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| Friday, May 11th, 2012 | |
| 4:42 am [windex_junkie] |
Hate crime = "Hijinks" Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Willard "Mitt" Romney has faux-pologized (sorta-kinda) for assaulting one of his prep school classmates in the 60s. The classmate in question, John Lauber, was assumed to be gay and was targeted for having "long" hair that he'd dyed blond. Romney, then 18 (?) gathered a group of friends, held Lauber down, and cut off his hair. The apology: ( Cut for all sorts of massive RAEG/triggering ) Current Mood: time to hoist the black flag Current Music: Owl City - Fireflies |
| Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 | |
| 12:36 pm [anthologia] |
because unfunny doesn't always have to be rage-inducing. then again, sometimes it's both. Originally posted by ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} xlickety_splitx at Help Us Support Planned ParenthoodOriginally posted by theljstaff at Help Us Support Planned Parenthood Join us in standing up for reproductive health and education. Planned Parenthood, the organization that delivers reproductive health care, sex education and information to millions of people worldwide, has come under fire in the U.S. lately, with many politicians on both state and federal level seeking to end funding (and in a few cases succeeding). During the month of May, you can send a specially designed Planned Parenthood vgift to your friends to help support this cause. (And if you need someone to send it to, frank is always happy to receive gifts!) There are three variations ($1, $5 and $10) for you to choose from, but they'd all look good on your profile when your friends know that you stand by something so important.Thank you all for your help in our support for Planned Parenthood. This promotion ends June 1, 2012; LiveJournal is not affiliated with Parent Parenthood. For more information about Planned Parenthood, please visit: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ -The LiveJournal Team (If you'd like to help spread the word that we're raising funds for Planned Parenthood, you can crosspost this entry in your own journal or community by using the repost button below!) P.S. According to staff, 100% of proceeds will be donated to PP at the end of the month. DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS unless you're looking for assholes and YOU CANNOT BUY THESE WITH LJ TOKENS. |
| Thursday, April 26th, 2012 | |
| 9:32 pm [spawn_of_kong] |
...SERIOUSLY?! "Donations pour in to Trayvon Martin's killer." ( Full story ) Whatever you do, stay away from the comments. Current Mood: sick |
| Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 | |
| 2:30 pm [keiji_miashin] |
Teacher/Bully Teacher/Bully Autustic child is bullied in school by teachers and aids; father discovers the truth by wiring his son and recording the school day. The site's safe and clean as far as I can tell, just one single page with text and audio clips. Don't listen to the audio clips if you trigger easy. |
| Friday, March 30th, 2012 | |
| 12:51 pm [sneer] |
In which Rick Santorum (hopefully) shoots himself in his last foot Here we have Mr. Santorum suddenly realizing that teleprompters do serve one useful purpose: to help keep you from blurting out half of the N-word on camera. My favorite part of all of this is people who swear they're neither racist nor Santorum supporters rushing in to 'splain about any number of other words that could have been, which in every single case bear no audible resemblance to what he actually said, are words he would have had no logical reason to stop saying halfway through, and/or are words that in context would make no fucking sense whatsoever. I just get this visual of them frantically flipping through the dictionary looking for something, ANYTHING to throw out there. |
| Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | |
| 10:20 pm [khym_chanur] |
Illinois Republicans Kill Police Recording Bill There was an Illinois bill to allow citizens to do audio recordings of police doing their jobs (video-only recordings are already legal). Republicans killed the bill. One of the bill’s detractors, Rep. Jim Sacia, R-Freeport, said the bill opens the possibility for citizens to alter audio recordings of interactions with police to make them look bad. Current Mood: *Snarl* |
| Thursday, March 8th, 2012 | |
| 9:34 am [spawn_of_kong] |
WTF, Neighborhood Watch?! "Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest." ( The full article ) ETA: There is now a petition to prosecute Zimmerman. Current Mood: sick |
| Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 | |
| 10:35 am [pantyless_angel] |
Pro-choice women lawmakers fight back with amendments of their own. Why It’s Awesome That Female Lawmakers Are Penning ‘Joke’ Amendments In Response To Anti-Abortion Billsexcerpt from article:Over the past few weeks, something curious as been happening in the world of reproductive rights. First in Virginia, then in Oklahoma, then in Georgia, female senators have responded to anti-abortion bills by offering up amendments that would affect men’s reproductive health decisions, in a kind of political tit-for-tat. It all started in January, when Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill that would force pregnant women to get an ultrasound and be afforded the “opportunity” to see it, and to hear the fetal heartbeat, before they could get an abortion. In response, state Senator Janet Howell (D- Fairfax) formally suggested that men should be required to get a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before they could obtain medicine for erectile dysfunction. |
| Thursday, March 1st, 2012 | |
| 6:58 pm [elektra3] |
A lesbian was denied communion at a funeral because the priest found out shortly before the service that she was ~living in sin~. Specifically, her mother's funeral. |
| Friday, February 17th, 2012 | |
| 8:56 pm [chienne] |
Pat Buchanan blames Blacks, Jews, liberals and homosexuals for MSNBC's decision to fire him http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtra ( Text ) Don't worry, Pat. I'm sure the Council of Conservative Citizens will welcome you with open arms. As always, don't read the comments. Current Mood: hot |
