Elizabeth Warren Rips Into Republicans For Pledging To Block Supreme Court Process

GOP congressman blasts proposal for Muslim cemetery...

"I am deeply concerned over the impact it might have on our community," says Rep. Scott DesJarlais.

An appeal to my fellow Tennesseeans:  Please, please, PLEASE stop electing people like this to represent us!   

Sometimes cartoons get way too real

After all, if generous aid to the poor perpetuates poverty, the United States — which treats its poor far more harshly than other rich countries, and induces them to work much longer hours — should lead the West in social mobility, in the fraction of those born poor who work their way up the scale. In fact, it’s just the opposite: America has less social mobility than most other advanced countries. And there’s no puzzle why: it’s hard for young people to get ahead when they suffer from poor nutrition, inadequate medical care, and lack of access to good education. The antipoverty programs that we have actually do a lot to help people rise. For example, Americans who received early access to food stamps were healthier and more productive in later life than those who didn’t. But we don’t do enough along these lines. The reason so many Americans remain trapped in poverty isn’t that the government helps them too much; it’s that it helps them too little.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/opinion/krugman-the-hammock-fallacy.html?ref=todayspaper (via shhaauun)

The War on Drugs Isn’t Working

Paying for College: Then and Now

So baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964

This means that they entered college between 1964 and 1982

The total average cost to go to Public College including tuition room and board ranged from $950 in 1964 to $2945 in 1982

While they were on college they could count on making at least $1.25 an hour in 1964 to $3.35 an hour in 1982

This means that spending the 18 weeks during summer working full time at minimum wage they would make $900 dollar in 1964 and $2412 in 1982

That means someone going to school 1964 would only have to work 40 hours during the school year to completely pay for all of their expenses.

Someone going to school in 1982 had it a little worse, they had to work for less than 160 hours during the school year to completely cover their expenses.

To put this in perspective in 2006 (the most recent year that the Dept of Edu reports) a public college education cost $11,034

The minimum wage was $5.15 in 2006

That means to pay for school in 2006 at minimum wage you would have to work just over 2142 1/2 hours to pay for school.

Working full time year around, without any time off, is only 2080 hours

It took a few months, but my positive horror series is finally finished! A silly little project I started late September ended up with 14 images and rekindling my love of horror!

And as always, these designs can be purchased as stickers, prints, bags, pillows and more on my Redbubble store! 

But then, the truth was never really the point. Thin women don’t tell their fat friends ‘You’re not fat’ because they’re confused about the dictionary definition of the word, or their eyes are broken, or they were raised on planets where size 24 is the average for women. They don’t say it because it’s the truth. They say it because fat does not mean just fat in this culture. It can also mean any or all of the following: Ugly Unhealthy Smelly Lazy Ignorant Undisciplined Unlovable Burdensome Embarrassing Unfashionable Mean Angry Socially inept Just plain icky So when they say ‘You’re not fat,’ what they really mean is ‘You’re not a dozen nasty things I associate with the word fat.’ The size of your body is not what’s in question; a tape measure or a mirror could solve that dispute. What’s in question is your goodness, your lovability, your intelligence, your kindness, your attractiveness. And your friends, not surprisingly, are inclined to believe you get high marks in all those categories. Ergo, you couldn’t possibly be fat.

Kate Harding  (via shakethecobwebs)

Postcards for Ants: A 365-Day Miniature Painting Project by Lorraine Loots