just west of Tacoma. The man who had taken her fishing also drowned in the boating incident. A Tacoma police report filed after the drowning stated that Mary Beck "appeared to be a classic drowning victim".[7] A Coast Guard investigator, referencing Mary's heart and psychiatric conditions, speculated she could have either fallen or jumped overboard.[7]
After his mother's death, Beck and his older sister moved to their father’s home in Bellingham,[6] where Beck graduated from Sehome High School in 1982.[8] In the aftermath of his mother's death and subsequent suicide of his stepbrother, Beck has said he used "Dr. Jack Daniel's" to cope. At 18, following high-school graduation, Beck relocated to Provo, Utah and worked at radio station KAYK, but stayed in Utah for only six months. Feeling he "didn't fit in", Beck left Utah,[9] taking a job at Washington D.C.'s WPGC in February, 1983.[10]
It was while working at WPGC that Beck met his first wife, Claire.[11] The couple married and subsequently had two daughters, Mary and Hannah; daughter Mary was born in 1988 with cerebral palsy, the result of a series of strokes at birth.[11] The couple divorced in 1994 amid Beck's struggles with substance abuse. Along with being a recovering alcoholic and drug addict[12], Beck has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.[13] He cites the help of Alcoholics Anonymous in his sobriety and attended his first AA meeting in November 1994, the month he states he stopped drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.[14]
In 1996, while working for a New Haven-area radio station, Beck was admitted to Yale University through a special program for non-traditional students. One of his recommendations for admittance came from Senator Joe Lieberman. Beck took one theology class, "Early Christology," and then dropped out.[14][15]
In 1999, Beck married his second wife, Tania.[14] They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 1999, partly at the urging of his daughter Mary.[16][17] The couple have two children, Raphe and Cheyenne, and currently live in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Rachel Maddow
Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California to Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, a former Air Force captain and an attorney for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), a school program administrator from Newfoundland, Canada.[7][8][9] She has one older brother, David. Maddow was raised a strict Roman Catholic in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative."[10][11] Maddow always excelled in academics and athletics. Referencing John Hughes films, she describes herself in high school as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl."[11]
A graduate of Castro Valley High School in Castro Valley, California, Maddow earned a degree in public policy from Stanford University in 1994.[12] At graduation she was awarded the John Gardner Fellowship. She was also the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and began her postgraduate study in 1995 at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 2001, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (styled a DPhil) in politics from the University of Oxford.[13] Her doctoral thesis is titled HIV/AIDS and Health Care Reform in British and American Prisons. She was the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship.[14][15]
Okay, so I ask of ye, which of these people do you think has the better perspective on what's better for us as a society? The Rhodes Scholar or the guy who has worked in radio his entire adult life?
Friday, October 16, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Um...
So, at first, I was pretty sure this was an Onion article. And then I kept reading and, turns out, nope. Not the Onion. Just another day in the South.
Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisiana Justice Of The Peace
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/interracial-couple-denied_n_322784.html
Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisiana Justice Of The Peace
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/interracial-couple-denied_n_322784.html
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Websites for stupid people
Does anybody find it a bit suspect that these sorts of things are paid for by big corporations masquerading as "concerned citizens?" Cuz I certainly do.
http://www.nofoodtaxes.com/
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/national-site
http://patientsfirstdev.campsol.com/
http://www.nofoodtaxes.com/
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/national-site
http://patientsfirstdev.campsol.com/
If you oppose gay marriage, you’re an asshole
I realize that this is just the opinion of one person (me), but honestly, if you really give a shit enough to adamantly oppose gay marriage, you’re kind of an ass hole in my book. Here’s why.
First of all, why do you even give a fuck? Seriously? How does this have any discernible effect on your day to day life? I’d really like to know.
Second of all, if you’re worried about gay people fucking up society, it’s the closeted ones you should be worried about, not the ones who are out and proud and fighting for gay rights. The ones who are out are just living their lives like the rest of us. The ones who are closeted become priests and molest your children. (I mean, I think that happens because we have created a damaging system where people are scared to come out of the closet so they act out in negative ways. And I certainly don't want to imply that all priests are gay child molesters, or that all closeted gays become child molesting priests. But you have to admit that this is problem we have in our society that we can help change by being a little bit more accepting of "alternative lifestyles.")
Third of all, you’re causing all these really smart, proactive, politically minded people to waste their time fighting for something stupid when they could be using their resources to help out with something important, like, I dunno, the war(s), healthcare, education, unemployment, womens rights, etc etc. (And I only mean it's stupid because it shouldn't even be a question. It's stupid that they HAVE to fight for this.)
