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Presidential Proclamation--Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month

jerfrey:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fifth.

BARACK OBAMA

So this happened.

Meanwhile, in real news..

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stfuconservatives:

timekiller-s:

ajonesco:

Democratic vs. Republican Political Tactics: An Analysis

To properly compare, merchandise was picked from the official sites of the national committees of the respective parties: http://www.gop.com/ and http://www.democrats.org/

Two bumper stickers and one button was chosen from each.

DEMOCRATIC: Across the board, designs focus on simplicity and aesthetics.

Each is to-the-point and efficient.

Each item is a badge of honor — promoting yourself and the Democratic party:

0 out of 5 bumper stickers criticize those who disagree with them,

0 out of 2 buttons criticize those who disagree with them.

REPUBLICAN: Across the board, relies on catchy slogans. Only one out of the nineteen bumper sticks relies on simplicity rather than a saying.

Designs are haphazard and scattered; I was honestly surprised that this was the official site and not just a bad Cafepress offshoot.

Merchandise relies heavily on bringing down the opposition rather than promoting themselves.

11 out of 19* bumper stickers criticize those who disagree with them,

7 out of 13* buttons criticize those who disagree with them.

*These are the ones with a direct criticism/attack. There are more which are borderline attacks, which were not included in these statistics.

Based on my own deeply-seated biases:

Republicans are all about attacking, Democrats prefer taking the high road and not resorting to such.

And FWIW, I work my ass off … and while I am registered as a Democrat, I consider myself a Democratic Socialist.

“Hope” isn’t hiring, and neither is a GOP-controlled Congress, assholes.

(hey, it said Democrats *PREFER* to take the high road. doesn’t mean we have to do it all the time.)

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randomactsofchaos:

Drew Sheneman/The Star Ledger (9/27/2011)

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mirabellawotr:

ritheory:

What the fuck.

Dear New York Times: Welcome to Fandom Wank. No matter what stupid-ass thing you say on the internet, somebody’s gonna take a screencap.

(via waxjism)

“

[B]efore I go, let me share with you my final thoughts on my campaign. After months of crisscrossing this great land of ours and participating in over three hundred televised debates, I am being disqualified because of an extramarital affair. And that raises the following question: are you f***ing kidding me?

I mean, let’s get real. I never heard of Libya. I didn’t know whether that CNN dude’s name was Wolf or Blitz. And my only training for running the #1 nation in the world was running its #8 pizza chain. Yet none of that, I repeat, none of that disqualified me. In fact, I was the front-f***ing-runner, as long as I kept my 9-9-9 in my pants. (I have no idea what I meant by that — I just like saying 9-9-9.)

But here’s the part that really kills me. You’re kicking me to the curb because I was messing around, and instead you’re going with… Newt Gingrich? I repeat: are you f***ing kidding me? Oh, I know what you’re saying: you love Newt because he’s an “intellectual.” Well, Newt Gingrich is the intellectual of the Republican field the way Moe was the intellectual of the Stooges.

And that leads me to my final point: you disgust me, America. Right now if I had my way, I’d up and move to another country. I really, truly would. Only I don’t know where any of them are, and my wife won’t let me leave the house.

Goodbye forever, Herman

”

—

Borowitz Report (via kateoplis)

If ONLY.

(via remainders)

(via bigredrobot)

Piplup, and good luck.

Herman Cain recently quoted Pokemon, again. It’s sort of admirable that he didn’t cop out and say some advisor or intern or something chose the quote for him. He straight up admits to a love of the Pokemon song. He says he memorized the whole thing.

Closet Pokemon fan that he is, Cain had a few last words for his ardent supporters.

BULLETIN TIME, MOTHER-F’EEEEERSSSSS

FIRST:

DALLAS. FRIDAY. BILLIARD BAR. 9 PM. TONS OF ARTISTS. TONS OF ADAM WARROCKS. ME. CHRIS. BOOZE. THE VARIANTS. OH GOD. CHARITIES. ART. WORDS. YES. YOU.

SECOND:

The folks at The Idiot Box podcast did a live version of our Walking Dead strip! Go check it out there! They nailed it.

THIRD:

Sale continues in our store. We’re currently out of books, but we still got t-shirts and prints, and remember: ask us about commissions and original strip art at curtofranklin@gmail.com.

-cof

“Imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of the House, orchestrates the impeachment of a President for an adulterous affair with a White House aide twenty-six years his junior while he himself is conducting an adulterous affair with a congressional aide twenty-two years his junior, having earlier left the first of his three wives while she was hospitalized with cancer. Imagine a man who attributes these behaviors to “how passionately I felt about this country.” Imagine a man who, told he can’t sit in a front section of Air Force One, shuts down the government. Imagine a man who becomes the only House Speaker ever to be disciplined for ethics violations. Imagine a man who, in a country just staggering out of the worst recession of the past fifty years and facing the threat of worldwide economic collapse, proposes to hire small children to work as janitors, mopping floors and cleaning toilets in their schools (or their orphanages, perhaps). Imagine that man as Commander-in-Chief.”

— Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker. (via langer)

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