"It was the first time in my career, in my life, I realized someone could go out -- and I probably shouldn't say this with the press here, but no, but it's more important, you're more important. For the first time in my life, I understood how someone could consciously decide to commit suicide," the vice president said at the TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp in Arlington, Va., according to Politico. ”Not because they were deranged, not because they were nuts, because they had been to the top of the mountain, and they just knew in their heart they would never get there again.”

da731:

“Joe Biden Recalls Tragic Loss, Emotional Aftermath In Speech To Families Of Fallen Troops”

The Huffington Post  |  By Posted: 05/25/2012 2:59

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karmasucks:

#things mulder say when he can’t control his boner boyish atitude and agility next to scully

#a porn film flashed into Scully’s eyes on the second gif

I understand Mulder’s arousal here. If someone discovered a perfectly preserved P-51, I’d be turned on too. 

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The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.

I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in “A,” “B,” “C” and “D.” Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?

And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of “conservatism.”

Barry Goldwater, the voice of the Republican party in the 1960s, known as “Mr. Conservative.” He supported a woman’s right to choose, gay rights, and he also had a lot of feels about the religious wing of the GOP. (via raineydaze)
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If anything, women have shown in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they are not only fully capable; they have excelled. They have saved many men’s lives. And it did not damage unit cohesion. And if Rick Santorum doesn’t believe that, then he can volunteer, enlist, put on a uniform, and put his butt on the line and try it himself. He’s playing politics. He is saying something inflammatory because he thinks he’s going to get a certain population to give him money, and it’s a shame because America’s daughters are just as capable of doing their jobs as America’s sons, whether that’s at home as doctors and attorneys or in combat as convoy commanders. This is the 21st century. Get over yourself.

Tammy Duckworth (Iraq war vet, Congressional candidate, double amputee, former Black Hawk pilot) is her amazing self in an interview with The American Prospect. (via thepoliticalnotebook)

She. Is. Awesome. Seriously, Google her and dare yourself not to be impressed. 

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Mulder asks, “Do you believe in the existence of extra terrestrials?” not only to his new partner, but to audiences as well. Whether or not the audience is willing to believe will determine this pilot episode’s fate. Obviously, after nine running seasons “The X-Files” made a strong case.

I often wonder how much The X-Files theme song and the bits of dialogue I heard from my bedroom when I was little influenced by interest in all things unexplained and unexplaineable. 

The number of times I look to the stars and wonder. 

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Anderson’s not having it. 

Anderson’s not having it. 

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The Three Days Rule
  • Ted:

    Barney, the three days rule is insane. I mean, who even came up with that?

  • Barney:

    Jesus.

  • Marshall:

    Barney, don't do this, not with Jesus.

  • Barney:

    Seriously, Jesus started the whole wait three days thing. He waited three days to come back to life. It was perfect. If he'd have only waited one day, a lot of people wouldn't have even heard that he died. They'd be all "Hey Jesus, what up?" and Jesus would probably be like, "What up? I died yesterday." and they'd be all, "Uhh, you look pretty alive to me, dude." And then Jesus would have to explain how he was resurrected, and how it was a miracle. And then the dude would be like "Uh, okay. Whatever you say, bro."

  • Robin:

    Wow, ancient dialogue sounds so stilted now.

  • Barney:

    And he's not gonna come back on a Saturday! Everybody's busy! Doing chores, workin' the loom, trimmin' their beards. Nooo. He waits the exact right number of days: Three.

  • Ted:

    Okay, I promise, I'll wait three days just please stop talking.

  • Barney:

    ...

  • Barney:

    Plus it's Sunday, so everyone's in church already. They're all in there "Oh nooo. Jesus is dead."

  • Then BAM he bursts through the back door. Runs up the aisle. Everyone's totally psyched. And FYI, that's when he invented the high five.

  • Three days Ted. We wait three days to call a woman because that's how long Jesus wants us to wait.

  • Ted:

  • Marshall:

  • Robin:

  • Barney:

    True story.

