The Reality Flag
Basic freedoms like the right to rent a home or receive medical care are missing in 29 states for LGBTQ+ Americans. To illustrate this, the Human Rights Campaign created the Reality Flag, which features only 21 stars for the states…
The Best Take-Downs of America’s Gun Problem I’ve Ever Seen
As my readers would know, a post like this is not my usual fare. It may put some off or inspire others to ‘set me straight’ in the comments section or even unsubscribe. But in the wake of the mass shooting of 50 members of the LGBT community in Orlando, and the shooting before that, and the one before that, and the one before that, and the one before that, and the one before that… I kinda don’t care.
Anyone who knows me knows how I personally feel about guns (they’re not my thing, you might say). With respect to the issue on a national level, I am in love with these hilarious and poignant articulations put forth brilliantly by Samantha Bee and Jim Jefferies. I have nothing better to add. They’re the best eviscerations of America’s gun problem I’ve ever seen.
Bill Maher on the Way We Dress and What It Says About Us
In his now legendary 2007 "New Rules" rant against the ubiquity of Crocs, a mode of rubber footwear once exclusive to children and mental patients, Bill Maher observed that "we're a nation of slobs who won't be happy until we…