August 2012
“Particularly beautiful people were like particularly funny-looking people...”
– Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Remove Todd Akin from the Science Committee →
stoneagechronicles:
demnewswire:
Sign your name to call on Speaker John Boehner to remove Rep. Todd Akin from the House Science and Technology Committee.
Rep. Todd Akin: “First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare… If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
The notion of “legitimate rape” is...
The next time you start to get scared by...
nerdstalgia:
Remember that “scary” is only one letter off from being “scarf,” and that nobody has ever been afraid of a scarf.
“Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and...”
– Neil Armstrong
Watchandrewbreitel:
i would have thrown my wallet in there holy shit
Obama for America: One Issue Voter →
barackobama:
jemappellery submitted:
In my first presidential election, I am what they call a one-issue voter. I didn’t think I would be; when I started looking seriously at the candidates, I thought things like economic policy, the war in Afghanistan and gay rights would be things I would seriously…
“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise...”
– Stephen Colbert (via imfantasyparade)
14 Wacky "Facts" Kids Will Learn in Louisiana's... →
…this is horrifying
STFU, Conservatives: A timeline of events →
andyandtherobot:
Taken from here (thanks StumbleUpon)
1980: Ronald Reagan runs for president, promising a balanced budget
1981 - 1989: With support from congressional Republicans, Reagan runs enormous deficits, adds $2 trillion to the debt.
1993: Bill Clinton passes economic plan…
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