September 2011
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August 2011
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“Your most immediate problem can be solved with a simple change in perspective.”
– Anonymous
Forbes Most Powerful Women List →
This makes me so proud to be a woman. My personal favorites:
#3: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
#8: Michelle Obama
#11 Lady Gaga
#12 First Woman Executive Editor of The New York Time, Jill Abramson
#42 Marissa Mayer, VP at Google
#53 Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
#89 HSN CEO Mindy Grossman (I interviewed her for work last year and she was lovely!)
#91 The Divine Diane von...
Planned Parenthood Repeals Defunding Decisions →
Legislators in five states — Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, Wisconsin and Texas — defunded Planned Parenthood in 2011 because some of its clinics provide privately funded abortions. Planned Parenthood attorneys challenged three of those laws in court this summer, and judges in all three states — Indiana, North Carolina and Kansas — temporarily blocked their...
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Boycott: Bridal Shop Refuses to Work with Gay...
I just found out from my friend Rachel, that her friend Alix went into a Bridal Shop in Somers Point, NJ to buy a wedding dress for her upcoming nuptials to her girlfriend and THEY REFUSED HER BUSINESS BECAUSE SHE IS GAY. I was beyond disgusted to hear this and felt it necessary to spread the word. Please reblog and share with people that they should not lend their business to Here Comes The...
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Pentagon, CIA Eye New Threat: Climate Change →
soupsoup:
Global warming is now officially considered a threat to U.S. national security.
For the first time, Pentagon planners in 2010 will include climate change among the security threats identified in the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Congress-mandated report that updates Pentagon priorities every four years.
Al Gore called it.
Awesomeness.
Jim Henson’s puppets will be featured in a new scripted television project titled History Of. The Henson puppets will reenact pop culture events in a humorous and irreverent way and the show will further include surprise celebrity cameo appearances. History Of is a production of Bunim/Murray Productions, a Banijay Group company teaming with Henson Alternative, The Jim Henson...
Don't Eat Processed Meat Unless You Want... →
t’s the ordinary hot dog. At least 58 scientific studies have looked at the issue, and the jury has rendered its verdict, which is now beyond reasonable doubt. The more hot dogs people eat, the higher their risk of colorectal cancer. And it’s not just hot dogs. Any sort of processed meat — bacon, sausage, ham, deli slices — is in this group. And here are the numbers:...
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Maybe Congress Should Pass A Law That Prevents... →
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) talked to people in Saco, Maine about the debt ceiling negotiations Wednesday, and lamented the extreme partisanship that characterized the debate this summer.
“I’m embarrassed by all of us,’’ Snow said, according to the Associated Press. “I’ve never seen a worse Congress in my whole political life.’’
Polls conducted after the debt ceiling deal have showed that...
“And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful...”
– Anais Nin
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CollegeHumor's Sarah Schneider Hired as a Writer... →
dangurewitch:
Congratulations to Sarah, an extremely talented writer and all-around wonderful friend, as she takes this well-deserved step. The important thing to remember here is that the five insanely fun years I’ve spent working with her have now been ERASED.
Congratulations, Sarah!! This new job is very well deserved—you are one of the funniest, most talented girls I have ever met,...
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“Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?
1980: Ronald Reagan runs for...”
– (via alcaniglia, peterwknox, danielnavetta)
“Surrendering our worries and concerns and placing them in the hands of the...”
– Anonymous