February 2012
39 posts
New Series 7 info
trespassurged:
Moffat:
Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary is coming. In Cardiff, we’re gearing up for the biggest, the best and the most ambitious season we’ve ever made. There will be shocks, surprises and heartbreak - the Doctor is about to say goodbye to his very best friends, Amy and Rory. And then he’s about to say hello to someone very different - the Doctor is going to meet someone very new...
“We’re seeing all kinds of problems, shrimp with no eyes and no baby fish. Boats...”
– Dean Blanchard, Grand Isle, LA. Once one of the largest shrimp buyers on the Gulf coast, his business has been decimated by crude contamination that continues to roll in on his beach community that is closest to the BP Horizon well. Read more: A Gulf Chorus Fights BP’s PR War (via nrdc)
I really...
Watchkeepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
Maddow on contraception battle.
This seriously makes me want to stand on my desk and raise my fist in solidarity.
[NB: more than just people who identify as ‘women’ need/want access to contraception and abortion]
This is relevant to all our interests.
You Want a Physicist to Speak at Your Funeral
lauranndee:
I love this. More than anything. Don’t skip it because it’s long.
whitachi:
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 thermodynamics; that no...
"What we're really excited to see is the...
hipster-toaster:
Watchfarfromthepacific:
IMAGINE IF THERE WAS A “NBC THE MUSICAL”
OMFG AWESOME
Girls don't like it when guys treat them like...
deannaandthewolf:
So why can’t we just not treat each other like shit?
Komen reverses decision on Planned Parenthood.... →
We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.
The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to...
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone (via grrlyboy)
Yes.
(via utopiaisbanished)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation ends... →
“We’re kind of reeling,” said Patrick Hurd, who is CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia — recipient of a 2010 grant from Komen — and whose wife, Betsi, is a veteran of several Komen fundraising races and is currently battling breast cancer.
“It sounds almost trite, going through this with Betsi, but cancer doesn’t care if you’re pro-choice, anti-choice, progressive, conservative,”...
January 2012
91 posts
Democrats Take Lead in Congressional Ballot
stfuconservatives:
liberalsarecool:
For the first time in about two-and-a-half years, a national Rasmussen survey finds Democrats leading Republicans in the generic congressional ballot, 41% to 40%.
Rasmussen tilts very Right. Nate Silver says that their results usually skew about 5% in favor of the Republican/GOP position. So this would mean that the actual numbers are 44/38, or...
Batman is my favorite Disney Princess
thefrogman:
[xanderpants]