Neurologist explains why it’s hard to look at Ted Cruz’s creepy ‘unsettling’ face
hmmm
Cruz: ‘Nuts’ to include women in the draft | TheHill
Cruz said forcing women into close combat is “wrong” and “immoral.”
Cruz: ‘Nuts’ to include women in the draft | TheHill
…Because Cruz doesn’t think women are equals to men and equally capable of behaving honorably and actively participating in their own defense?
Fuckwit asshole dinosaur.
Dear Liberals: Please Stop Fighting Each Other
Whether pro-Bernie or pro-Hillary, liberals should stick together.
Dear Liberals: Please Stop Fighting Each Other
Anyone to the left of Rubio needs to stick together on this one.
First commercialised GM Bt maize was toxic to animals over the long term
New paper published by Prof GE Seralini and farmer whose cows were affected
First commercialised GM Bt maize was toxic to animals over the long term
hmmmm
Misty Copeland Recreates Iconic Edgar Degas Artwork for Harper’s Bazaar
Misty’s grace is unmatched.
Misty Copeland Recreates Iconic Edgar Degas Artwork for Harper’s Bazaar
So cool!
…An aside, think of the talent we miss out on when we impose arbitrary boundaries on participation.
Iran Official Claims U.S. Republicans Asked to Delay Prisoner Release Until After Presidential Election
Ali Shamkhani, chief of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, claimed today that U.S. Republican officials reached out to Tehran asking that the recent release of four American prisoners be delayed until after the upcoming presidential election. There are very good reasons to be skeptical of Shamkhani’s claim. If it is true, it is completely insane.
What the fuck is so insane about the G.O.P. doing the exact same thing they did in the Carter-Reagan era hostage crisis? Nothing, that is what. Gawker needs to grow up and pull their collective thumbs out of their asses.
Hillary Clinton finally found her argument against Bernie Sanders
During her closing statement at the Democratic debate.
Regardless of whether you agree with Clinton here, I suspect this was a significant moment and that we’ll hear a whole lot more of her and her surrogates attempting to portray Sanders as a “single-issue candidate.”
Hillary Clinton finally found her argument against Bernie Sanders – Vox
hmmm
Count Me Out of a ‘Movement’ That Steamrollers Hillary, Gloria Steinem and Planned Parenthood – Blue Nation Review
Bernie’s movement has gone from being ABOUT something to being AGAINST someone. It’s about painting Hillary as a liar and ruining her image.
Exactly. His supporters disgust me more and more every day.
NEW LOW: Civil Rights Legend John Lewis Getting Trolled by Bernie Supporters – Blue Nation Review
Positively mind-numbing to see anyone trying to question the integrity or judgment of a giant like Rep. John Lewis.
NEW LOW: Civil Rights Legend John Lewis Getting Trolled by Bernie Supporters – Blue Nation Review
WTF?!
Cover The Athlete
Something’s wrong with media coverage of female athletes.
Men react when asked the same questions women get.
watch here: Cover The Athlete
Super Soaker Creator Receives $72.9M in Unpaid Royalties From Hasbro
Source: Super Soaker Creator Receives $72.9M in Unpaid Royalties From Hasbro | News
Sweet, super soakers are awesome.
Susan Sarandon shuts down Piers Morgan: Her response to his cleavage-shaming is perfect
Morgan became fixated on Sarandon’s SAG awards outfit, calling it “tacky”—she responds with this taunting tweet
Susan Sarandon shuts down Piers Morgan: Her response to his cleavage-shaming is perfect – Salon.com
well done, good on ya, Sarandon!
Transgender man with Asperger’s shot dead by police
Kayden Clarke, 24, was killed by Mesa, Arizona, officers on Thursday after they arrived at his apartment for a suicide call around 11 a.m.
Transgender man with Asperger’s shot dead by police – NY Daily News
Murder, pure and simple. the officers need to be charged, prosecuted, and jailed.
Plus…
His mom is one thing (it’s a family issue) but they misidentify his gender after ending his life? Insult to injury. Assholes.
The Presidential Candidates Ranked By Their Usefulness In A Bar Fight – Bitter Empire
The Presidential Candidates Ranked By Their Usefulness In A Bar Fight – Bitter Empire
Helpful political commentary to have on hand.
