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[anon61833566]

Watch live as Christine Blasey Ford testifies at the Brett Kavanaugh hearing

Courage of this Woman is awe inspiring.

[ChuckV]

Watch live as Christine Blasey Ford testifies at the Brett Kavanaugh hearing

The stunning thing here is that it is said that trying times reveal who we are. Trying times bring out the best and worst of us. Trying times reveal our inner self. Brett Kavanaugh just showed us exactly who he is. He opened yesterday’s session with a tantrum. He displayed the exact same emotional range as a toddler pitching a fit. He raged and seethed, and lost control of his emotions. He displayed zero empathy for anyone save for himself, zero composure, zero compassion, zero restraint. When …

I mean, if you’re up to liking anything…

[davide405]

SEC lawsuit: Elon Musk committed securities fraud

And they whirl and they twirl and they tango Singing and Jinging a Jango Floating like the heavens above Looks like Elon Musk Love …

[GulliverFoyle]

If you're past the point of overwhelmed and into desperate (mental health)

You’re not alone. These last few days have been hell, and the future does not look good. But please, please don’t give up. If you’re in a crisis, the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) To chat online with a counsellor, click here: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline website: http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ For the hearing impaired, contact the Lifeline by TTY at: 1-800-799-4889 Is…

[Purplecat]

Bill Cosby's new prison digs are known for racism, violence and systematic abuse

Well, if he’s able to do a small bit of recompense to the world, perhaps his notoriety will bring some sunlight to the situation and start the cleanup of the rot in our prison system. I’d prefer that to the alternative simple revenge fantasy this situation seems to be teeing up…

[Melz2]

Real talk:

@anon61833566

I read through this thread and pondered…to comment or not to comment.

Point blank…voting is a right in this country for all citizens. I think @Melz2 puts in perfectly in stating the government and powers that be should be doing everything in their power to make voting as easy as possible for all people. While we can debate hours on end how to accomplish that, the point is true and spot on and not debatable.

Additional points made by too many to call out are that those said same powers that be have enabled voter disenfranchisement to a sickening degree to hold on to their own power base. Whether through gerrymandering, voting law changes, or voter suppression…the means are irrelevant, the outcome is the same. Make it difficult for those that would vote them out to vote at all.

This statement right here is at the very heart of the issue for a large part of the thread:

Edgar_Carpenter:

there is NO legitimate excuse for not voting if you are physically and mentally able to get to the polls and vote.

Stating an absolute “no legitimate excuse” while then placing your own stipulation/limitation-“if you are physically and mentally able”-on the absolute is disingenuous at best.

It is not up to you to decide what is or isn’t a legitimate excuse or reason someone is unable to vote. And as it has been said I will reiterate in no uncertain terms…one old white guy to another… JUST BECAUSE IT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE DOESN’T MAKE IT EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE . That is complete and utter bullshit and when @Mindysan33 points out you speaking with privilege…that is exactly where it is lying. My strong suggestion…again one old white guy to another…stop talking and listen. Instead of telling someone else “you have no excuse” listen to their reasoning first.

Show some empathy. Have some compassion. Judge less, understand more.

[anon67050589]

Incel, a disturbing short film about an "involuntary celibate"

It’s an excellent analogy because, as with sex and masturbation, people eat for all kinds of reasons that are entirely unrelated to appetite. Social situations and celebrations often involve food. There is ample documentation that a lot people eat as a coping or self-soothing mechanism- some even eat in their sleep. An individuals choice of portion and diet are referred to as habits, because they are habitual. Some people starve themselves to death. And while all of this documented behavior …

[Wanderfound]

A Round Up of Resistance to Trump (Part 1)

The way I see it, is that there are two ways you can find yourself in a barfight. One is by being the aggressive asshole who started it, or exacerbated the situation. That’s what most of the men bragging about being in them are talking about. The other way you can end up in one is being caught in the middle. Maybe you were ignoring or trying to reason with an asshole who wouldn’t be reasoned with. Maybe you ended up in a bar full of assholes, and the fight is on all around you. That last sen…

[davide405]

Listen to a group of panicked folks call the police on a gentle whale near their boat

What we gotta do is build a wall in Puget Sound to keep out those whales. They come here, they get underneath our boats, they eat all our plankton, and they’re all big and scary… I mean, we can safely assume some of them are very fine whales of course, but if we don’t make the Sound safe for krill and weekend boaters, how can we call ourselves a nation of laws?

