[T]ake the notion of “political correctness”. It is true that movements of conscience have piled demands onto people faster than the culture can absorb them. That is an unfortunate side-effect of social progress. Conservatism, however, twists language to make the inconvenience of conscience sound like a kind of oppression. The campaign against political correctness is thus a search-and-destroy campaign against all vestiges of conscience in society. The flamboyant nastiness of rhetors such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter represents the destruction of conscience as a type of liberation. They are like cultists, continually egging on their audiences to destroy their own minds by punching through one layer after another of their consciences.

Phil Agre on Political Correctness (via jonathan-cunningham)

Any time someone brings up “well I’m not ‘politically correct’” it calls for a mega-side eye. Because, what? Your desire to say whatever you want however you want to say it trumps the comfort and well-being of the people around you?

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Mitch Hedberg’s a genius More funny pics at FunSubstance.com and the Facebook Page

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Mitch Hedberg’s a genius
More funny pics at FunSubstance.com and the Facebook Page

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Ultimate 80s Mashup

This mashup is exceptionally good dancing-in-your-underwear music.

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My Opinion:
Wow. Just…wow. Admittedly, certain plot points were predictable thirty pages in (you’ll know them when you see them), but as a whole this book offers a unique retelling of the age old story of Cinderella. When Cinder meets his royal highness Kai, she thinks it’s a once in a lifetime fluke, no big deal. But after sickness claims her little sister and her stepmother offers Cinder up as a medical “volunteer” to look for a cure Cinder’s past becomes a matter of intergalactic importance. Cinder is determined to cure her sister and hopefully get away from her less-than-homelike home. I can’t wait to read the next book. I give it 4.3/5
From Goodreads.com:
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl… . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

My Opinion:

Wow. Just…wow. Admittedly, certain plot points were predictable thirty pages in (you’ll know them when you see them), but as a whole this book offers a unique retelling of the age old story of Cinderella. When Cinder meets his royal highness Kai, she thinks it’s a once in a lifetime fluke, no big deal. But after sickness claims her little sister and her stepmother offers Cinder up as a medical “volunteer” to look for a cure Cinder’s past becomes a matter of intergalactic importance. Cinder is determined to cure her sister and hopefully get away from her less-than-homelike home. I can’t wait to read the next book. I give it 4.3/5

From Goodreads.com:

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, the ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl… . 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

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Such a beautiful movie

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Taking place in England the owners of the yard slowly kept adding sections to the contraption so when the squirrel learned one section and got the nuts, they’d add another section. It took over 2 weeks to get to the final product you see in the video.

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The Legend Comes To Life. From Pokemon The Movie 2000

Lugia’s Song <3

OH MY GOD

I’VE BEEN CATCHING MYSELF SINGING THIS FOR YEARS

BUT I HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS FROM

/UGLY SOBBING

I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS ON MY DASH LIKE YOU DON’T EVEN UNDERSTAND I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND I LOVE THIS SONG. SO MUCH.

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ArtistPokémon
TitleThe Legend Comes To Life
AlbumPokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power Of One