| Sunday, February 12th, 2012 | |
| 3:48 pm [adevyish] |
Ugh. Alleged rape victim arrested in Ireland for refusal to testify ( Article under cut, trigger warning ) |
| Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 | |
| 10:34 am [the_hierodule] |
WTF, Russia? My apologies if this is, well. Out of place. Allout.org has a petition asking for signatories. The issue at stake? Well, the Russian Parliament are voting on a law that will make it illegal to write, publish or speak in public about being gay, bi or transgender. A quick google-search netted me an Angry Lady Gaga, and a bunch of callbacks to the petition using the scripted response. I'm flabbergasted and disgusted. Current Mood: Gobsmacked |
| Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 | |
| 6:06 pm [yoritomo_reiko] |
9th Circuit Court: California Gay Marriage Ban is UNCONSTITUTIONAL (upheld) Another note that just because it's unfunny doesn't mean it has to be sad or upsetting: Court: CA gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional (Yahoo link) ( AP text from Yahoo article behind the link phobic ) It's not entirely over because the lawyers for the sponsors are going to take it to the Supreme Court, but it's another mile down the road to marriage equality. Here's hoping it stays going! |
| Sunday, January 8th, 2012 | |
| 1:31 pm [bacon_lover] |
A professor not calling on a student violates the 1st Amendment, I guess? Posting in unfunny business because wanker expresses concerns for her safety--and I didn't want to deal with unfunny comments in other coms. Possible trigger warnings for safety and ableism. That portion aside, this is a 4,000+ long e-mail about how terrible not being called on is, and how a professor should be fired for giving an assignment with no alternative. This college student really did not want to write a report on OWS. The sense of entitlement is strong with this one. Edit: ableism trigger warning added. Apologies. |
| Saturday, January 7th, 2012 | |
| 5:15 pm [honorh] |
What? How? What? What the hell was someone smoking when they thought this up: If Fred Got Two Beatings Per Day, How Much More Inappropriate Could They Have Made These Math Problems in Georgia? Summary: Math questions in GA ask questions about how much cotton and fruit slaves could pick and speculate as to the number of beatings they'd receive. I'm not joking. ( For the link-phobic ) |
| Monday, January 2nd, 2012 | |
| 10:10 am [harrylovesron] |
Cop executes man for teasing him over darts This comes with the usual "read comments at your own peril" caveat; aside from the linked Reddit comment, I don't intend to read any of them myself. A man at a California bar teased an off-duty cop "Aw, you suck at darts". The cop responded by saying he can do what he wants, pulling out his gun and executing the man. ( Text of InformationLiberation article ) ( Reddit comment from reporter who broke the story ) |
| Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | |
| 6:06 pm [staroverthebay] |
From the "Unfunny doesn't have to mean rage-inducing" files Saw this kicking around Tumblr, and felt that this needs some signal-boosting, and also thought you guys here at UFB might get a kick out of this awesome pair of brothers. Note: At last count, it had over 8k notes (likes and reblogs) and I felt that reblogging it myself wasn't really enough to boost the signal. Stuff like this really needs to be shared across many websites, I think, because it is awesome. So, over on Tumblr, user sweetupndown, posts about something that happened to her in the store she works at. Long story short, she helped a pair of brothers (a high school teenager and his pre-teen kid brother) find a game and controller for the little brother, who wanted a game with a female main character and a purple controller. The father of the boys threw a fit, and the older brother intervened and defended his brother's decision. (also, warning for a wall of text; it's all one paragraph. The original poster apparently didn't bother with paragraphing or carriage returns? Not sure. Not entirely sure it matters either a whole lot, considering the impact of the message.) ( Cut for length ) I wish there were more people like that older brother out there, and fewer like that father. It doesn't make your son macho if he plays shoot-em-ups, especially if that's not what he's interested in. If your son likes the color purple, that doesn't make him gay by default. (And even if he IS gay, HE IS YOUR SON. You should love him no matter what his sexual orientation is. Your son being gay does not reflect on you as a parent, or at least it shouldn't.) But what an awesome older brother. The world needs more people like him. |
| Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 | |
| 1:34 pm [khym_chanur] |
Infectious diseases are GOOD for you So, there's this new book out, which (according to the advertising blurb): This book takes children aged 4 - 10 years on a journey of discovering about the ineffectiveness of vaccinations, while teaching them to embrace childhood disease, heal if they get a disease, and build their immune systems naturally. Yes, embrace childhood diseases. And the title is (get this) Melanie's Marvelous Measles. Yes, I'm sure that the week of misery I spent when I had chicken pox would have been "marvelous" if I'd only known to embrace it. For blog posts of other people boggling over this, see here and here. |
| Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 | |
| 8:39 pm [tehrin] |
Led by the child who simply knew Because unfunny doesn't have to mean bad. Led by the child who simply knew The twin boys were identical in every way but one. Wyatt was a girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor’s care. |
| Friday, December 9th, 2011 | |
| 5:50 pm [chienne] |
Pennslyvania liquor board pulls ad on heavy drinking, rape Trigger warning for rape, naturally. ( Text for the linkphobic ) The ad in question: http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6 Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pa-liquor-board-p Current Mood: sick |
