wilwheaton:

If Biden is the nominee, I’ll work tirelessly to elect him and defeat Trump. But we have MUCH better, truly progressive alternatives, who can ALSO defeat Trump. This article makes clear that Biden is the wrong man for the moment, and for the future of the party.

Biden’s image as a kinda-sorta progressive is belied by his rightward drift in the Senate. From entering the Senate in 1973 through January 1987, he averaged the 16th most liberal member of the Senate; from then through January 1999, he averaged that 30th most liberal; and from that till he left the Senate in January 2009, he averaged out as the 38th most liberal member. His DW-Nominate score (based on roll-call voting) shifted 10 percent to the right over this time.

Biden touts his ability to reach across the aisle, and he’s very proud of all the times he’s reached across the aisle. The thing about that is all of those times he reached across the aisle and worked with Republicans, it was on legislation that undermined or obliterated Democratic priorities. Over and over again, he used his vote as a Democrat in the Senate to help the Republicans advance their regressive agenda. That has to matter. He has a record, and he needs to be held accountable for that record. If Democrats decide that his record is acceptable, so be it. We must defeat Trump. But I believe we can do better, be more progressive, work toward a more equal and just world, while we defeat Trump. 

And I know it’s been a long time, but we must not forget that he voted for the Iraq war, something which should never be forgiven or forgotten.

And I know it’s been an even longer time, but he undermined Anita Hill, to help Clarence Thomas get on SCOTUS, where he has been an absolute disaster for human rights, the rights of women and non-whites, the environment, and the rights of workers. Joe Biden could have done the right thing and stopped Clarence Thomas, but he chose the politically expedient route, for some reason caring more about what people who will never vote for him thought, than listening to a woman who risked everything to expose the character of Clarence Thomas, more than he cared about stopping an extremist nominee from shaping the laws of my country for generations.

Over and over again, Biden comes up not as a champion of Democratic values, but as someone who has worked to undermine our values. The fact that he still believes that Trump’s presidency has been an aberration, that for some mystical reason that apparently only Biden can see, people like McConnell and Graham and all the right wing Fascists in the House will suddenly reverse the course they have clearly been on for twenty years, tells me that he is either delusional and didn’t pay attention during the entire 8 years he was vice president, or (more likely, in my opinion) he just doesn’t have strong, Progressive values that reflect the current Democratic base voter’s vision for our nation and world.

Again, if he’s the guy, I’ll work as hard as I’ve ever worked on anything to get him elected, but in the primary, I’m going to do everything I can to ensure we have a better choice, who will defeat Trump, and repair the damage that has been done – with lots of Democratic help from people like Biden, Clinton, Axelrod, and Manchin – since Reagan’s all-out assault on government was successfully implemented in the 80s.

This

lowercaseknife:

Ruthless

There can be only one

wilwheaton:

Video games have nothing to do with mass shootings, and it’s years past the time when journalists and headline writers stopped letting craven politicians who are looking for a scapegoat pretend that they do.

humanoidhistory:

Buzz Aldrin steps onto the Moon, July 20, 1969.

startrekships:

quasi-normalcy:

‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Gothic

• You’ve been on this tiny ship in the Delta Quadrant beyond any hope of recrew or resupply for over a year, but you keep seeing ensigns you don’t recognise. Everyone tells you that they’ve always been here
• You go down to Engineering looking for Lt. Carey. B'elanna tells you that he’s just stepped out. He’s been ‘just stepped out’ for days.
• A shuttle crashes on a desert planet. You speak with Chakotay about the possibility of trading for some new shuttles, but he looks at you funny and says “but we already have a full compliment of shuttles”
• You run to the shuttlebay and inspect them personally. There is a full compliment of shuttles. And none of them even have a scratch.
• The next week, a shuttle is torn to pieces in a plasma storm. You’re not even surprised when you find intact it in the shuttlebay an hour later.
• You stop mentioning shuttles.
• The ship has an encounter with some Kazon, but manages to get away. Their ships are primitive and slow and you shouldn’t run into them again.
• Two weeks later, you meet the same Kazon, now somehow in front of you. You begin to suspect that you’re driving in circles
• You go to Engineering looking for Lt. Carey. You haven’t seen him in two years. He’s ‘not there right now, but should be back in a minute’.
• Janeway and Paris travel at warp 10 and turn into salamanders. You’re *sure* that it happened. You *remember* it happening! But no one brings it up. When you ask Tom about it, he doesn’t even register the question.
• You scream “BUT YOU WERE A SALAMANDER!” into his ear. He doesn’t even hear you.
• You see another Ensign you don’t recognise. You finslly just ask the computer for the crew compliment of Voyager. You are told that the answer is: 121.
• A month later, the Hirogen conquer the ship, spend weeks brainwashing and surgically altering the crew into believing that they are actually characters in holographic simulations, and then hunt them for sport. This culminates in a pitched battle between the crew and the Hirogen in which the ship is utterly wrecked and dozens of people are killed.
• Afterwards, you ask the computer for the ship’s crew compliment. You are told that the answer is: 147
• The next day, you wake up and find Voyager restored to its original state.
• You make a discreet inquiry about Lt. Carey. Now everyone acts like he’s dead but can’t tell you precisely when or how.
• The Captain takes you aside one day and specifically instructs you not to mention Ensign Jetal to the Doctor. She says that she knows that this will be difficult, given how close we all were to her (and you in particular), but that for the greater good of the crew, you need to act like Ensign Jetal never existed. You solemnly nod your head and consent, and she gives you a comradely pat on the shoulder and leaves the room.
• You have absolutely no idea who Ensign Jetal is.
• Voyager absorbs the remaining crew of the USS Equinox. Well at least you’ll finally have an explanation for the new crew you see around the ship! You never see any of them ever again.
• You’ve now travelled almost 40,000 light years towards home. You check the star charts; somehow, you’re still in the Delta Quadrant. You begin to wonder if the Beta Quadrant even exists.
• The Delta Flyer is destroyed by Borg torpedos. You don’t even bother to check the shuttlebay for it, you just instinctively know that it will be back
• A few months later, the Captain gives you the sad news: Lt. Carey is dead.
• You finally make it back to the Alpha Quadrant, say your tearful farewells, and receive a handshake and a promotion from Admiral Paris. As one last thought before leaving Voyager forever, you pay a visit to the shuttlebay. You find it utterly empty, except for one lowly crewman with a mop and pail, swabbing the deck. “I…guess that Starfleet must have already cleared out the remaining shuttles?” You say uncertainly, your voice echoing in the cavernous, empty room. The crewman breaks off his mopping and looks at you like you’ve lost your mind and says: “Voyager never had any shuttles.”

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istorik45:

Celts

helila:

HBO Chernobyl and the actual archive videos [x]

aka how to do your homework right

helila:

HBO Chernobyl and the actual archive videos [x]

aka how to do your homework right

lewdlemage:

um… well…

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#freshly peeled sheeps

reblogging solely for that deeply unnerving caption

@theosartisticthematics

FRESHLY PEELED SHEEPS

Fuck this. Does everyone just not see the blood scrapes on some of their backs and faces???!!! Anyone, seriously, correct me if I’m wrong because this is making me upset af

Domesticated sheep need to be sheared because they don’t shed their coats on their own and it can be bad for their health if it gets too big.

Also, it looks considering how close they cut that it went fairly well. I see like 2 nicks maybe, but with the photo it’s hard to tell. I mean, unfortunately, you’re going to nick a few animals because they don’t understand the order of “stand still” very well. 

Sheep can die from heat exhaustion if they aren’t sheared. 

Also, their skin secretes lanolin, which quickly soothes and heals any nicks they get during shearing. 

in conclusion, it is good to peel the sheeps

Please peel your sheeps

They. Look. Like. Peeled. Potatoes

Peel your sheep peeps!

Remember when they found Shrek living in that cave and freed him

Peel your sheeps!!

PSA: always peel your sheep