February 2009
36 posts
Lesbian Communities Struggle to Stay Vital to a... →
butnotmine:
newsandbooze:
“The younger generation has not had to go through what we went through,” Ms. Greene said. She and other Alapine women described leading double lives when they were younger, playing the role of straight women in jobs and even marriages. “I came out in the middle ’60s, and we didn’t even have the word lesbian then,” Ms. Greene said.
I love when you’re reading the...
ABC News: Judd Gregg Could Be Picked for Commerce... →
apsies:
Smart move President Obama, very smart move:
Gregg’s announcement, while making the Obama administration more bipartisan, would likely have the opposite effect on the U.S. Senate. New Hampshire’s Democratic governor John Lynch could appoint a Democrat to replace Gregg, thus delivering to Democrats their elusive 60-vote majority, empowering them to stave off Republican filibusters.
January 2009
136 posts
“I reject these ways of thinking. I reject the pressures that tell us to have...”
– More here (via here) (via gauntlet)
To reject femininity is to endorse a patriarchal gender hierarchy in which masculinity is privileged and considered “neutral” while femininity is considered to be negative, aberrant, or bad. Until we live in a society that values qualities traditionally...
Si se puede! →
(via uoma)
Prop. 8 campaign can't hide donors' names →
“If there ever needs to be sunshine on a particular issue, it’s a ballot measure,” U.S. District Judge Morrison England said after a one-hour hearing in his Sacramento courtroom.
Any desire by donors to remain anonymous is outweighed by the state’s authority to require “full and fair disclosure of everyone who’s involved in these political campaigns,”...
WatchMeghan McCain and Mark McKinnon discuss why Bush and McCain are so misunderstood and, under the surface, are really good men. Even Obama has said so!
“Our president’s approval rating is somewhere between pictures of baby pandas on...”
– Maddow (via uoma) (via lyndseydyan) (via avocadosalad)
Keep Your Banana To Yourself. →
(via uoma)
The Contraption II →
thepointlessforest:
This is amazing!! Do these guys have too much time on their hands?
avocadosalad:
allisonweiss:
“Dancing in the...
“I understand that and I will watch you on Fox News and feel bad about myself.”
– President Obama responding to Dave Camp on realizing that there is a time for politics and beating him up.
He’s a little snarky. I like.
(via absurdlakefront)
I feel like I’m learning something about him that I didn’t know, but I love it. He’s so snarky!
(via apsies)
(via freckledawesome)
“On the other hand, she’s got to not drop sound bites like she did during...”
– Juan Williams attacking Michelle Obama on The O’Reilly Factor (via Media Matters)
emotionalrants:
… “Glass Vase Cello...
A man murdered his estranged wife after becoming... →
A real cat making NOMMING noises. I love you,... →
justforthehalibut:
fatmanatee:kenyatta:(via elspethjane)
There aren’t even words to describe the cuteness of this.
Watchwisepug:
God damn I love this guy. Thank you America for letting him be President.
peterwknox:
kayfabe:fishy:danielholter:
Obama meeting the crew on Air Force One for the first time.
While adding a salad to his medium-rare cheeseburger, a grinning Obama says “oh, I’ll still take the fries.”
What an awesome video. I can watch the movie “Obama” for the next 8 years, no problem.
Feministe » Ledbetter bill passed by the Senate →
jgh:
katoleary:
(via robot-heart-politics)
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
Thank you Jesus.
Woo hoo!!
State Department Staffers Compare Rice to Wicked... →
Inauguration photos, around the world. →
lorenrochelle:
Absolutely Beautiful
Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark... →
“We canvassed, phone banked, walked miles in all different weather conditions,...”
– One Sentence archive - story #2771 (via robot-heart-politics)
YES WE DID!!
2009 Inauguration Luncheon Menu - a Feast Fit for... →
ambivalence:
The 2009 Inaugural Luncheon Menu First Course (with recipes)
Seafood Stew
Duckhorn Vineyards, 2007 Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley
The first course will be served on replicas of the china from the Lincoln Presidency, which was selected by Mary Todd Lincoln at the beginning of her husband’s term in office. The china features the American bald eagle standing above the U.S. Coat of...
Full text of Inauguration Address →
(via uoma)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ →
Watchrobot-heart-politics:
indieandyy:soupsoup:brooklynmutt:
‘I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear…’
Our 44th President takes the oath of office. There was a trivial, momentary slip when Chief Justice John Roberts asked Obama to recite the first line of the oath in the incorrect order. Roberts said “execute the office of President of the United States faithfully,” rather than “faithfully...
“On Tuesday, Special Agent Donald White of the U.S. Secret Service will shadow...”
– Now THIS is a transition
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (January 15, 2009) - Nearly Over
(via think4yourself)
