We’re all stardust. There’s a little magic in everything.
America.
America scares me.
Every day, it seems, we push closer to either fascism or theocracy. And it scares me.
The loudest voices, filled with rage and bigotry, have come to dominate this country. They are met with nothing but compromise and submission from their supposed opponents. There is no sanity left.
The only glimmer of hope is that, with any luck, the voices of reason will soon make themselves heard. But I’m starting to lose this hope.
America scares me. Perhaps I’ll go elsewhere.
Jesus may have died for your sins, but The Doctor died to restart the universe.
Forget Jesus, stars died so you could live!
love it.
If only a clear, simple explanation—or graphic!—led to rational thinking.
Source: grist.org
Limiting Religious Freedom?
There’s a huge shitstorm brewing amongst American wingnuts. Supposedly, a mandate stating that all health plans must provide access to contraception is a limit on religious freedom.
That’s bullshit.
The claim is that this mandate forces Catholics and other religious types to pay for something which is against their religious beliefs, and that this somehow limits their religious freedom. I’m sorry, but that just isn’t how it works. This mandate in no way forces these people to use the services themselves; it just says that they have to make them available to their employees.
That’s an important distinction, because it’s already been established that employers have no right to force their religion on employees. In other words, if your employees want contraception, you have to let them have it — regardless of whether it goes against your religion. If you want to play in the secular realm, acting as an employer, you have to play by secular rules. You can’t claim some sort of religious exemption.
This is actually a good thing: I know of a few large companies run by Scientologists. How would the Catholics like it if they could be required to attend auditing sessions as a prerequisite for employment? Or what if one of those ultra-racist fundamentalists churches — you know, the ones that believe black people are the spawn of Cain — were allowed to deny service and employment to people of color? Churches are allowed to preach whatever they want, and followers can believe it, but extending “religious exemptions” to areas that can impact the general public causes nothing but trouble.
Why do the Japanese have all the cool vending machines?
via hillarybuckholtz:
A japanese ice-cream vending machine! with crazy flavors such as purple sweet potato, almond jelly, pudding, lavender, and “full maturity melon.”
Source: hillarybuckholtz
‘Vetteception!
I’m officially addicted to “My Dearest,” the opening theme from Guilty Crown. It’s absolutely amazing, and the vocalist is only 15! I’m impressed.
Can’t post or link to it here for obvious copyright reasons. Just google it if you’re curious.
