Andymatic

Month: May 2011

  • Focus on the Family Leader: "We've Probably Lost" on Gay Marriage

    “Last week, a Gallup poll showed that a majority of Americans support gay marriage. It was the third such survey this spring, and if you add in the number of Americans who support civil unions, public support for same-sex relationships has become the dominant position. … Even Jim Daly, president of the right-wing group Focus […]

  • How Roger Ailes Failed at Setting Up a Strong Republican Candidate for 2012

    ‘”[Fox News’s Roger] Ailes is the most successful executive in television by a wide margin, and he has been so for more than a decade. He is also, in a sense, the head of the Republican Party, having employed five prospective presidential candidates and done perhaps more than anyone to alter the balance of power […]

  • Desperately Seeking Sbarro

    “Singing about S&M but yet the least sexy song/performance possible. I feel like we’re barely a year away from Rihanna just yapping about how she likes it in the ass, and will blow you all day long, but still making it look like she’s wandering lost at the mall, trying to find a Sbarro. ” […]

  • Japanese Pensioners Team Up to Save the World

    ‘As the Japanese government and TEPCO struggle to bring the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control, a group of pensioners has decided to put their lives at risk to save younger people from radiation. It is becoming more difficult to find people willing to work in crippled plant “My acquaintances and I talked very […]

  • Lawmaker Says Women Should Plan Ahead in Case of Rape- Since He Carries A Spare Tire

    We seem to be speeding towards some sort of nexus of stupidity. Lawmaker Says Women Should Plan Ahead in Case of Rape- Since He Carries A Spare Tire A Kansas lawmaker thinks women should just purchase abortion waivers for insurance to plan ahead in case of rape.

  • Roseanne Barr on the Lack of Change in the TV Industry

    “The line was a ridiculously sexist interpretation of what a feminist thinks—something to the effect of “You’re my equal in bed, but that’s it.” … Matt, who was watching from his office, yelled over the loudspeaker, “Say the line as written!” I said, “No, I don’t like the line. I find it repulsive, and my […]

  • Wisconsin Governor Pushes To End Hospital Visitation For Gay Couples

    Rot in hell you piece of shit: Wisconsin Governor Pushes To End Hospital Visitation For Gay Couples

  • Classical vs Practical

    “Education, especially classical education that focuses on teaching how to think about problems, has always been a privilege, and to a certain extent the exclusive domain of the relatively rich. That hasn’t really changed, even though we often like to pretend otherwise.We saw a demand for education, and in turn for universities, because the economy […]

  • Private Insurance is a Defective Product

    “Private insurance is a defective product. … Even middle-class families with supposedly good coverage are just one serious illness away from financial ruin. My colleagues and I recently found that medical bills and illness contribute to 62 percent of all personal bankruptcies — a 50 percent increase since 2001. Strikingly, three-quarters of the medically bankrupt had […]

  • Amazon.com: the Hidden Empire

    Amazon.com: the Hidden Empire