Barack Obama to skip Nancy Reagan’s funeral in favour of South by Southwest festival
This is a bunch of non-sense.
Sitting Presidents – as a general rule – do not attend the funerals of former first ladies.
Fucking haters.
Category: Media and Culture,
How a Detachment of U.S. Army Soldiers Smoked out the Original Ku Klux Klan.
“I never conceived,” Merrill reported bluntly, “of such a state of social disorganization being possible in any civilized community.”
How a detachment of U.S. Army soldiers smoked out the original Ku Klux Klan.
Wild! Merrill was more than a hero, he was a true American.
Black Students Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally in Valdosta, Georgia
On February 29, tangerine nightmare Donald Trump held an evening rally at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. But before he addressed the crowd, he instructed Secret Service agents to remove 30 black students standing silently at the top of the bleachers.
Black Students Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally in Valdosta, Georgia
Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! If you had told me as a child that we would still tripping over these issues in 2016 I never would have believed you.
J.J. Abrams Introduces Diversity Measures
The Hollywood insider wants his sets to look more like America.
5 Facts That Change Christianity | Cracked.com
It turns out there are some chapters of the Bible that are too awkward, terrifying or just plain embarrassing for your average Sunday school teacher to handle.
5 Insane Facts That Will Change How You View Christianity | Cracked.com
knew most of this but still kudos to Cracked for pointing it out.
3 winners and 2 losers from the Democratic debate in Flint – Vox
It wasn’t a typical debate.
3 winners and 2 losers from the Democratic debate in Flint – Vox
Don Lemon (along with most of the “journalists” at CNN) is an embarrassment.
It’s surreal that CNN is what passes for journalism in today’s cultural climate. The entire network (sorry Anderson, but you choose to work there so the association is on you) is a national embarrassment.
New McCafé ad in Taiwan features heartwarming coming-out scene, religious fundies urge boycott: Shanghaiist
A new advertisement by McCafé featuring a heartwarming coming-out scene.
This is beautiful.
Fundies in any country need to sit down and shut the fuck up. How powerful can your version of God be anyways, if he needs you all to advocate for him?
The Rise of American Authoritarianism
A niche group of political scientists may have uncovered what’s driving Donald Trump’s ascent. What they found has implications that go well beyond 2016.
The rise of American authoritarianism – Vox
hmmm
Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Enforcement of Abortion Clinic Law
The law, similar to one at issue in a Texas case, threatens to close all but one of the state’s abortion clinics.
Supreme Court blocks Louisiana enforcement of abortion clinic law – The Washington Post
nice!
Watch Prince Saunter Into Oracle Arena Like He Owns The Place
“I was digging the outfit, and the cane,” Steph Curry said.
Watch Prince Saunter Into Oracle Arena Like He Owns The Place: SFist
Man-alive, Prince is so fly!
Stephen Colbert briefs astronaut Scott Kelly on 340 days of popular culture
Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth late Tuesday after almost a year in space. He has physically changed, but “the thing that worries me is that 340 days is a long time to be off-planet, and re-integrating with our culture might come as a shock to Scott,” Stephen Colbert said on Thursday’s Late Show. “So I want to help him, right now, catch up on some of the things he missed.” It isn’t a complete list, but you might learn a thing of two. “Thanks to Taylor Swift, we have now learned that females travel in what are called ‘squads,'” Colbert began. He ticked through some other cultural phenomena from the past year, then almost dropped the hammer. “And, of course, there’s a presidential race this year, and it’s…” Colbert paused, “…it’s going good, it’s going good. Don’t look it up.”
But do click the link & watch…
Stephen Colbert briefs astronaut Scott Kelly on 340 days of popular culture
Military Beginning to Recruit Women for Combat Jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and obtained by The Associated Press.
…All of the services say they have made required changes to base bathrooms and other facilities to accommodate women, and they will monitor training, injury assessments, and possible sexual harassment or assault problems.
…Military services have put together plans outlining exactly how they will incorporate women into the male-only units. The Army intends to first assign female officers to jobs in the infantry and armor units, and then gradually bring in female enlisted soldiers. And it plans to also assign more than one woman in a unit.
…Unlike the Army and Marine Corps, the Air Force said it will not assign women in groups to units, and will instead follow routine assignment procedures.
Military beginning to recruit women for combat jobs – SFGate
Nice!
To Cut Food Waste, Spain’s Solidarity Fridge Supplies Endless Leftovers
Whether it’s fresh vegetables, barbecue or tapas, anyone can either restock or stock up on food from this Basque town’s communal refrigerator.
To Cut Food Waste, Spain’s Solidarity Fridge Supplies Endless Leftovers : The Salt : NPR
Love this!
Got Leftovers To Share? In Germany, There’s A Website For That
Europeans throw away about 90 million tons of food each year. A new German website aims to ratchet that number down a bit by connecting people with leftovers to spare with people who could use them.
Got Leftovers To Share? In Germany, There’s A Website For That : The Salt : NPR
Nice!
Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods
A company says it plans to introduce a “period policy” to allow female staff to work flexibly around their menstrual cycle.
Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods – BBC News
Psst, ladies….
Institutionalizing the idea that the biology of gender prevents women from working as well or as regularly as their peers in not progress.
This is a huge step backwards.
Here Comes the Berniebro: The Young, White, Male, and Unbelievably Presumptuous Bernie Sanders Supporters
The Berniebro, though steadfastly a Berniebro now, will not always be such. You can sense this. Soon, maybe already, the Berniebro will become a Schoolboardbro. Or a Municipalparkingbro. Or, heaven help us, a Localhistoricaldistrictzoningrestrictionsbro.
