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"I'll just say this: in my opinion Fux News is a last resort for kinda-sorta-almost-journalists whose options have been severely limited by their extreme and intolerant views; a media colostomy bag that has begun to burst at the seams and should be emptied before it becomes a public health issue.
"I sincerely believe that in time, good people will lose patience with the petty and poisonous behavior of these bullies and Fux News will be remembered as nothing more than a giant culture fart that no amount of Garlique could cure.
"I wish them all the luck that accompanies such malevolence." ~ Jim Carrey, 24 March 2013
I'm not a big fan of Mr. Carrey's movies, but day-um, girl! This at least made me respect him as a person.
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"We shouldn't even need the word atheism. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them." ~ Ricky Gervais
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"There is, of course, no reason to take these secession petitions at all seriously. There is probably a fourteen-syllable German word that precisely captures the combination of juvenile whining, sour grapes and goofy anti-government fervor that drove an infinitesimal number of Americans to submit and support these petitions, but the word that the kids in America use to describe this is "butthurt." ~ Jason Linkins, writing at The Huffington Post
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"Whenever men like this plebe, or the Rick Santorums of the world, vent their nonsense all they're really saying is 'I got busted with a j/o buddy when I was a teen and I'm still trying to live it down.' Behind every anti-gay male is an insecurity about his own sexuality." ~ LittleKiwi, commenting on deep-in-denial Frank Schubert opining that the losses suffered by the anti-gay forces really don't matter.
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"When you rape children, cover it, rape them again, cover it up, rape them again, finally get caught, still cover it up, apologize, recant your apology, then blame the victim, you have zero moral authority to lecture others about their supposed sins." – John Aravosis at AMERICAblog, writing about the Catholic Church's most current bit of pearl-clutching over marriage equality.
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"This isn't a case of measuring a response to an unforeseeable situation twice and cutting it loose to the press and public once. This is a case of risk assessment and mitigation gone wrong, and of brand currency expended. Apple doesn't only have to fix maps, they have to fix the process that resulted in Tim Cook having to write this letter." ~ Rene Ritchie, Editor-in-Chief of iMore, responding to Tim Cook's very public apology for the huge fail that is Apple Maps on iOS6.
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"Every time you propagate the message that being gay is to be less than human, that same sex marriage cannot be as filled with love and laughter and tears as heterosexual marriage, that gays don't deserve to pass a legacy on to their family, you quicken that howling storm and sweep away a tiny bit more humanity from the world, drive one more child to contemplating the cold razor's bite, or the yawning abyss of the overdose because they simply cannot deal with the unceasing assault upon their psyche. Well I, for one, will not stand for it.
"I will not stand for a world that demeans those it finds 'different' or 'gross'. I will not stand for an ideology that promotes slavish adherence to a single arbitrary standard, that sacrifices children on the altar of oppression and control. I will not stand for one more RED TINGED MUSHROOM CLOUD second of people thinking that they have the right to live someone else's life for them, for the complete lack of empathy so often shown in our society. I stand for gay marriage. I stand for the end of segregation. I stand for a woman's right to vote. I stand for equality under the law, for treating others how I want to be treated, for the fundamental human right to live a happy life free of tyranny. I stand for my children." ~ Minnesota Vikings kicker Chris Kluwe, writing for the Pioneer Press.
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"The civil rights movement and the space program always shared a strange juxtaposition of 19th century agrarianism and 20th century technological achievement. So maybe it should be no surprise that we're currently confronting our civil rights demons in the parking lots of fried chicken joints while one of our spacecraft makes its final approach to Mars. But still … what the hell, America?" ~ David Kurtz, TPM
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Barry Goldwater would be branded a liberal communist usurper by today's crop of batshit crazy Republicans.
Agreed!
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"It is inappropriate to call Ms. Romney a cunt. She lacks the required warmth and depth." ~ Charles Pierce
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"Oh come on, because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate." ~ John McCain on Monday on why he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate over Mitt Romney in 2008.
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He pulled the words right out of my mouth.
"People are increasingly lousy drivers—which I think goes hand in hand with people becoming increasingly lousy human beings. America's litigiousness is a reflection of a larger entitlement problem in this country—everyone thinks they're oppressed, and acts accordingly. And not oppressed in the civil rights way, but in the Republican way. For Republicans, oppression is 'not getting your way 100% of the time, to hell with how your desires impinge on the rights of others.' It's selfish. And it's destructive.
"It also doesn't help that popular culture glorifies some of the worst dregs of society, that glorifies destruction—be it couples acting violently to each other on TV, or thugs being violent to their women, towards gays, and more. The trash who go on Judge Judy or Jerry Springer come to mind. Though Fox News and Limbaugh and the GOP play their part as well in teaching Americans to hate pro-actively.
"Starting around 2004, in the middle of the Bush years, I started to become increasingly concerned about the future of our country. My concerns haven't lessened nearly enough with the Obama years. There's a trashiness (and a meanness) to our culture, our politics, our driving, our health care system, and, more generally, the way we treat, and mistreat, each other." ~ John Aravosis, AMERICAblog
Thought for the Day
Wet Paint
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"The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner." ~ General Omar Bradley
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"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." ~ Stephen Roberts
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The Fall of Rome
"If you want the American Dream, go to Finland." ~ Ed Miliband, UK Labor Leader
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"Think of an experience from your childhood. Something you remember clearly, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you were really there. After all, you really were there at the time, weren't you? How else would you remember it? But here is the bombshell: you weren't there. Not a single atom that is in your body today was there when that event took place. Every bit of you has been replaced many times over (which is why you eat, of course). You are not even the same shape as you were then. The point is that you are like a cloud: something that persists over long periods, while simultaneously being in flux. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made. If that doesn't make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, read it again until it does, because it is important." ~ Steve Grand (Creation: Life and How To Make It)
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"The problem—often not discovered until late in life—is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies that they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, and they generate their own emotion." ~ Neil deGrassi Tyson