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What do you think of Hillary supporting things when those things start to become popular (i.e. gay marriage)? Isn't that the least bit suspicious? Isn't that just a little bit of an indicator that she's just trying to gain power and will say anything to get it?

It’s hard to remember this (thankfully) but ten years ago it was impossible to get elected to a highly contested political office while supporting gay marriage. Hillary’s statement in 2000 that marriage was between a man and a woman, but people in committed same-sex relationships should be given the same rights as a married couple was a politically dangerous compromise in the year 2000. Indeed, this was the exact same compromise that Bernie Sanders helped usher in in Vermont that same year.

People get so damned pissed at Hillary…picking apart every bit of her record to confirm the existing bias that she’s a conspiratorial, power-hungry nut job. It’s terrifying to me, because she’s likely to be the nominee, and we seem really predisposed to distrusting her.

I don’t really understand people who get up in a politician’s face for being at the mercy of public opinion. It is literally their job to enforce the will of the people, that’s why this is a democracy. I would much rather have a person lead this country who is willing to change their mind than one who has always believed and will always believe the same thing. Or worse, someone who knows without a doubt that they are always right and have somehow never been wrong.

Bernie has been a much more stalwart supporter of LGBT rights than Hillary, and his vote against the “Defense of Marriage Act” was politically dangerous and courageous. But he also had the freedom of representing a small, homogenous, progressive state.

I remember the dumb arguments we made to ourselves the gay marriage wasn’t a big deal. I remember accepting those arguments myself. And I remember it being an litmus test that conservatives were using to weed out progressives and further their totally unrelated agendas. It sucked, but it happened…and we have to remember that before around 2006, a very strong majority of Americans opposed gay marriage.

It seems impossible now to be a conscious human and be opposed to marriage equality, but that was not the case 20 years ago. We sucked, and we shouldn’t forget it or give people a pass…but Hillary was ahead of the curve on this issue…just not as ahead as Bernie was.

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Millennials are often stereotyped as being lazy and entitled, and Nick Offerman is not here for it. Speaking at the WORD bookstore, Offerman addressed the issue and sent a message to anyone discouraged by these stereotypes.

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Is no one going to comment on the use of the word "only"?

what the fuck ethan

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This sketch shows the huge double standard when it comes to birth control - Watch the full video

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I’m imagining the epilouge but with Neville’s kid instead of Harry’s.

Sensibly Named Child: Dad, what if the hat puts me in Slytherin?

Neville: Then it means you really are a Slytherin. Do you have any idea how hard I begged to be a Hufflepuff? How hard I argued with the hat against Gryffindor? And you know what, it turns out the hat was right and I pulled the sword out of the hat and killed the snake. It's a magical hat and you're an eleven year old who thinks Axe works to attract girls. You know nothing, listen to the hat.

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Dark Sonnet by Neil Gaiman.

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Happy birthday, Kayo Hinazuki and Satoru Fujinuma! (March 2)

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Grave Yard Bonsai Mountain Skulls

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIpoE2LEps

BILLZ ARE EXPENSIVE OKAY

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It’s time for the 2nd Bookworm Giveaway!

We had one of these two years ago and it was a huge hit so here it is again. A little improved :)

There will be TWO winners!

PRIZES Each winner will get: - one Amazon Fire Tablet - tons of ebooks!

Books Included:

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins

Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan

Divergent series - Veronica Roth

Game of Thrones series (The Songs of Ice and Fire) George R.R. Martin

Narnia series - C.S. Lewis

Maze Runner series - James Dashner

Mortal Instruments series - Cassandra Clare

Odd Thomas series - Dean Koontz

Torchwood book series

Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Paper Towns - John Green

Looking for Alaska - John Green

Heat series - Richard Castle

Ender’s Game Saga - Orson Scott Card

The Chemical Gardens trilogy - Lauren DeStefano

Dresden Files series - Jim Butcher

Howl’s Moving Castle series - Diana Wynne Jones

Chrestomanci series - Diana Wynne Jones

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

Graceling Realm series - Kristin Cashore

Summer Falls - Amelia Williams

The Angel’s Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery

Storm series - Richard Castle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Discworld series - Terry Pratchett

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman collection

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series - Douglas Adams

The Hollows series - Kim Harrison

Sunshine - Robin McKinley

The Black Jewels trilogy - Anne Bishop

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher

The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson

The Sword of Truth series - Terry Goodkind

David Gemmel collection

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chobsky

Warm Bodies - Issac Marion

The Young Wizards series - Diane Duane

Stephen King Collection

Dangerous Women - George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois

The Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan

The Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snickett

The Cirque du Freak series - Darren Shan

The Demonata series - Darren Shan

The Ranger’s Apprentice series - John Flanagan

Virals Series - Kathy Reichs

Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Reboot - Amy Tintera

Vampire Queen Series - Joey Hill

Nature of Desire Series - Joey Hill

Guild Hunter Series - Nalini Singh

Psy Changling Series - Nalini Singh

Valdemar Series’ - Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey Collection

His Dark Materials Series - Philip Pullman

Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik

Safehold Series - David Weber

Chronicles of Vladimir Todd - Heather Brewer

Song of the Lioness Quartet - Tamora Pierce

Hollow Earth - John & Carole Barrowman

Chaos Walking Series - Patrick Ness

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Matched Trilogy - Ally Condie

Alice in Wonderland Series - Lewis Carroll

Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Night Angel Trilogy - Brent Weeks

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Each reblog is an entry so you can reblog as many times as you want. Don’t spam though. That’s mean to your followers :) Likes count as well.

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No giveaway only blogs!

Worldwide shipping so everyone can enter.

The giveaway ends on February 28th, 2016 @ 2pm EST

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Wizarding World: Death Eaters

Voldemort has Peter Pettigrew order and carry his coffee for him. To this day people still believe Voldemort did it all himself.

Bellatrix Lestrange orders an unnecessarily complicated drink that cannot possibly taste good, not that it matters, because she leaves before the baristas finish it. She just likes to watch them suffer.

Rodolphus Lestrange orders three coffees for himself, his wife, and the Dark Lord. The latter two thank him for all of the drinks, take them, and make no room for them at their table. Rodolphus stands there awkwardly before shuffling off to sit with his brother.

Fenrir Greyback finds a hair in his coffee. He keeps drinking. This kind of thing happens all the time.

The Carrow twins make their students pick up their orders, then slowly pour the hot drinks on their heads.

Barty Crouch, Jr. orders himself a mocha latte but the baristas forget to write “Jr” on it. He flips over three tables and has to be physically removed from the Starbucks while Winky weeps in the corner, having tried to clean up the mess by herself.

Lucius Malfoy orders a white chocolate mocha for himself and a dozen herbal teas for his brood of peacocks waiting outside.

Narcissa Malfoy is asked by the Dark Lord to approach the counter and ask the barista if there’s any more red velvet mochas. Narcissa thinks Voldemort is sufficiently caffeinated already. Although the barista says yes, there are more, she returns to Voldemort and tells him they’re all out of the ingredients.

Karkaroff orders using the mobile app and never shows up to pick up his drink.

After a few espressos, Stan Shunpike starts to realize that he probably shouldn’t be running with this crowd.

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Infinite Jest, Page 260: “John Wayne (II)”

“John Wayne (II),” poetry from page 260 of Infinite Jest 

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Because I just introduced @thedarksighed to Community.

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