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Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

This is literally the saddest news I’ve heard in years. I’ll be crying in a corner for lost future of my favorite show on television.

danharmon:

Kids:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…

“And of course Gingrich weighed in on the election battle ahead: ‘This is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan, this is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.’” Wait, so Abraham Lincoln is running for president again? thedailywhat: Suspended Campaign of the Day: Newt Gingrich finally, officially, has waved the white flag. At a press conference happening now in Arlington, VA, Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the GOP nomination, calling his run “an amazing year” for himself and his wife, Callista. More to come. UPDATE: ”Today I am suspending the campaign,” Gingrich told supporters today, “but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship.” Gingrich said he will focus on balancing the budget; advocating for “religious liberty” and social security savings accounts; working for American energy independence; working to “reemphasize the work ethic” in America; advocating for his national security positions; and pressing for increased brain research. Gingrich also defended his support for a moon colony, though he admitted it was “probably not my most clever comment in this campaign.” He said he believed the proposal was sound, saying that Americans should seek to “go out and pursue great adventure.” And of course Gingrich weighed in on the election battle ahead: “This is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan, this is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.” [bi / cbs]

“And of course Gingrich weighed in on the election battle ahead: ‘This is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan, this is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.’”

Wait, so Abraham Lincoln is running for president again?

thedailywhat:

Suspended Campaign of the Day: Newt Gingrich finally, officially, has waved the white flag. At a press conference happening now in Arlington, VA, Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the GOP nomination, calling his run “an amazing year” for himself and his wife, Callista.

More to come.

UPDATE: ”Today I am suspending the campaign,” Gingrich told supporters today, “but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship.”

Gingrich said he will focus on balancing the budget; advocating for “religious liberty” and social security savings accounts; working for American energy independence; working to “reemphasize the work ethic” in America; advocating for his national security positions; and pressing for increased brain research.

Gingrich also defended his support for a moon colony, though he admitted it was “probably not my most clever comment in this campaign.” He said he believed the proposal was sound, saying that Americans should seek to “go out and pursue great adventure.”

And of course Gingrich weighed in on the election battle ahead: “This is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan, this is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”

[bi / cbs]

Bisexual women do not exist for your pleasure.

“The reason why I think that these depictions are negative is not that they are sexualized, period. Rather, it is because they reflect a form of imposed sexualization that centers around the presumed needs of the straight male viewer – above, beyond and instead of those of the women themselves.” - Radical bi

kateordie:

nchl:

I was talking to a friend earlier and it came up that she reads Cosmo. I mean, really reads it. She goes to a store every month and buys a new one. She’s my age, in her middle 20s and I have to wonder (besides the obvious what sex position hasn’t been repeated at least 30 times) what its really doing to her esteem.

Cosmo goes out and claims itself to be a means of woman empowerment and a way to own their sexuality (though from a truly hertrosexist perspective), and I have no problem with some sexy suggestions. My issue lies in that every issue is geared towards how to please a man. I do like a few tips to keeping a lover content but I am also a participant in this and seeing as it’s a woman’s magazine I’m wondering why it isn’t about how to get yourself off, how to tell your lover what you like, how to direct when he’s going down on you, a comparison chart of oral vs vaginal sex, debunking sexual misconceptions of stds, pregnancy, or even fuckin of the rag. I would be happy with a full page spread of vibrators. Hell, an open discussion of various plastics of dildos.

There are SO SO SO many topics that really relate to female sexuality that they never do more than skim the surface of. And the guests! Sweet Jesus, I do not care what celebrity is fucking who. I know there’s many in North America who eat that shit up though and I can let them have that. But how about one issuse a year has a cover of a sexual educator, speaker, writer, hell even a woman of political power. I’m asking for one issue, it’s not that much.

Also, I hear the argument that Maxim is the male Cosmo. Wrong.
Maxim may still have pretty vapid articles but the issues aren’t about how to please your woman, it’s still how to make your woman please you.

I mean is there anyone out there giving a fuck if women get to come?

❤❤❤

Terrifyingly a propos. And brilliant.

As an American of Finnish descent, I approve this interpretation.

As an American of Finnish descent, I approve this interpretation.