Hillary Clinton and the Audacity of Political Realism
Sanders’s belief in the plausibility of a “political revolution” is also based off a specific critique of Obama’s presidency and its approach to wielding power. In his view, Obama had it within his power to upend the rules of politics in 2008, when he was pulling record crowds and creating a new model for political organizing. Then he got elected and … stopped. He went from revolutionizing the outside game to trying to master the inside game. He let Organizing for America wither, and he compromised with every major interest group that stood in his way.
I totally get that and I agree that Obama wasted a golden opportunity to employ the energy of his supporters after he got into office. Bernie is way oversimplifying things though. Obama didn’t just stop when he got into office. He also was stopped short by the intractable obstructing of needing the government he promised to tear down to do the things he promised to do. threatening to fire everyone and/or tell them how to do their jobs is not a good way to introduce yourself to new coworkers. they will resist like the solid wall that Obama’s momentum crashed into once he stepped into the Oval Office.
When Bernie Sanders ran against me in VT – Madeleine Kunin, VT’s 1st Female Governor
…Both Clinton and Sanders have declared they are favor paid maternity and sick leave, and equal pay for equal work. What sets them apart? I believe it is both style and substance. Sanders can shout his message and wave his arms for emphasis. Clinton can’t. If she appeared on stage as angry at the “system” as he is, she would be dismissed as an angry, even hysterical, woman; a sight that makes voters squirm.
An angry female voice works against women but is a plus for men. It demonstrates passion, outrage and power. Sanders bristled when he was accused of sexism after he implied that Clinton was among the shouters. Ironically, it is he who has, according to his doctor, suffered from laryngitis.
*****
Sanders is brave, pairing Socialist with Democrat. And I agree with him on the growing cancer in America of income inequality and a democracy-threatening campaign finance system. He is a bold truth teller, and I am grateful that he has changed the conversation. He makes the answers sound easy, which in turn, makes him look authentic. But the answers are not simple. The word “complex” does not win applause in a political speech. Nuance is not welcomed. “We need a revolution,” is more powerful than “I have a plan.”
(Yeah, no shit. It’s like candidate Barack x10)
When Bernie Sanders ran against me in Vermont – The Boston Globe
hmmm
If You’re Liberal and You Think Hillary Clinton Is Corrupt and Untrustworthy, You’re Rewarding 25 Years of GOP Smears
Bernie Sander’s agenda …simply doesn’t occur in representative democracies like ours, where change always comes incrementally and our entire system is designed so it can’t be remade in one fell swoop; …and maybe most importantly because once the GOP considered Bernie a sworn enemy rather than the perfect foil it can use to destroy Hillary Clinton, it would eat him alive. Eat. Him. Alive.
*****
[Hillary] has always been cast as an arrogant bitch, a soullessbête noire, an irredeemably corrupt and fundamentally dishonest political hustler. From the very beginning of her time in the national political limelight, she was vilified for refusing to simply sit back and be an ornament on the White House Christmas tree, as she was apparently supposed to. And when she ventured out into her own separate political career, what was considered calculating but somehow forgivable from her husband became merely calculating — and nefariously so — from her. Bill was allowed to be Slick Willy. Hillary was just a rotten to the core.
*****
There are reasons you may choose not to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016, but one would hope they’re policy issues rather than problems with her personality — because the “personality” that’s been sold to the American electorate is largely manufactured, and not by Clinton herself (another facet of the smear: that she’s a phony). The reality is that Clinton was one of the most liberal members of the Senate during her time there, ranking within ten points of progressive messiah Bernie Sanders and her history as a crusader for progressive causes is precisely what so motivated the GOP to destroy her in the first place.
*****
Men rarely get labeled difficult or abrasive and their general likability isn’t often called into question.
*****
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders share a lot of the same basic policy prescriptions. The difference is one of method. …Sanders says it all needs to be torn down and started from scratch because too many compromises have already been made. …Clinton wants to formulate a plan of action that gets things done. Sanders sells idealism. Clinton sells pragmatism. And the problem is that pragmatism isn’t a sexy sell, even though it’s an essential quality in an effective leader.
The thing is, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are good people, though — and that’s what some seem to be forgetting. Hillary is no more an establishment shill than any other American politician, if by establishment you mean that she works within the U.S. government and is therefore subject to its bottom line.
*****
YES!!!
German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Work Communally
Peter Wohlleben, a career ranger, has topped best-seller lists with “The Hidden Life of Trees,” describing trees as social beings that communicate on the “Wood Wide Web.”
German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too – The New York Times
hmmm
UN Panel: WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, ”arbitrarily detained”
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expresses vindication over a U.N. panel’s judgment that Sweden and the UK have “arbitrarily detained” him since 2010.
