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Lookit dis fatty Sitting on my lap and purrin’ like...
Lookit dis fatty Sitting on my lap and purrin’ like it’s his job…!
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ihopericksantorum: I hope Rick Santorum spends the whole day stressing about his coworker handling...
I hope Rick Santorum spends the whole day stressing about his coworker handling their workplace alone and then finds out they never switched the closed sign to open and coulda had the whole day off.
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sugary-lolita-guts: Oh, Barack. You’re such a cutie.
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blackestofmoons: “And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had...
“And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.”
This photo shows the collapse of Torrero Alvaro Munera, as he realized in the middle of his last fight… the injustice to the animal. From that day forward he became an opponent of bullfights.This is beautiful..
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There are few things as nice as having a few hours to myself in a quiet town~
There are few things as nice as having a few hours to myself in a quiet town~
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At Walmart with my sister when she stops me outside an aisle. Like, grabs me, pulls me...
At Walmart with my sister when she stops me outside an aisle. Like, grabs me, pulls me back.
“Not this one!”
“Why!?”
And then I see my ex, and realize I have dirty hair, an oversized, stained hoodie, and a general sense of shame.
THANK YOU NANNER! GOOD SISTER, BEST FRIEND!
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doctorwho: Flirting.
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happyfeminist: myinsanebrain: CHARACTER: Abed Nadir abed is...
CHARACTER: Abed Nadir
abed is quite possibly my favorite tv character ever.
i need to think about it more before i commit 100%, but he’s in the top 3 at the very least.
Abed should be in everyone’s top three.
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risachou: funnyanimeshit: trans: cavernousmaw src: ナツキ I’M...
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kingcheddarxvii: HAVE A NICE TUESDAY
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While my sister was at the dentist, I decided to take a little...
While my sister was at the dentist, I decided to take a little walk around Newmarket.
The cool thing about that town is that the huge mills that line main street. They were the main source of industry in the town years and years ago, and now they’ve mostly been converted to office space and apartments.
But all you have to do is walk down the path and right behind them, there’s still the river and the waterfall, and everything that used to power the town. And beyond that, the forests and banks… and…
Hehe! I think the rivers are one place that look nicer in winter!
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Birth Control 101 For Idiots
This is hormonal birth control.
As you can see on the box, you take exactly one pill per day. To make sure it works, you need to take one pill every day at the same time, or it stops working. You take only one pill, and you keep taking them regardless of what you are doing that day.
Hormonal birth control can be used to treat a lot of different diseases, like anemia caused by excessive menstruation. It is a prescription medication that can cost around $15-50 a month. Because it is a prescription medication, it should be covered by insurance, as it treats legitimate health problems.
This is Viagra.
It, too, can treat legitimate health problems like altitude sickness and pulmonary hypertension, but it is usually prescribed for erectile dysfunction. Unlike the Pill, Viagra is taken every time you want to have sex. A lot of health insurance companies cover Viagra, so it costs about as much as your co-pay.
This is a condom.
It is not a prescription medication, and has no health benefits (besides the prevention of STIs and pregnancy). Like Viagra, you must use one before you have sex: indeed, before each sex act. They cost about a dollar per condom.
This is Sandra Fluke.
She testified before a small, Democrat-led hearing after she was cut out of the actual birth control/insurance discussion. Her testimony was about a friend of hers who, because her insurance did not cover birth control, lost an ovary due to an ovarian cyst.
This somehow translates into “I, myself, personally, am having so much sex I can’t afford birth control, and so I want the government to pay for it.”
This is wrong for multiple reasons.
- It was about a friend, not her. To say her testimony was about her personally is factually incorrect.
- Sex had nothing to do with the testimony - her friend lost an ovary because of medical condition that was left untreated. A medical condition that was completely treatable, but wasn’t, because her insurance wouldn’t cover it. To say that her testimony was about her being “a slut” or “a prostitute” is factually incorrect.
- Even if she was having loads of sex, she would still only have one pill a day, not one pill per sex act, so to say “I’m having so much sex I can’t afford birth control” is completely erroneous. The Pill is not Viagra or condoms. To say that she is such “a slut” that she constantly needs more pills is factually incorrect.
- The current political debate is not “should the government pay for birth control?” The debate is “should insurance companies, that people and their employers pay for, on their own, be required to cover birth control?” To say that Sandra Fluke wants the government to pay for her birth control is factually incorrect.
- Religious organizations do not want to have birth control covered by their insurance, even for employees not of their faith, even if their employees never actually use their insurance to cover birth control. By this logic, they should also not pay their employees, because they could use that money to pay for birth control out of pocket. To say that this issue is about religious freedom and not about women’s health is disingenuous, as Ms. Fluke’s testimony demonstrates.
Hopefully this makes things a little clearer.
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"What’s said on the campaign trail, you know, those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities...."
“What’s said on the campaign trail, you know, those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not commander in chief. And when I see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war I’m reminded of the costs involved in war. I’m reminded that the decision that I have to make in terms of sending our young men and women into battle and the impact that has on their lives, the impact it has on our national security, the impact it has on our economy. This is not a game. There’s nothing casual about it.”
- President Obama (via barackobama)
- President Obama (via barackobama)
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