My favorite part of the Declaration of Independence is the middle part, the airing of grievances so to speak. It’s basically a laundry list of all the shitty tricks the GOP and teaparty have used to keep the federal government from getting anything done since Raygun. I have always loved that the founders were basically […]
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Great Moments in History
from Intelligent Life, May/June, 2013 by Kassia St Clair One hundred years ago, a suffragette was trampled under the King’s horse at the Derby at Epsom, and, four days later, she died. While history has favoured her cause, Emily Wilding Davison’s legacy is ambivalent. In the short term her death probably did the women’s suffrage […]
Maybe the proms in the Bible were segregated. Maybe the white kids are just embarrassed because they can’t dance. Because, one of our goodly folks in our nation’s executive branches – Georgia Governor Nathan Deal – is refusing to endorse an “integrated prom” in the year of the lord two thousand thirteen. Why, you ask? Duh, […]
this pretty much sums up life around this time 4 years ago.
Mitt Romney talks to Bob Garon during a campaign stop at the Chez Vachon Restaurant, Dec. 12, 2011 in Manchester, N.H. – Jim Cole / AP Photo Mitt Romney meets a Vietnam Vet thanks @theleanlover
McKayla Maroney is NOT HAPPY after falling on her second vault attempt in the individual finals today and missing out on the gold medal. Haha, I love her. A silver medal at the Olympics is nothing to sneeze at, Micki, you are superbad.