Things that are wonderful: $2 brownies from Cake and the Beanstalk
Things that are even more wonderful: Getting a corner piece.
Battlestar fans: between yesterday (when I waited 7 hours and was constantly told the A/C repair people would be here in 30 minutes) and today, I almost got through season two. I’m at a pretty bleak place in it: Sharon almost got raped and the black market is super fucked. I know this is a sad show, but is it going to get any lighter? I really like it, but things are so disturbing right now (like the fact that the only reason Sharon is pregnant is because her fetus’s blood cures cancer), and it’s getting hard to watch.
“The collection of chemicals (me) shifts, tilts, fills to the brim. Becomes unstable. Feel the surge of norepinephrine and vasopressin joining the constant flush of dopamine his presence elicits: feel it in the rush of emotions that rise to the surface of me. Aching (desperate and unstoppable)…
You do know that the Trans Health Conference and Philly Comicon are happening right now in the same building, right? Fucking nerd.
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to dismissal from the priesthood when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee.
Questioned at the time about the news that one particularly notorious pedophile cleric had been given a “payoff” to leave the priesthood, Cardinal Dolan, then the archbishop, responded that such an inference was “false, preposterous and unjust.”
But a document unearthed during bankruptcy proceedings for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and made public by victims’ advocates reveals that the archdiocese did make such payments to multiple accused priests to encourage them to seek dismissal, thereby allowing the church to remove them from the payroll.
A spokesman for the archdiocese confirmed on Wednesday that payments of as much as $20,000 were made to “a handful” of accused priests “as a motivation” not to contest being defrocked. The process, known as “laicization,” is a formal church juridical procedure that requires Vatican approval, and can take far longer if the priest objects.
“It was a way to provide an incentive to go the voluntary route and make it happen quickly, and ultimately cost less,” said Jerry Topczewski, the spokesman for the archdiocese. “Their cooperation made the process a lot more expeditious.”
Cardinal Dolan, who is president of the national bishops’ conference and fast becoming the nation’s most high-profile Roman Catholic cleric, did not respond to several requests for comment.
A victims advocacy group, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, sent a letter of protest to the current archbishop of Milwaukee on Wednesday asking, “In what other occupation, especially one working with families and operating schools and youth programs, is an employee given a cash bonus for raping and sexually assaulting children?”
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The New York Times, “In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers.” Jesus fucking Christ. (via inothernews) Dolan why |
I stole this kid’s neopets account and when I checked my email I find this
omg
Why would you steal a kid’s neopet?
That’s really mean.
This will make James cry.
It comes down to who is the patient. Is the woman the patient, or is the fetus the patient? One or other is the patient. I’ve never heard a fetus talk to me. I’ve heard thousands and thousands of women share their pain, their desperation, and their hopelessness.
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| — | Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas, who was murdered on May 31, 2009. (via iamdrtiller) |
JC Penney’s new ad for Father’s Day
The text reads:
“First Pals: What makes Dad so cool? He’s the swim coach, tent maker, best friend, bike fixer and hug giver—all rolled into one. Or two.” The text at the bottom reads: “Real-life dads, Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children Claire and Mason.”
I hate children.
Just a little reminder in case you non-vegans forget that what you’re eating is a chicken’s menstruation cycle. So glad I’m not guzzling down anyone’s period anymore.
OMG YOU MEAN EGGS DON’T COME FROM MAGIC?!! THANK YOU SUPERVEGAN!
just had eggs god they were delish
man i love eggs
im sorry i just find pretentious vegans to be really hilarious
mmm delicious chicken periods
ok
its a fucking egg cell
do you know what else has the same purpose as egg cells?
seeds
do you know what holds seeds?
fruit.
enjoy eating your plant uterus, OP
how many chicken fetuses died for these pictures?
Why do they think ‘fat dyke’ is an insult? To me, it means… I’m gonna eat fried chicken and pussy. That’s why I brought wet naps.
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| — | Margaret Cho (via rufflebutts) |
