![I don’t like to get on my soapbox all the time but again, when small minds gain access to big things it usually turns out ugly for everyone but themselves & their ilk. The main people who are losing out aren’t even the so-called “enemy” but rather the very people who were intended to be served by this organization.
This the direction of certain things to come, this has become a pattern prevalent throughout recent events. This is the power of collective ignorance, gleefully cutting off one’s nose to spite their face.
Arm yourselves with knowledge & question everything. Every. Damned. Thing. You are indeed surrounded.
thedailywhat:
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: After years of partnering with Planned Parenthood to offer low-income patients access to life-saving breast cancer screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure — a breast-cancer charity that has been known to sue small charities for using “for the cure” in their names — announced yesterday it would no longer fund those screenings.
The alleged reason? A newly instituted rule at Komen “that prohibits grants to organizations being investigated by local, state or federal authorities.”
While a congressional investigation against Planned Parenthood was launched by Florida Republican Cliff Stearns — a staunchly pro-life politician who called defunding Planned Parenthood a “fiscal and moral priority” — many supporters of Komen are failing to see the connection between abortions and breast-cancer screenings.
However, things get considerably clearer once it becomes known that Komen recently appointed Karen Handel, an “anti-choice” Georgia Republican who promised to defund Planned Parenthood, to serve as its SVP.
Taking Komen’s excuse — which includes the line “we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission” — on its face becomes problematic when considering that all of the money granted to Planned Parenthood by Komen was being used to provide screenings to uninsured or underinsured women.
For the record, “abortion services” make up 3% of total services provided by Planned Parenthood. Cancer screening and prevention? 16%.
How can Komen claim to be acting in the best interest of women when it is actively denying many of them access to life-saving breast-cancer screenings that can’t get anywhere else? That’s what many on Komen’s Facebook page and message board would like to know.
They have been leaving angry messages denouncing Komen’s action since the news broke. Many are putting their pocketbook where their fingers are and donating money to Planned Parenthood that would have gone to Komen.
Over the past 24 hours Planned Parenthood has raised “hundreds of thousands” of dollars, and may have already surpassed the amount it would have received from Komen.
[photo: metro.]
See Also: Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqdfa3M8T1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
I don’t like to get on my soapbox all the time but again, when small minds gain access to big things it usually turns out ugly for everyone but themselves & their ilk. The main people who are losing out aren’t even the so-called “enemy” but rather the very people who were intended to be served by this organization.
This the direction of certain things to come, this has become a pattern prevalent throughout recent events. This is the power of collective ignorance, gleefully cutting off one’s nose to spite their face.
Arm yourselves with knowledge & question everything. Every. Damned. Thing. You are indeed surrounded.
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: After years of partnering with Planned Parenthood to offer low-income patients access to life-saving breast cancer screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure — a breast-cancer charity that has been known to sue small charities for using “for the cure” in their names — announced yesterday it would no longer fund those screenings.
The alleged reason? A newly instituted rule at Komen “that prohibits grants to organizations being investigated by local, state or federal authorities.”
While a congressional investigation against Planned Parenthood was launched by Florida Republican Cliff Stearns — a staunchly pro-life politician who called defunding Planned Parenthood a “fiscal and moral priority” — many supporters of Komen are failing to see the connection between abortions and breast-cancer screenings.
However, things get considerably clearer once it becomes known that Komen recently appointed Karen Handel, an “anti-choice” Georgia Republican who promised to defund Planned Parenthood, to serve as its SVP.
Taking Komen’s excuse — which includes the line “we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission” — on its face becomes problematic when considering that all of the money granted to Planned Parenthood by Komen was being used to provide screenings to uninsured or underinsured women.
For the record, “abortion services” make up 3% of total services provided by Planned Parenthood. Cancer screening and prevention? 16%.
How can Komen claim to be acting in the best interest of women when it is actively denying many of them access to life-saving breast-cancer screenings that can’t get anywhere else? That’s what many on Komen’s Facebook page and message board would like to know.
They have been leaving angry messages denouncing Komen’s action since the news broke. Many are putting their pocketbook where their fingers are and donating money to Planned Parenthood that would have gone to Komen.
Over the past 24 hours Planned Parenthood has raised “hundreds of thousands” of dollars, and may have already surpassed the amount it would have received from Komen.
[photo: metro.]
See Also: Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All.
I could never get into this character or Witchblade for that matter, were they ever any good to read?
Darkness #101 variant by Marc Silvestri
Just when you thought the SLR couldn’t get much colder…
Speed racer
Starring: McLaren Mercedes SLR Stirling Moss
(by Willem de Zeeuw)
Once again, you ain’t gotta do sh*t but let them speak. - Choose your poisons well this election year, they’ve ALL got problems on both sides.
Romneyism of the Day: Mitt Romney has come under fire this morning — less than 24 hours after winning the Florida primary — for telling CNN’s Soledad O’Brien that he isn’t concerned “about the very poor” because “we have a safety net there.”
When pressed on this statement by O’Brien, the presidential candidate reiterated his commitment to fixing any holes in that safety net, but also took the time to repeat the phrase “I’m not concerned about the very poor,” which was undoubtedly a very poor choice of words from the man who would become one of the richest presidents in US history.
[cnn.]
On the difference between introversion and shyness
“Introversion is really about having a preference for lower stimulation environments. So it’s just a preference for quiet, for less noise, for less action. Whereas extroverts really crave more stimulation in order to feel at their best. …“Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that’s really a misperception. Because actually it’s just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.
“Now, shyness, on the other hand, is about a fear of negative social judgment. So you can be introverted without having that particular fear at all, and you can be shy but also be an extrovert.”
Thank you, I constantly have to explain this.
I’m an introvert & often shy, however, I have learned to manage my shyness. Where I would have been afraid to be social in situations it’s got to do with crippling thoughts of how others may be judging me. I’ve learned to suppress the anxiety that brings and it only gets out of control during prolonged periods of stress & depressive moods that follow.
For the things I want out of life, I have to be unafraid to go after them. That’s why I fight through it.
As for the introverted preferences, those remain, I like quiet settings with close friends over loud parties & crowded public places with a mixed group, it’s literally draining dealing with so many energies.
I’m not actually anti-social, I like new places & experiences & meeting cool people. There’s just situations where I excel and others where I struggle to keep up. I like to be where I feel moat comfortable and I’m able to be social in a way I can enjoy.
HARRY THOMPSON (Photographer)
Dat dress…
Constantine by Sebastian Fiumara
We should’ve gotten a more accurate John in the flick. If you’re going for wooden character actors like Keanu, there’s Paul Walker, he’s already got the hair.
Jordan x Wilkins some of the best dunks man could concieve were executed by these greats.
… I … I … I can’t… must… resist… urge to… RAGE! Parents teach your children, the public school system was flawed from the beginning, don’t rely on it.
Is this… like a joke?
(via nukirk)
Digging the colors & also, sci-fi nerd law demands I post/reblog @ least one piece of art in tribute to Lt. Ripley.
The quiet kids are everywhere.
