Sadfaced millionaires and sadfaced billionaires are fighting it out right now about how to divide the outrageous plunder made in the National Hockey League. Boo-Frickety-Hoo! The players in the NHL are overpaid. Chasing a rubber disk around a rink should not be multi-millionaire territory. I’m thinking important occupations that improve
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Dead Wild Roses: Quebec on the Wrong Side of History – Secular Charter Exceptions.
Maybe we should update our preferred torture methods, hanging perhaps? Our society is progressing ever so slowly (and will continue to do so if we don’t let the corporations win, restore the 25% tax rate please). I often look to the politics and citizenry of Quebec for cues on progressive
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Meet the Hovinds – Christian Creationist Stupidty on Display
You would think that after your Dad has been thoroughly trashed by making bogus claims you would, oh…I dunno… learn from his mistakes and not repeat them? Frak the facts, (creationist SOP btw) lets get the good word out there accuracy be damned. Filed under: Atheism Tagged: Christianity, Creationist Fail,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christian “Anti-Choice” Site Advocates No Abortion for Child Rape Victims.
Christian ‘morals’ plus the abortion issue and dudes, you know where we are headed…. I’m not sure if I like the “reader” function that wordpress offers as a part of its blogging platform. Searching the Abortion tag seems to consistently raise my blood pressure because of beastly shite that I
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Adiemus
Sometimes we forget that despite all the bullshit, all the division, all the scorn, human beings can come together and create beautiful acts that fly in the face of all the shite we put up with in our regular day to day existence. I recently had the great privilege of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR – Housekeeping – Comments
Oh? Upgrades at DWR? Morning Folks, I’ve been mulling over how to format the comments on the blog and have recently decided to try the unnested comment format, so when you reply to a comment, you will have to quote who you are talking to or simply use a @username
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hey White Guys… A DWR PSA.
Well no not really, but his message is spot on. Filed under: Gender Issues Tagged: Male Privilege, Patriarchy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: My Friend Group has a case of Creepy Dude. How do we clear that up?
Brilliant post about the shit women have to put up with a daily basis. Some highlights here, but follow the link for the entire post, it is must read material. [Captain Awkward responding to letter:] “Dear Creeper, No Creeping! and Creeped Out: I’m not slithering around on the floor and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Health Care in the US – Retaking Political Discourse – George Lakoff
Why does the progressive movement keep on suffering set backs when they are quantifably right on the issues. George Lakoff suggests it has much to do with framing and how human cognition works. A great lecture, well worth the 60 minutes of your time. Filed under: Politics, Science Tagged: Cognitivie
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christianity Supporting Rape and Slavery – Doug Wilson.
Thank you to Slender Means for posting this, everything below this disclaimer is hers: This is a very long post (linked below) but it is worth reading to see what some Christians still want to teach and believe about gender roles and norms, men’s rights to women’s bodies, and women
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Chomsky on One Minute with George Bush
Essentially, it would be for the laughs because as Chomsky explains, the Office of President is largely a ceremonial role. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Presidents, Education, Noam Chomsky, USA
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Anti-choice activists are dishonest.
A neat tidbit from the slacktivist. I’ve excerpted a bit here: “If you’re a disabled worker, then you’re protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you’re a pregnant worker and not hindered in job performance, or if you’re pregnant and completely unable to work, then you’re protected under the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Microaggressions – The Shit White Girls say to Black Girls
I keep telling myself, “Arbourist, you need to post more stuff you write as opposed to other things gleaned from the net”. The problem is that the net has a lot of awesome on it that does it better than I. Consider Sociological Images. They present a concept, concisely explain
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Killing is Wrong(?)
The neat thing about bad arguments is that usually they are layered in thick and fast that you don’t catch them the first time,so you have to slow down and rewind the tape to see the intersectionality of wrongness and then unweave the fail. Today’s disservice is dedicated to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Oh you Feminists – Just looking for problems.
Yep, she is just asking for trouble isn’t she? What is her crime you ask? Going outside while female. Guilty as charged. Ophelia Benson’s ironic comment on said video: “Tut. They’re just playing victim. They should pull their socks up and get on with it.” It is a test
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude – So Many Trombones!
Hans Zimmer knows Brass. Filed under: Music Tagged: Brass, Friday Musical Interlude, Hans Zimmer, Inception
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Teach the Controversy
Some of what I dislike about creationists stems from their basic epistemological premises. For instance the idea that belief in an idea ipso facto makes it correct. The harder you believe in something, the more correct you are. Of course this idea is just one of the pathologically shitty ideas
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Post The Dark Knight Rises – It is Alfred rises…
Loved the movie, but I breathlessly await the sequel. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Alfred, entertainment, Humour, sequel, The Dark Knight Rises
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Obama – Worse than George Bush and Blair
The overarching apparatus of state is plainly evinced by the actions of one president elected on Hope and Change. Filed under: International Affairs, Politics Tagged: International Standards, Noam Chomsky, Obama, Terrorism
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Feminism – Basic Definitions
I get these great ideas and I say to myself, “Hey Arbourist, you should write a primer on feminism so you do not have to explain and reexplain 101 material until you turn blue”…then (as usual) someone else has already done it and done it better than I could do.
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