June 2011
Presidential Proclamation--Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month →
whitehouse.gov
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.
BARACK OBAMA
So this happened.
OH HELL YES!
A Response to the Appropriation of Dr. Seuss by Those Who Don't Care About The Places We'll Go
A person’s a person, except when they’re not
There’s a pretty big difference; it matters a lot!
An embryo, blastocyst, zygote or fetus
Don’t give politicians the right to mistreat us
They can’t hear, they can’t feel, they can’t think, they can’t see
But they’re somehow, some way, more important than me!
A zygote is floating inside of a womb
While a person will need just a little more room
But it’s not about size, as they like to say
They don’t speak for the voiceless, try as they may
They speak for themselves and they speak for the church
And they don’t seem to mind leaving us in the Lurch
You see people have goals and have dreams to pursue
They have families and friends and enemies, too!
Being pregnant for months is a pretty big deal
And giving birth to a baby is quite the ordeal
My body, my choice! I must say I resent
That someone may use it without my consent
What goes on in one’s body’s their business alone
And let those without sin cast the first stone
A person’s a person, no matter how small
Except when they are not a person at all
(If anyone wanted to reblog with couplets of their own that would be AWESOME)
/standing ovation
Love,
Rabble
OH GAWD FINALLY.
Delicious muffins!
So the way I figure it, if I use 3 carrots and make 6 jumbo muffins, I’m getting half a carrot with each muffin. Yay veggies!
Carrot-Raisin Muffins (from Quick & Easy Vegan Comfort Food by Alicia C. Simpson)
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F, grab a big bowl, and toss in:
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/3 cup sugar.
Whisk that stuff together. I add a dash of ground cloves because I think it accents the carrot nicely. Now mix in:
1 cup plain soymilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract,
then add
2 cups finely grated carrot (I used 2 large and 1 medium, because that’s what I had)
3/4 cup raisins (golden or whatever… I had golden on hand)
and 1/2 cup chopped nuts, if you like that sort of thing.
You have options here. I make 6 jumbo muffins because it just seems easier, and a big ol’ carrot muffin makes for a filling breakfast. You can also make 12 regular-size muffins or 24 mini-muffins. Use muffin liners if you like. Bake jumbo muffins for 20-25 minutes, regular muffins for 15-20 minutes, or minis for 10-15 minutes. Cool in the pan for a few minutes, then let cool completely on wire racks.
What’s awesome is that even if the batter seems a bit too wet, the raisins will soak it up. Then you have nice plump juicy raisins to enjoy!
May 2011
“People still feel it’s less natural to hear the sounds of a woman’s lovemaking than, say, the sound of a Concorde, killing the atmosphere and polluting nature.”
—Yoko Ono (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
For every Reblog 1$ will be donated to my autistic brothers fundraiser :)
If it’s real, awesome. If it’s not, no harm done. Here’s to fundraisers!
Dr. Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund →
fundabortionnow.org
If you can spare a few dollars, please donate to the Dr. Tiller Memorial Abortion Fund. Let’s carry on Dr. Tiller’s legacy of helping pregnant persons in need without judgment or shame.
This is such a wonderful idea. If you can donate or just want to spread the word, please consider giving what you can or reblogging.
Love,
Rabble
Right on.
May 31st, 2009
Dr. George Tiller was murdered two years ago today by Scott Roeder, a pro-life activist who had made threats towards and was very outspoken about violence towards clinics and abortion providers. Roeder worked closely with groups like Operation Rescue and many believe that his connections within that organization helped him plan the murder of Dr. Tiller.
Operation Rescue had basically been stalking Tiller and his staff and had attempted to slander the people at the clinic by putting posters up in their neighborhoods. This organization tracked Tiller’s movements, memorized his schedule, and frequently harassed him at his home. I, personally, believe that Operation Rescue provided Scott Roeder with Dr. Tiller’s schedule which allowed him to follow him and gun him down at his church.
Tiller was no stranger to the violence that befalls abortion clinics and the staff that work there. His clinic was bombed and the was site for many protests and sit ins. He was shot in 1993 by a woman who had committed many crimes directed at abortion providers/clinics including attempted bombings, acid attacks, and murders. Tiller survived the attack and even went back to work the next day.
