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solarbird:

The GOP have gone with the nuclear option – they will allow no Obama Supreme Court nominee a hearing. Since the current Senate will expire before next elections, that does mean in fact that they are refusing a Constitutional duty. This is, in fact, unprecedented.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to call this a constitutional crisis, even if it’s one that will play itself out on a timer. It rather combines with the “religion exempts you from law” line that the Republican party is pushing at state levels to become something akin to the nullification crisis of the 1830s to me.

It should also put the stake into any last remnants of the idea that the GOP recognises the idea of a “loyal opposition,” or has any interest in governing with anything less than absolute power. The “permanent majority” party is still the “permanent majority” party; if the people are foolish enough to elect someone else, that doesn’t count, isn’t legitimate, and will not be allowed to function. And a republic cannot work that way.

tinierpurplefishes:

master-bruce-wayne:

Bernie is losing momentum due to less and less young voter turn out. Nevada would have been ours but the young voter turn out was very low. I hope people actually go out and vote rather than just offering social media support. This is such a pivotal moment in American politics that it would be a huge disservice to the world to not go out and vote in the primary.

VOTE! Primaries matter!

shadesofmauve:

tinierpurplefishes:

melchiorgabor:

• not knowing if you said something out loud or if you only thought it
• “did i already ask you that?”
• “what did you say”
• raising your hand and putting it down multiple times in class because you can’t remember your question/comment
• pausing in the middle of simple tasks because you can’t remember what you’re doing
• “where is my [object i had in my hands literally 30 seconds ago]?”
• not knowing someone’s name even though it’s the 5th time you’ve met them
• rereading/rewatching books/movies because you can’t remember basic plot details
• forgetting to look at the list of things you need to remember
• forgetting the end of your sentence before you even start it/trailing off

also trying to remember if something actually happened or it was just a dream

“where is my [object i had in my hands literally 30 seconds ago]?” is basically the reason my remodeling project took over two years. How do you lose a caulking gun, self? Or a giant freakin’ saw?

That is not your fault. Occasionally when you put things down they slip through the cracks between dimensions, appearing in alternate realities and startling other individuals. You know those moments when you’ve found something wildly out-of-place? That is someone else’s item, which just happens to look a lot like yours, and it’s fallen through those same dimensional cracks.

At some point, whatever it was that slipped through those cracks will get moved, and slip into another, possibly even it’s original dimension. Which is why you suddenly find you have 47 rolls of sellotape, when last week you couldn’t find any.

rob-anybody:

donotchoosesidesyet:

Read the Open Letter to the CEO of Yelp thing. Also, the reactions to it.

It’s hilarious to me, how this now works.

“You should’ve expected to be fired for this.” Yeah. She did. But after months of starving herself and recognizing she will never claw her way out of this hole, she at least wants to say something. Of course, low wage employees should be silent and grateful for their gruel, right? How dare they talk back or have emotions.

“You complained about the snacks!” Complained? No, she said that the snacks provided at work are literally her only meal, the only food she can afford outside a bowl of rice every day. The only way to interpret what she said as “complaining about the snacks,” is in the context of “I am complaining that all I can afford to eat are snacks and am slowly starving.”

“What did you expect, living in an expensive area like the Bay Area?”

Counter question: Why is this never asked to the employers? So lets actually humor these chucklefucks and say that Yelp, one of the most well known and used websites, literally cannot afford to pay their employees a living wage… because its the Bay Area.

Why are they located there, then? Why are they not located in a more reasonable location that frees them up to pay a living wage? They’re the ones who picked that location and you want to tell me they have zero responsibility in this? No sale.

I mean, sure, if they moved to a less fancy area, they’d have to give up some local conveniences and networking opportunities and some of their favorite eateries, but hey, you have to make sacrifices when your new to the working world. That’s what it takes to “live within your means,” right?

“More whiny, entitled Millennials.”

Uh huh. The world will be a marginally better place when people who sneer at “millennials” finally fucking die.

Power to Talia Jane, and fuck Yelp.

Reblogging this since I have actually seen this fucking argument on my dash this morning.