June 2015 Archives
- June 30, 2015
Somewhere warm and breezy, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich smiles over her Corona - June 30, 2015
Vaccinating children: EXACTLY what Hitler would force parents to do - June 30, 2015
Remember, you can prevent religious freedoms from being curtailed - June 30, 2015
Today's sign that the Apocalypse is upon us: Don'tcha think Jesus has better things to do than appear on food? - June 30, 2015
You say "Blasphemy!!" like it's a bad thing.... - June 29, 2015
It's a good time to remember to be excellent to one another - June 29, 2015
A time for the intolerant and self-righteous to whine about no longer being able to deny others a basic human right - June 29, 2015
Oh, the places you'll go.... - June 29, 2015
Sometimes it's not about your heritage...particularly when that heritage is redolent of hatred, racism, and oppression - June 29, 2015
Big Game Hunting: The elusive trophy wife - June 28, 2015
If your religion allows you to deny basic human rights to those you find objectionable, you have no religion - June 28, 2015
When news breaks, Twitter is there to put it back together. Poorly. - June 28, 2015
If not for selfish excuses, I'd have no excuses at all - June 27, 2015
You can't demand freedom while refusing to accept responsibility - June 27, 2015
Equal rights and equal dignity under the law...now the really hard work begins - June 27, 2015
It was NOT a good week for Conservatives, haters, and racist symbols - June 27, 2015
Today's sign that the Apocalypse is upon us: I stopped listening after I heard "testicle eating fish" and "fried rat" - June 27, 2015
Towards forming a more excellent union - June 26, 2015
"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right." - June 26, 2015
Bernie Sanders is a socialist? That's a bad thing?? - June 26, 2015
Bristol Palin: Double standard? WHAT double standard?? - June 26, 2015
Is that a .45 in your purse...or are you just glad to see me? - June 26, 2015
Today on "Great Moments in Digging Our Graves With Our Teeth" - June 26, 2015
The official oil-based paint of the oligarchy - June 25, 2015
There's no challenge to be found in engaging in a battle of wits when your adversary arrives unarmed - June 25, 2015
Homophobia: We tend to hate most what we fear most in ourselves - June 25, 2015
Off to the next adventure - June 25, 2015
Today on "Great Moments in Hyper-Religious Self-Importance and Overvaluation" - June 25, 2015
Conservative morality: Do as I say...not as I do - June 24, 2015
It's time to decide what kind of America you want: Why I'm endorsing Bernie Sanders for President - June 24, 2015
Past performance does not guarantee future results - June 24, 2015
If yoga is the biggest threat to your faith, you're leading a charmed existence - June 24, 2015
Presidentiariness for the lowest common denominator - June 23, 2015
Just another day in Paradise...er, Oregon - June 23, 2015
Being different doesn't make you a bad person; it just makes you different - June 23, 2015
Damn...Mama told me I shoulda been a screenwriter - June 23, 2015
Compassion: Not just for losers and Liberals anymore - June 23, 2015
You have to know your day's about to take a turn for the worst when.... - June 22, 2015
Because every night in Oregon looks just like this. Really. Honest. No kidding. - June 22, 2015
"[U]ntil neither the Plain nor the Star-Bellies knew whether this one was that one...or that one was this one.... - June 22, 2015
Life: If you can't control it, you might as well try to enjoy the ride - June 22, 2015
Today signs that the Apocalypse is upon us - June 22, 2015
Nothing new ever happens around here - June 21, 2015
Why WOULD you want to admit to you racist tendencies? - June 21, 2015
Today on "Great Moments in Willful Disregard for the Truth" - June 21, 2015
You say "relentless gay" like it's a bad thing - June 21, 2015
More great moments in Conservative "leadership": The "Irony is not dead, but it's certainly mortally wounded" edition - June 21, 2015
