I Was Wondering

Would the Fort Hood shooter’s religion been in headlines and subheads if he had been Catholic or Jewish or Hindu?

ringoknowsbest:

“I Met the Walrus”

This is so, so, so cool. More for the artwork than anything. Talk about really making something of your 5 minutes in the sun with John Lennon.

Great work, RKB. As always.

blackandwtf: via. Alright, let’s get this baby good and Catholic!

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Alright, let’s get this baby good and Catholic!

banalitycheck: thedailywhat: Chart of the Day: “Explicit Support for Same-Sex Marriage by State and Age” (pdf) by Jeff Lax and Justin Phillips of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Created using data collected for a joint paper on gay rights. Prof. Lax breaks it down: Seven states cross the 50% mark overall as of our current estimates, but the generation gap is huge. If policy were set by state-by-state majorities of those 65 or older, none would allow same-sex marriage. If policy were set by those under 30, only 12 states would not allow-same-sex marriage. [via.]

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thedailywhat:

Chart of the Day: “Explicit Support for Same-Sex Marriage by State and Age” (pdf) by Jeff Lax and Justin Phillips of the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. Created using data collected for a joint paper on gay rights.

Prof. Lax breaks it down:

Seven states cross the 50% mark overall as of our current estimates, but the generation gap is huge. If policy were set by state-by-state majorities of those 65 or older, none would allow same-sex marriage. If policy were set by those under 30, only 12 states would not allow-same-sex marriage.

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$1.3 billion for flu vaccines or green jobs? If your pollster sneezes, you're more likely to say flu vaccines.

savingpaper:

Last May, University of Michigan psychologists Spike W.S. Lee and Norbert Schwarz sent an experimenter out to shopping malls and downtown business areas to see if people would rather have the federal government spend $1.3 billion on the production of flu vaccines, or $1.3 billion to create “green” jobs. The experimenter got responses from about 50 people. In about half the cases, she coughed and sneezed once before handing over the questionnaire. In the other instances, she simply handed the form over.

The result: Of the people who had just witnessed a sneeze up close and personal, 47.8 percent said that $1.3 billion should be spent on vaccine development. Of the people who had not been a party to the sneeze, 16.7 percent thought flu vaccines were the way to go.

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blackandwtf: via. Good evening, Senator. I hope your transport was suitable. Come, let’s get a scotch and some fruit rinds.

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Good evening, Senator. I hope your transport was suitable. Come, let’s get a scotch and some fruit rinds.

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