Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

thesmilingfish:

pugs-and-anarchy:

salamanderoverlord:

itstimeforbernie:

bernieforthepeople:

itstimeforbernie:

everything we did in arizona, to get out the vote, was destroyed because almost all independents who reregistered as democrats were booted off by a “computer glitch” and didn’t allow them to vote. not to mention the 3 to 6 hour (in the arizona heat) wait time just to fucking vote.

i want to cry, i want to scream, i want out of this fucking state, and this fucking country

we could’ve won arizona, but voter suppression fucked us over, and no one will do a damn thing about it cause those in charge are bought off in the first place

This is not acceptable.

My heart is literally breaking. Everyone worked their asses off. Everyone was calling people and letting others know that they have to be registered democrat. We were all going door to door and making thousands of phone calls.

And our government goes behind our backs and fucking changes it back on them and claims it to be a “computer glitch.”

I’m furious, I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m fucking tired.

PERTITION FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER SUPPRESSION IN ARIZONA:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-voter-fraud-and-voter-suppression-arizona-3222016-democratic-party

PETITION FOR A REVOTE IN ARIZONA DUE TO VOTER FRAUD/SUPPRESSION:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/do-revote-arizona-primary-due-voter-suppression

The second one still needs like 60k more signatures!!!

For anyone who lives near Phoenix - tomorrow (Monday 3/28) at 10 am, the House Elections Committee will meet publicly with AZ Secretary of State Michelle Reagan and County Recorder Helen Purcell. They will be taking public comments so it’s important to show up and share your story.

Why this isn’t being mentioned anywhere in the mainstream media is beyond me. Well, it’s not really but you know.

This is the info I got from reddit (who got it from Facebook…).

• WHAT: A Special Meeting of the House Elections Committee to address voter concerns from the Presidential Preference Election. Share your story!
• WHEN: Monday, March 28th at 10 am
• WHERE: House Hearing Room 4, Arizona State Capitol
• CONTACT: Samantha@AZadvocacy.org, (480) 619 - 3911

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glassraptor:

vampires always like “i could kill you if I wanted” like? yeah? so could another human being. so could a dog. so could a dedicated duck. you arent special

(Source: hollyblueagate, via clockwork-mockingbird)

Give me 6 characters and I’ll tell you who i would:

lucid-dreamer-dreams:

go-ride-a-boar:

• Push off a cliff
  
• Kiss
  
• Marry
  
• Set on Fire
  
• Wrap a Blanket around
  
• Be Roommates with
  

G U Y S

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cannibalcoalition:

darkbookworm13:

polar-solstice:

Let’s talk about symbolism for a moment: A sparrow landed on Bernie’s podium, but a bald eagle attacked Donald Drumpf (#MakeDonaldDrumpfagain)

Sparrows are bids of:

• Joy
• Inclusion
• Creativity
• Simplicity
• Protection
• Community
• Productivity
• Friendliness
  

Bald eagles are birds of:

• Opportunity
• Protection
• Guardianship
• Masculinity
• Dominance
• Control
• Freedom
• Community
• Command
• Action
• Authority
• Skill
• Focus
• Determination
• Vision
• Power
• Liberation
• Inspiration
• Ruler
• Judgment

So from an augury perspective, it is fair to say that Bernie has the approval of the sparrow, and Donald lacks the qualities necessary to please the eagle. 

BUT BEYOND THAT! Even if you don’t buy into augury, let’s look at bird behavior. 

Bernie, with all his hand waving and the volume of his voice attracted the interest of a sparrow, a small, non-predatory animal. This means that despite his motion and volume, it saw him and went “this man is not a threat to me”. 

Donald Douche, on the other hand, sat still next to a trained predatory bird, and the bird was so uncomfortable with him that it attacked him. Straight attacked him. He wasn’t waving his arms or being loud, just existing next to the bird it felt threatened and attacked him. 

So there’s that.

This is an awesome post.

To be fair, the eagle had a good reason to attack Drumpf. During the shoot, Drumpf was told to hold the bird closer to him because it would be a more steady perch. But instead, he held him as far away from him as possible which made the perch unsteady and nearly dropped him. The second photo, the one of him being attacked at the desk is when he was reaching for the eagle’s tether. The eagle recognized him as ‘that guy that dropped him’ and attacked him. 

