Yes, the TNC piece is very worth reading and thinking about.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Mar 02, 2012 8:09:54 am PST #24889 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Consuela - Mar 02, 2012 8:12:08 am PST #24890 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And Rush Limbaugh is getting blowback on his slut-shaming: he just lost one of his major sponsors. [link]
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2012 8:14:05 am PST #24891 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Two other advertisers are considering ending their sponsorship of Limbaugh.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2012 8:18:13 am PST #24892 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I keep getting a heads up that I might want to stop my 401K withdrawals because bonuses are coming in the next couple weeks, and I wouldn't want it taken out of that, and then I can put them back on afterwards.
I've never been given this heads up before. Is this normal for people to do? I figured you just get stuff taken off the top of all your money. Now I'm starting to think "Maybe I should be getting all my money in my greedy little hands now", but I don't even know. Savings good.
My rent got raised yesterday by $50.96. Which is fine--I've been expecting them to raise it for a few years now, and I've been expecting them to raise it by more, so this is fine, considering. Whew. Except the amount is now fucked up. It's and 96 cents. I will never remember that.
Polter-Cow - Mar 02, 2012 8:18:19 am PST #24893 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
One advertiser, Sleep Train Mattress Centers, said today that it's pulling its ads from Limbaugh's show because "we don't condone negative comments directed toward any group."
I'm not overly familiar with him, thankfully, but I was under the impression that all he did was make negative comments directed toward many groups.
Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2012 8:21:12 am PST #24894 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I feel like crowing "How's that States'-Rights-take-precedence thing working out for you now?" to right wingers since individual states are falling into marriage equality like dominos.
You crow, and I'll dance the Dance of How You Like It Now?
Jesse - Mar 02, 2012 8:27:28 am PST #24895 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It just seems so foolish to try to shame women who take the Pill, given what an overwhelming number of Americans that is.
Somewhat relatedly, anyone heard from Glenn Beck recently?
Consuela - Mar 02, 2012 8:27:36 am PST #24896 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm not overly familiar with him, thankfully, but I was under the impression that all he did was make negative comments directed toward many groups
Yeah, but this time he's hit 51% of the population, and the subgroup who (I believe) makes most of the decisions regarding home purchases, like mattresses.
Steph L. - Mar 02, 2012 8:31:29 am PST #24897 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Limbaugh will just complain that of course the mattress company pulled their ads, because women complained to them, because we sluts just loooove to have sex on mattresses.
Actually, I would think Limbaugh would be thrilled to get rid of an advertiser who *clearly* is encouraging sluts to have sex. I mean, mattresses = sex, AMIRITE?
Jesse - Mar 02, 2012 8:35:57 am PST #24898 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Letting people have mattresses does make hoors want to screw around more, clearly. I mean, otherwise they are just lying on the ground! (That's how you do it, right? Lady on her back, man on top of her?)