Josephine's Notebook
February 2012
7 posts
January 2012
15 posts
“If we poison the critical thinking faculties of children by telling them that rabbits come out of hats, then we create adults who believe in astrology and homeopathy and that Ryan Reynolds was a better choice for Green Lantern than lovable rogue Nathan Fillion.”
—Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
Yes, the Romneys Converted Mitt's Dead Atheist Father-in-Law to Mormonism (via @Gawker) →
gawker.com
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.”
“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.”
—My new favorite word | Blag Hag
The First Woman To Go 'Round The World Did It As A Man →
npr.org
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.”
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Stephen Colbert
“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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Ban the use of drug dogs. Now. →
pandagon.net
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
I’m at the airport waiting for my flight back to Portland and they are playing Christmas music.
