OK, but who's the guy who looks like the ghost of Reagan in the back?
Today is England’s Trooping of the Colo(u)r, a centuries-old ceremony performed by British infantry regiments that also marks the Queens’ official (fake) birthday. It is precisely the sort of long, stuffy processional favored by the Royal Children, who are at their happiest when perched far, far away from the heaving,…
One of the most stunning features of Donald Trump's presidency has been his complete and utter inability to anticipate the consequences of his actions more than about 30 seconds beyond the immediate gratification he gets from taking them.
Everyone in the world but Trump seemed to realize that his presidency had taken a very precarious turn the moment he fired former FBI director James Comey—press secretary Sean Spicer was hiding in the White House bushes, for god's sake. And yet, there Trump was in the Oval Office with the Russians the very next day bragging that the pressure had really been “taken off.”
Of course, Trump’s decision to oust Comey triggered the appointment of special counsel Bob Mueller, which immediately escalated the profile of the investigation. But we also learned this week that Comey’s dismissal led to a reversal on the one point Trump has been totally obsessed with: his own exoneration.
Trump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.
Ever since the Russia investigation began, Trump has proven to be singularly focused on separating himself from his campaign—it may have done something wrong, but he didn’t. And he has persistently pestered investigators like Comey to publicize the fact that he personally wasn’t under scrutiny.
Well, now he is. And more than likely the fact that we even know this information is also the result Trump’s stunning lack of impulse control.
Just think about the timing of the leak regarding the obstruction investigation from the “five people briefed” on it—Wednesday evening. That report was hot on the heels of a Sunday-to-Monday news cycle in which Trump surrogates trashed Mueller and a Trump confidant added that the pr*sident was considering canning the special counsel.
By raising the profile of the investigation, leakers likely aimed to make firing Mueller a political land mine for Trump.
“…This is why those pious calls to “respect the law,” always to be heard from prominent citizens each time the ghetto explodes, are so obscene. The law is meant to be my servant and not my master, still less my torturer and my murderer. To respect the law, in the context in which the American Negro finds himself, is simply to surrender his self-respect…"
Since someone reposted my art, I guess it’s better to just put them all in one post and share it from the original source with you guys. Thanks for everyone who’s kind enough to tell me about this!
These EXCLUSIVE pictures of a bear enjoying a hammock and investigating a trash can come to us from a reader who understands what this damn website is all about.
It's not so much a matter of saying that other lives DON'T matter, it's just clarifying the point, because it clearly needs to be clarified, that black lives ARE important, and they DO matter. Not just to themselves, not just in their communities, but to all of us.
Show this to any idiot white people who argue that slavery ended years ago.
Show this to everyone.
The 13th Amendment was for show. It’s not a loophole, it was done on purpose. So much about how US law was structured was explicitly done so to keep slavery in place.
Dear White People: Start changing “Critics” to Racist Ass Whites. If a Black man sits on a Throne, Why do you find it offensive? I’ll tell you…Because you know damn well you’re afraid of seeing Black people (Especially a Black man) with Power. But you White folks had no Problem with this Bullshit right?
Here’s MCU’s white fave sitting on the throne in full regalia with honor guard.
The only reason they hate the Black Panther is because it’s a Black man in a position of power who answers to no white man.
A thought occurred to me when I saw the BBC headline this morning of the Queen and Prince William visiting the area of the Grenfell tower fire. A fire that has left 17 people confirmed dead with 76 missing.
Buckingham Palace: Receives £370m for refurbishment.
Grenfell Tower: Doesn’t receive £300,000 for a sprinkler system.
As pointed out by numerous voices, one example being Aamer Anwar, these people died because they were poor. They continually raised awareness that fire alarms didn’t work and lifts repeatedly stopped.
People jumped.
People who were on the lower floors hurled whatever they could at windows to try and wake people up. They are at outside the incident now wondering whether they should have bothered as they think it would have been better if their neighbours had died from smoke inhalation in their sleep rather than in a panic to escape.
Aamer Anwar, human rights lawyer and current rector of Glasgow University, has said that a government inquiry is not good enough as it allows the government to set the parameters. He pointed out examples like the Hillsborough disaster and Bloody Sunday and how the government continually white washes these to make no one, especially the government, look at fault.
He wants an independent inquiry and a criminal investigation. This happened as a result of Tory austerity and cuts to both social housing and to the emergency services. That blood is on their hands.
When Boris Johnson was mayor of London he oversaw the closures of dozens of fire stations. We had Labour leader to Tony Blair, John McTernan, saying that ‘Only 2% of a fireman’s time is spent fighting fires.’ You cannot afford to cut emergency services to save a quick buck. Austerity does not work.
