June 2012
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Del Close Marathon 14 Phone App →
THANK GOD THIS EXISTS
“Medicare becomes an important symbol to show that [Canadians] are different from...”
– - Dr. Michael Rachlis, one of Canada’s leading medical policy analysts and consultants
Postmedia News
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Chief Justice Roberts = Snape ??!?
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“In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that...”
– Amy Howe, Scotusblog
Link to decision here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf
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SCOTUS Upholds Individual Mandate (Obamacare)!!! →
SCOTUSblog live blog of opinions June 28, 2012
Who’s Screwed If Obamacare Gets the Ax?
newsweek:
These are just a few of the people who could get the shaft if the Supreme Court axes the Affordable Care Act:
Debt-Strangled Young 20-Somethings
People Who Are Bad at Paperwork
Southerners
Fans of Non-Procreative Sex
Insurance Companies
So we’re screwed a few times over, huh. Great!
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“When you are feeling down, you don’t like seeing other people be...”
– Me, just now, to myself
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In Sweden, Man Claims to Be AWOL Since 1984 →
This story is fascinating to me because I often wish I could press a reset button. And I think we call can agree that if we were to do that, Sweden would be a far nicer country to live in. By far.
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“If women are ever to achieve real equality as leaders, then we have to stop...”
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I have to be honest. Not accepting male choices and male behavior as the default ideal is really, really hard. I’m not being sarcastic. I don’t know if this is true for other women (especially other women like me who work around and with a lot of men) but I tend to have an automatic view that...
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Cat Power. Ruin.
Into it.
Rob Delaney: Funny Women →
cathrynmudon:
robdelaney:
The New York Post published an interview with Adam Carolla on Sunday in which he said, among other things, “dudes are funnier than chicks,” and, regarding writing for television, “they make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff.”
I disagree,…
A terrific piece about ASSSSCAT, women in comedy, and just common...
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Twenty Five Years
kevinweir:
fluxmachine:
The GIF has existed for 25 years today. The Daily Dot did a retrospective, which I thought was cool. Here’s my humble contribution.
happy 25 years, GIFs.
Prince of Solms-Baruth
kevinweir:
fluxmachine:
Been a while. Here’s some new flux machine.
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“Probably the most ridiculous thing about True Blood besides everything about it...”
– - Videogum’s summary of True Blood Season 5 premiere.
ROFL. I will probably keep watching… for a few more episodes.
“Reading these profiles is above all a reminder of just this historical...”
– http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/06/10/anti-contraception-voices-get-louder (via avcnyc)
Episode 8 is up!
thiscantbeitpodcast:
Episode 8- She’s With the Podcast
This week on the program, Johnna Scrabis and Georgia Clark stop by the studio apartment. We talk about the relative attractiveness of Australians, literature, high school, the relative nature of bullying, and of course comedy. We find out about some influences of our guests. And things get real and Sean and Keith tell you more about their...
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Mullaney: Show names, group names and form names →
mullaney:
Let’s say there is an improv group named Master Blaster and they decide to do a show called Inside the Thunderdome and for that show that create a new improv form that features stage combat that they call The Gibson.
Is it ok for you to do another impov show using stage combat? Yes, of course….
Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Improv Edition
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SUMMER IMPROV PARTY - Thurs, 6/7, 10:30pm - FREE @...
It’s time for … a SUMMER IMPROV PARTY!
- It’s a FREE show at USM, for eight weeks this summer. Thursdays at 10.30 p.m. - Two improv teams, two 25 minute sets, and an open jam to end the night! - Everybody’s welcome, nobody pays, and we’re all going to have a great time. Party party party! *** June 7th show features: THE BROTHERS HINES! And every show ends with a...
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Let us know when you find trash in the media.
I don’t know if you guys have been to OneMillionMoms.com, but on their website you can fill out info about the trash in the media, and they will probably start a petition or campaign or whatever to almost certainly get rid of that trash! I submitted, and I encourage everyone else to do the same!
If enough of us complain, maybe we can make a real difference!
I’m thinking like…...
“John, I don’t think we pick who we room with here.”
– Former Pa. House Speaker Bill DeWeese, a Democrat, to former Pa. House Speaker John Perzel, a Republican, inside a state prison. The legislative rivals became cellmates after both were convicted on corruption charges. DeWeese’s other option was his chief of staff who testified against him. (via...
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“Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work...”
– E.J. Dionne (via charlietodd) 