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lol listen to Uncle Dave Macon

The Obama administration is very concerned about the rights of undocumented children, which is why they don’t allow you to see photographs of how atrociously they are treating them. In reality of course there is one and only one “humanitarian” solution to this appalling violation of human rights: to release all detainees immediately and abolish any threat of detention or deportation. Nobody should ever be thrown into hellhole detention centers, and nobody should ever be deported, simply for coming from the wrong side of a political boundary. #NotOneMore #NiUnaMas #AbolishBorders #EndInternationalApartheid

http://ift.tt/1hZTIqZ Depends on the version of the Hulk. Some are more articulate, others are more incoherent.

T minus 2 1/2 weeks until Lisboa . . .

Another day, another astonishingly dishonest handling of sources by cheerleaders for the reputation of Robert E. Lee. In which (*) a book that says “Although these letters are dismissed by most of Lee’s biographers as exaggerated, or simply as unfounded abolitionist propaganda, they are hard to ignore. . . .” is quoted to say “these letters are dismissed by most of Lee’s biographers as exaggerated or simply as unfounded abolitionist propaganda.” (* Check out how Korda 2014 is used by Rjensen in the first edit, and then note what the fuller quote says when I repaired it in the second edit.) http://ift.tt/1pSUE8h http://ift.tt/SoIVzN

Q: “If you could advocate for one change in the justice system, what would it be? And what piece of evidence did the prosecutors focus on the most? EricGlisson: “That prosecutors and detectives be held accountable for their actions if they cover up evidence.” http://ift.tt/1oiESBo

The funny thing about this quiz is the notion that people in the Middle Ages had any choice over their profession or that it had anything to do with what they liked. A more accurate quiz would have three questions: 1. Are you female? (Y/N) 2. If N, what did your father do? 3. If Y, what does your husband do?

lol read G. E. Moore

Ah, yes, the good ol’ days, back when “we” devoted hours every day to home cooking. You know, the special “we,” the one that means “You, while I’m siting over here and reading the newspaper.” #RomanticizingWomensUnpaidLabor (Via Melanie S. Pinkert)

Oh good, time to have another Wikipedia edit war over whether or not to whitewash Robert E. Lee’s career as a slaveholder and whether or not a Virginia slave-lord had some recaptured fugitives whipped for him. Did you know that [[WP:RS]] requires that you delete any views on slaveholders’ conduct in sources published before 1890 or after 1934? http://ift.tt/1h8TdQ9