February 2012
39 posts
Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional by...
abaldwin360:
Los Angeles Times - A judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to ignore the statute and provide health benefits to the wife of a lesbian federal court employee.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White was the first since the Obama administration announced a year ago that it would no longer defend a...
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I baked my first cake!
'Pepper Spray Cop' Suit Filed - NPR →
brooklynmutt:
Some of those Occupy protesters who famously got face fulls of pepper spray last November on the campus of University of California Davis have now filed suit in federal court.
They allege “the university used excessive force to break up the demonstration,” The Sacramento Bee writes. “The Occupy UC Davis students were sprayed as they sat on the ground.”
The American Civil...
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The other day at Olive Garden...
The waitress wanted to see if we wanted to split our checks.
Me: No, I don't want to be a hassle.
Cynthia: If you didn't want to be a hassle, you shouldn't have been born!
Everyone else: OOOOOOO
Me: *cries*
Me: *eats*
Me: *cries*
Me: *laughs*
Me: *cries*
Me: *eat some more*
“The Virginia Legislature has passed this law that allows — or mandates — that a...”
– BILL MAHER, remarking on Virginia’s personhood bullshit, on Real Time (via inothernews)
Arizona Republican Introduces Bill That Would Make...
nonplussedbyreligion:
Five GOP Senators in Arizona have introduced a bill in Arizona that would make the lives of teachers and professors a living hell inside and outside of school. Senator Al Melvin, Senator Andy Biggs, Senator Don Shooter, Senator Lori Klein, and Senator Steve Smith are the sponsors of SB 1467, which would prohibit teachers from engaging in “speech or conduct that would...
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I went to my professor's office hours today for...
It turns out they aren’t vampires that grade papers using the blood of their students.
Go figure.
(I’m just kidding. She was really nice and it helped a lot)
I got to examine 100,000 year old ice cores in my...
I got really giddy and excited!!
(Is it weird to get excited over frozen water?)
4 quarters left and only 11 classes to fill it...
Hmm…
I’ve added another possible minor to my list: Education.
That would put me at 18 more classes…
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“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Isaac Asimov (via whomadewho)
New Tumblr Goal #1
I will try to stop reblogging posts.
(Unless there REALLY is a dire need to.)
This.
Teacher: A long time ago people thought there were only four elements. Can anyone guess what they were?
Me: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
Teacher:
Me:
teacher: what?
Me: what?
Who the hell is moving furniture at 3:30 in the...
STOP IT!
I need coffee.
Goddamn this midterm week….
Apparently, in my notes, I wrote that vegetarians...
Now, I can’t trust any of my notes…
“Temmie Breslauer says she was arrested on January 12 in a subway station for...”
– In NYPD Custody, Trans People Get Chained to Fences and Poles (via pantslessprogressive)
Korra Theory: Origin of the Equalists, and Chief...
wildbeardedbrownmanontheinternet:
This is a bit convoluted so bear with us.
Part 1: Suki
Right after Aang defeats Ozai and takes away his Firebending, Suki leans over Ozai and asks if Aang “finished the job”. Aang says that he found another way to restore balance, by taking away Ozai’s bending. We don’t see Suki’s face until Sokka walks over to taunt Ozai, but as he’s doing so, she’s looking...
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January 2012
53 posts
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Took me 6 hours to find 3 articles that might or...
Ugh.
Researching is rather annoying.
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Went to the study room to study...
30 minutes later.
*Scroll* *Scroll*
Oakland police clash with Occupy protesters →
theyoungradical:
More than 300 arrested as anti-foreclosure demonstrators attempt to take over city’s vacant convention centre.
Police have fired tear gas and flash grenades while arresting more than 300 people as anti-Wall Street protesters tried but failed to take over downtown buildings, including the city hall, in Oakland, California.
Protesters from Occupy Oakland - the local offshoot...
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Hmm...it looks like I have room to pick up another...
Hmmm…I’m thinking Political Science or Women’s Studies?