LOLOLOLOLOL. Omfg I laughed so hard. It’s so in sync with the song.
I JUST DID THE LIDSEY LOHAN OF SPRAYING SPIT EVERYWHERE!!
I CANT BREATHE
YES.
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crusty the clown
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#because sexist assholes need to shut the fuck up #i am tired of seeing these graphs that say girls only liked the movie for certain actors #because that shit is fucked up and not okay in any way
who is actually saying that? i have never, heard that. uhm, ever.
unfortunately it’s all over the Avengers tag here on tumblr. I would link you, but I honestly don’t want to waste the time to share sexist opinions that are already entirely too popular, and you’ll run into them eventually in the fandom, it’s inevitable.
And it’s not just tumblr, either. Magazines have written ‘serious’ articles about ‘What you as a girlfriend need to know about the AVengers’ and ‘What questions not to ask your boyfriend’ because, well OBVIOUSLY you’re only interested for the bodies.
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Just after France legislators and officials moved to ban Monsanto’s genetically modified strain of GMO maize over environmental and health concerns, the European Union has decided to step in and re-secure Monsanto’s presence in the country — against the very will of the nation itself. This should come as no surprise when considering the fact that the United States ambassador to France, a business partner to George W. Bush, stated back in 2007 that nations who did not accept Monsanto’s GMO crops will be ‘penalized’. In fact, ambassador Craig Stapleton went as far as to say that the nations should be threatened with military-styled trade wars.
That’s right, it appears the reason for the unprecedented move to maintain Monsanto’s deeply-rooted foothold in France has to do with the fact that the United States and other nations are continually pushing Monsanto’s agenda — even going as far as to threaten military-styled trade wars to those who oppose the company. Monsanto has major connections with political heads that have actually threatened trade wars against nations opposed to GMOs on record. As I reported back in January, WikiLeaks cables surfaced revealing and startling information concerning Monsanto’s deep involvement with back-end politics.
One of the most telling details involves a statement made by Craig Stapleton, in which he said:
“Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits. The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory. Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voices.”
And that is not even the most shocking part. WikiLeaks cables go on to state that United States diplomats actually work directly for Monsanto, furthering the agenda of the company across the globe. Is it any wonder that France is being assaulted by the EU over its decision to secure the health of its citizens?
It becomes even more obvious when examining the ridiculous reasoning as to why the EU had to step in and block France’s in-house legislation. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected the ban on the grounds that “there is no scientific evidence” that shows “risk to human and animal health or the environment.” Of course there is an overwhelming amount of research showing that Monsanto’s creations do in fact threaten not only human health, but the planet as a whole. Even the EPA has warned over the fact that Monsanto’s GMO crops are spawning ‘mutant’ resistant insects and subsequently requiring substantially more pesticides.
Consumers are waking up to Monsanto’s agenda and the dangers associated with their modified creations. Over 45,000 comments were submitted on the USDA website in opposition to Monsanto’s new genetically modified strain, and only 23 in favor. The corruption of Monsanto is now out in the open, and only serves to show how deeply rooted the company is within the United States government. Is it any coincidence that a major head of the FDA was a leading employee of Monsanto?
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Iranian Playing Cards, Queen
Specially manufactured Playing Cards for the Iranian monopoly by Thos. De La Rue & CO Ltd. London. Designed by V. Romanowski de Boncza. Circa 1930s.
AKA me on a card.
FUR FOX FARM IN STAWIEC, POLAND
Last Friday, 27th April 2012, after receiving a few disturbing photographs from an anonymous informer, Polish Animal Protection Society ‘Ekostraż’, in co-operation with members of the Coalition for Banning Fur Farming in Poland ANTYFUTRO.PL, assisted by the police, conducted an intervention on a fox farm in Stawiec (Poland, Lower Silesia). The following is a short presentation of the intervention, and of the conditions under which animals on that farm spend their entire lives, before they are killed for their skin.
All photos from the intervention can be found HERE
The foxes are kept in improvised containers made of old, rusty stoves and ovens, or in provisional cages that don’t provide any protection from sun and rain, or access to drinking water. The entire farm is unkempt and filthy, with massive heaps of foul smelling excrement directly below the cages. You can easily imagine what it feels like to be locked in a hot, metal oven during the summer, or not to have a roof upon your head. The animals spend the few months of their lives on extremely uncomfortable wire flooring, only to be killed in the same horrid conditions. As their flesh is not meant to be for human food, no one cares about any sanitary norms or standards.
The farm belongs in the legal jurisdiction of the District Veterinary Officer in Milicz. His deputy, Nataila Misiek, who was called out by the activists, denied conducting a routine control procedure, giving the excuse of not having the control protocol with her. Although, when the activists gave her a copy of the official protocol for veterinary inspections, previously printed and ready to be filled, she denied again and, despite their requests, didn’t give any reason for such decision. She claimed that she had been to the farm in the autumn and had even witnessed the slaughter. She described the conditions on the farm as ‘not particularly outstanding’. Ms Misiek was extremely unprofessional and showed signs of utter ignorance in the field of her own profession - she appeared to be unfamiliar with the Polish Animal Protection Act from 1997 (the activists were under the impression that she didn’t even know of the Act’s existence in Polish law).
This farm has been in existence for 30 years. The owner claims that he tries to provide his foxes with “decent” living conditions. He didn’t allow the activists to enter the farm, saying that ‘it’s not a zoo’ and the foxes (which are now in their breeding season) would be stressed. While the activists were talking to the owner, his employees tried to quickly hush up the most obvious and visible faults on the farm, for example by covering roofless cages with pieces of hardboard.
Although no one entered the farm, the photo and video material collected by the activists is enough to start legal procedures against the farm’s owner (animal abuse) and the veterinary officer (professional negligence). The Animal Protection Society ‘Ekostraż’ has filed a complaint to the prosecution and will try to obtain a court order to take away the animals and close the farm once and for all.
Poland is the world’s 4th largest fur producer with approximately 800 fur farms. Some of them are small like this one, but there are also huge, industrialised facilities, killing hundreds of thousands of animals (mainly foxes and minks) every year. The number still increases because, due to restrictions and bans on fur farming in Western Europe, farmers move their businesses to Poland and other Eastern countries. Although the conditions on some farms may be better than in Stawiec, animals on every fur farm suffer enormously, due to the unfulfilment of their species basic territorial needs as well as to physical and mental diseases. Their suffering and death is absolutely unnecessary and it’s caused only by human greed and vanity. Please don’t buy any fur ‘products’, react in cases of witnessing any animal abuse and support Polish activists in their fight for banning fur farming in Poland.
Further info and news soon at www.antyfutro.pl
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