Sometimes the best place to be is anywhere else - June 20, 2015
Portland's International Rose Test Gardeners- Giving gardeners inferiority complexes since 1917 - June 20, 2015
"Meanwhile, the American shooting gallery remains open" - June 20, 2015
Forever can be highly overrated - June 20, 2015
America: Where happiness is a warm gun - June 20, 2015
Trump 2016: Because immigrants are smelly and have cooties - June 19, 2015
Arguing with proudly closed-minded gun control foes on the Internet? I'd rather slam my forehead into a wall. - June 19, 2015
Because any REAL White Christian American patriot knows, God's a Conservative Republican - June 19, 2015
Time is not a friend of angry, racist, Right-wing homophobes...or as you know them, Republicans - June 19, 2015
Being a Fox News Channel talking head means never having to worry about being held accountable - June 18, 2015
Lie, damned lies, and ammosexuals: Class personified, eh? - June 18, 2015
Ammosexuals, gun nuts, and the NRA: More blood on their hands...as if they care - June 18, 2015
Texas: Where opening a lemonade stand requires a permit...but carrying an AR-15 doesn't - June 18, 2015
When it comes to "spiritual warfare," the Southern Baptist Convention is out of bullets - June 18, 2015
Is it Frida yet?? - June 17, 2015
As if Timbers fan needed more conclusive proof that Clint Dempsey's a jerk.... - June 17, 2015
You can be sad and you can be angry...but we're not about to let you make us your scapegoat - June 17, 2015
Why Politico represents the death of journalism - June 17, 2015
Tea Party Paradise: Life in Kansas under America's Worst Governor - June 17, 2015
There's no truth to the suspicion that "Mitt Romney" is an anagram for "epic irony" - June 16, 2015
Being middle class used to mean something; now it just means being a unit of production - June 16, 2015
You know you're a dumbass when this seems like a great idea - June 16, 2015
In which hyper-religious bigots find out that self-righteousness has consequences - June 16, 2015
Fear the terrifying, awesome power of a 14-year-old African-American girl in a bikini - June 16, 2015
Franklin Graham: A Christian in the same way Jeffrey Dahmer was vegan - June 16, 2015
If this is the standard, we're failing...miserably - June 16, 2015
Your Libertarian friend's political/philosophical raison d'etre has just been destroyed in one epic tweet - June 15, 2015
When upselling goes a little bit too far - June 15, 2015
Today's sign that the Apocalypse is upon us: Sex Pistols-branded credit cards...#killmenow - June 15, 2015
Today on "Great Moments in Copy Editing" - June 15, 2015
When arrogance and self-importance meet intolerance and hyper-religiosity - June 15, 2015
You know California needs a savior when.... - June 15, 2015
Flags represent overt displays of nationalism used to cover up lies and corruption - June 14, 2015
How would "JESUS" spelled out in 4-foot tall letters send a religiously exclusive message? - June 14, 2015
One nation under (a mean-spirited and angry) God, with liberty and justice for all (as long as they're Christian) - June 14, 2015
The 2nd Amendment: Only for Conservative White males - June 14, 2015
God's punishment...or just an example of the Almighty's sense of humor? - June 14, 2015
This week in God: Your Imaginary Friend is not who you think He is - June 13, 2015
Just another day in Paradise: Mt. St. Helens with Mt. Adams in the background - June 13, 2015
Racism never goes out of style - June 13, 2015
So you STILL don't believe in White privilege? - June 13, 2015
News flash: Man with tiny penis demands to be able to compensate in public - June 13, 2015
Mike Huckabee: Qualified to be President in the same way I'm qualified to do brain surgery - June 12, 2015
Thank God it's Frida - June 12, 2015
So other than that, Mr. Lincoln...what did you think of the play? - June 12, 2015
"Have you no decency, sir?" For Ted Cruz, the answer is clear. - June 12, 2015
You'll know things are serious when Mike Rowe announces he's running for the GOP Presidential nomination - June 12, 2015