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder ‘arbitrarily detained’ – CNN.com
hmmm
Dumb-ass stuff we need to stop saying to Dads
“Is Daddy on babysitting duty today?”
“Nope, he’s not a baby sitter.
He’s a parent. Y’know, like a Mum, except with a penis.”
*****
Sure, there are plenty of deadbeat Dads in the world. Believe me, I know this for certain. Equally, there are plenty of deadbeat Mums.
But the good Dads need to be part of our language of parenting.
*****
We only have to look at the smiling faces of mothers with children in magazines, movies, advertising and online to see where the media thinks the parenting-pendulum swings.
Dumb-ass stuff we need to stop saying to Dads. | Rosie Writes
Right the fuck on. Absolutely. I loved every word of this.
Is there a viewpoint that is more feminist that the one that holds that Dads can and should be equal participants in parenthood? I think not.
If I could wave a big magic wand over society I would make us stop categorizing each other based on our own preconceptions instead of the person standing right in front of us.
Parity can not be achieved unless we move towards treating one another as people and away from preconceptions. Relying on general labels rather than the actual context of a situation really limits what one can see and share.
Powerful Women Buried at Stonehenge
Stonehenge is giving up its secrets, and one appears to be that many influential women were buried at the ancient site.
Powerful Women Buried at Stonehenge : Discovery News
hmmm
When She Didn’t See Depictions of Diversity in Comic Books, Jazmin Truesdale Created Her Own
So cool!
Black Woman Creates Black Women Superhero Universe – The Root
^^^^^Read how this shit was captioned and then peep this quote from the article: ” I also could easily have made a black superhero universe but I wanted one that more accurately depicted the global community. Everyone deserves to see themselves in their entertainment.”
The title is the opposite of the freaking article! Fucking click-bait bullshit.
One Secret to Bernie Sanders’ Success? He’s Not a Woman.
…My strong suspicion is that, in any nominating race featuring a female candidate, there will always be a Bernie Sanders—a male alternative whose gender allows him to do everything his female opponent cannot.
…Early in the [2008] race, Clinton seemed to be a clear favorite. She positioned herself as practical, hard-nosed, and shrewd—qualities likely designed to dispel gross stereotypes about the ostensible weakness of her gender. Predictably, it freaked people out.
…Obama framed himself as Clinton’s emotional antipode: an idealistic, optimistic, ebullient dreamer. The subtext of his message was that there will be time to elect a female president later; now is the time to elect *me.*
Obama’s strategy was probably not borne out of canny sexism; most misogynistic dog whistles emerged from the right-wing press, not his campaign. Still, Clinton was boxed in completely: If she stuck with her tough-minded pragmatism, she would continue to be depicted as an unlikable shrew. …If she campaigned on her emotions like Obama, she would be mocked mercilessly as weak (at best) or manipulative (at worst) by her foes in the press. Clinton lost the primary for many reasons, but…
In stepped Sanders: Brash, no-nonsense, straight-talking, uncompromisingly liberal. (Or so he liked to claim: In actuality, Sanders has a spotty record on gay rights and a terrible record on guns.) Democrats flocked to him as a more progressive alternative to Clinton, despite the fact that …he and Clinton have mostly minor policy disputes… Sanders is heralded as …[THE] true progressive, even though his most liberal proposals are politically dead in the water.
One Secret to Bernie Sanders’ Success? He’s Not a Woman.
Hmmm.
The sexist double standard behind why millennials love Bernie Sanders
It is precisely Sanders’s au-naturel-ness that endears him to his young fans: his unkempt hair, his ill-fitting suits, his unpolished Brooklyn accent, his propensity to yell and wave his hands maniacally. Sanders, it appears, woke up like this.
These qualities are what make him seem “authentic,” “sincere” even — especially when contrasted with Clinton’s hyper-scriptedness. Sanders, unlike Clinton, doesn’t give a damn if he’s camera-ready.
This is, of course, a form of authenticity that is off-limits to any female politician, not just one with Clinton’s baggage.
Female politicians — at least if they want to be taken seriously on a national stage — cannot be unkempt and unfiltered, hair mussed and voice raised. They have to be carefully coifed and scripted at all times, because they have to hew as closely as possible to the bounds of propriety available to both their sex and their occupation. They can’t be too quiet or too loud, too emotional or too cold, too meek or too aggressive, and so on.
The sexist double standard behind why millennials love Bernie Sanders – The Washington Post
Mmmmmhmm
