What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
CHANHASSEN, MN—After hearing the shocking news of the iconic pop star’s unexpected death, the U.S. populace reported Thursday that it was simply too sad to fuck, even though they knew it was what Prince would have wanted.
Source: Nation Too Sad To Fuck Even Though It’s What Prince Would Have Wanted
…Ripa committed the cardinal sin of “being angry while female,” a misstep that puts perpetrators at risk of being called shrill, bitchy, crazy, high-maintenance, ruthless, ambitious (if you’re running for president), or, yes, a diva.
…Michael Strahan, meanwhile, did not show up for the charity event he was supposed to co-host last night. But who will pay the price for his diva behavior?!
Kelly Ripa Is Not Exhibiting ‘Diva Behavior’ — The Cut
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The long and daring career of Harriet Tubman, explained briefly
You have no idea how hardcore Harriet Tubman really was – The Washington Post
This!
I know, I know… Royal watching is so unseemly -especially for an American!
…But William and Harry seem like such nice young men and I was such a big admirer of their mother’s work with AIDS patients and the issue of landmines.
It’s goofy but I do like to read about Wills, Kate, & Harry from time to time.
Ah, well, sue me. No one’s perfect.
A Roman Catholic Archbishop has caused fury in Spain by saying domestic violence happens because “women do not obey men”.
Catholic Archbishop says domestic violence is caused by women ‘not obeying men’
Stay classy, Catholic Church!
After two years work analyzing more than 400,000 stories, the American Press Institute is beginning to find general patterns in what works to attract and hold the attention of digital readers.
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The university president called the display “deeply disturbing and hurtful,” and students say they plan to meet with school officials.
Student Apologizes for Rainbow-Colored Noose Art on Tennessee Campus
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Using techniques from evolutionary biology, scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age.
How Old Are Fairy Tales? – The Atlantic
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This right here is #dadgoals.
Dad’s Texts To Daughter Go Viral When He Attempts To Buy Her Pads Scary Mommy
ahahahahahah
English accents and pronunciation has changed so much since Shakespeare wrote his plays that his jokes are often missed by today’s audiences
🙂
Researcher applies technique used to compare species to trace origin of famous folktale
Source: The Evolution of Little Red Riding Hood | Science | AAAS
cool
“By comparing the folk tales that we find in different cultures and knowing something about the historical relationships among those cultures, we can make inferences about the stories that would have been told by their common ancestors.”
Source: Fairy tale origins thousands of years old, researchers say – BBC News
Victorian worldview was so limited….
Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought
Phhhbbbt. Why is this such a surprise? Of course human being have told similar stories throughout the course of time. We’re the same fucking species, right?
It seems like being convinced of anything else is extremely arrogant, and ignorant.
A whole bunch of problems with the author of “On Becoming Anti-Bernie”
If his politics and approach weren’t already unappealing to me, I would probably have voted against Bernie just based on the revulsion I feel towards the hyperbolic, holier-than-thou, haters who post about him.
Jahar, a 12-minute drama about the effects of the attack on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s peers, will premiere at the Tribeca festival
Boston Marathon bomber’s ex-classmates to release short film | Film | The Guardian
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When she broke the rules to run the men’s-only race in 1966, “my father actually thought that I was deranged.”
Bobbi Gibb Led The Way For Women At The Boston Marathon | Here & Now
50 yrs.
“Tell us everything about martyrdom,” the 26-year-old Iraqi refugee was asked.
This is obscene. The FBI agents and Southwest employees involved should be dismissed for poor judgement and the airline folk should be charged and prosecuted for unlawful detention, hate crimes, and wasting tax-payer resources. I hope this young man sues Southwest, the airport and the FBI into the fucking stone ages.
A judge on Wednesday voided the sale of a former Catholic convent to a Los Angeles businesswoman, clearing the way for Katy Perry to purchase the hilltop property.
Judge rules Katy Perry can buy hilltop convent | Fox News
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Senators who wanted to end the ban on food stamps for convicted drug offenders were shut out Tuesday for this session.
Sigh…
…the Vermont senator said something that stuck in the craws of many: that Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president.
“She has been saying lately that she thinks I am not quote unquote qualified to be president,” Sanders said. “Let me just say in response to Secretary Clinton: I don’t believe that she is qualified if she is, through her super-PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interests’ funds.”
Thinking They’re ‘Unqualified’ Is A Big Reason More Women Don’t Run For Office | FiveThirtyEight
New documents have revealed that the University of California, Davis paid out a lot of money to contractors to wipe away the embarrassing incident that involved students and an overzealous, yet casual cop with pepper spay.
grrr
After six months, she decided to come forward to send a blunt message about her faith.
Woman who led cops to Paris mastermind: ‘It’s important the world knows that I am Muslim.’
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Police in Panama raid the headquarters of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of a massive data leak.
Panama papers: Mossack Fonseca headquarters raided – BBC News
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Debating the 1994 law is, by and large, empty symbolism — and a distraction from real reform.
Bill Clinton Is Wrong About His Crime Bill. So Are the Protesters He Lectured. – The New York Times
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[President] Clinton offered his defense of the bill in response to a protester at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on April 7. In addition to Clinton’s inflated assessment of the bill’s effect on crime, we found fault with how both sides portrayed the crime bill in Clinton’s back-and-forth with the protester.
Bill Clinton and the 1994 Crime Bill
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