The Root: Profiling? Cincinnati Police Target Big Rims:
…police in Cincinnati have taken to impounding cars with rims 20 inches or larger, citing a vague public-safety code that they say gives them the authority to do so.After being impounded, the v…
io9: Urban decay causes ethnic prejudice:
Urban decay causes ethnic prejudice In a study that screams to be wildly misinterpreted, people subjected to chaotic and disordered environments were shown to be more likely to discriminate against and stereot…
The Agitator: Sen. Hatch Wants More Porn Prosecutions:
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding more federal obscenity prosecutions. The letter was co-signed by more than 100 other senators and congressmen:…
This place must be destroyed:
Former detainees and their families said any outward appearance of Islamic devotion — a long beard, for example, or too much time in the mosque — was enough to land people on State Security’s radar.“My brother was…
Why Have Hackers Hit Russia’s Most Popular Blogging Service?: katfaceonaplanet:
If the hacker attacks that hit Russia’s top blogging service, LiveJournal, this week are anything to go by, the unwritten rules of cyber warfare no longer apply. Instead…
The Spinster Aunt is fired for bringing my attention to this mess:
You know the Sensitive Dudes? They’re the New Age version of Nice Guys, dudes who act all “we understand you, O Mighty Sky-Woman of the Sun” so they can whip off a piece, right?
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A Modest Proposal:
theriotmag:
Dear GOP:
I move that, if you are going to defund Planned Parenthood because they provide abortions, you should also act to be sure that God Fearing Anti-Choice Anti-Woman Pro-Life Americans do not provide any money to a…
Trying to dissect the fluidity of male sexual desire: In relation to this issue:
I believe that Mister Cee’s sexuality is a personal matter, one he must reckon with himself and his wife. But Charlamagne’s co-host Angela Yee took the position widel…
Wonder What Mike Huckabee Is Trying To Hide…:
Send a public records request seeking documents from his 12-year stint as Arkansas governor, as Mother Jones did recently, and an eyebrow-raising reply will come back: The records are unavailable, and th…
zesticola:
unicornicopia:
Today this showed up on my dash. It’s not the first time (and it will in all likelihood will not be the last time) that this kind of attitude has popped up, and I wish I could kill it with fire. As my buddy Heather lik…