Dear Anti-choice people,
Abortion is a personal choice.
Fuck off.
Love,
Rabble
backstage with the modern dancers
I live in England. The recession is kicking my ass.
In England they have nude models in the newspaper. It's weird.
Nov 08
“ I felt some of the initial joy last night, despite the Stupak amendment, that the bill got through. But reflecting on it this morning, I still can’t quite believe that women were thrown so completely under the bus (and by Democrats). I have to admit that having the bill pass with the Stupak amendment is better than not having the bill pass—let’s not forget that any woman who needs an abortion also needs access to affordable healthcare and lack of health insurance is an even greater barrier to her health than restrictions against abortion—but it’s still the lesser of two evils and I’m fucking sick of choosing only between evils.
I got a triumphant fundraising email this morning, pretending that I would be nothing but thrilled about last night’s events. Honestly, guys, the—literally—least you can do is acknowledge the complete selling out of one of the issues that got you fucking elected in the first place. Protecting safe access to abortion is one of the reasons I vote for the people I vote for and I know I’m not alone.
Just because something is the lesser of two evils doesn’t mean it’s not evil and as happy as I am that health insurance reform is still on the table, I’m not throwing a party right now and I’m sure as hell not giving any money to the institution who just fucked me over and then asked for a tip.
I got a triumphant fundraising email this morning, pretending that I would be nothing but thrilled about last night’s events. Honestly, guys, the—literally—least you can do is acknowledge the complete selling out of one of the issues that got you fucking elected in the first place. Protecting safe access to abortion is one of the reasons I vote for the people I vote for and I know I’m not alone.
Just because something is the lesser of two evils doesn’t mean it’s not evil and as happy as I am that health insurance reform is still on the table, I’m not throwing a party right now and I’m sure as hell not giving any money to the institution who just fucked me over and then asked for a tip.
(via clingtomymouth)
OMG that is terrifying. Shit.
“
Last July, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said this, and I quote: “It’s important for us all to remember here in Australia that Afghanistan has been a training ground for terrorists worldwide, a training ground also for terrorists in South-East-Asia, reminding us of the reasons that we are in the field of combat and reaffirming our resolve to remain committed to that cause.”
There is no truth in this statement. It is the equivalent of his predecessor John Howard’s lie that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Shortly before Kevin Rudd made that statement, American planes bombed a wedding party in Afghanistan. At least sixty people were blown to bits, including the bride and groom and many children. That’s the fifth wedding party attacked, in our name.
The prime minister was standing outside a church on a Sunday morning when he made his statement. No reporter challenged him. No one said the war was a fraud: that it began as an American vendetta following 9/11, in which not a single Afghan was involved. No one put it to Kevin Rudd that our perceived enemy in Afghanistan were introverted tribesmen who had no quarrel with Australia and didn’t give a damn about south-east Asia and just wanted the foreign soldiers out of their country. Above all, no one said: “Prime Minister, There is no war on terror. It’s a hoax. But there is a war of terror waged by governments, including the Australian government, in our name.” That wedding party, Prime Minister, was blown to bits by one the latest smart weapons, such as the Hellfire bomb that sucks the air out of the lungs. In our name.
—
Z Space - John Pilger (via clingtomymouth)
Oh K-Rudd, I voted you in.. why you gotta play me like this???
Nov 07
“ The de facto role of the United States Armed Forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault. To those ends, we will do a fair amount of killing.
— Major Peters, Parameters the US Army War College Quarterly, Summer 1997 quoted in The Cost of Empire. (via igather)
jhnbrssndn:(via thinge)
“ The abortion compromise will allow socially conservative Democrats to offer a strong antiabortion amendment today when the bill comes to the floor. The amendment, which is expected to pass with the support of Republicans, would prohibit the new government insurance plan — or so-called “public option” — from covering elective abortions. The amendment would extend a similar prohibition on private insurers that offer plans in new government-regulated insurance exchanges that are the foundation of the Democratic plan to expand coverage. The Democratic healthcare bill envisions that millions of people who do not get coverage through work would shop for insurance in these new exchanges. Under the compromise, federal funds would still be allowed to cover abortions in cases of rape or incest and in cases in which a woman’s life is in danger.
— Democrats secure abortion funding deal on eve of expected health vote — latimes.com
Ugh.
(via sexartandpolitics)disgusting.
Nov 06
High Fidelity (2000) chocolate-cigarettes:moviegeek:
Nov 05
“ Today we journey from Operation Cast Lead to Operation Cast Doubt. Almost as serious as committing war crimes is covering up war crimes, pretending that war crimes were never committed and did not exist.
— Dennis Kucinich (via clingtomymouth)
Nov 04
“ I refuse to be a part of your campaign,” says Maikey. “Stop speaking in my name and using me for a cause you never supported in the first place. If you want to do me a favour, then stop bombing my friends, end your occupation, and leave me to rebuild my community. I’m aware that my society has a long way to go in terms of human rights and social issues, but it’s my responsibility, not yours.
