Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Stand up, dammit!

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

People are complicated. Love is not.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Too little, too late, ftfnyt. fuck all the way off.

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    Upon taking another look at Luisito’s statement, I note that he says “Chiellini suffered the physical effect of a bite” but not “I bit Chiellini”. So I’m not sure this really deserves to be called an apology.

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    beth

    Cupcakes are always appropriate. Sometimes we have them because the sun came up today – we don’t celebrate that fact enough.

  8. 8.

    scav

    @Amir Khalid: That struck my from the first reading. And then he apparently promises to not be affected by gravity and become unbalanced and fall. Well, isn’t he magic!

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    Sweet that your daughter gets excited about the half-birthday.

    She may have your gift for numbers and benchmarks.

    Cupcakes for everyone.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    Frankly, this whole century got off on the wrong foot.

    In a just universe, we’d get a do-over.

  11. 11.

    soonergrunt

    There are worse reasons for cupcakes.

    EDIT: I just had to release my own comment from moderation.

  14. 14.

    kindness

    One does not need excuses for tasty cupcakes. See, unlike certain Supreme Court decisions which require sleight of hand coupled with heaping helpings of bullshit….well cupcakes hold up under their own.

  17. 17.

    SuperHrefna

    She deserves cupcakes just for coming up with that rationale. Pretty ones, too!

  19. 19.

    rikyrah

    The IRS Is Coming For Your Offshore Bank Account
    By Alex Park Tue Jul. 1, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

    It’s always been a pretty simple arrangement for America’s superrich: Park your money in a country whose banks know how to keep a secret and then underreport your assets to the IRS. Without a way to independently verify how much money you have abroad, the taxman had to take your word for how much money you had stashed in a Swiss vault or in a sunny haven like the Cayman Islands. But as of yesterday, the US government will require foreign banks to report their American clients’ assets, or face 30 percent tax penalties on some offshore deposits.

    The move is part of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which was introduced in 2010. Since then, more than 80 countries have agreed to open their ledger books to the feds. After some complicated last-minute negotiations, evenRussia and China have started to cooperate.

    Companies and individuals have long used offshore banking to keep their taxes low: Last year, American multinationals kept an estimated $2 trillion (yes, with a “t”) abroad, according to a Bloomberg analysis. In recent years, tech companies have become some of the most enthusiastic offshore depositors. Between 2010 and 2013, Microsoft more than doubled its foreign stockpile to $76.4 billion, while Apple increased its pot abroad more than fourfold to $54.4 billion.

    motherjones.com/mojo/2014/06/offshore-bank-accounts-fatca-irs

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    rikyrah

    Illinois to allow same-day registration, expand early voting hours
    By Reid Wilson June 30

    Illinois will dramatically expand access to the ballot box this year by allowing voters to register on Election Day, and by significantly extending the hours early-vote locations will be open.

    Gov. Pat Quinn (D) has said he will sign the measure, passed by the legislature late last month. The bill expands both the number of days during which early voting locations are open and the number of hours each day they remain open. Voters who cast a ballot early will not have to show a photo identification.

    “Democracy works best when everyone has the opportunity to participate,” Quinn said in a statement. “By removing barriers to vote, we can ensure a government of the people and for the people.”

    Meanwhile, students at public universities will have an easier time casting a ballot under the new measure. The bill allows students attending public schools to change their residences from their hometowns to college campuses, giving them easier access to polling places on campus.

    Republicans in the legislature cried foul, accusing Democrats of pushing through the changes in the face of a difficult political atmosphere this fall. The measure passed in the waning hours of the legislative session, which ended in May.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/06/30/illinois-to-allow-same-day-registration-expand-early-…

  23. 23.

    rikyrah

    My daughter was quite excited that the year 2014 was having its half-birthday this morning. She is arguing that we need to get cupcakes tonight to celebrate.

    Gotta admire that round-the-way reasoning for cupcakes.

    Girl after my own heart.

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