[Melizmatic]

I can see why it didn’t get hardly any love, because the vid contains some uncomfortable truths that are rather hard to hear, but the way the speaker expresses herself on the subject is brilliant, IMO; sharing the video clip totally deserves ‘all the likes’…

White woman blocks black man from entering his own apartment building

Important:

- YouTube

[anon15383236]

Yes! As I said over there, she’s awesome (and so is her book).

I wish BB would put this Big Think on the front page, as it has with others.

[MalevolentPixy]

Masked employee in Ohio haunted house park pushes down and mock-rapes horrified visitors

“‘Not anymore, he’s mine now. I’m going to rape him,’ and then he started thrusting against me.” Um, Mock Rape? No it’s RAPE! And whom ever the dumb fuck that thought this was a good idea, please fire them…

[cheem]

Heh, I lived this… drove me out of fandom. The white fans were LOLing at the very concept they could have racial biases, they were married to a Syrian, a Mexican, their stepbrother was black, their best friend was an adopted Korean and she thinks just like a white person. And me, I’m a second generation Chinese Canadian, it’s not like I have first hand knowledge of China (nevermind that my folks aren’t from China either), in the first place! They should know… somehow.

I still find it hard to watch Star Trek: TNG for this reason (I used to love it, but now, much comes off as smarmy to me). And I know it’s shallow of me, but I hate how so many of those people I dealt with in fandom ended up at tor.com or ended up as high up editors in SF.

EDIT: OH and I forgot the condescension… I believe the line was “It’s good of you to admit you might have some resentment over your position as a minority in a majority white society, but don’t assume that we as individuals hold racial biases just because you do.” ARGH, so infuriating!

[Melz2]

Right-wing group camped out on rooftop with stockpile of weapons at Portland rally, and police kept quiet

I need you to understand something, it is incredibly important so I am going to be as clear as possible: this isn’t some nebulous thing in the world that I’m engaging with secondhand. This group affects my life directly. And by directly, I mean that it was my friend that they randomly assaulted on Broadway. My boss is friends with one of the queer folx they randomly assaulted. For both work and school, I am downtown nearly every day. When these violent sociopaths come into Portland, a climate of…

[LutherBlisset]

Turks let CIA director listen to tapes of Khashoggi torture and execution

Nice timing, guys. [Screenshot_20181025-140213_Samsung%20Internet]

Especially the bone conduction.
Well spotter, @Tamsin_Bailey

[anon61221983]

At least 11 killed in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

I’m sure people will soon start with the “lone wolf” and “mentally unstable” excuses, all of which leads up to “it was a terrible thing, but what do you want us to do about it?” Here’s what I want to be done about it. I want a government whose leaders don’t retweet white supremacists. I want a government and a news media that doesn’t provide a megaphone to racist and anti-semitic conspiracy theorists. I want a government whose “Religious Freedom Council” spends more time making sure synagogu…

[anon15383236]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/nbc-confirms-megyn-kelly-kicked-off-today-show-after-her-blackface-comments/131985/49?u=milliefink

[Ratel]

Heh.

Mueller's new boss is a Trump tool

Trump getting rid of Sessions is the only Confederate Monument he’ll ever remove.

[davide405]

This pulls everything into perspective…

Five reasons why Trump's followers love his lies

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, roleplaying as Press Secretary, was seen attempting yet another Deception roll despite her character sporting an abysmal 5 total Charisma score, according to insiders from within the Trump administration. The low roll of 3 (natural 6 minus 3 when factoring in Charisma) was contested by the entire nation’s passive Insight, which at the time of reporting currently sits at 9. Though Sanders is specced into primarily Intelligence to bolster her spellcasting ability to allow…

[smulder]

well of course i didn’t WRITE that, it was just in my rss feeds