When it became clear that Tiller wouldn’t back down when faced with violence towards his clinic or his own life, pro-life groups (including Operation Rescue) decided on a different tactic. They attempted to get Tiller tied up in court and have his license removed. That didn’t work, either, and Tiller went back to work until he was murdered two years ago.
The pro-choice community lost a huge asset and resource two years ago. Please remember Dr. Tiller and what he died for: the rights of people to have agency over their own bodies and make their own medical decisions.
Love,
Rabble
"not like your daughter or mine"
“The girls who were detained were not like your daughter or mine,” the general said. “These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and (drugs).”
The general said the virginity checks were done so that the women wouldn’t later claim they had been raped by Egyptian authorities.
“We didn’t want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren’t virgins in the first place,” the general said. “None of them were (virgins).”
-Egyptian general admits “virginity tests” conducted on protesters
Um. Yeah. Like they’d be able to tell. Like anyone has ever been able to tell, really.
I can’t even…
SEEING RED.
Oh hell….REALLY?
Good job assbag, I don’t see how you can perform a “virginity check” on someone without it being rape or sexual assault. Fucking hell.
This made me SO ANGRY. Because only virgins can be raped? If you’ve already consented once, you’ve consented forever? This shit is disgusting. Fuck you, General.
Here's a quick way to check if you have the right to stop an abortion.
Ask yourself “Is it my body?”
If the answer was no, then surprise! You don’t have the right.
That. Is by far the BEST thing I have ever heard/seen anyone say about the right to get an abortion.
This made my day.
“When a family is struck with tragedy — like the family of Joplin … let’s say if they had $10,000 set aside to do something else with, to buy a new car … and then they were struck with a sick member of the family or something, and needed to take that money to apply it to that, that’s what they would do, because families don’t have unlimited money. And, really, neither does the federal government.”
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Eric Cantor explaining why Republicans won’t help natural disaster/Joplin victims without more budget cuts.
Also strangely, he’s describing a situation that argues for Health Care Reform since people don’t have unlimited funds they deserve to die when they run out.
-Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
Be careful, Mr. Cantor. That almost sounded like empathy — almost. Any closer, and you’ll get kicked out of the Republican party.
class rage speaks: Why I’m afraid of budgeting.
I’m exactly the same way. I had finally set aside money to buy a new computer as my old one stumbled toward its death, but even though I knew I had the money, it took me months to actually replace it- even though the old computer was barely usable at that point. Because Something might happen! You never know!
Gotta love the ever-present spectre of Something, right? You know Something is going to happen the moment you have a decent amount of money saved up — and that Something will cost more than what you’ve saved!
Always! “Oh no, something bad has happened! Never fear, I have been good and saved up $X!…. Hey, what do you mean it’s going to cost $2X?! Well, crap.”
STORY OF MY LIFE. It makes you almost NOT want to save up any money, because a) it feels as if it’s not worth the trouble, and b) why tempt fate?
class rage speaks: Why I'm afraid of budgeting. →
classragespeaks.tumblr.com
[…] The “budgeting” procedure I inherited from my parents looked something like this: First, pay for the non-negotiable essentials- housing, utilities, my prescriptions. Then, spend as little as possible on other necessities, like groceries, school supplies, and clothing. Whatever is left is to be squirreled away fearfully, desperately, with the creeping knowledge that after those expenses, it isn’t anywhere near enough to give me a cushion in case of emergency. Some will be spent in little outbursts on non-necessary things, when the pressure of never being able to afford to have fun becomes too much, and looked upon with guilt and despair afterward. […]
You mean that’s not a budget? :P
I’m really wary of making (relatively) big purchases—paint, a microwave, furniture—in case Something Comes Up. (Like what?) I dunno, Something!
I’m exactly the same way. I had finally set aside money to buy a new computer as my old one stumbled toward its death, but even though I knew I had the money, it took me months to actually replace it- even though the old computer was barely usable at that point. Because Something might happen! You never know!
Gotta love the ever-present spectre of Something, right? You know Something is going to happen the moment you have a decent amount of money saved up — and that Something will cost more than what you’ve saved!
“Me, sexy? I’m just plain ol’ beans and rice.”
