Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism (via @Gawker)
Edward Davies, Mitt Romney’s militantly atheist father-in-law, was indeed posthumously converted to Mormonism by his family, despite the fact that when he was alive he regarded all religions as “hogwash.”
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nagnostic (noun) - A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena, and takes that belief to such extremes that they persistently annoy others with assertions that their position is obviously the most philosophically sound and that they too are actually agnostic.
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The First Woman To Go 'Round The World Did It As A Man
This is a really interesting story…
After disappointing showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, Newt’s campaign looked terminally ill… which is generally when he moves on to something better.—
Stephen Colbert
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As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right.— Pres. Obama vowing to protect abortion rights in a press release today (via nowaitninjas)
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An Indian couple have had their children taken away by Norwegian social workers because they were feeding them with their hands and sleeping in the same bed as them.
Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya lost custody of their three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter eight months ago after authorities branded their behaviour inappropriate.
This is an absolute injustice and complete cultural ignorance.
Please sign this petition and spread this post around. Return these children to their parents.
Reblogging so people have access to the change.org petition.
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Mitt Romney has been a dick since at least age nineteen. For reals. From The Daily Mail:
A newly-unearthed photograph showing Mitt Romney demonstrating in favour of the Vietnam War draft might leave the presidential candidate feeling somewhat embarrassed.
The veteran Republican, then 19, can be seen picketing an anti-war sit-in at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1966.
Romney received a draft exemption based upon his status as a “minister of religion” - basically, an exemption for having been a Mormon missionary. He received numerous deferments after that for educational reasons. Romney portrays his mission in Paris as a time of humbling poverty, but The Daily Telegraph has a different story:
The Republican presidential hopeful spent a significant portion of his 30-month mission in a Paris mansion described by fellow American missionaries to The Daily Telegraph as “palace”. It featured stained glass windows, chandeliers, and an extensive art collection and was staffed by two servants.
For most of 1968, Romney lived in the Mission Home, a 19th century neoclassical building in the French capital’s chic 16th arrondissement. “It was a house built by and for rich people,” said Richard Anderson, the son of the mission president at the time of Romney’s stay. Tearful as he described the house, Mr Anderson, 70, of Kaysville, Utah, said Romney aides had asked him not to speak publicly about their time together there.
Romney said of his French lodgings: “I don’t recall any of them having a refrigerator. We shopped before every meal”. Anderson said that as well as a refrigerator, the mansion had “a Spanish chef called Pardo and a house boy, who prepared lunch and supper five days a week”.
Romney added in his comments that “most of the apartments I lived in had no shower or bathtub”. He said: “If we were lucky, we actually bought a hose and we stuck it on the sink.” He said he was forced to use a hole in the ground and a bucket for a lavatory and said, “I lived in a way that people of lower middle income in France lived, and said to myself, ‘Wow, I sure am lucky to have been born in the United States of America.’”
Sounds rough, no? Perhaps it was this time of strife that led him to make his most recent housing decision:
It recently emerged that Mr Romney has plans to quadruple the size of his $12 million California home. The 64-year-old filed an application in San Diego, California, to bulldoze his 3,009-square-foot oceanfront mansion in La Jolla and replace it with an 11,062-square-foot property.
A campaign official said that the GOP hopeful was planning the expansion as the home he bought three years ago ‘is inadequate for their needs’.
Mitt Romney: Representing the 1% since 1966, lying about his poverty since at least 2011.
Mitt Romney (center) and his Bain colleagues in a 1980s photo used by Americans United for Change.
So this isn’t sexist, but it is honestly so fucking unbelievable and jaw-droppingly ridiculous that I had to spread the rage.
HOW IS IT EVEN HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO BE OUT OF TOUCH IN EVERY SINGLE DECADE YOU’VE BEEN ALIVE, I CANNOT EVEN
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Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling - The Water (by johnnyflynnofficial)
Love them! Gorgeous song.
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Ban the use of drug dogs. Now.
Obviously, the ultimate goal here is to call off the War on (Some People Who Use) Drugs, which is run on magic and bigotry, and does more to destroy communities than to prevent drug addiction. But in the more immediate future, we must demand an immediate end to all use of drug dogs, certainly until it can be demonstrated in double blind studies run by experts that the dogs are detecting drugs and not reacting to subconscious signals sent by police
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New profile picture to start the new year. Gorgeous sunset tonight!
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I’m at the airport waiting for my flight back to Portland and they are playing Christmas music.
Mormons
I went on a walk with my nieces this afternoon and ran into Mormon missionaries. It was a little annoying that they wanted to barge in on my time with my nieces, but it did give me the opportunity to talk with the girls about religion and other strange beliefs that people may have. I even did a little impromptu ”Dragon in My Garage.” I really wanted to stress the importance of asking for evidence and evaluating what you believe with critical eye. We ended up having a great talk; they’re smart girls :-)
The talk with the Mormons? Not so enlightening. The reason they gave me for believing in their god was that they got a good feeling when they asked themselves if he existed. ::sigh:: I wondered if they had asked themselves about all the other gods that humans have ever believed in…
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Ticket To Ride with the family!
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