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February12012
As I’ve explained muchos times before, the great thing about this country is how it can turn the descendents of even the biggest wab into an anti-immigrant loon by the second generation (see: Marco Rubio) and even by the first (see: my parents). The best you can (do) is remind him that your grandparents came to this country to find a better life, not to talk trash on those less fortunate than them - but, again, it’s a losing battle that goes contrary to the American immigrant experience, which sees the previous generation of immigrants spit on newcomers as if they were a spittoon.
January302012
“To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication.”—
Huff Po (via rachelfershleiser)
This is the most beautiful thing. Can we send her flowers?
(via jaimealyse)
Ha - wow. Congressional warfare.
Reblogged from Newsweek.
January282012
Samantha’s congressman is Steve Israel, a Democrat who has long tried to focus attention on the plight of the middle class. He invited Samantha to attend the State of the Union address, hoping to make a point about the need to invest in young minds and in the science and technology that built Long Island, home to fabled laboratories, research labs and manufacturers for the military and space program.
He wanted Republicans to pay attention, since they are so determined to starve government programs, weaken the safety net and shun public investment in education and science, all while slashing rich people’s taxes. “How does a middle-class family with a daughter who’s a genius find themselves in a homeless shelter through no fault of their own?” Mr. Israel said. “This isn’t just about a celebration of her tenacity.”
Without government support — public schools, state research institutions and the county shelter that kept her family safe — Samantha’s survival would have been left to the private sector. In her case, that would have been Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks and Quizno’s, three places she looked for jobs, none of which offered her one.
Though she didn’t make the Intel finals, she’s well on her way, maybe to Brown or Yale. She thought about where she might have been without the refuge of science, her teacher Rebecca Grella and the mind-expanding challenges of a life in the lab. “Maybe flunking out of school, honestly,” she said.
A Long Island Teenager Studies Species Survival and Saves Herself in the Process - NYTimes.com
If you think a fetus is a person, would you like a bite of one of my apples?
Reblogged from Good Reason News.
January272012
Matchstick Armada 10.09.10
Time to meet a royal navy fanatic who’s spent the last sixty years glued to one particular task - recreating models of every warship afloat since the Second World War. Philip Warren has a collection unlike anyone else’s in the world - a matchstick fleet, made of matchsticks!
January262012