First World Problems: The French Version.

kateordie: burntlobster: That’s about the size of it. I’ve been raging on Twitter today about how batshit insane it is that Virginia is proposing that uterus-bearers undergo trans-vaginal ultrasounds before being allowed to have abortions. This means that a doctor, even if he or she knows that it is unnecessary, must probe inside the vagina to obtain an image of the fetus. Forcing an object inside someone, even if their pregnancy is a result of sexual assault. That’s all it is; insane. No man, no person, nobody has the right to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own body. It’s horrific and ugly and I don’t know how else to describe it. Nobody deserves to be raped because of how they were dressed, or shamed because they are unable to or don’t want to give birth, or told on any level by anyone that they are a lesser person for having sex at all.

kateordie:

burntlobster:

That’s about the size of it.

I’ve been raging on Twitter today about how batshit insane it is that Virginia is proposing that uterus-bearers undergo trans-vaginal ultrasounds before being allowed to have abortions. This means that a doctor, even if he or she knows that it is unnecessary, must probe inside the vagina to obtain an image of the fetus. Forcing an object inside someone, even if their pregnancy is a result of sexual assault.

That’s all it is; insane. No man, no person, nobody has the right to tell you what you can or cannot do with your own body. It’s horrific and ugly and I don’t know how else to describe it. Nobody deserves to be raped because of how they were dressed, or shamed because they are unable to or don’t want to give birth, or told on any level by anyone that they are a lesser person for having sex at all.

Came up with a new drinking game

Watch Ancient Aliens (on the History Channel). Whenever they make a leap of logic (e.g. thor’s hammer is actually a real weapon from ancient aliens [or ancient assonauts]), take a drink.

There is only one rule, but I swear you will be totally messed up at the end of one episode.

As if you need any more proof that Arizona is the worst state in the country. thedailywhat: This Seems Kind Of Wrong of the Day: Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling issued by a lower court ordering the removal of a San Luis city council candidate’s name from the ballot because she wasn’t sufficiently fluent in English. Alejandrina Cabrera is an American citizen who was born in Yuma, but raised in Mexico for a number of years before returning to Arizona at 17. She admits that her Spanish is much stronger than her English, but says can speak as well as she needs to. But how much does she really need to? According to the most recent census data, 98.7% of San Luis residents are of Hispanic descent, and 87% speak a foreign language at home. San Luis’s mayor Juan Carlos Escamilla disagreed with Cabrera’s assessment that her English “is good enough to hold public office in San Luis.” It was he who filed a lawsuit with Yuma County Superior Court, alleging Cabrera’s poor grasp of the English language precluded her from running. The court sided with the mayor after she failed to pass a test administered by a sociolinguistics expert. “When [the judge] took my right to be on the ballot, he took away the right of the people who want to vote for me,” Cabrera said in reaction to the ruling. The executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Arturo Vargas, agrees. “I think it should be up to the voters to decide what kind of representative they want,” he told CNN. “I don’t think it’s necessarily fair to not be able, to not allow someone to present themselves to the voters as a candidate because of their language abilities.” English has been the official language of Arizona since 2006. [yumasun / cnn.]

As if you need any more proof that Arizona is the worst state in the country.

thedailywhat:

This Seems Kind Of Wrong of the Day: Arizona’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling issued by a lower court ordering the removal of a San Luis city council candidate’s name from the ballot because she wasn’t sufficiently fluent in English.

Alejandrina Cabrera is an American citizen who was born in Yuma, but raised in Mexico for a number of years before returning to Arizona at 17. She admits that her Spanish is much stronger than her English, but says can speak as well as she needs to.

But how much does she really need to? According to the most recent census data, 98.7% of San Luis residents are of Hispanic descent, and 87% speak a foreign language at home.

San Luis’s mayor Juan Carlos Escamilla disagreed with Cabrera’s assessment that her English “is good enough to hold public office in San Luis.” It was he who filed a lawsuit with Yuma County Superior Court, alleging Cabrera’s poor grasp of the English language precluded her from running.

The court sided with the mayor after she failed to pass a test administered by a sociolinguistics expert.

“When [the judge] took my right to be on the ballot, he took away the right of the people who want to vote for me,” Cabrera said in reaction to the ruling. The executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Arturo Vargas, agrees.

“I think it should be up to the voters to decide what kind of representative they want,” he told CNN. “I don’t think it’s necessarily fair to not be able, to not allow someone to present themselves to the voters as a candidate because of their language abilities.”

English has been the official language of Arizona since 2006.

[yumasun / cnn.]