Too Twisted for Color TV

"If you want to arrange it, this world you can change it..."

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Fun fact: just because someone has a wheelchair, doesn’t mean they can’t walk. A lot of people benefit from a wheelchair because they can’t balance well or it is too painful to walk. So if you see a person briefly stand out of their wheelchair, or take a few steps, or even if you see them with a wheelchair sometimes but not always, it doesn’t mean they’re faking, and you shouldn’t call them out on it.

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Here's a state-by-state list of upcoming reproductive rights events. If you see one missing, please let me know.  I'm happy to add to the list!

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a tribute

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Joe Biden eating ice cream. You're welcome.

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Some information that might be useful to you for the upcoming 2nd special session of the Texas Legislature.

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(Nick of Time)

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Even Hillary Clinton recognizes Wendy Davis's awesomeness!

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Make sure you continue to contact media and public figures about the Texas 2nd special session, which begins Monday!

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Texas Politics: Special Session Logistics

Historically, special sessions are only called in order to address emergency issues that hadn’t arisen during a regular session. If, for example, a natural disaster, hit Texas and legislators needed to allocate funds for local disaster relief efforts, a special session might be called. Unlike in other states, only the governor can call a special session. Gov. Perry’s insistence on calling repeated special sessions to address anti-abortion legislation clearly doesn’t reflect an emergent issue in Texas. Instead, it’s a way to circumvent the 2/3 vote rule in a regular session of either the House or Senate. Normally, a bill has to receive votes from 2/3 of the body in order to pass. In a special session, legislators have the ability to suspend the rules, meaning that only a simple majority has to vote for the bill in order for it to pass. Legislators testified on the House and Senate floor this week that they had never seen such blatant disregard for House and Senate tradition — something that might seem insignificant to an observer, but really changes the entire game. Technically, there is no rule in either the House or Senate rules that mandates that a special session be called for emergency purposes only, but it has been the “Senate tradition” or “House tradition” that these sessions are called only in response to emergent situations, or to reconcile a bill that absolutely must pass before the start of the next regular session. For example, budgets are often hotly debated and sometimes no resolution is reached by the end of a regular session. In that case, there is a valid justification for calling a special session — the state can’t function without that piece of legislation. 

I know so many of you are interested in the next special session here in Texas next week, and I also know not many of you really understand the specifics of Texas state politics. (Don’t worry, not many people even in Texas do.)

Alexis Kostun has written a great introduction to the logistics of a special session, as well as providing a bit more context to Texas politics in general. Did you know the state legislature only meets for five months every two years? And did you hear about that one time eleven Texas Democrats left the state to avoid a quorum? Read about all that and more in the link above!

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GO READ THIS IMMEDIATELY.

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Where have I been all day? Over on Twitter and FB compiling links, videos, and tweets relating to the Citizens' Filibuster last night in Austin TX. Want to know more? Check out my round-up post!

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Congratulations; you made it through another day! You have reached your new personal best.

Your record for longest amount of consecutive days without dying has reached a personal best. Well done, you.

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YES!!

[sesamestreet]

Sesame Street is saddened to learn of the death of James Gandolfini. His heartwarming appearance on our show is beloved by everyone who works here. Watching it brings a smile to our faces so we wanted to share the segment with you. Our thoughts go out to his family.

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Penises help with roofing - no really.

I have volunteered for Habitat for Humanity almost every weekend for over 15 years, and have done just about every aspect of building and construction.  We were building a house and a new volunteer said that he would take over for me on the roof because it would be “easier for him”.  I jokingly said, “Why - do you actually use your penis in some way when roofing?”.  He answered that, yes, indeed, his penis was a “stabilizing factor” that helped men not fall off on pitched surfaces like roofs, and that testicles, in fact, were known to improve the ability to focus, so that he wouldn’t do things like hit his thumb with a hammer, which women were prone to doing.  I thought this was a witty retort to my slightly rude question, and was thinking he was a pretty clever guy to joke around like this.  So, I laughed out loud, thinking this was friendly banter.  Instead, he was seriously offended that I had laughed, and said he was just trying to explain basic biology to me!  

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WOW.

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Safety Tips for Men

Men, are you worried for your own safety because misandry?

You need to accept that misandry happens in the real world and take some precautions.

Take a self defense class, they’re only a couple hundred dollars a month.

Don’t go out after dark unless you have a woman to chaperone you. Misandrists are less likely to attack if they see you are with another woman.

Don’t wear anything too douchey. If you’re wearing a fedora or a sexist t-shirt, etc. you’re pretty much asking to get attacked. Misandrists can’t control themselves when they see a man in a fedora, their instincts kick in and before they know it they have a dead male corpse in their hands. Just be a good boy and don’t tempt them, okay?

Don’t ever invite a woman into your home. Misandrists will interpret this as you consenting to physical violence.

Drinking increases your risk of being attacked by a misandrist. They target drunk men because their inhibitions are lowered.

Never leave your drink unattended. Misandrists are notorious for poisoning men at parties and bars.

If a misandrist does attack you, be quiet and just let her finish or you might anger her further and you are liable to get murdered instead of just mutilated. But also, be sure to put up a good fight because a lot of men say they don’t want to be attacked by misandrists but deep down, they really like it.

And remember, accusing a woman of abusive misandry is worse than being abused by a misandrist. So before you make accusations, make sure it wasn’t all just a silly misunderstanding.

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Hereditary Inasmuch

I would choose A.F. last; she suffers from something called inasmuch. Unfortunately for her, it’s not likely that she would live. If she were never able to reproduce, that means that her bad DNA wouldn’t spread, leaving less people with inasmuch.

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O.o

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We are all Dorothy. 

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Dorothy is the best EVER.

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Next Monday Dutch military troops are set to descend upon my neighborhood for a training exercise. According to the news, between thirty and forty soldiers, in a Battalion formation, will be in Amsterdam New West to train in “a multiculti engagement”* in a predominantly non White environment....

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Thanks #XboxOne #E3 press conference for revealing to us exactly zero games featuring a female protagonist for the next generation.

— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq)

June 10, 2013

Above is a tweet I made this afternoon in reaction to the fact that none of the games presented at...

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Why are dudes so threatened by the idea of a game with a female protagonist?