A stroll through Tiananmen Square - June 11, 2015
The good news is they weren't thrown to the ground and placed in a choke hold - June 11, 2015
If I could monetize emotional baggage, I'd be wealthy beyond my wildest dreams - June 11, 2015
Jade Helm conspiracy theorists: Not exactly MENSA candidates, are we?? - June 11, 2015
What I learned from the voices in my head - June 11, 2015
Today on "Great Moments in Christian EPIC Fail" - June 10, 2015
John Waters totally stole the graduation speech I was planning to give - June 10, 2015
How to scare students away from writing by forcing them to diagram sentences - June 10, 2015
I had that dream again - June 10, 2015
Roe v. Wade? WHAT Roe v. Wade?? Not when women are property. - June 10, 2015
Sometimes, karma can (deservedly) be a real b---h - June 10, 2015
More great moments in Conservative "leadership" - June 9, 2015
You know you're in Portland when this seems like a GREAT idea - June 9, 2015
In which Sjón (the kitten, not the poet) earns his 15 minutes of fame - June 9, 2015
The courage to be who you are...not always something everyone wants to see - June 9, 2015
Damned kids!!! Get off my lawn!!! - June 9, 2015
A little perspective on "natural law" - June 8, 2015
Sometimes you open your heart and a four-legged furball walks right on in - June 8, 2015
Say hello to my old friend - June 8, 2015
If you need religion to behave morally, you have bigger problems than you know - June 8, 2015
Things that, once seen, cannot be unseen - June 7, 2015
Because every day in Oregon looks just like this. Honest. Really. No kidding. - June 7, 2015
History is all well and good, but it doesn't do much for the bottom line - June 7, 2015
Something that's not likely to be in my stocking on Christmas morning - June 7, 2015
This week in God: Somewhere Jesus weeps uncontrollably into his Negro Modelo - June 7, 2015
The one thing Barack Obama really sucks at: Destroying America - June 6, 2015
A gift from Iceland to the American ammosexual community - June 6, 2015
Edumication?? We don't need no stinkin' edumication!! - June 6, 2015
Today's nominee for Headline of the Year: The Stupid, it is strong in this one - June 6, 2015
Be careful what you ask for...because you just might get it - June 5, 2015
Thank God it's Frida - June 5, 2015
We hate what we most fear in ourselves (Jack 3:16) - June 5, 2015
Texas Leadership: It looks a lot like avoiding responsibility for finding a solution - June 5, 2015
Terrorist or dumbass...or is there even a difference? - June 5, 2015
It's time we got our priorities straight - June 4, 2015
Today's menu - June 4, 2015
Almost enough to make one believe peace is possible - June 4, 2015
Maybe instead of a dog.... - June 4, 2015
If you can't play well with others and even Twitter doesn't want you...you suck at life - June 4, 2015
That nagging "Man, I really had WAY too much to drink last night" feeling - June 3, 2015
A post-apocalyptic take on Charlie Brown and Snoopy - June 3, 2015
The girl with colitis goes by - June 3, 2015
When Republicans do it, it's not big deal. When Democrats do it, it's worst sort of venality and corruption EVER. - June 3, 2015
Bryan Fischer: Free to his beliefs, but not to create his own set of "facts" - June 3, 2015
I'll go with "Hypocrisy for $400".... - June 2, 2015
"You're a loser" always works well - June 2, 2015
Bigotry and hatred never goes out of style. Today it's called "patriotism." - June 2, 2015
Another passenger on the GOP clown car - June 2, 2015
More great moments in Conservative "leadership" - June 2, 2015
Today on "People Unclear on the Concept" - June 1, 2015
PDX: Home to North America's largest freestanding cuckoo clock - June 1, 2015
If you believe Bernie Sanders to the best candidate, why not vote for him? - June 1, 2015
The answer depends on the question - June 1, 2015
Life at the intersection of Karma and Schadenfreude: Some rent...Dennis Hastert owns - June 1, 2015
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