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My reaction every time Scott Walker appears on my tv…

a-traveshamockery:

A combination of:

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quincymorris:

sinooperi:

Janeway lecturing Harry for having sex with some alien chick.
Despite all that I think I’d still want to join Starfleet. 

I guarantee that 90% of those pages can be reduced down to DO NOT IN ANY WAY EMULATE THE CONDUCT OF JAMES T KIRK.

I’M GONNA EMULATE THE CRAP OUT OF JAMES T KIRK. 

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victoriansilurianlesbianthespian:

endforeternity:

lostfrostprince:

thelilnan:

cornerof5thandvermouth:

sunshinepatch:

tickle-me-misha:

jaxthevampire:

alphakantspell:

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Thor’s Hammer

WHERE DID THIS AWESOMENESS COME FROM OHMYGOD

OMG

Reblogging because Coulson

yesssssssssss

COULSON

PHEEEEEEELS

I was waiting for this to show up on my dash yessss

I LOVE HIM SO 

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Gov. Romney is a cookie cutter presidential candidate.

One of his campaign spokespeople was just on television talking about all of the bold ideas that the governor was coming up with. Care to guess what they were? 

“Cutting crippling regulation, ending big government.”

Those are his big and bold ideas? Something that fits on a fortune cookie? Why is there this attitude that the person you want to have a beer with should be your president? Why do we believe that anyone can be president? 

At the end of the day when there’s a suicide bombing in Israel and Syria is cracking down on its own citizens and the euro zone is in crisis and Iran is developing a nuclear program, do we want a president we can have a beer with or an educated president who understands the issues without their advisers holding their hand and telling them what to do? 

PRINT THIS POST Notes: 2 5/24/12 — 10:12am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZB1HTwM31xnK Filed under: #Cookie Cutter Presidency  #West Wing Inspired Rants 

My god. I just realized that when I have nothing to do all day I eat lots of cereal and watch political talk shows. All. Day. Long. 

Also, has anyone ever noticed that Gov. Romney never talks about being governor? Ever? Could it be because he was a pro-choice, “better for gay rights than Ted Kennedy,” governor?

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A man has implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the original missing child on the milk carton.

shortformblog:

The man was picked up late Wednesday in Camden, N.J., according to a law enforcement official, and was being questioned Thursday by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is heading the probe by the FBI and police. The law enforcement official said the man has been tied to the case in the past.

“An individual now in custody has made statements to NYPD detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz 33 years ago,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement. Kelly said he expected to release additional details later Thursday.

The man’s emergence as a person of interest was not related to the search of a Manhattan basement in April, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

The family still lives in SoHo, which was a working-class neighborhood at the time of Patz’s disappearance, but now is a much trendier place with skyrocketing rents that has little in common with the neighborhood from when Patz went missing. The family has held out, in part, on the off chance that their son might try calling one day. He was declared legally dead in 2001.

Source: shortformblog
Notes: 14 5/24/12 — 9:41am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZB1HTwM2_Djl Filed under: #Etan Patz 

I’m sitting here watching MSNBC and eating cereal while yelling at a Fmr. Sen. Santorum spokesperson for sounding stupid about education. 

Essentially, he thinks we should take money away from the education system, but the left (me) doesn’t want to let him because we have a nice “fiefdom” set up. Yes, he said fiefdom. Also, he’s wearing what I can best describe as a suit made of golden retriever fur. My little brother is looking at me like I’m crazy for carrying on a dialogue with the television.

Also, Gov. Romney is completely wrong about teacher’s unions, charter schools, and vouchers. The D.C. Scholarship Program to give low-income students vouchers to attend private D.C. schools that was established in 2002 has not improved achievement even a miniscule amount according to most studies. Show me a legitimate study that says otherwise and I’ll change my mind. Right now, the numbers don’t lie. 

PRINT THIS POST Notes: 1 5/24/12 — 9:39am Short URL: http://tmblr.co/ZB1HTwM2_0Nh Filed under: #MSNBC  #Education System  #School Vouchers  #Fiefdom