February 2012
30 posts
Basically
From Rick Santorum blaming contraception for teen pregnancy during Republican debate (in fact, widespread contraception use has cut the teen pregnancy rate in half since the 1950s) to David Albo complaining that Democrats highlighting his hostility to female sexuality is keeping him from getting laid to Rush Limbaugh suggesting birth control users and mothers are mutually exclusive groups, the...
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Uggie the Dog Wants Sausages
“He wants sausages, not awards.” - Michel Hazanavicius, director, The Artist
“He’s a professional, but he’s not an actor. He doesn’t feel things. What he wants is to get sausages.” - Michel Hazanavicius, director, The Artist
“Because, really, he goes from sausage number one to sausage number two. And when he runs to save his master, do you really think...
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Watching your mom win an Oscar.
What?!? Oh my god. You shouldn’t have! Why on Earth… it was just the one little movie! I was happy to do it! Oh gosh, look at all these people, they don’t want to see me up there. Where am I even going to put this thing? I guess I can find room in your grandmother’s old curio cabinet if I give some of our crystal to your sister. Oh this is just all so ridiculous.
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Why I Can't Shut Up About Rick Santorum
Speaking to ABC News’ Jake Tapper, Santorum recently reaffirmed his opposition to Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 Supreme Court decision that struck down a ban on discussing or providing contraception to married couples, and established a right to privacy that would later be integral to Roe v. Wade and Lawrence v. Texas. (It is generally better-known how Santorum feels about gay people.) That...
For this and all things, I blame the internet.
For one thing, well-informed or well-educated conservatives probably consume more conservative news and opinion, such as by watching Fox News. Thus, they are more likely to know what they’re supposed to think about the issues—what people like them think—and to be familiar with the arguments or reasons for holding these views. If challenged, they can then recall and reiterate these arguments....
Why has Amtrak stopped letting children take the... →
Or maybe the rest of us just got sick of sitting next to the bratty kids even you didn’t want to spend the day with.
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Dear Dudes: Dating costs money, sorry.
I’m all for going dutch and paying for myself, but when he invites me to dinner I think that he should pay. I don’t know how to bring this up to him without sounding… well, terrible and spoiled.
http://thehairpin.com/2012/02/treating-and-sitting-and-smoking-and-talking#comment-reply
Here are my thoughts on this that you will all hate.
“Smart guys realize having a good...
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Isn't this your problem, too?
Dear Men,
Why aren’t you all super pissed? You do realize that “hormonal contraceptives” are those little pills/rings/patches/shots/IUDs your girlfriends (and wives) use to avoid unwanted pregnancy, yes? Are you reading the news? Because it is full of stories about powerful political donors, and serious presidential candidates, who, if they get their way at all, would ban all of...
This is really really funny to me.
From today’s Slate post on the origin of heart shapes:
During the seventh century B.C., the city-state of Cyrene * had a lucrative trade in a rare, now-extinct plant: silphium. Although it was mostly used for seasoning, silphium was reputed to have an off-label use as a form of birth control. The silphium was so important to Cyrene’s economy that coins were minted that depicted the...
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The Death of a Republican
In the state of Nebraska, I am still a registered member of the Republican party. In 2004, when I was 20 years old, I voted for George W. Bush. I even went to watch him speak on my college campus the eve of his re-election. At that time, I was in the Young Conservatives of Texas. We were famous for our affirmative action bake sale that made the national news. I was in charge of recruiting new...
This is why I'm always mad. →
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Things "Pinterest" Could Be
A person who utilizes the most long silences when speaking.
Someone who serves the fastest pints.
Whoever swallows the most pins.
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Things I Hate That You Love
1. Drinking games. I don’t get them. At all. Playing games while drinking, I get. Playing games to make yourself drink? Nonsense. There is no need to make a game out of this. This is not picking up my toys, or doing chores, or going to the gym. This is something that’s already fun, so just do it.
2. The Bachelor. Oh my God, why? Why?? I have tried watching this show, and when...
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6 Things Every Grown Up Dude Should Own
I know so many guys with no idea how to dress themselves. So here. Here are the answers. Go forth, and conquer.
1. A sweater. Not a sweatshirt. A nice sweater that you went to the store and tried on and spent enough money on that you won’t be able to get drunk for a couple of weekends. Here’s a good one. Here’s another. I’m partial to v-necks, but regular crewnecks are...
Planned Parenthood
“She said, ‘If we just say it’s about investigations, we can defund Planned Parenthood and no one can blame us for being political.’” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/02/05/karen-handel-susan-g-komen-decision-defund-planned-parenthood_n_1255948.html
Hi Karen. It’s Anne. Hate to break it to you, but clearly you need to be informed that Planned...
A List of Insults to Use in a Pinch
Always have these in your back pocket for when you get cornered:
1. That would’ve been funny if a funny person had said it.
2. Maybe that’s cos you’re fat.
3. If you’re going to look like that, you should at least cultivate a likable personality.
4. I’m sorry your parents failed.
5. Well, I’ll concede, only because I feel bad about taking away one of the...
My face hurts.
What Will Happen If Obama Wins?
http://www.slate.com/slideshows/news_and_politics/florida-republicans-on-what-will-happen-if-obama-wins.html#slide_1
These people are all really worried about socialism. Here’s where I point out that of the 9 people interviewed in this, only one of them actually has a full time job. 4 of them don’t work at all. Here’s where I wonder outloud where...
Things I Am So Over: Shitheads.
Why are Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich even in our heads right now? Why do we listen to them? Why do we consider them?
Here’s a thought: Say you knew a guy that had walked away from his mortgage simply because he’d found a better house. Or, maybe this guy has $50,000 in outstanding credit card debt because he “didn’t feel like paying”. Would you think “oh, this...
