The Shiny New “Sharing Economy” Is Sure Starting to Seem Awfully Old-Fashioned | Mother Jones
hmmm.
Category: Media and Culture,
Police killings of Native Americans
America’s dark little secret: Native Americans dying at hands of police at higher rates than any other minority group
Police killings of Native Americans out of control
Where is a white people face-palm meme when you need it?
Oh, ‘Murica….
Sigh….
Iranian husbands standing up for their wives
Husbands in Iran are taking pictures of themselves declaring their commitment to female equality – and thousands are sharing their messages on Facebook.
Why are Iranian husbands standing up for their wives? – BBC News
Why? Because sometimes humans are good.
Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black Counties
What happens when a state with a tough voter ID law suddenly makes it much harder for minorities to get driver’s licenses? We are about to find out in Alabama. Facing a budget crisis, Alabama has shuttered 31 driver’s license offices, many of them in counties with a high proportion of black residents. Coming after the state recently put into effect a tougher voter ID law, the closures will cut off access — particularly for minorities — to one of the few types of IDs accepted.According to a tally by AL.com columnist John Archibald, eight of the 10 Alabama counties with the highest percentage of non-white registered voters saw their driver’s license offices closed. “Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one,” Archibald wrote.
Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black Counties
Fuckers.
When a bank goes out of its way to avoid minorities
A handbook for modern redlining.
What it looks like when a bank goes out of its way to avoid minorities – The Washington Post
This ladies and gents is what red-lining looks like.
Sigh….
The Pope and Kim Davis: Seven Points to Keep in Mind
Popes meet lots of people for lots of reasons. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Pope Francis also met Mark Wahlberg, and that does not mean that he liked “Ted.”
The Pope and Kim Davis: Seven Points to Keep in Mind | America | Papal Visit 2015
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Everything We Know About Kim Davis’ Alleged Meeting With The Pope
Kim Davis allegedly had a secret meeting with Pope Francis in Washington, D.C. last week, but there isn’t much evidence available to verify it.
Everything We Know About Kim Davis’ Alleged Secret Meeting With The Pope | ThinkProgress
hmmmm
What The Pope Really Said About Kim Davis
“Conscientious objection must enter into every juridical structure because it is a right, a human right,” Francis said.
What The Pope Really Said About Kim Davis | ThinkProgress
hmmmm
Tom Brady Is Dumb
Tom Brady has casually endorsed his friend Donald Trump for president. Tom Brady is an idiot.
Who is the fucking idiot? The football player making the offhand remark or the blogger who reacts as if he is a statesmen? I’m leaning towards the latter.
It’s not a lack of self-control that keeps people poor
Does the definition of self-control – choosing long-term over short-term outcomes – even make sense for people who are short on time, money or both?
It’s not a lack of self-control that keeps people poor
Sigh….
Maine mayor wants to publicize names, addresses of welfare recipients
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald wants the names and addresses published of “every individual on the dole.”
Maine mayor wants to publicize names, addresses of welfare recipients – The Boston Globe
Sigh…
Brooklyn Public School Battle: Progressives Are Opposing Integration
Rich liberals feel differently when their own children’s education is at stake.
Brooklyn Public School Battle: Progressives Are Opposing Integration | National Review Online
I’m finding the coverage of this fascinating. Not for what is being said -it is all pretty straight forward- but rather what does not enter the conversation.
Rich whites are racist sometimes, perhaps without even knowing that they are doing it. No big news there. People like the school they have, as it is now, better than the alternative. No big shocker there either.
Pride, ignorance, fear of the other, fear of change, wanting the best for ones children… Emotive, sensitive issues like this lend themselves to black and white (you don’t have to pardon the pun but I couldn’t resist) analysis.
Hypothetically speaking, I wonder how all parties would be reacting and what they would be saying about each other if race was somehow not part of issue and it was a given fact that the education at one school is dramatically better than what is offered at the other.
Batshit ATM Theory
US Senator: Go to an ATM…draw out everything – MoneyWise 411
This is freaking hilarious
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Civil Right
The text of her speech at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.
Getting to the Point with Senator Elizabeth Warren
hmmmmm
This Bride’s Father Suddenly Stopped The Wedding Procession. What He Did Next Brought Everyone To Tears
Delia D. Blackburn witnessed a beautiful moment while photographing a wedding in Vermilion, Ohio.
Todd Bachman, the father of the bride, brought his daughter Brittany to the beginning of the aisle, but then stopped the procession.
While people were confused with his actions, he walked up to his daughter’s stepfather and grabbed his hand.
Awww, how cool.
Sean Penn Sues Lee Daniels for Defamation
It notes that even though Penn has had brushes with the law, “Penn (unlike Howard) has never been arrested, much less convicted, for domestic violence, as his ex-wives (including Madonna) would confirm and attest.”
Sean Penn Sues Lee Daniels for Defamation | Variety
hmmmmmm
Race and Economic Backgrounds Collide in Plan for Brooklyn Schools
A proposal to rezone students from the predominantly white P.S. 8 to the mostly black P.S. 307 has drawn intense opposition from families at both.
Race and Class Collide in a Plan for Two Brooklyn Schools – The New York Times
hmmmm
educational inequity, what a great way to divide and conquer.
Bill Nye blasts anti-abortionists as ignorant
The “science guy” says those who want to push anti-abortion legislation are straight-up “ignorant.”
Bill Nye blasts anti-abortionists as ignorant | Fusion
hmmmm
Barbie paid tribute to Zendaya’s iconic Oscars look by presenting her with a Barbie of herself
“When I was little, I couldn’t find a Barbie that looked like me… how times have changed.”..
Indian School Books Blame Women for Unemployment
Indian School Books Blame Working Women for Rising Unemployment
Not that is isn’t bad, it is. The author is so scandalized though.
Pssssst, dipshit, check out what goes in American textbooks if you want to be agahast, you ignorant know-it-all.
The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson
A new portrait of the founding father challenges the long-held perception of Thomas Jefferson as a benevolent slaveholder
Source: The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson | History | Smithsonian
Stupidest premise ever. Why the fuck would anyone have thought owning slaves is benevolent? Benevolent slave owner. LOLololololol
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