February 2012
203 posts
“No amount of guilt can change the past and no amount of worrying can change the...”
– Umar ibn al-Khattab (via lannynurani)
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: Well, why can't I have birth control?
Government: Because. Sex isn't for recreation.
Woman: It can help regulate my period and benefit me in other ways.
Government: Too bad.
Man: For no reason other than for recreational sex, may I have birth control?
Government: Do you have a penis?
Man: YES, YES I DO!!
Government: WELL HOWDY, VALID CITIZEN. You can buy condoms by the dozens. Here, here's a pack of special condom for "His Pleasure." Oooh, these come in different colours and flavours. Here, try these. They have ribs on them. And this one glows in the dark!! LOL OMG DICK LIGHTSABER!!
Government: But seriously, you're a man. You can do what ever you want.
Woman: But-
Government: Shut up, you sinning, freeloading hussy.
Chicago police shoot innocent person after... →
karnythia:
anticapitalist:
Chicago Police snuck onto innocent man’s property and into his garage where they shot him without warning. Once they realized their mistake, they work on getting story straight instead of calling an ambulance, which they do only after they catch victim talking on phone.
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the city and a group of 25th district...
NYPD Also Spying on New Jersey Muslims for the... →
The New York Police Department has secretly been conducting surveillance on Muslims in New Jersey and they have done it with the permission of the governor’s office — granted in 2005 by former Gov. Richard Codey, reports NJ.com.
Current state and local officials say they had no idea the NYPD had been working in New Jersey.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and the New Jersey State Police both said...
“The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is...”
– John Dewey (via corona-borealis)
Police break up Orlando Nike rush →
howlinatdamoon:
More than 100 police officers, some in riot gear, broke up a Florida crowd after shoppers waiting for new Nike shoe rushed towards the store.
Authorities say there were no injuries or arrests, but the midnight shoe release was cancelled.
The $220 (£139) limited-edition shoe was released on the eve of the NBA All-Star basketball in Orlando, Florida.
Half a million Afghans 'now homeless' →
howlinatdamoon:
A recent Amnesty International report suggests that over the last few years about 500,000 Afghans have left their hometowns in search of safer places to live.
Deadly gun and bomb attack in Nigerian city of... →
howlinatdamoon:
At least four people have been killed in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe in a gun and bomb attack on a prison and police station, officials say.
Police say they repulsed the attack which they blamed on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram
Nigeria school set alight in Maiduguri →
howlinatdamoon:
A primary school has been attacked in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri.
Classrooms were set on fire overnight - the second non-denominational school to be targeted this week.
Reporters say it bears the hallmarks of an attack by the Islamist Boko Haram group, which has recently threatened to attack non-Islamic schools.
“We can’t quite decide if the world is growing worse, or if the reporters are...”
– The Houghton Line (via azspot)
The latter + the Internet.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
– William Shakespeare (via slaughterhousefive)
“Western societies have only two genders, ‘man’ and ‘woman.’ Some societies have...”
– Judith Lorber, “Night to His Day” (via croatoan)
“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those...”
– Albert Einstein (via mackizms)
“The answer to a fool is silence”
– Rumi (via a-place-to-stand)
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler
This has been working well for me.
(via motoroboto)
