Your name is John/Jane Smith, and you are an American citizen 18 years of age or older. On this merit alone, you will receive approximately 300 dollars per month to be deposited in a bank account of your choosing.
That right there is the gist of Guaranteed Minimum Income and the subject of today’s discussion. Continue reading
Posted in America, bizarreness, Economy, government, money, politics
Tagged alienation, America, chris rock, David Wong, economy, France, Friedrich Hayek, GMI, Guaranteed Minimum Income, Jason Pargin, marx, Marxism, Marxist, Minimum Income, politics, poor, post scarcity, poverty, rich, Thomas Paine, unorthodox, wealthy, work, working class
Well, I said I would try to survive this semester without taking breaks on my weekly post, but I just don’t think I can keep up. I’m hopefull that after this most evil of weeks (when most of my final papers are due) that I can get back to my regular Saturday posts.
I’m so sorry.
Ladies, and I say that because Demetri Martin has proven that if you end any sentence with that it becomes creepy but had nothing to share about starting with it,
How are you doing? Just trying to keep things casual and upbeat [and polite, because I am Canadian, after all] before we move on to a subject I’m trying to form an opinion on. You can be sure that if I was even 23% sure of myself this would be a post that confidently projected my opinions as being truths, but alas, here we are.
Last week I came across an article on the AV Club on what you probably know to be one of my favourite shows: Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It concerned one character in particular, Detective Charles Boyle, and how much of the season followed his attempts at wooing fellow officer Rosa Diaz. Now they weren’t, and I’m not, making any comments about workplace romances- the focus was instead on the fact that she was clearly not interested in him.
Posted in feminism, internet, relationships, television
Tagged Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charles Boyle, dating, friend zone, Full Boyle, harassment, interested, nice, nice guy, no, perseverance, persistence, refusal, relationships, rom-com, romantic comedy, Rosa Diaz, tenacity
Alright, so this week’s Fame Day is going to be short, sweet, and, as you’ve probably noticed, late. I unintentionally got behind work last night, and then this morning I had a pseudo-interview. Anyway, the point is that cartoon porn should be kept under wraps.
Really rough segues aside, Bronies Against BullShit is responsible for today’s subject. To be perfectly fair, they’re worthy of a good amount of praise in general, if only because the tumblr exists as “a platform for the brony fandom to call out, critique, support, and analyze itself in a constructive and mature manner.” Places like that need to exist all over the internet, because introspection is a sorely needed quantity around here.
The page, which I’m going to shorten to BAB, and those behind it are the ones who came up with #SafeSearchWrapUp.
Posted in art, cartoons, Fame Day, internet, pornography, sex
Tagged #SafeSearchWrapUp, Bronies Against BullShit, cartoons, censorship, Fame Day, image search, internet, nsfw, porn, pornography, Rule 34, SafeSearch, Tumblr, work safe
EVAN: Welcome, readers of various genders, ages, personal beliefs, et cetera, to yet another installment of Culture War Correspondence. This week both Kat and I will be discussing how people need to stop being so gosh darn proud all the time. Seriously, take it down several pegs.
It’s hard for ginger cat not to feel a little proud.
Wait, no, I meant the other definition of modesty, particularly, though not restricted to, what people wear. Sorry, my notes got mixed up. No, I do not in fact take notes for these segments.
KAT: Ah, modesty. If you grew up in a Christian school that will be a very familiar term. Especially if you were a student of the female variety.
But what got you thinking about the topic to begin with?
EVAN: As our readers may know, as a believer myself I’m also primarily familiar with the issue via the Christian subculture, and I spent a good chunk of time last week debating it. And yes, as you said, it basically solely revolves around women.
Posted in Christianity, Culture War Correspondence, fashion, sex
Tagged appropriate, breasts, censorship, Christianity, clothing, Culture War Correspondence, fashion, manuipulation, Men, modesty, nonreligious, nudity, objectification, porn, pride, propriety, religious, secular, sex, Sexual Assault, sexuality, sleezy, slut-shaming, style, women
If you don’t like numbered lists [the internet does have more than enough] then try to look past the digits and view this as a general collection of items, free of any form or order, as to why you should head over to your local comic book store and pick up a copy of Iron Patriot #1.
1. It’s a Jumping On Point For Movie Fans
I fully realize that many comic book readers do not like it when their medium of choice makes changes to appear more in line with what takes place on the big screen. That being said, Col. James Rhodes has been wearing the red, white, and blue power suit for a little while now and it’s led to some pretty great stories.
Let’s also not forget that Iron Man 3 made $1.2 billion worldwide. That is a lot of people who know and understand Rhodey to look like the love child of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. If you loved the film and the characters this is a great place for you to get in on the world of comics.
Posted in advertisement, Christianity, games, relationships
Tagged African-American, Ales Kot, America, black, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Col. James Rhodes, comic books, government, Iron Man 3, Iron Patriot, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Marvel, Mile High Club, Military, miniseries, ongoing, Secret Avengers
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