Fourth, let’s be honest. Straight people in America don’t really have the best track record when it comes to marriage anyway, so who are we to judge? Half of us who get married end up getting divorced. So spare me from all your “Sanctity of Marriage” bullshit.
So really, if you really feel qualified to be able to tell people that the way you want to live (hateful and intolerant like Sarah Palin) is better than the way the gays want to live (fabulous and awesome, like Neil Patrick Harris), then really, take a good look at yourself. You are an asshole.
First of all, why do you even give a fuck? Seriously? How does this have any discernible effect on your day to day life? I’d really like to know.
Second of all, if you’re worried about gay people fucking up society, it’s the closeted ones you should be worried about, not the ones who are out and proud and fighting for gay rights. The ones who are out are just living their lives like the rest of us. The ones who are closeted become priests and molest your children. (I mean, I think that happens because we have created a damaging system where people are scared to come out of the closet so they act out in negative ways. And I certainly don't want to imply that all priests are gay child molesters, or that all closeted gays become child molesting priests. But you have to admit that this is problem we have in our society that we can help change by being a little bit more accepting of "alternative lifestyles.")
Third of all, you’re causing all these really smart, proactive, politically minded people to waste their time fighting for something stupid when they could be using their resources to help out with something important, like, I dunno, the war(s), healthcare, education, unemployment, womens rights, etc etc. (And I only mean it's stupid because it shouldn't even be a question. It's stupid that they HAVE to fight for this.)
Fourth, let’s be honest. Straight people in America don’t really have the best track record when it comes to marriage anyway, so who are we to judge? Half of us who get married end up getting divorced. So spare me from all your “Sanctity of Marriage” bullshit.
So really, if you really feel qualified to be able to tell people that the way you want to live (hateful and intolerant like Sarah Palin) is better than the way the gays want to live (fabulous and awesome, like Neil Patrick Harris), then really, take a good look at yourself. You are an asshole.
How CNN lost me
Step 1 : I saw the episode of Celebrity Jeopardy where Wolf Blitzer got completely owned by Andy Richter. I can't help but think that perhaps I shouldn't be getting my news from a fella who couldn't even stay above $0 in Celebrity Jeopardy. Not even regular Jeopardy. Celebrity Jeopardy. And if Wolf Blitzer is THAT dumb, then why the hell does he get to be on CNN for a couple hours each day? Lord knows its not for his looks.
Step 2 : I started realizing that Heidi & Spencer, Jon & Kate, and Paris Hilton were making regular appearances on the cnn.com main page. I am not okay with this. I want to know about health care, about the war, at the VERY least about *actual* celebrities. What I do not need to know is who Jon Gosselin is sticking his penis into these days.
Step 3:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/daily-show-destroys-cnn-f_n_318295.html
Step 2 : I started realizing that Heidi & Spencer, Jon & Kate, and Paris Hilton were making regular appearances on the cnn.com main page. I am not okay with this. I want to know about health care, about the war, at the VERY least about *actual* celebrities. What I do not need to know is who Jon Gosselin is sticking his penis into these days.
Step 3:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/daily-show-destroys-cnn-f_n_318295.html
My favorite words
Amygdala
Archipelago
Bootery
Broseph (or Brosephina)
Defunct
Dongle
Eargasm
Hamm (as in Jon Hamm)
Helmet
Hoist
Meathead
Neiedermeier
Philandering
Robust
Snout
Spelunking
Swaddle
Unitard
Verbiage
Archipelago
Bootery
Broseph (or Brosephina)
Defunct
Dongle
Eargasm
Hamm (as in Jon Hamm)
Helmet
Hoist
Meathead
Neiedermeier
Philandering
Robust
Snout
Spelunking
Swaddle
Unitard
Verbiage
Monday, October 12, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Why is this OK?
"In 1965, the average American chief executive officer was paid about twenty-four times as much as the average worker; in 2007, the multiple was two hundred and seventy-five."
- David Owen, "The Pay Problem" in The New Yorker (October 12, 2009)
- David Owen, "The Pay Problem" in The New Yorker (October 12, 2009)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
God.
Here’s what’s wrong with religion. It makes people stop wondering what the fuck is out there! Cuz they’re just like, oh, ya know, God is out there. And they’re secure in their answer. That’s a bad bad bad thing.
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