TerminalSaint posted:

Thanks for going out of your way and popping out kids with supernatural powers despite there being no selective pressure towards it, evolution.

Pththya-lyi posted:

The best article about Indigo children is the one that was in the Dallas Observer back in 2006, just because of the one little boy it profiled. Young Dusk's father, Jaired Conrad, suspected that his eight-year-old was an indigo child and took him and his brother to see a film about indigos at Dallas' Unity Church:


Evidently the Unity Church attendees - and the journalist who wrote the article - were unaware of the 2005 cartoon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which chronicled the adventures of a young boy who'd spent 100 years sleeping in an iceberg and has the power to psycho-kinetically manipulate the elements of earth, air, water, and fire. But several readers of the Dallas Observer were aware, and they wrote to the paper about the mistake.

Sir Rolo posted:

Jenny McCarthy is amazing:

HFX posted:

Don't be dense. There are plenty of people on the right who are world famous. The real idea here is that they are contradicting the narrative about liberal elites go through universities. They are also not technically correct about things like Jeff Foxworthy as someone pointed out. More importantly is the list is selective to portray a certain message.

TerminalSaint posted:

Thanks for going out of your way and popping out kids with supernatural powers despite there being no selective pressure towards it, evolution.

HFX posted:

Don't be dense. There are plenty of people on the right who are world famous. The real idea here is that they are contradicting the narrative about liberal elites go through universities. They are also not technically correct about things like Jeff Foxworthy as someone pointed out. More importantly is the list is selective to portray a certain message.

Tarezax posted:

I saw a documentary on this phenomenon once, it was called Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!

OxySnake posted:

Ashcans posted:

Shouldn't republicans support birth control/abortions for illegal immigrants? I thought they didn't want immigrants having those US Citizen anchor babies. Or does love of fetuses outweigh hatred of immigration?

Sir Rolo posted:

Jenny McCarthy is amazing:

Duke Igthorn posted:

So Jenny McCarthy thinks wisdom comes from blurting words out of your face without thinking at all? That's uhh...hmmmm...

Kugyou no Tenshi posted:

Totally not understanding what the crap was supposed to "mean" (for loose definitions of "meaning") - would often just repeat the phrases word-for-word.

OxySnake posted:

Saw this good one.



They take all of our money before they take our jorbs.

simmyb posted:

Basic human rights that are out of reach to tens of millions of Americans?

quote:

Public Health care delivery is accomplished via an elaborate provisioning and delivery system instituted by the Mexican Federal Government. Public health care is provided to all Mexican citizens as guaranteed via Article 4 of the Constitution. Public care is either fully or partially subsidized by the federal government, depending on the person's (Spanish: derechohabiente's) employment status. All Mexican citizens are eligible for subsidized health care regardless of their work status via a system of health care facilities operating under the federal Secretariat of Health (formerly the Secretaria de Salubridad y Asistencia, or SSA) agency.
...
The government of the states in Mexico also provide health services independently of those services provided by the federal government programs. In most states, the state government has established free or subsidized healthcare to all their citizens.

quote:

Proof of Mexican citizenship is required to attend public schools for free.

quote:

Since 2007, abortion procedures are legal and decriminalized in Mexico City for the first 12 weeks into a pregnancy - on request by any woman - but forbidden in 18 out of 31 Mexican states.

borkencode posted:

Oh look, a list of formal grievances.

Absurd Alhazred posted:

I have to go with (a) Cowards.

Jurgan posted:

Okay, so a family member of mine (who is Republican but not freep-level rightwing) has ended up on a number of mailing lists. Thought I'd share. Here's some pretty unhinged stuff about abolishing the IRS that never forgets to use Obama's full name:

borkencode posted:

Oh look, a list of formal grievances.

borkencode posted:

Oh look, a list of formal grievances.

Nenonen posted:

Which particular generation is this image trying to address? The Greatest Generation?

Guilty Spork posted:

Is the stuff we're currently letting happen better or worse than forcing innocent Japanese-Americans into internment camps? What about slavery or the attempted genocide of the Native Americans? Yeah, I'm sure those things pale in comparison to the unspecified stuff the scary black man is doing.

Regalingualius posted:

"Love is also a corpse in two diseases"?

Well, then.

Fulchrum posted:

At least Liberals are smart enough to know what "celebrity" means. Because when you think of a relevant person of note, you think of Tom Selleck.

Jurgan posted:

Okay, so a family member of mine (who is Republican but not freep-level rightwing) has ended up on a number of mailing lists. Thought I'd share. Here's some pretty unhinged stuff about abolishing the IRS that never forgets to use Obama's full name:




Edit: poo poo, thanks for catching that!

Kro-Bar posted:

Saw this on a local news channel's story about the Washington NFL team losing some federal trademarks.



The Confederate flag profile picture is just icing on the cake.

quote:

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced the filing and settlement of a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against African-American customers by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a nationwide family restaurant chain. In the agreement, memorialized in a consent order filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Cracker Barrel commits to implementing far reaching changes to policies and practices, to prevent discrimination.

The Justice Department’s complaint alleges that Cracker Barrel violated Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American customers and prospective customers on the basis of their race or color. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Cracker Barrel:

- allowed white servers to refuse to wait on African-American customers;

- segregated customer seating by race;

- seated white customers before African-American customers who arrived earlier;

- provided inferior service to African-American customers after they were seated; and

- treated African-Americans who complained about the quality of Cracker Barrel's food or service less favorably than white customers who lodged similar complaints.

The Justice Department’s investigation revealed evidence of such conduct in approximately 50 different Cracker Barrel restaurants in seven states: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Justice Department’s investigation included interviews with approximately 150 persons, mostly former Cracker Barrel employees, of whom 80 percent stated that they experienced or witnessed discriminatory treatment of customers at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. The investigation suggested that managers often directed, participated in, or condoned the discriminatory behavior.

Filed with the complaint today in federal court was a jointly filed consent order resolving the allegations. Under the consent order, which remains subject to court approval and which covers Cracker Barrel restaurants nationwide, Cracker Barrel will hire an outside auditor to ensure compliance with its terms. The five-year agreement requires Cracker Barrel to:

- adopt and implement effective nondiscrimination policies and procedures;

- implement new and enhanced training programs to ensure compliance with Title II and the consent order;

- develop and implement an improved system for investigating, tracking, and resolving discrimination complaints;

- retain an outside contractor to test the compliance of Cracker Barrel restaurants with Title II and the order; and

- publicize the company’s nondiscrimination policies.

“To discriminate on the basis of race in the provision of food and service tramples most gravely not only the civil rights laws, but also our nation’s promise of equality,” said R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. “We take discrimination in the provision of food and services as seriously today as we did when the Civil Rights Act was passed almost 40 years ago. Where we find evidence, as we did here, that individuals of any race are receiving anything less than full and equal access to public accommodations, we will act.”

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in places of public accommodation, such as restaurants and hotels. Under Title II, the Civil Rights Division can obtain injunctive relief that changes policies and practices to remedy customer discrimination. Title II does not authorize the Division to obtain specific relief, such as monetary damages for individual customers who are victims of discrimination. Since January 2001, the Civil Rights Division has resolved 14 cases and investigations involving alleged pattern or practice violations of this law.

A copy of the consent decree can be obtained on the Justice Department’s website at <http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/housing/caselist.htm>.

Mo_Steel posted:

Because the name Cracker Barrel has to do with a term not used explicitly and solely to denigrate your racial heritage and marginalize you as a subhuman? Also maybe choose a different example:


http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2004/May/04_crt_288.htm

Emphasis mine. Two thousand and loving four.