According to Akala, rapper and poet, rich people living nearby complained that the tower block was an eyesore and urged a refurbishment. This refurbishment results in ‘pretty panels’ being placed on the outside, according to Aamer Anwar these panels assisted the fire.
This is an absolute tragedy and it exposes the utter corruption at the heart of government and in Tory austerity policy. Like Anwar, we fucking hope it ends in criminal charges.
BBC has confirmed the death toll has risen to 30. Fire chiefs expect it to be higher.
The nation’s largest association of medical doctors has officially come out against discriminatory “bathroom bills,” saying that they’re harmful to both the mental and physical health of people affected by the legislation, NBC News reported on Thursday.
At their annual meeting this week, the American Medical Association adopted a resolution officially opposing “bathroom bills” that prevent transgender people from using public bathrooms that match their gender identities. Read more (6/16/17)
I have long said that in order for any comedy to truly succeed as a story, there has to be meat beneath the jokes. There has to be that moment when it is not funny any more.
The only acceptable reason for this is if this character is actually a demon who seduces men and then eats them. [source]
who wrote this, expose him
my breasts are nicely separated. Completely divided, every year they move apart by half an inch.
My breasts are nicely separated though they still fight for custody of the children.
I,,a woman,,,am WiDeR LOweR dOwN
That was difficult to read.
So ugly
My name is Ebony D'arkness Dementia Raven Way, and my breasts are nicely separated
OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT AND HOW ON EARTH DID IT GET PUBLISHED
You can always tell when it’s a man writing a description because they focus oddly on the breasts. There will always be something about breasts and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read historical or fantasy fiction and they talk about “her breasts hanging freely under her tunic” or what the fuck ever and it’s like…women don’t do that? We don’t describe ourselves by saying “I have blonde hair and blue eyes and my breasts hang freely under my tunic”. I kind of feel like we should counter by awkwardly mentioning all male character’s balls in their description. It’s kind of in the same vein.
“I have auburn hair and hazel eyes and my copious nicely separated balls hangs freely under my breeches”
G E T W I D E R L O W E R D O W N
“To get back to my body”
seriously tho what is the source of the original text….we have to drag him
Okay okay okay. So I’ve seen Star Trek: First Contact about a hundred times and I can’t believe I never noticed this.
So first contact with the Vulcans happens, right? The Vulcan ship lands…
Ooh look an alien. Pointy ears!
He offers what we as Star Trek fans recognize as the traditional Vulcan greeting.
Zefram Cochrane tries to copy…
Haha he can’t do it.
So he of course offers what he knows to be a traditional greeting, namely a handshake.
And ah yes, what a wonderful moment. Two cultures are exchanging greetings, learning about each other. It’s awesome.
Until you remember that Vulcans kiss with their hands.
So basically, this Vulcan offered a nice polite “how do you do” and Zefram Cochrane offered smoochies.
I really hope this came up in conversation later.
The Vulcans did a Kirk on the whole human race.
LET ME JUST STOP YOU ALL FOR A SECOND.
The person above was right, Vulcan’s kiss with their hands. But typically, the way they kiss only involves their index and middle finger being pressed against another person’s. That is a kiss.
In, “The Search for Spock,” you see that in the Vulcan culture, just running your fingers against someone else’s can be considered sex (the scene is super strange, but it’s heavily implied, forgive me if I’m wrong).
So, going on that thought, this isn’t just a kiss.
This is like, a make-out session, or at least a long, passionate kiss.
I just, I just can’t get over it because:
1. There are are other Vulcan’s watching these guys, but the Vulcan in front just fucking accepts the kiss.
2. This takes a second right? Like, Zefram can’t do the Vulcan salute so he offers his hand and this Vulcan just gives him this face like, “oh, um, alright? I guess I shouldn’t refuse.” And he just ACCEPTS IT.
The best thing over all is, after they connect, this Vulcan just gives this guy bedroom eyes. It’s like he’s thinking, “well, bold of you sir, bold. Such a strong grip. Perhaps we can do this again in private.”
I just…
THIS GUY.
You don’t get to be a space diplomat unless you are fully ready to fuck an alien.
Benny (Benedict Cumbercat) gets the most joy when his human mom brings home rescued kittens, so he can help look after them and show them the same love that he received when he was rescued. Whenever Ellen brings home an orphan baby (or a box of babies), Benny anticipates their arrival and is filled with excitement. He becomes their dedicated surrogate dad, and his fatherly instinct kicks in the moment he sees a kitten.
Wow, Michigan shows up in my reader, and it's not a disaster. I'm gonna go cry under my desk.
The New York Timessent photographer Jessica Dimmock and reporter Julie Bosman to join students from Northwestern High School as they traveled from their hometown of Flint, Michigan, for a dreamy night on a Detroit riverboat.
