February 2012
“In just one year, the expenditure of the U.S.’s military budget is equivalent to...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via anticapitalist)
President Eisenhower had three secret meetings... →
Wow, just wow...
In September 2009, after admitting to my parents that I was atheist, I was abruptly woken in the middle of the night by two strange men who subsequently threw me in a van and drove me 200 mi. to a facility that I would later find out serves the sole purpose of eliminating free thinking adolescents.
These places exist IN AMERICA, they’re completely legal, and they’re only growing....
Santorum says he ‘almost threw up’ after reading... →
evilteabagger:
Funny, I almost threw up after reading his urban dictionary definition.
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“Probably about 20 to 25 percent of the adult American population is so...”
– A Conservative Explains Why Right-Wingers Have No Compassion
daculinaryvirgo asked: so how do I get a themed background such as yours? this one is very creative.
“Mass Effect has a simple message: human beings are delusional about their...”
– Why Mass Effect is the Most Important Science Fiction Universe of Our Generation
Arizona bill takes aim at airbrushed women in ads →
Women have wrinkles, pores and curves. And there’s a movement across the world to make sure advertisers can no longer pretend otherwise.
Now, that movement has come to Arizona.
House Bill 2793, proposed by Rep. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, would require advertisers who alter or enhance a photo to put a disclaimer on that ad alerting customers that “Postproduction techniques were made to...
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster...”
– Isaac Asimov (via sirmitchell)
european-booty-scratcher:
We live in a world where white people believe they are the victims of reverse racism and men are at the mercy of misandrists. Let’s ignores all the facts on facts on facts that proves otherwise. Next thing you know Christians will cry religious persecu- nevermind.
Decision time for researchers of deadly bird flu →
(Reuters) - When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.
The hurriedly assembled meeting is designed to try to settle an unprecedented row over a call to ban publication of two scientific studies which detail how to mutate H5N1 bird flu...
Thanks to Catholic Church, 200 Suspected Child... →
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world
Obama's Misguided Birth Control Mandate →
evilteabagger:
I don’t get it. I can walk into CVS right now and buy a pack of condoms or plan B no questions asked. When did contraception become an issue in the first place?
The stated purpose of health care reform was to address the problem of uninsured patients who either face bankruptcy due to exorbitant bills, or rely on the free emergency care hospitals must provide. But the Affordable...
ih8religion:
christiantheatheist:
Jewish ritual of Metzitzah B’peh
You’d think that in any context a man putting his mouth over a baby’s penis and sucking would be seen as outrageous by each and every person with sound mind, right?
Wrong. The below image is of one of the most disgusting religious practices I can think of aside from female circumcision and child brides.
It’s called Metzitzah...