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New to your work; found this via memeorandum. Love it! Thank you. :#) And neat that I've had a cartoon…
I thought that 25% tariffs on Mexico were off after the phone conversation where she told him to fuck off…
I thought that 25% tariffs on Mexico were off after the phone conversation where she told him to fuck off…
New to your work; found this via memeorandum. Love it! Reasons to not be cheerful: all of the above, plus…
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Category Archives: crossposted on TADA
Open Thread And Link Farm: That Awkward Moment Between Thanksgiving And December Edition
Brinicles: Horrifying, but very cool to watch in a sped-up nature video. Congrats to my friend Jake Richmond (colorist of Hereville) for winning the Drunk Duck 2011 Best Overall Strip Award for Modest Medusa. That would be impressive at any … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Link farms
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Brandon McInerney Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison Via Plea Bargain
The Oxnard teen who shot a gay classmate he believed was flirting with him has agreed to spend the next 21 years in prison, a plea deal that ends a case that drew national attention and ignited debate on how … Continue reading
An Officer Acting Out Of Concern For His Own Safety, According To UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza
UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza said officers used force out of concern for their own safety after they were surrounded by students. “If you look at the video you are going to see that there were 200 people in … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Ten Stupidest Objections to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
[spoiler] Panel 1 Large lettering says “The Ten Stupidest Objections to the Occupy Wall Street Movement” In the lower right-hand corner of the panel, a self-portrait of the cartoonist, a fat guy with long dark hair, says: I’ve heard or … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, crossposted on TADA, In the news
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Open Thread, if XKCD was a pop song edition
I want you to post what you want, the way you want it. Self-linkage is wanted. My friend Ben is holding a kickstarter for his upcoming “casual social game about politics, gender, and statesmanship,” to be called “Matriarchy.” Please check … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Link farms
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Odes to Joy. Or Anything Else.
. Roughly speaking, a genre is the type of story told — the people and the setting — while a medium is the form it’s told in. David Benedict asks, “what makes Singin’ in the Rain the masterpiece of so … Continue reading
Political Cartoon: When I Get Thin
[spoiler]The cartoon features a lot of small panels, all featuring a single fat figure (some larger, some less large). The panels cascade and pile up on a final large image at the bottom of the strip. CAPTION AT TOP: WHEN … Continue reading
The most common real-world argument against SSM
A couple of weeks ago I volunteered for Basic Rights Oregon, for a night of calling Oregonians and trying to persuade them to support marriage equality. At the training, me and other pro-equality volunteers roleplayed conversations before we went onto … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Same-Sex Marriage
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Open Thread, so that’s why people become cops edition
I read this story on Reason Magazine – a typically appalling police forfeiture story in which cops raided a strip club for drugs and, finding no drugs, confiscated (without receipt) cash, computers, computer pads, and the manager’s wallet. But what … Continue reading
On “Hot Chicks Of Occupy Wall Street” and DC’s Relaunch of Starfire
So, this dude decided to go to Occupy Wall Street and make a video of some of the women there, which he released under the title “Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street.” There’s no hint that he got consent from … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Feminism, sexism, etc
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It’s entirely possible I missed something. But looking at news stories from the last 24 hours, they don’t say anything…