So to read this into augury- Drumpf was attacked not simply because because he lacks the necessary qualities associated with the eagle, but because the eagle remembers that he mishandles those qualities (protection, opportunity, freedom, etc) in a way that harms them.

The eagle gave him a chance and he blew it. 

the election has literally gotten to the point where the fuckin AUGURIES are in bernie sanders’s favorlikewe are one step away from god themself leaving passive-aggressive sticky-note memos about their preferred candidateelections 2016  (via @cthulhu-with-a-fez)

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biwomensupport:

voidbat:

stimmyabby:

You don’t have to be grateful that it isn’t worse.

read that.

read it again, and again, and again.

somebody, somewhere, always has it worse than you. there is one person on this planet that has it the worst of all, and that person is NOT the only person allowed to be unhappy with their lot.

if things are bad for you, they are bad for you. period.

This goes for trauma as well. A lot of times survivors get trapped in a cycle of  minimizing/diminishing their trauma because “other people have it worse” - but there is no hierarchy of trauma. There is no ranking system for which traumas are “better” or “worse.” Your trauma is valid. Period.

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rainfelt:

nextyearsgirl:

elementalsight:

jean-luc-gohard:

I honestly don’t understand why there aren’t more people who, when given the platform to discuss minimum wage, don’t simply distill it to the simplest of facts:

• A forty hour work week is considered full time.
  
• It’s considered as such because it takes up the amount of time we as a society have agreed should be considered the maximum work schedule required of an employee. (this, of course, does not always bear out practically, but just follow me here)
• A person working the maximum amount of time required should earn enough for that labor to be able to survive. Phrased this way, I doubt even most conservatives could effectively argue against it, and out of the mouth of someone verbally deft enough to dance around the pathos-based jabs conservative pundits like to use to avoid actually debating, it could actually get opps thinking.
• Therefore, if an employee is being paid less than [number of dollars needed for the post-tax total to pay for the basic necessities in a given area divided by forty] per hour, they are being ripped off and essentially having their labor, productivity, and profit generation value stolen by their employer.
• Wages are a business expense, and if a company cannot afford to pay for its labor, it is by definition a failing business. A company stealing labor to stay afloat (without even touching those that do so simply to increase profit margins and/or management/executive pay/bonuses) is no more ethical than a failing construction company breaking into a lumber yard and stealing wood.
• Our goal as a society should be to protect each other, especially those that most need protection, not to subsidize failing businesses whose owners could quite well subsidize them on their own.

I wish I had this post two hours ago. 

A living wage should enable a middle class lifestyle, not just basic necessities. It should enable necessities, leisure, and savings, or else we’re also saying that there are people who deserve to devote the entirety of their productivity to surviving another week of labor in order to do more labor with no possibility of enrichment or advancement.

^^^

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timeforlightss:

parkercx:

hermionefeelinalive:

robotsandfrippary:

Your child pours all the toothpaste into the sink.  Your kid cuts their own hair.  Your baby gets into your lipstick and decides to put it on the dog.  Your child cries because their crush doesn’t like them.  That’s kids will be kids.

Your child calls other children homophobic, racist, or misogynistic slurs.  Your child steals or tells other children that they’re not allowed to play in certain areas.  Your kid punches their crush when that child doesn’t reciprocate their feelings.  That is NOT “kids will be kids” and you as the parent or teacher need to put a stop to it. 

Discipline & respect.

Message!

ONE MORE TIME FOR THE HARD HEADED PARENTS IN THE BACK

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0ff-track:

touchmydannywoodhead:

My boss called me “Tyrone” on accident (My name is Tyrand). She apologized and bought me lunch to make up for it. I didn’t think twice about it, since I’m used to getting called every variant of “Ty-(fill in blank here)”. Then later on I read a quote she keeps in her work area that made me feel kinda special.

“During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. “Absolutely,” said the professor. “In your careers you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say ‘Hello’.”

I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.“

This is a very important lesson to learn

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