—Pam Grier (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
Mother sets fire to her daughter's gloating rapist →
telegraph.co.uk
A Spanish mother has taken revenge on the man who raped her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight. He died of his injuries in hospital on Friday.
Antonio Cosme Velasco Soriano, 69, had been sent to jail for nine years in 1998, but was let out on a three-day pass and returned to his home town of Benejúzar, 30 miles south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca.
While there, he passed his victim’s mother in the street and allegedly taunted her about the attack. He is said to have called out “How’s your daughter?”, before heading into a crowded bar.
Shortly after, the woman walked into the bar, poured a bottle of petrol over Soriano and lit a match. She watched as the flames engulfed him, before walking out…
Revenge is never the answer, but if I was chosen for the jury for this woman’s trial, it’d be really hard for me to convict.
…agreed. It’s really hard for me to condemn what she did to that piece of shit. I never advocate violence, but…
Yeah. I don’t condone violence, but given what we women go through, I totally cannot blame this woman for her actions.
“Dude, you’re so edgy and politically incorrect. it’s totally ironic and satirical how you regurgitated those ancient and threadbare stereotypes. It reminds me of my great great great great grandpa, Cracker von Patriarch, who also challenged the status quo by embracing it with loving tenderness.”
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I don’t know where I came across this, but it’s witty as fuck (via octagon-surgeon)
“Cracker von Patriarch” is my new name for everyone who is a douche.
(via kafuka)
It was on Tiger Beatdown, by snobographer.
(via torayot)
LOL @ “Cracker von Patriarch.” Seriously, I’m using that.
When Girls Say:
“I don’t eat in front of boys.”
and I’m just sitting there like:
Dating.
Thinking about starting a new relationship makes me feel tired and depressed inside. Almost like when you’ve eaten a ton of mini donuts, but there’s one left and you’d feel like a dick if you just left it.
Sigh.
Sometimes it feels like wandering in a desert, delighted to ecstasy when I spy water in the distance. I come upon it after an arduous journey only to discover it was a simple mirage and I should have recognized it as such long ago. After a while, you start to wonder if it’s worth chasing down the next imaginary oasis or if it’s better to sunbathe and live with the thirst.
Wow. Way to tap into my brain today. Damn.
KITTENS →
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Four 9-week-old kittens + one roll of TP = JOY
Pro-life man drives to clinic with intent to kill doctors →
m.host.madison.com
This is a very disturbing article.
“Lang said he planned on shooting the clinic’s doctor “right in the head,” according to the complaint. Asked if he planned to shoot just the doctor or nurses, too, Lang replied he wished he “could line them up all in a row, get a machine gun, and mow them all down,” the complaint said.”
It’s happened many, many times before and, sadly, it seems like it’s going to keep happening. This is why abortion opponents really need to stop using violent and hateful rhetoric. Including calling those who have had or performed abortion “murderers”. Eventually some unhealthy person comes to honestly believe that it’s legal murder going on and that they have a duty to take it into their own hands. That’s what Scott Roeder did. And that’s what this man tried to do.
In an interview with detectives Bruce Frey and Corey Nelson, Lang said he arrived in Madison from Marshfield about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and after checking in and bathing, drove by Planned Parenthood to see if anyone was there.
He said that on Thursday he intended to find out who the abortion doctor was and “do what I feel police officers fail to do.”
Asked what that was he said, “Take a gun, drop the abortionist.”
And this isn’t the first time he said things like that.
Lang had a history of targeting Planned Parenthood buildings. Court documents said he was arrested in 2007 outside a Madison branch, telling officers that everyone in the building deserved to be executed and that police were failing in their jobs by not carrying out the executions. Lang received a disorderly conduct citation, according to court records.
Yet another similarity to Scott Roeder, who had allegedly vandalized a clinic before fatally shooting George Tiller.
Nobody really did anything in either of these cases. Despite the long history of attacks on abortion clinics, people don’t seem to take it seriously enough.
Presented without further comment.
Love,
Rabble
Heard about this on Maddow… no words.
Cultural Tips from DHL →
dhl-usa.com
Based on DHL’s advice, the best places for me to visit are Australia, Bolivia, Finland, France (duh), Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Tahiti, and Venezuela.
