Archive for 2012 July

Let’s take a break from the horrors of politics for one minute …

Let’s take a break from the horrors of politics for one minute …

The incredible works of illustrator Stephen Biesty, including his famous cross-sections and exploded views.

I think my favorite is the space shuttle.

Protesters in Bahrain burn a police station down to avenge a killing

Protesters in Bahrain burn a police station down to avenge a killing

Bahraini police killed a protester –a photo of him is shown at the beginning of this video. Local demonstrators, sick of being killed by cops, fought back and burned the police headquarters down.

2 statements on Gun Control from the presidential candidates

2 statements on Gun Control from the presidential candidates

Obama -
I, like most Americans, believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms. And we recognize the traditions of gun ownership that passed on from generation to generation -– that … Read more…

Why do we think so simply about gun violence?

Why do we think so simply about gun violence?

With the Aurora shootings in the news, it’s pretty easy to lump all gun violence together. The language of the media doesn’t differentiate between George Zimmerman shooting Trayvon Martin and the Colorado Theater shooter gunning … Read more…

Couldn’t wait until the bodies were cool to score points for your side, huh fuckheads?

Couldn’t wait until the bodies were cool to score points for your side, huh fuckheads?

The right-wing wasted no time in scouring voting records to find someone in the area registered as a Democrat with the same name, James Holmes, as the Aurora Colorado Dark Knight shooter.

And, here’s ABC … Read more…

Fuck Chick-fil-A

Fuck Chick-fil-A

Disgusting shithole, Chick-fil-A, which serves deep-fried mechanically separated chicken parts to a drool-slathering nation of idiots, also donates to anti-gay hate groups. This is all because some uneducated and ill-of-health got-herders scribbled down their oral … Read more…

Why not?

Why not?

Quite a few people on our page have expressed dissatisfaction with the two candidates in the 2012 Presidential Auction Election. As one Bat put it, “Your choices are a war criminal or a white-collar thief.” … Read more…

In which R-money goes pandering for racists.

In which R-money goes pandering for racists.

As you may have heard by now, Mittens gave a much derided speech to the NAACP earlier today. It was a speech he didn’t give much thought to, as evidenced by his reading “end of … Read more…

Dispatches from Mexico: El Dumpstero

Dispatches from Mexico: El Dumpstero

By Chago
Today 07.07.2012 Mexicans in several cities of the country (and in other countries as well) took the streets to march in a peaceful protest against the fraudulent presidential elections held last Sunday July the … Read more…

Science and banking? Fuck it, we’re doing it live.

Science and banking? Fuck it, we’re doing it live.

That gorgeous image is an artist’s rendering of the discovery of a Higgs boson particle. The illustration is by Moonrunner Design Ltd. for National Geographic.
Geneva – Speaking to a packed audience Wednesday morning…CERN director general … Read more…

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