Yet today the Berniebro is still a Berniebro. The Berniebro is #FeelingtheBern. And until Sanders drops out of the race, the Berniebro wants you to #FeeltheBern, too.
Here Comes the Berniebro: The Young, Male, and Earnest Bernie Sanders Supporters – The Atlantic
heh
Crowd Pelts Cops With Rocks and Debris After Shooting of Teen in Salt Lake City
A small riot erupted in Salt Lake City after police shot a teenage boy near a homeless shelter on Saturday night.
The shooting occurred at around 8pm in the northern part of the city, near a shopping mall about five miles east of the airport. Witness Selam Mohammed, 19, told local news outlets that his friend was trying to break up a fight outside the Road Home, a homeless shelter, when police arrived on the scene.
Crowd Pelts Cops With Rocks and Debris After Shooting of Teen in Salt Lake City | VICE News
We need to stop tolerating cops who kill at will. They are not justified. It is not understandable. It is murder pure and simple. Betraying the public’s trust need to be severely punished, every single fucking time. There is no excuse for giving racist thugs special privileges. Shoot an unarmed person? Lose your badge and pension. Every single time. If it turns out a cop shoots someone when they were not in danger then it needs to be lengthy jail sentences. Every single time. The police involved need to be tried, convicted of murder, and jailed for 1st degree murder.
Clinton win in S.C. highlights gulf between black, white voters – CSMonitor.com
“It is a result that should begin to crush the popular and often repeated myth that black political behavior in 2008 and 2012 was nothing more than a blip, a fleeting kind of emotion-only engagement inspired by a singular and history-making black candidate.”
What the fuck? Popular with who? Dipshit pundits who put way too much importance on what is being said inside the bubble of DC, forgetting that if no one outside the surreality bubble is saying or thinking it, then no, you can really call it a popular or mainstream idea? Oft-repeated by who? Dip pundits who are so out of touch with the rest of the country that they think the upper middle class politico inside DC are the entire fucking country. Seriously… Who the fuck are these people and how can they gain just a small fucking taste of perspective?
Source: Clinton win in S.C. highlights gulf between black, white voters – CSMonitor.com
Don’t Hate Me For Constantly Posting About Bernie Sanders’ For President. Mainstream Media Won’t; SOMEBODY has to do it!
Yes. I’m one of those people. I’m totally on Team Bernie and so excited to be a part of the political revolution.
Don’t Hate Me For Constantly Posting About Bernie Sanders’ For President. — Medium
A friends of mine posted this article on facebook.
A few things…
Starting with the most tiresome: Shut the fuck up with the mainstream media won’t talk about Bernie shit already. You sound like fucking Sarah Palin for god’s sake repeating that garbage. Unless you are under the deluded illusion that the media should be promoting Bernie’s agenda over anyone else’s (and no, they won’t, shouldn’t and wouldn’t. Live in reality nitwits!!!) you’re beyond full of shit all the way to just flat out wrong. We’re all hearing a lot about Bernie and despite all of the lame, persecution, all-too-ready-to-hate-on-anyone-who-doesn’t-see-it-exactly-your-way, displaced from reality complexes to the contrary, a lot of that noise (err, coverage) is coming from the mainstream, on TV news media. Enough already. It’s not a real thing so stop fucking whining about it you lame-ass bitches!
Secondly….
No you don’t have fucking constantly post shit about your candidate on facebook. Join us all in reality and admit to yourself for just one moment of clarity that you aren’t changing anyone’s mind or influencing anyone’s vote. You are doing one of two things, preaching to the self-righteous choir or antagonizing your friends who disagree with you. The tone of those posts is never about discussion, it’s not about persuasion, it’s mindless, rah-, rah, you’re either with us or against us patronizing crap. Most political posts on facebook are. So stop lying to yourself about that fucking nonsense. No one has to post about politics. It doesn’t accomplish anything.
As with many, many of my “friends” -on both sides of the aisle- over the last few months, I did not hate. I scorned and unfollowed. Happy now, self-satisfied, delusional, Bernie Bro?
Saying nice things about Hillary Clinton has become a subversive act.
Saying nice things about Hillary Clinton has become a subversive act.
This, this, this.
Every fucking single word of this!
Bernie Sanders NH Comms Director Calls out Anti-Hillary Trolls for ‘Misogyny and Vitriol’
The venomous online attacks against Hillary supporters, and women in particular…
..has clearly just begun. It only gets uglier from here on out. And every Bernie Bro sharing a Hillary drinks Shocktop and doesn’t know football from futbol is complicit.
Bernie Sanders NH Comms Director Calls out Anti-Hillary Trolls for ‘Misogyny and Vitriol’ – Blue Nation Review
At a certain point, who the fuck cares if it starts with GOP trolls. It’s a bunch of so called Dems, Libs, and Progressives buying into it and spreading it. I blame the asswipe sharing the rework Nerd Girls memes just as much as whoever wrote the first one.
#MemeOfTheWeek: Bernie Vs. Hillary. Sexist Or Nah, Bro?
“THIS IS BASICALLY TWITTER RIGHT NOW:
Hillary: College should be affordable.
Twitter: Establishment puppet, no better than GOP.
Bernie: College should be affordable.
Twitter: DAD
…WHY DO WE HAVE TO HATE HER TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM?”
-Courtney Enlow
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