Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (via)
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"As a peacekeeper, my goal is to enable women to enter a reproductive health clinic in dignity and without fear of being physically assaulted… I take this opportunity to urge those demonstrating against women who are patients at the Hinsdale Clinic, whom I have seen emotionally as well as physically threaten women, to cease those activities. I would never have had to serve as a peacekeeper had not they created a war against women."
— Sister Donna Quinn, a nun who escorts women into clinics that provide abortions (via) (via robot-heart-politics)
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Another clever NYT visualization
"Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the ‘Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest?’"
— Barney Frank, being awesome (via blogonthe) (via think4yourself) (via jasencomstock) (via mikesova)
"To make a point no one should have to make: earlier this year, a deranged Army sergeant named John Russell opened fire near a combat stress clinic — sound familiar? — at Baghdad’s Camp Liberty and killed five of his fellow soldiers. No one speculated about any religious motivations. No one suggested he was part of an enemy “infiltration,” or suggested that U.S. troops have been “brainwashed.” Everyone understood that Russell was a deranged lunatic, not an advance scout for a conspiracy to subvert the military internally. It’s funny how double standards work. Actually, no. It’s disgusting."
"Joe, could you point to the verses in Quran which tell you to join the military after high school, go through medical school and residency, treat soldiers for years, and then snap and kill a bunch of innocents. I consider myself relatively familiar with Muslim history and the Quran and the Hadiths, etc, but I just can’t remember those verses.’Course, as an atheist, I think all you kooks and your bunk religions are dangerous. How you people determine which sky spirit is good and which one is evil is beyond me, but it seems to have a lot to do with geography and less to do with Truth."
Jon Stewart’s incredible parody of Glenn Beck last night.
Watch it if you haven’t already!
