Seems like the future president for whom she’s performing is more of a threat to black history than anything, as well as an opponent to “peaceful and progressive conversation.”

It’s not like he’s going to actually pay her. How many times can people keep crawling back to this sadistic leech thinking it’s going to be different with them???

OT, but in flipping through the news earlier, I caught trump and his wife getting off Air Force One (or two, whatever) going down the stairs and trump saluted a waiting General on the tarmac.

“put your conscious self to bed for an hour,” that sounds so weird but awesome too

It didn’t work on me either - which is strange because I am quite suggestible. I think in my case it was more how easily distracted I am. ‘Listen to the sound of my voice.’ ‘Huh, nice smooth voice and wow you have big pores in your nose, oh I have to remember to get tissues, did I leave the oven on? The house will be…

I also thought it was fake. And then I had it done to me (long story, I was safe, but I had no idea what had happened until I lost about 2 hours). It’s some crazy stuff!

The explanation that cleared it up for me is this: The government cannot coerce you into saving someone else’s life by forcing you to donate an organ (kidney, liver, even blood which is super low risk). This is generally seen as a basic human right, not just a good principle to live and govern by. The government…

Bingo. I have a friend that is anti-choice. I genuinely want to speak to her and understand where she is coming from. Unfortunately it always ends the same way:

Yeah, but see it from their side. If you believe abortion is the same as MURDERING AN INFANT, that’s not a women’s autonomy issue, that’s a preventing murder issue. Viewed through that lens there’s really no conflict with women’s rights.

Yeah, well if Eve hadn’t eaten that apple from the talking snake then I wouldn’t get a boner when your baby eats, so SHAME ON YOU.

Bodily autonomy. Same reason it is illegal for someone to rape or assault you. Same reason doctors need your informed consent to give you treatment. Same reason you can get a tattoo or a piercing but it is illegal for someone to force those on you. Same reason your organs can’t be donated after your death if you…

I’m very much pro-choice, but I always feel weird calling abortion a “right”. Is it a right? What is a right? I think abortion makes sense because it allows women to lead a more optimal life and I think it makes sense economically for everyone, but I have a hard time calling it a right. Please feel free to educate me…

And that’s where the conversation stalls, as the crux of the issue for groups like New Wave Feminists is they don’t see abortion as women’s rights.

Feminism is about equality through legal rights and changing outdated cultural attitudes. When you try to take away other women’s rights, you aren’t a feminist.

Considering that we’re about to get a new president who is going to be committing treason on day 1 of his presidency, and the majority of a Congress that is selling this country down the river, yes, Manning’s sentence was excessive.

Her sentence was the longest sentence for any leaker, ever. Yes, the leak was huge, but as the NY Times points out, none of the material was classified as Top Secret.

POETRY

He’s like that kid in high school who decided that he is throwing THE spring break party since his parents are going to his great aunts funeral. He got his older brother to get a pony keg and his dad’s stereo system still works pretty well. He spent a week making a playlist on his iPod and he’s going to lose his…

“Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks.”—Roger Ebert