February 2012
8 posts
January 2012
31 posts
“I think (African-Americans) would have been happy to have a referendum on civil...”
– New Jersey governor and Republican darling CHRIS CHRISTIE, who is pushing for a voter referendum on marriage equality in his state rather than take up the issue in the Legislature.
Yes, because in those good old days, a referendum was a realistic option for African-Americans, you fucking idiot.
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we tend to overlook the fact that many people do not believe in Jesus, which undermines the legitimacy of the Gregorian calendar. Aside from that, many societies do not follow the Gregorian calendar and believe that their calendars are more legitimate. Also, the Earth is more than 4 billion years old, and humans have been around for a small chunk of that time period in which 2,012 years plus the...
(±0.2 Billion Years.): You Want a Physicist to... →
thereisafish:
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of…
Watchdevincastro:
It’s time.
Yesterday, GetUp! released this promotional video for marriage equality in Australia. It’s crazy how a simple two-minute video can immediately leave you a little misty-eyed. For more information/sign their petition, click here.
16 year old Atheist ostracized from community for... →
the future belongs to those who are willing to get their hands dirty
“Mitt Romney pays fourteen percent of income in taxes, and people who get out...”
– Senate candidate Dr. Elizabeth Warren, destroying Mitt Romney in 30 seconds on Laurence O’Donnell’s show. (via drst)
i like having time to myself to recuperate and bask in the warmth of solitude. as an introvert at heart, i find myself drawn to the road where many people seldom walk on. although i don’t particularly enjoy being alone all the time, i do prefer having time to think and be away from the small bickers of other people. i think it’s essential for me to be in tune with the inner workings of...
“White privilege: Being white, speaking about...
Average is Over →
“Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day. ‘The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,’ the executive said. ‘There’s no American plant that can match that.’ ”
Well, it’s because no American...
December 2011
53 posts
“Perhaps the history of errors of mankind, all things considered, is more...”
– Benjamin Franklin, via Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. Airplane reading. (via colinsteers)
